NWT couple spends thousands to be able to vote; or, Quitcher bitchin'

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Fola and Titi Soboyejo moved from Nigeria to Yellowknife a few years back. They recently passed their citizenship tests. However, Yellowknife only offers swearing-in ceremonies once a year (on Canada Day) due to its small population.

Accordingly, the Soboyejos have chosen to spend $3,000 to fly to Edmonton to take the citizenship oath by the end of this week, so they will be able to vote in the election.

And that is what I’ll say to the next person I meet while campaigning, who says that they’re too busy to walk five minutes to the local old-age home and stand in line for another five minutes to help determine who runs the country.

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That’s pretty staggering right there. I mean, can you imagine? Why not, say, Toronto?

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And I thought it was impressive when I spent two hours in transit to spend two mintues in the polling booth last November.

(Applause for the Soboyejos)

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The way I see it is, if I want to complain about the government, I have to go vote, or else I have no right to complain about it. In this election, we only have a bunch of clowns to vote for, but I’m still planning to vote for the least clown-y one.

Nigeria to Northwest Territories, eh? Man. That’s a helluva move.

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They sound like prime citizen material. Wish more were like them.

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This is how most Americans felt in the last presidential election.

Let’s face it, it’s hard to work up much enthusiasm when you’re trying to figure out which lying slimeball isn’t quite as rotten as the others.