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Luigi Cappel's avatar

As people steadfastly claim America is the greatest country on earth, one has to wonder. We certainly need America to be great, we need them to be a superpower, to help protect us from other 'great' countries. But living in New Zealand, I feel a whole lot safer than I would living in America. I love to visit, especially for the music, but when offered the opportunity to work in the States, I decided I felt a whole lot safer raising a family downunder. Of course all countries have their issues and their contradictions.

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Gail Cohen's avatar

And finally, that explains it.

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Teresa Goodwin's avatar

And the policeman who shot the fellow….he cried on television while asking the family for forgiveness.

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Barry Friedman's avatar

I have heard that story more than once. Astonishing, isn't it?

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Teresa Goodwin's avatar

The whole island is astonishing. I did not want to come back, especially coming back to mass murder.

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GL Dryfoos's avatar

Thanks for that look at what’s possible.

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Barry Friedman's avatar

Doesn’t seem that far away

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RefJim's avatar

Makes me want to move... especially today.

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Barry Friedman's avatar

ESPECIALLY today, yes

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Paul Cari's avatar

Just HAD to throw in the pineapple bit, eh?

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Barry Friedman's avatar

I didn't. The president did, you savage!

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Jenny Hawkins's avatar

Well yes, pineapple on pizza should be banned.

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RevZafod's avatar

I guess the 1940 Movie "Strike Up The Band" is now 'banned'. After all, it contains this song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NR69Xvx6Cx0

Judy Garland And Mickey Rooney the Gay Nineties

Not to mention no teaching about the entire decade of the 1890's.

Oh, well... Judy Garland? That's reason enough.

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Rochelle Zohn's avatar

What’s next?

Emigration?

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Barry Friedman's avatar

Contraception

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Judy Clay's avatar

Need a good title for my Go Fund Me page:

A) let Judy slip away to Iceland

B) get Sarah McLaughlin to show a picture of Judy ugly crying

C) or Sarah holding a pistol to Judy's head saying, " If you don't contribute, she's dead because of you" ( queue sad puppy music )

D) hide in Barry and Melissa's steamer trunk on their next visit. ( Please remember to cut holes)

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Barry Friedman's avatar

D) But I'm not ruining my suitcase. Hold you breath

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Michael Wright's avatar

Summer reruns already? Boy, newlyweds, I don’t know.

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Barry Friedman's avatar

Only half a rerun, but I see your point.

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Michael Wright's avatar

Well, some shows never quite lose their flavor...

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Scott M. Krasner's avatar

How many Americans would they accept as political refugees?

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Barry Friedman's avatar

11

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