I just don't get it. I just don't. Why does it matter that he lived in the US or wherever? It makes no sense to me. My grandma always told me that travel and/or living in other places is the best education that you get, but I guess my grandma is wrong.
There is lots that you can criticize Ignatieff for. But really, living in different parts of the world? Makes no sense.
And, since we seem to be having a lot of hockey analogies here, I guess we should not let this guy, below, play on the Olympic team. Not only has he played his career in the US (where yes, he has choice - he can leave as a free agent, demand a trade, etc), but yikes he is also American now!
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ttp://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=508358
Brodeur now U.S. citizen, but remains loyal to Canada
Don't worry Canada, Martin Brodeur still belongs to you. Now, though, the New Jersey Devils goalie also officially can have a say in whether Barack Obama will deserve a second term as President of the United States.
Brodeur on Tuesday morning in a quiet ceremony inside the Peter W. Rodino Federal Building here officially became a U.S. citizen.
He correctly answered all six questions asked of him on the citizenship exam and then raised his right hand and pledged allegiance to the country he has been living and working in since the mid-1990s
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It won't, however, change his allegiance to his country of birth.