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Canada to Build Twenty-foot Fence if Perry Elected
By Andy Borowitz of the Borowitz Report
Could Be Electrified, Border Officials Warn
OTTAWA (The Borowitz Report) – Canada warned today that if Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX) is elected President of the United States in 2012, it would take the “regrettably necessary step” of constructing a 20-foot fence along its entire border with the U.S. “This is a step that we don’t take lightly,” said Canadian Border Security Minister Ian McLarrity. “However, we must protect ourselves from the prospect of millions of Americans pouring over the border.”
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Perhaps taking the lead from Canada, Mexican officials said today that in the event of a Perry victory it would install tollbooths in its secret underground tunnels, which would require travelers to provide documentary evidence that they are members of a drug cartel in order to gain entry to Mexico.
See also:
Gaddafi Found Running for Republican Nomination, Libyan Madman Turns Up in New Hampshire
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Off politics and onto romance:
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