I'm bored, so I'm going to post belligerent things.
B_Type13X2
1. Missle defense program which will shoot down incoming ICBM's before they strike the states. To bad they will be shot down over canada and explode on us huh? I guess the message here is our lives are not worth as much as american lives.
They shoot down the missiles and debris fall. Sure, debris can kill. But debris will kill a lot less than a 10 megaton explosion.
B_Type13X2
2. The current softwood lumber dispute (Lumber IV) commenced in April of 2001. Since May 22, 2002 most Canadian softwood lumber exported to the US is subject to a 27% duty collected by US Customs. The duty collected is a combination of a countervailing duty of 18.79% and an average anti-dumping duty of 8.43%. (
Source here)
No opinion, really. My furniture is steel.
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3. Bush's refusal to shake the hand of our prime minister at the last WTO meeting in Canada. He seems to have had all the time in the world to shake the bell boys hand but not our prime ministers hand. What message does this send canadians? That Bush has more respect for a bell boy then he has for the leader of his largest trading partner.
I would hardly say that not shaking someones hand is a political signature. That's like saying the 18% GNP of Vodka from Russia means the country is a giant drunken still.
B_Type13X2
4. When the power crisis hit the eastern US where was the blame shifted before any investigations were done? Thats right Canada, it seems that ever since Bush took power it becomes more effective to assign blame to Canada then it is to actually try to find the route of the problem (which was actually an outdated electrical grid in the US grid, a problem in northern Ihio caused a massive powersurge, that caused a voltage drop which lead to the collapse of the system and a blackout.)
Funny, I heard that it was the U.S. all along... At first, they thought it was a powerstation at Niagra or something and what not, then in the next week, I heard it was an error of the infrastructure, as you said.
But then again, I don't get my news from TV or the local paper. Usually.
B_Type13X2
5. Comments like Canada did not offer support on the War on Terror also irk me to no belief. Canada when the United States was struck was the
first nation to offer support to the United States. Canadian families took thousands of stranded american travellers into our homes and let them stay with us for up to 2 weeks without charging a penny for any of it. So don't tell me that just because we didn't want to go into Iraq because we believed your argument for WMD's was so weak that it wasn't believable. (BTW I don't know did you ever find WMD's. Oh yeah thats right you didn't so we were justified in staying out of the war.)
1. I don't recal anyone outside of Gaia saying the Canucks didn't support the WoT, and I furthermore don't see what that has to do with President Bush.
2. Really. Honestly. The WMD were based on faulty intelligence, and the operations that proceeded were done in haste. Reading between the lines, even a complete dolt could have seen that while the capital hill follks were saying "Mass destruction this and that," what I heard was "We are launching a legitimate operation that must be carried out swiftly, as we do not have the time to work it correctly from a politcal angle." Sure, they could've corrected this, but apparently, sticking with the "fighting evil doers and WMDs" seems to have gained political favour, otherwise the Bush admin would have changed their persepective.
3. I really don't care that the Canadians didn't go to war, personally. Iraq is going to be the 51st state, and I'm going to have a condo there.
B_Type13X2
6. Consider your economy, since Bush got into office it has taken a nose dive. The Canadian dollar under Bill Clinton was worth Hardly 70 cents american hell we were at 65 cents american at some points. But since Bush has come into office your Manufacturing Index has fallen and the canadian Dollar has hit 82.5 cents American and is continueing to rise. I don't need to tell you that this is a bad thing for everyone including Canadians because you should already know. If our dollar hits 85 cents american other nations will not want to trade with us because it will be to expensive.
Actually, the economy is on an incline/stabilization. The reason for the drop in the value of American currency has to do with foreign trust; our deficit increased. However, internal trust remains the same, which is why prices internal to the U.S. haven't risen noticeably. Some of that so called "inflation" of the value of Canadian money could probably be attributed to Canadian economy.
For the first time since the Reagan administration, the U.S. unemployment rate is statically less (as opposed to marginally less) than the natural unemployment rate, and the use of welfare/unemployment for the capable has slightly dropped.
B_Type13X2
For these reasons I say its time for you to oust that stupid little man from Texas and think about your nation for a moment. Elect anyone but Bush because honestly I think a chimp could do a better job as president.
Ah. Your on the "anyone but Bush" bandwagon. That explains it. So you would rather elect Kerry and rob people like myself of Social Security? You would rather elect Kerry so that he can decrease DoD spending just like Clinton did, even though the Clinton military budget cuts actually cost more in lives and replacement equipment than he actually cut from the budget?
Kerry may be a better leader in this country because of the immediate impact on YOUR country, but as a leader of the U.S., internally we would suffer. And when the U.S. suffers, the world suffers, since you know... The U.N. is our money pit, NATO is our money pit, and we are the world market. If the U.S. economy collapses at present state, then the world economy is going to take a massive hit. The Bush economic policy may not be a good one, I'll admit that. But the Kerry economic policy is just suicide.
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