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2004-09-01 Great White North

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Posted by Seafarious 2004-09-01 5:59:26 PM|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 RE: Iran.

Canada got one hit from the cluebat. How many more before they get the clue as to what Iran is about?

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-09-01 7:16:51 PM|| 2004-09-01 7:16:51 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 OK now they have a clue. But they can do nothing with it, having abandoned their military. They better start practicing their Arabic.

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2004-09-01 7:22:26 PM|| 2004-09-01 7:22:26 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Maybe those two new Supremely Moronic Court Jesters will figure out a way to fix this. They can hold their breath a long time, I'll bet.

I'm afraid Kanada is well and truly screwed - all the way down to their toes - and disappearing over the faux-reality horizon fast.

Posted by .com 2004-09-01 7:24:58 PM|| 2004-09-01 7:24:58 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 I'm with Angie -we annex Alberta

Posted by Frank G 2004-09-01 7:27:20 PM|| 2004-09-01 7:27:20 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 How do the Albertans feel about paying all that tribute to Ottawa? Whatever happened to the Western seperatist movement?

Alaska Paul: Is it really the case that the Yukon is actually part of Alaska now, but that Ottawa just doesn't realize it yet?

Posted by Classical_Liberal 2004-09-01 8:52:33 PM|| 2004-09-01 8:52:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 They're still Canadians, but it sure is a nice fit on the map. Gotta make contingency plans. Mining, some timber, oil and gas. Not a large population. Plus interesting and colorful people. You always find out who your true friends are at 65 below in winter.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-09-01 10:02:09 PM|| 2004-09-01 10:02:09 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 "Weâve tried dialogue with the Iranian government but it has turned into a farce, this situation around Madame Kazemi," Pettigrew told reporters after meeting Belgian Foreign Minister Karl de Gucht.

What, you were expecting something different? Like a little honesty on the Iranians' part? How do you feel now, sucke....er, *ahem*, Mr. Pettigrew?

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-09-01 10:08:11 PM|| 2004-09-01 10:08:11 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 AP: The regions get the shaft from Ottawa when it comes to royalties on resource extraction. I wonder why they put up with it. In Alaska you get to keep some of the fruits of the land local rather than piping them off to unappreciative franco-socialists.

I keep looking at the map of the once great Canada thinking Alberta, BC and the Yukon nicely bridge the gap between CONUS and Alaska. I've even got a politically acceptable integration model in mind: Yukon becomes part of Alaska, The Dems get to think they own BC (part of the people's republic of Cascadia), and Alberta becomes the true Texas of the north. I'll have to start talking this scenario up with my western Canadian friends. Many will be upset. But they need to open their eyes up to the possibilities.

In theory I've got prospective customers in the Yukon. In practice, that's nonsense. (I sell high end web software, not mining equipment.) But that doesn't prevent me from finding a "valid business purpose" for making a trip. Let me know if you got any suggestions on places to go and people to drink with.

Posted by Classical_Liberal 2004-09-01 10:25:17 PM|| 2004-09-01 10:25:17 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Well, for drinking, you can start out in some of the bars in Watson Lake. My wife (45) and daughter (19) stayed in WL overnight on a highway trip from Minnesota to Alaska. The hwy const guys came over and wanted to buy them drinks. They guy sez to my daughter, "Who's your friend?"
Thats my mom, she sez.
You always travel with your mom? Sez he. "What does your mom do for a living?"
"She is a psychologist."
And they all went away............

Dawson City is also a fun place in summer. Go to Diamond Tooth Gerties and be part of a real rip roaring gambling house playing all the '98 style gambling games, even Faro. Whitehorse is fun, too.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-09-01 10:33:08 PM|| 2004-09-01 10:33:08 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 LOL AP

Posted by Frank G 2004-09-01 11:04:53 PM|| 2004-09-01 11:04:53 PM|| Front Page Top

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