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| Caribbean-Latin America | |
| Nicaragua breaks ties with Colombia, widening crisis | |
| 2008-03-08 | |
Nicaragua broke off diplomatic ties with Colombia on Thursday, widening a Latin American crisis over a raid by Colombia on a rebel camp inside Ecuador last Saturday.
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #37 Ya got me there. We'll just have to hire all the unemployed to carry water over the border. I won't make any jokes about the migration of the Great Northern |
| Posted by: ed 2008-03-08 22:05 |
| #36 You'll come crying north soon enough when you run out of water. In fact that's the only reason why I want Canada out of NAFTA. Btw, Canada is not the primary source of your economic problems, and neither are the illegal Mexicans you love to hate. But I'm sure you already know that, right? |
| Posted by: Chong Stalin5069 2008-03-08 20:48 |
| #35 Damn right. A double wall for Ontario and points east. Nothing in, nothing out. Keep the $65 billion annual in jobs in the US. Pity the 500,000 Canadians (mostly in the east) that will lose their industrial jobs (and gain in the American rust belt), but I'm willing to live with it. |
| Posted by: ed 2008-03-08 20:04 |
| #34 They don't have "illegals" since they are damned near open borders for Islamofascists and all kinds of Chinese illegals. By "Chinese" are you lumping the Taiwanese, Koreans, and Philipinos together in that group? |
| Posted by: Chong Stalin5069 2008-03-08 19:49 |
| #33 If were lucky the Canadians will have a huge surge of illegals after McCain wins. Sadly, our leftists have up to now been all talk and no action. |
| Posted by: ed 2008-03-08 19:45 |
| #32 I sure hope McCain steals one position from Obama and Clinton and dumps NAFTA and closes 90% of the border crossings east of the Dakotas. Wow, ed :-) That's actually pretty good! I'm all for it. In fact, build a wall, or fence or something as well. |
| Posted by: Chong Stalin5069 2008-03-08 19:45 |
| #31 They don't have "illegals" since they are damned near open borders for Islamofascists and all kinds of Chinese illegals. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-03-08 19:43 |
| #30 The Western Canadian provinces lol, you mean Alberta. Because if you count the Liberal & NDP vote together, that just leaves Alberta. Saskatchewan is the birthplace of the NDP. British Columbia had the Social Credit party...'nuff said. Manitoba is currently in the hands of the NDP. Perhaps you should look further east, Atlantic Canada, the Maritimes. You should be able to find some conservatives there. Do you folks have a huge illegal population or what's that like up north? Believe it or not Mexicans have been sighted in Windsor, Ontario just across from Detroit. Romanian strippers are plentiful though supposedly they are here on valid visas, something about a stripper shortage in Canada. Other than that, yes there are people here working illegaly but I doubt it's a sizable problem. In fact, the Canadian government has been lifting visa restrictions left and right lately (but don't worry, the bad guys still need one. Harper made sure of it.) |
| Posted by: Chong Stalin5069 2008-03-08 19:42 |
| #29 Back to the original thread. Oh Noes! Columbia's banana supply in jeopardy. |
| Posted by: ed 2008-03-08 19:41 |
| #28 Isolationist or not, I sure hope McCain steals one position from Obama and Clinton and dumps NAFTA and closes 90% of the border crossings east of the Dakotas. |
| Posted by: ed 2008-03-08 19:37 |
| #27 Question for the Canadians. Do you folks have a huge illegal population or what's that like up north? |
| Posted by: Icrigger 2008-03-08 19:27 |
| #26 perhaps, then your little personal welfare existence might become harder, tho' Be careful what you wish for. The Western Canadian provinces might wanna secede to get away from the East's sucking maw |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-03-08 19:06 |
| #25 Nope, you're stuck with us. Cope. |
| Posted by: lotp 2008-03-08 19:06 |
| #24 why the fuck should we care or even bother to listen to your input in OUR presidential election But that's the point isn't it? You only listen to yourself, and look where that's got you. Harper is perpetually teetering on the brink of another election. What's keeping his ass in power is that the Liberals elected a boob as their leader. In fact, I'll make a prediction: someone will force an election soon, whether it be Harper or the opposition, just so that the Liberals can lose and force a leadership review in their party. Then the next election will boot Harper out. All else being equal, I couldn't give a shit who you elect as your president, except that your little fuck ups in the world tend to affect my life as well. Any chance you going isolationist again? Soon I hope. |
| Posted by: Chong Stalin5069 2008-03-08 18:56 |
| #23 ahhhh but part 2 of teh question is what matters - as a Canadian, why the fuck should we care or even bother to listen to your input in OUR presidential election, after all, I bet you weren't happy with the latest election in your own country. I, for one, have been happy with Harper, not that you do or should care |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-03-08 18:44 |
| #22 As long as you count the votes correctly in November...that's all that matters. Sure, Sparky. I'll put your request into Halliburton, but they probably won't be too happy about... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-03-08 18:38 |
| #21 Well you're right, I don't care: McCain, Obama, Clinton, they're all good. Christmas will come early this year! |
| Posted by: Chong Stalin5069 2008-03-08 18:38 |
| #20 and you care...why? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-03-08 18:32 |
| #19 Funny it's invariably your side Stalin (Dems in US, various leftists regimes around the world) who have problems with election math and ethics. |
| Posted by: ed 2008-03-08 18:32 |
| #18 I was the guy they sent in to teach Canadians how to count. As long as you count the votes correctly in November...that's all that matters. |
| Posted by: Chong Stalin5069 2008-03-08 18:28 |
| #17 now, now - there are many fine Canuckiens (including our sniper friend)... this one is just a substandard representation |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-03-08 18:24 |
| #16 Were you a Klingon or that guy in the red starfleet uniform that gets killed in every mission? No. I was the guy they sent in to teach Canadians how to count. It was quite frustrating, yet rewarding at the same time... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-03-08 18:18 |
| #15 I agree with you lotp. Perhaps you wouldn't have such a dim view of the world if you got out once in a while (or stayed away from rantburg, same thing). |
| Posted by: Chong Stalin5069 2008-03-08 18:17 |
| #14 Either might do it. But perhaps we should be charitable with our visitor. Everyone needs a social life even if it consists of trolling on Saturday night. |
| Posted by: lotp 2008-03-08 18:03 |
| #13 Should I break out the Holy 9-iron or just the Canadian Club? |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2008-03-08 18:02 |
| #12 Somehow I imagine that a Furries convention would be more our Toronto visitor's thing than Star Trek. But I could of course be wrong. And there is a select group whose economically unproductive time is sufficient to indulge in both. |
| Posted by: lotp 2008-03-08 17:59 |
| #11 a Star Trek convention in Vegas? Were you a Klingon or that guy in the red starfleet uniform that gets killed in every mission? |
| Posted by: Chong Stalin5069 2008-03-08 17:57 |
| #10 Hey, c'mon... a Star Trek convention in Vegas? Who wouldn't be... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-03-08 17:33 |
| #9 Doesn't take much to get a canuck excited, eh? |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-03-08 17:30 |
| #8 Sometimes it leads to war, sometimes not. But not if you can help it, of course (either way). It's been a little while since you left droppings at the Burg. Oh you ain't seen nothing yet, wait til November. I haven't been this excited since that night in Vegas. McCain, Obama, Clinton...my oh my it doesn't get any better than this :-) There is a God afterall |
| Posted by: Chong Stalin5069 2008-03-08 17:20 |
| #7 No tinfoil hat and no wishful thinking. I've just been around long enough to have seen this pattern before. Sometimes it leads to war, sometimes not. Nice new 'nym you have today, Canadian troll. It's been a little while since you left droppings at the Burg. |
| Posted by: lotp 2008-03-08 16:22 |
| #6 Leftists stirring up trouble, aligned with Iran, war brewing against Israel. The signs are lining up .... Need a tin foil hat? Stop your wishful thinking, it ain't gonna happen. |
| Posted by: Chong Stalin5069 2008-03-08 16:07 |
| #5 Leftists stirring up trouble, aligned with Iran, war brewing against Israel. The signs are lining up .... |
| Posted by: lotp 2008-03-08 13:20 |
| #4 I thought they had settled this thing yesterday. Sounds like Nicarawha is a day late and a peso short again. Also, isn't Panama in between Columbia and Nicarawha? How can they send their troops to the border with Columbia much less have a territorial dispute? |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-03-08 10:32 |
| #3 Was Nicaragua really holding the country together this whole time? Seems to me like they really didn't lose much in a tangible sense. They don't really need friends like that. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-03-08 09:07 |
| #2 He should stick with salsa and diced green chiles. Not that Ortega? Shucks! |
| Posted by: Spike Uniter 2008-03-08 01:46 |
| #1 Ortega? Just another tin-pot socialist looting his country and trying to distract the populace with an external "threat". |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-03-08 01:40 |