fair enough. Heald, Tim writes:
> four more? I will look for them. I had family in for the fourth and must > have missed them. > > Tim > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 3:37 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Altruism (was RE: US threatens Caribbean Countries) > > > That's extremely funny because I didn't post any links on this topic at > all. > > You scoffed at the first three links I posted last week -- about what is a > public place -- and so I posted four more. I didn't say a lot about them > because they spoke for themselves. > > Dana > > Heald, Tim writes: > > > Funny, but I remember refuting the links you posted last week and not > > receiving much of any reply at all. > > > > Tim > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 3:01 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Altruism (was RE: US threatens Caribbean Countries) > > > > > > Do you know that if you buy a house in Texas the mineral rights are not > > normally included? I haven't researched the question in Canada and most of > > my relatives live within city limits. Which province are we talking about? > > Even if true, This would by your definition make Texas a socialist state. > I > > don't think so. And if we are going to get into countries that give money > > to oil companies... hehe. I haven't reseached this in Canada, but I can > > pull out beaucoup links about Haliburton and the rest of the gang making > > billions in Iraq. Does this make the US a socialist state? > > > > And you say *I* am oversimplifying. > > > > As for taxes, to hear you guys you pay plenty in taxes. You sure Canadians > > pay more? I thought you were going to look this up. > > > > I have a problem with the statement because it is wrong, Tim, you say > these > > things and then you can't back them up. I asked you for links about this > > last Thursday. Put up or shut up. > > > > Dana > > > > Heald, Tim writes: > > > > > They own their houses, but they have no mineral rights to what's under > the > > > ground. Also look into Esso and the amount of money it gets from the > > > government sometime. Look at the utilities and who owns and runs those. > > > > > > Your oversimplifying this a lot you know. BTW they pay far more in > taxes > > > than we do. Hell GST, provincial and federal taxes, supporting all of > > these > > > various social programs. > > > > > > I don't know why you have such a problem with the word? How would you > > > define it? Is there some stigma you attach to socialist? > > > > > > Tim > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 2:33 PM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: Re: Altruism (was RE: US threatens Caribbean Countries) > > > > > > > > > Well all I know is that Tim claimed that it was socialist because the > > large > > > industries are government owned and something about property rights, > > > neither of which is true. I have been in the states a long time but I > have > > > family in Canada and ya they own houses, work and pay taxes in very much > > > the same way that I do. > > > > > > Dana > > > > > > Nick McClure writes: > > > > > > > That is only part of the equation. > > > > > > > > Socialism and democracy are not mutually exclusive, you can have a > > > socialist > > > > democracy, capitalist monarchy or a communist republic. > > > > > > > > Socialism or capitalism is the economic side, democracy or > dictatorship > > is > > > > the political side. > > > > > > > > I would say that Canada is not a 100% capitalist country. There are > > > > obviously capitalist ideas, but there are a number of socialist ideas > as > > > > well. > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 2:04 PM > > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > > Subject: Re: Altruism (was RE: US threatens Caribbean Countries) > > > > > > > > > > It's a parliamentary democracy. > > > > > > > > > > Dana > > > > > > > > > > Heald, Tim writes: > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
