I would hope that Canada annexes Minnesota before building the fence!
On 11/27/06, Mike Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
You'd think the Canadians would put up their own fence! robert and benita rabello wrote: >Fred Oliff wrote: > > > >>Who gets riich when they build this new fence? >> >> >> > > Some company affiliated with congressmen and senators. > > > >> And is there going to be one on the northern borders as well? >> >> >> > > Yes. This has been a topic of derision among people in BC for the >last several weeks. I have a newspaper cartoon that shows Mr. Bush >extoling the virtues of America's border with Canada. He's shouting >through a megaphone from the top of a barbed wire topped fence, complete >with security cameras and a mine field. An astonished Canadian, walking >a dog, approaches the US border to hear Mr. Bush say: > > "I cherish the unique and special relationship we have between our >two countries. Now, keep your hands where I can see them and step away >from the wall!" > > > > >>Fences are meant to keep people/animals in or keep people/animals >>out? Just asking... >> >> >> > > They're supposed to protect America from all those terrorists >invading from Canada that the US Customs agency can't seem to screen at >the border, despite all the harassment they give to our allies and friends. > > > >>I thought Al Gore's comment in "An Inconvenient Truth" about terrorism >>vs the environment (and I cannot recall the exact words), was very >>telling of the present plight we all face. Which, after all, is easier >>to fix? Admitting there is a problem (has been difficult), awareness >>that there is a problem is easy (maybe not AS easy) but taking action >>(on the environment) is just not very popular. No video games were >>made/sold in the resolution of global climate change (warming). >> >> >> > > Dealing with the climate issue will have an indirect consequence of >significantly reducing our need to project power into the Persian Gulf >to defend oil supplies. That would go a long way toward ameliorating >the hostility towards us that has been brewing in that region for the >past fifty years or so. The other side of the equation, however, will >involve solving the Palestinian issue. > > Of course, I've been talking this way for thirty years now and no >one seems willing to listen. My mother thinks we should bomb the rest >of the planet, calls my wife an "ignorant foreigner" (for suggesting >that the US spend less money on "defense" and more on infrastructure and >a social safety net) and told me to "go to hell" for suggesting that >people who claim to be Christians should actually reflect a Christ-like >attitude. Sadly, this kind of mentality is common enough among American >citizens that no substantive policy changes will ever occur. > >robert luis rabello >"The Edge of Justice" >Adventure for Your Mind >http://www.newadventure.ca > >Ranger Supercharger Project Page >http://www.members.shaw.ca/rabello/ > > >_______________________________________________ >Biofuel mailing list >Biofuel@sustainablelists.org >http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > >Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): >http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
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