GWiz

Beam me up Scottie... I'm done.. Wrong TIME and place... Gotta move...

I see, thanks, mine is Friendly Manitoba... Licence plates or "tags" as Americans call them can tell you a lot about a person... In fact you're the only American I've met that calls them "licence plates", many Americans I've met look at you kinda funny when you call them that and don't really know what your talking about... Anyway, I liked "The Beautiful Province" (Quebec's) better too...

Huh? I'm curious, would you mind explaining what you mean by that? btw, pleased to meet you, I'm new here and I don't think we've met...

That's clutching at straws... It's true I too was once young and foolish... But no more, I've long since learned my lesson, my Time Machine now is a TOYOTA Sienna AWD, and my alternate (wife's car) is a SUBARU... As for my "gadgets" (computers etc.) I'm not sure, but probably most, if not all, are components manufactured and assemble in places far removed from both the US and Canada, as in all likelihood yours are too... On the other hand I wouldn't really mind if I still had that old Chevy, it'd be worth a pretty penny now...

No he isn't... If so-called “Rods from God”—an informal nickname of untraceable origin—ever do materialize, it won’t be for at least 15 years. Launching heavy tungsten rods into space will require substantially cheaper rocket technology than we have today. But there are numerous other obstacles to making such a system work. Pike, of GlobalSecurity.org, argues that the rods’ speed would be so high that they would vaporize on impact, before the rods could penetrate the surface. Furthermore, the “absentee ratio”—the fact that orbiting satellites circle the Earth every 100 minutes and so at any given time might be far from the desired target—would be prohibitive. A better solution, Pike argues, is to pursue the original concept: Place the rods atop intercontinental ballistic missiles, which would slow down enough during the downward part of their trajectory to avoid vaporizing on impact. ICBMs would also be less expensive and, since they’re stationed on Earth, would take less time to reach their targets. “The space-basing people seem to understand the downside of space weapons,” Pike says—among them, high costs and the difficulty of maintaining weapon platforms in orbit. “But I’ll still bet you there’s a lot of classified work on this going on right now.” http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2004-06/rods-god

Well said...

NEVER dishonest... Always the TRUTH (some form of it at least)... Ergo, yup, yanking yankee chains is fun, much more fun in fact than yanking them Domestically... But be cool, it's my American side that makes me do it...

On the contrary, that's exactly how it works... Low dollar, some benefit to some exporters (those competing against American exports)... High dollar, big benefit to importers AND some exporters (those selling highly wanted goods/resources, like oil) AND domestic consumers bying products at the local store... Yup, a high dollar is definitely a WIN, WIN for Canada... It's all about sales and marketing... Oh yes, and competion... But I'm sure you guys down there will soon convince your puppet Harper that it's a bad thing (it is for the US) for Canada and get our dollar to drop down thru Government intervention in the dollar... Your Lobbiest and branch corps. in Canada must be screeming, eh... Good for you, you should... For that matter, so should we... I wonder how that North-South rail/road trade corridor from Manitoba to Mexico is coming along...

Always did... Remember what I said about yanking chains, especially "American" ones, did you feel the jerk? You United Statesians really do think you "own" the the Americas, north, central, and south, don't you? Yank! (feel the tug)

OK...

In truth, and I always tell the truth, neither, he went "native" to increase the sales of his book as I said in my previous post to you... Don't be sad, both Ignatieff and myself will be just fine... Have FUN and don't worry so much about us Americans, eh... I don't avoid responding to good people and judging by your posts I've read you are... BUT, I don't live on the computer and I even sometimes sleep... Another quote comes to mind, "patience is a virtue", be virtuos, eh... Most importantly my friend, have FUN, I do, never get too serious it's just a forum (a pretty good one at that), I don't, and take everything you see with a big dose of salt (which can taste mighty awful)... Have a great day... ps - thanks for quoting me, it's always appreciated

Hey my friend... Wait for the game to BEGIN before you declare a win...

Tis quite probable he was... Then again, I believe at the time he was living in America, and trying to sell something, a book, so it's not exactly unheard of to "go native" when speaking to the natives in order to increase those sales... I highly doubt that at the time he was thinking about being/becoming the leader of his homeland to the North, eh... Funny that you "Americans" so easily forget one of your own saying something like that, as the US president no less, "ICH BIN EIN BERLINNER" (I am a Berliner) - John F. Kennedy... Naaaa, she was definitely referring to you (not personnally of course)... Highly doubtful since there is no "country" of North America nor "America" for that matter...

Or 2012, doomsday you know, whichever comes first...

Do you live in the United States or in North America? I live in Canada which is in North America, a continent, just like the United States is in North America, a continent... I call myself a Canadian but I am also a North American... You calling yourself a United Statesian, which would be correct, sounds kind of silly, being what United Statesians are you drop the North and call yourself an "American" after the continent the United States sits on... Any good reason a Canadian can't do the same?

Agreed... BTW, Name calling diminishes responses too...

Wrong context my dear lady... I too am an American... North American to be exact... WORDS Words, whether writen or spoken, in and of themselves have no meaning, it is only when the reader or listener applies meaning to them that words become meaningful... Unfortunately quite often applying meaning to words quite different than what the writer or speaker intended... - GWiz

The best of bad options is still a bad option and the best option. - GWiz

Well said, but the swearing diminishes your response and isn't needed... Besides, he's a Bushy American and can't help being crase and ignorant like his idol...

I think even Ontariariarians can can live with a doubling of sales to the US... Especially considering the higher dollar bringing in MORE MONEY on exports, eh... Cheaper imports too... That's call WIN, WIN for Canada... BTW, nice thread, I didn't think you cared about us this much...

Huh?

I stand by what I said... Nationalism is love of country pure and simple... Whether it's called Motherland, Fatherland, Homeland or by any other name it's his/her country, that's nationalism... I'm not a Liberal or anything else political, I'm Canadian, and damn proud of it... Same goes for either a Republican or Democrat, both will tell you proudly they're American... I'm Iranian, I'm Russian, I'm Sudaneze, I'm German, I'm Israelie, I'm Greek, I'm Turkish, all have the same meaning to the person saying it... Hitler and the Nazi's "hatred" of the Jews was NOT a hatred of Jews by the vast majority of Germans nor did Jews come into play until Hitler had established his power base... There was NEVER a "morphing" of Nationalism in Germany... Nazis and "Germans" are different entities politically that were in the same country, always were... Your analysis of "weak and inferior" is the opposite of what happened... Jews were portrayed by Hitler and the Nazi's as money grubbing, Communist loving, Germany (country) hating (traitors), ruthless industrialists, that were stealing Germany's wealth and treasure for themselves because they controled much of Germany's industrial complex and economy post WWI... At that time the Jews were simply an excuse Hitler used for his actions... "Them" against "us" is nothing new... Since the Jews owned most of Germany's industry for Hitler and his Nazis to gain control of them this portrayal of Jews was his means of removing them from German economic control and industry... When Germans objected, many Germans did, to Hitler's ruthless takeover of Germany's Industries his henchmen (the Gestapo) "solved" any objection to what he was doing very quickly... Once he had total control over the German Industrial and economic structure, and tons of new money from many US industrialists who saw a chance to get rich from Germany's economic recovery, he kept his promise to the German people... Germany changed quickly from a poor, defeated (WWI) nation to a once again proud, prosperous, and vibrant nation... What society wouldn't buy into that? Germans did... And history tells us the rest...

By the numbers... Share down to 15%... Sales UP from $693 Million to $1.25 BILLION... I can live with that...

Really? Even more that the US? No wait, that's right, the US lost all it's auto parts manufacturing to Mexico under the BUSH ERA so they had very little auto parts industry left to lose... In a ripple from the U.S. autos slump, Mexican conglomerate Alfa said on Friday it was temporarily halting production at its nine auto parts plants in Mexico that supply U.S. carmakers. http://www.reuters.com/article/2008/12/19/us-autos-idUSSP15512620081219?sp=true

Why? Our dollar is high because of the dropping US dollar, it's actually lower vs the euro and many other currencies... We don't need a lower dollar we need more and better markets... Especially a BIG uptik in sales to China an the entire Pacific rim... The US is clobbering Canada in it's search for foreign markets and Harper is out to play footsie with places like Morocco while Obama is signing all kinds of trade deals with China, India, and other emerging Asian countries like Viet Nam... Oh wait, that's right, it's all about human rights "issues" that China has... Good call Harper...