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Actually, not well analysed at all. For starters, from his own link, that far northern point would be Cape Aldrich. I'll add another couple of exceptions to this. For starters, sure the North Pole is at 90 degrees. How many miles of pack ice exist between there and the land to the south? If you can drag your boats over that, you might have something. Maybe global warming will change things. Oh wait. That doesn't exist... But more importantly, Ithe North Pole does not factor into the Northwest Passage at all.... Here's a map of the Northwest Passage, again from Wikipedia. The Wikipedia entry this map was drawn from states that the passage goes through the Canadian Arctic Archipeligo, as the map shows. Here's another map of the territory in question from Wikipedia. In 1986, Canada and the US signed the Arctic Co-operation agreement in which the US agreed to request permission before sending ice breakers through. In 2005, the US sent a submarine through, unannounced and without our permission. Another fine example of how the US keeps its word. Software lumber anyone? This year, the Canadian government announced it is going to build a deep water port up there in order to assert our sovereignty. If you're nice to us, maybe we'll grant you innocent passage, but sending an oil tanker, and especially a nuclear submarine, through there without asking... well that's just not neighbourly at all.

Good riddance.

Straight, land, who made you the arbitrator? You are claiming the right to declare it is a international waterway, and so are the Europeans. Who gave y'all that right? This is our border. Go to hell. It's us or the Russians. Pick your poison. Just don't come up here with your navy trying to look like the king of the world. The Sun is a POS. Even New Yorkers will tell you that. Good grief.

Not really. She was being snide. It went over your head. Try standing up.

Israeli wealth flows freely from the US like splashes from the fountain of youth. As far as the right of return goes, it's all negotiable, isn't it? Roll up your sleeves and sit down at the table.

I provided a link. Do you have one? Even if what you say is true, we were there first and this is our border.What would be your reaction if Canada were to come up with a statement that we have some sort of claim to the US/Mexican border because some guy ran an ATV through it? What part of he EU borders on the Northwest Passage? We conquered Holland back in 1945, does that give us some sort of rights? The EU should mind its own business. You're quoting the New York Sun? You must be desperate. Screw the EU. It's not their border and they have no claim. I'd like to see them defend that in the Hague.

I have not seen a single person here advocate for the disappearance of Israel. Your quote from the Lebanese woman speaks to the generosity of the Israelis, but it also speaks to the resources they have at their disposal and are free to use as they please.

Good point. Who else ya' got?

Forget it. You can't get territory back once you've lost it.

Yes and no (Canada has a very unproductive, uninnovative industrial culture). Look at RIM. Look at CNR. On the other hand, look at the (protected) Canadian Banks. There was a time when the Royal Bank was one of the 20 biggest banks in the world. What did they do with it? Since that time, lesser banks like ING have leaped over them. As for your comment "A bailout now would send the wrong message", I agree.

Well sure. And aren't our guys over in Kandahar getting killed? Didn't our biggest business guy (Frank Stronach) go down to the Big Easy and lay down the big bucks? Weren't we there for you in your hour of need? So why not back us in our claim against the Ruskies instead of this nonsense about how you have some sort of rights to the Northwest passage?

Thank you Charles A! Don't ever let me say you never did anythng for me.

This reminds me. What are the rules for calling somebody a jackass?

Stop trying to slough off. What is he guilty of and where is your proof, JBG?

Exactly! Thank you very much.

The first North American country to navigate the Northwest Passage was Canada with the voyage of the RCMP ship St. Roch in 1940. The only previous claim was the Norwegian, Amundsen. Norway has a big stretch to claim the Northwest passage. The US is a johnny come lately, claiming to have had a submarine travel the passage in 2005, sixty years later. The US should get on board with the Canadian claim and present a united front against the Ruskies. Aren't our guys getting killed in Afghanistan? After all, the Taliban didn't attack Toronto, did they? Where is the US team spirit on this?

I was reading between the lines. But why not see if another thread will address the issue better?

I knew you were a pixie dust guy. I think the Fed has a pixie dust department and I hear they're looking for people. Of course you realize that once you've applied for the pixie dust department, you no longer qualify for the mojo department. Just a friendly word of advice.

I think I am beginning to see it Bush_Cheney2004's way. The value of the US dollar is controlled by the sprinkling of pixie dust. Other countries want to make the dollar go up because the US president has a bag of pixie dust and they are hoping he will sprinkle some of that pixie dust on their tail feathers so they can fly too. Very simple.

Maybe we'll see the emergence of a new member on MLW

OK. Have it your way.

If they were still buying, the dollar wouldn't be sinking. What is it exactly is it that you think determines the value of the US dollar? This is why raising interest rates would also raise the value of the dollar. It's not brain surgery.

Votes are what this thread is all about. Votes are about who might address the issues Pakistan faces, including the ones you might think are important. I do believe CNN when I am seeing an interview with a political figure so I know what I am hearing. As far as a lot of the rest of it - especially anything that involves only a CNN talking head, I give it a pass.

What? You actually think you have some sort of claim on the Northwest Passage? I'll grant you the 12 mile limit around Alaska, but as for the rest of it, you'd be better off helping us fight the Ruskies. Or did you want another stupid uselss and futile fight up here too?

The only lever they have is the lending rate. Right now their policy is to use that lever to keep inflation down. The value of the US dollar follows from that process. The only way the Fed can increase the value of the US dollar using that lever is to dramatically jack up interest rates. If they do that, they kill the economy. There is not a lot the US can do about the value of the dollar.