7 years ago, Bush said the US shouldn't tell people in other countries what to do

[mrogowski 5,000+ posts]

there's a lot of shit going on that a lot of people don't know about...all thanks to the most powerful country in the world (might i add the youngest...)

Youngest? Nope...

 

[azimuth 5,000+ posts]

i'm no history buff, but didn't the fall of the soviet union create like 7 independant countries?

 

[AndyB 10+ year member]

Alright so one of the youngest i should have said, true. The real truth to it all is that it has been ****ed up for a long time, and despite what you would like to think, it's not going to change anytime soon. It doesn't matter who gets elected, I find it funny that so many people are still oblivious to the fact that Bush wasn't even elected. Anything can be staged, rigged, or faked. Still, I think someone should tell the Bush Administration that Iraq is not America, so they can stop trying to turn it into America anytime.

Fighting for peace is like ****ing for virginity. And that is why a bunch of us bored people are on a car audio forum talking about it. At this point in time, the U.S. Government is still allowing us to say what we want on the internet, well, forums at least. Don't hold your breath though.

 

[newusername 10+ year member]

Is it true that Western Canada essentially subsidizes eastern Canada? That's what they tell us in class.

I guess that depends on who you ask. There are a wide number of factors in terms of where revenue comes from.

Canada, as a whole, has an economy that relies on natural resources....though the actual resource varies from sector to sector, it is still critical to our country. Which is why, for the most part, we hate NAFTA.

In the West, oil and logging generate a lot of revenue. In the case of one western province (Alberta), so much oil revenue is generated that there are no provincial sales taxes. In the midwest, agriculture is a strong revenue generator. In the East, heavy manufacturing and hydroelectric power is key. In Atlantic Canada, fishing and off-shore oil production is the big money maker. Eastern Canada is undoubtedly the most heavily populated sector of Canada by a long shot. In short, I would say that every sector and province has their own revenue sources that can be relied upon, to a certain extent, that make inter-province subsidies fairly unnecessary. But I would say that the per-capita revenue generated in the West is higher than that of the East. The Athabasca Oil Sands (located in Alberta) has the second largest oil reserve in the world, behind only Saudi Arabia and does wonders for the economy.

As of the last few years, our dependence on revenue from these natural resources has decreased, but they are proving more and more valuable, which is no surprise. We hold substantial value in logging, oil, and water (particularly fresh water), which are three increasingly important resources. Which is why we need to rework NAFTA so that the US will quit taking all these resources from us while giving us very little in return, other than a cold shoulder for not getting involved in the Middle East. Of course, the downward run that the US economy has taken because of it's involvement there has only helped our economic future improve.

edit: As Mark said, things pretty much go both ways. Like a bisexual.

 

[newusername 10+ year member]

"Close the light" must be a hush-hush Manitoba thing because I've never heard it...not even when in Manitoba.

 

[Railrocker 10+ year member]

OMG is canada going to bomb the Baldwins?????

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

this is a ****ing car audio forum, hence the web address.
why even bother "trying" to start up a political discussion. We already have someone here who does that, faulkton.

still, he said "intelligent political discussion"
and...we already someone who does that, problem is, as i said before, it is a car audio forum, not many people around even care to discuss politics as it is.

didn't you just newbishly post a political video in the the wrong section of the lounge yesterday?

http://www.caraudio.com/forum/showthread.php?t=272939&highlight=mike

 

[mrogowski 5,000+ posts]

"Close the light" must be a hush-hush Manitoba thing because I've never heard it...not even when in Manitoba.

You were in the wrong part of Manitoba...

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

The fact that i create some VERY popular threads here would indicate that there are plenty of people willing to have political discussion and to an even greater extent discussions on social policy, race relations, and law.

 

[newusername 10+ year member]

You were in the wrong part of Manitoba...

Portage and Main?

 

[newusername 10+ year member]

The fact that i create some VERY popular threads here would indicate that there are plenty of people willing to have political discussion and to an even greater extent discussions on social policy, race relations, and law.

hoxie08 is an idiot, we already determined that.

 

[Railrocker 10+ year member]

The fact that i create some VERY popular threads here would indicate that there are plenty of people willing to have political discussion and to an even greater extent discussions on social policy, race relations, and law.

Nobody likes talking to you. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

Than why am i so popular?

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

I do feel like i should point out that this is a MUCH better video to start this sort of thread with:




It's Cheney explaining why we SHOULD NOT have invaded Iraq.

 

[pioneerpimp 5,000+ posts]

hoxie is just a big ****in idiot