[Former Proud Canadian]

You ask about accepting the US$ at par in Canada. I think a lot of places, especially mom and pop shops with high margins will, but don't advertise it.

Yes, we still practice capitalism in Canada. Unlike where you are headed. Never, ever thought I would see this time.

You have summarized the pipeline deal, exactly. Hussein would rather borrow money to finance a Brazilian offshore oil field than:

1) let Canada finance and build a crude pipeline from Alberta, through oil lands in North Dakota and on to midwest markets.
or
2) let the US oil industry finance and develop a domestic offshore industy.

Then he wants to buy the Brazilian oil. He wants to finance and import Brazilian oil rather than buying Canadian OR Gulf Coast with no financing charges. Please, anyone, make sense of this.

This is transfer of wealth writ large. Hussein is looting America. I feel like playing the race card. Think about it.

[seowulf]

The whole world is upside down.

I used the word “rulers” in my post to you, and that leaves a horrible taste in my mouth and goes against my every American instinct. I never thought I’d be using it about my own government, but it really is the only one that fits anymore.

I have thought of emigrating to Canada. It is on my short list of places to flee, but as long as there is a fight left to fight here, I’ll stay. I just hope the 49th parallel doesn’t become some kind of iron curtain before I bug out.