LIQUID WEALTH A MIRAGE: Oil income not enough to cover the costs of rebuilding

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | April 12, 2003 | Carolyn Lochhead

[blake6900]

Maybe I should have been clearer...nobody wants to live in Alaska. It's too cold.

[LS]

Um, no government has ever worked that way. In a democratic republic, our representatives decide whom to lend our money to.

And, yes, it is shortsighted. The pennies you will save by not giving Iraq help now will be mucho dollars later in trade. Course, you might be the first to complain about being laid off because your company's exports were down. I'll take the growth, any day.

[RightWhale]

nobody wants to live in Alaska. It's too cold.

It's not for everybody, but some thrive on it. Some like it, others stay in their heated pads and have remote start on their car so they can get into a warm car after surving the trip between their front door and the driveway.

Of those who like it, many are of large body like bears and generate enough internal heat to survive: they average twice the size of LA residents. Others are wiry cusses and survive the cold on p*ss and vinegar.

In any case, the myths that you can't use concrete in construction and you can't do welding at 60 below are nothing more than myths.