There is a common thread to all of these outrages. Directly or indirectly they all aim to bring about a wholesale transfer of wealth from the poor and middle classes to the rich. They represent a diversified strategy to further exaggerate the already gaping chasm separating the rich from the poor; the systematic elimination of the middle class; replacement of elected government with corporate rule; and ultimately, the establishment of a neo-feudal society in the technological age.
This is the hallmark of Bush's America. And Bush's America is the county that John Manley and his rich friends want Canada to link itself with even more intimately than we have already done. Do we want this for Canada?
The wealthy have nothing to fear from deeper integration, but as a member of the middle class, I'm not so confident.
For Commentary, I'm Tim Birt in Kingston.
Stumble It!
The New York Times (sorry, I know it's neocon, but let's assume these numbers are correct) reports that in 2004 the USA imported US$ 256 billion in goods from Canada, about 20% of their imports. Slamming the door shut on Americans would bring their teetering economy to its knees.
That's pretty funny, what the hell are they putting in the water up there ?
<a href="http://www.macleans.ca/topstories/politics/article.jsp?content=20050328_102751_102751">http://www.macleans.ca/topstories/politics/article.jsp?content=20050328_102751_102751</a><p>---<br>RickW
One of the best things about living in Canada, is that the slack jaw thirdworlders the NWO would like to move here, don't like it so much because a) they don't like the cold b) don't like snow, c) don't like to work in skill trades 'cause it means exertion, and they don't like swing' hammers and turnin' wrenches, preferring instead, stocking grocery shelves and working behind computers, y'know, easy work, d) did I say they don't like the cold?