NAFTA Paves U. S. Route To Energy From North

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I see that both McCain & Obama have pledged "energy independence", and that Obama has pledged to review NAFTA.

Gosh! Does this mean that neither of them want Alberta's oil? I do beleive that Canada may STILL be considered a "foreign source" that is such an anathema to American freedom.

It is certainly up for debate, of course, whether "The Empire" sees us as "foreign" or not. Myself though, upon the accumulative evidence of a lifetime, especially through and most dramatically increased over "the Mulroney" and more recemt "Harper Years" is that. the US scarcely considers what we think at all. And it is the subservient "colonial mindset" behaviours of our economic and political ruling class, and their "managerial elites" that is responsible for even the frequent late night show, popular opinion "amused contempt" with which we are viewed, no less in US ruling circles. Which would never be said out loud of course, even by Amerikans, with some exceptions perhaps. That would not be "politic". But it is there in popular US humour about Canada, and certainly in again, their ruling circles expectations us, that we will be there to help them fight their imperial wars, going back to Korea even, for example, and there in their more recent Baltic/Kosovo expansionist reconfiguration war, and since 911 in Afghanistan.

Though on reflection, this has been the case, if more repressed, since even before the demise of British Empire loyalties in this country-, fully launched by Diefenbaker in the BOMARC missle and Avro Arrow fighter aircraft crises, and the sale of the Canadian economy into US Corporate control ever since. (With a brief reversal of this dominant dynamic during the "relatively" independent times fostered by Pierre Elliot Trudeau-, after which brief period it has been a backward slide ever since, under especially successive Liberal governements since Pierre, especially Paul Martin, who really got us into fighting this most recent US Empire war in Afghanistan.)

How could The Empire really see us any other way actually. Even most of us Canadians, I think, in our heart of hearts, are more than a tad aware of our bent over and bared ass position-, and at least a little embarassed if not, like me, outright ashamed by it.

A "foreign source" we may be on some superficial level. But we are certainly a readily "compliant" foreign source.And I haven't even gotten around to talking about NAFTA and the NAU yet, or our slavishly colonial mentality MSM.

Nope, no signs yet that we are even as rebellious as the poor cabin boy, who stuffed his arse with broken glass and circumcised the skipper. (Going back to my navy days. )

The empire does not see Canada as foreign at all. To them, we are a 'lucky accident' after 1812, and that this 'accident' should be reclaimed. The NAU-SPP is nothing more than 21st century language re-asserting the manifest destiny. I still say resistance is not futile!