That Evil American Military!Follow

http://www.janes.com/defence/news/fr/fr050221_1_n.shtml

I hereby declare that Canadians can no longer give us any shi[/u]t about our budget when their national defense rests next to entirely in our hands.

I always figured their hockey team seconded as their army.

Well, I guess they always have the mounties.

I agree, the Canadians are our friends no matter what disagreement we have. It just seems pretty rude when they vote against things like missile defense when their defense really does rest in our hands. It's like a bird with a broken wing pecking at your hand even though you're trying to rehabilitate it.

Yes Yes. You are very right. and I do think we are Rome\Babylon\Atlantis incarnate.

However, I'm inclined to point out though that compareing the economies\deficit of the US and Canadia is like comparing an apple to a salad.

Take into account the populations, the ethnic diversities, the histories. All of this has a grand effect on the nature of the thing.

The problem is that America isn't happen sitting still. It's like a hyper-active child at the moment while Canada acts like the proper older brother. The more **** we get ourselves into the more tangled we get.


but I'm sayin', don't you think this wouldn't have happened if Canadia didn't want to look good in the eyes of the World?





dude, are you Japanese or waht?

Edited, Wed Feb 23 21:26:15 2005 by Kelvyquayo

What, you think I'm Japanese just because I have a penchant for beaver? When will you ignorant round eyes ever learn to stop stereotyping? LOL!


Edited, Wed Feb 23 21:49:11 2005 by PooShooter

Do we really have all that different of an image now? The most significant differences I've noticed driving from Michigan to Canada is that I have to switch to the little orange numbers on my speedometer and that the tax rate is like 248%

Edited, Wed Feb 23 21:54:09 2005 by xythex

I kinda wish America and China got along better. But history has taught us that we usually get thanked with bullets for our business and money.

Okay well, maybe I did jump to a conclusion based on one instance. Remember that 80% of Japan's raw materials came from America before WW2.

Okay I'll give that one to ya. Let's wipe the slate clean and have that debate.

Lol. Because that method of defense has proven so historically successful...

Look. Canada does not have to spend that much on defense exactly because the US is right next door and they know we'll protect them. If you relocated Canada to say Eastern Europe, you can bet your *** they'd have to spend money on defense.

And if you look at another one of my recent posts, you'd find that I comare US to China in the light of both of them being multi-cultural, and also if you weren't so bent on simple trolling, you'd acknowlegde the sarcasm of my other statements. Now go shoe your wife.

From the Canadian side of the border...

We do acknowledge the fact that the US army would come over to cover our asses if anyone attacked Canada, but why would anyone attack Canada? No country really holds a grudge against us, and if they hate us, chances are they really hate the US.

No one would declare war on Canada (or France, or Spain, well the EU block) because in a world where alliances are clearly shown, only a madman would attempt to attack a EU country.

Anyways back to the point... Today's Federal Budget granted 5000 more troops, salary raises for the personnel and some new nifty gadgets to use. Its the biggest increase in military spendings in the last 20 years (although half of those were spent slashing the Defense budget) We just need to stay up to date in equipment, which we have failed to do, the Chicoutimi (aka subamrine who doesnt sink, can barely float) and our marvelous sea kings, which proved so worthy..... 40 years ago.

We are not interested in waging war, just helping others out, we cant afford to wage war anyways, with only a population of 30 million, we cant put the numbers behind. More population = growth in GDP that is exponential not proportional.... China is porving this lately. This is usually true, except in a few cases where all the growth has been sucked up by a too large population increase.

Like I said we lack numbers, we gonna add 5000 new troops, and thats big, the US army recruits around 90000 men a year, on a normal years if im not mistaken, for a population ten times our size recruiting 16 times more than our extraordinary measure... (the Canadian military total soldiers is around 60000-65000, and was at 90000 during the Gulf War era)

But then again, we still can give you advice about your budget. Your economy is vastly more weighty than ours in the world scale, yet you produce a deficit that is not even "real". Such vast sums of money could lead to bankruptcy across, well 99% of the countries. We learned sane management, we preserve our way of living, free healthcare, education (to some extent), and a bunch of other things. But thats how we choose to live, Americans have a way of life too, but right now that way of life is not being managed well, sorry to say this but Mankiw is not a economist or a trustworthy source of economic knowledge, hes a politician now, and he does what he must to stay in power. He used to have good ideas, now he uses his status to manipulate things to cover up a bit.

Being in a deficit may be fun, but one day those 400 billion deficits will come back.... Keep that in mind, were already paying here in Canada for the fun times of past generations (praise the almighty Olympic Stadium of Montreal! huzzah!) And a bunch of other things ^^

Well have a good night, and dont listen to Mankiw, hes biased.