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Kuros
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 Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 7:33 pm Post subject: McCain: US should not put vital ties with Canada at risk |
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U.S. Shouldn't Put Vital Ties With Canada At Risk Over NAFTA
By Sen. John McCain
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On my watch, America will listen to the views of our democratic allies. When we believe action is necessary, whether military, economic or diplomatic, we will try to persuade our friends that we are right. But we, in return, must be willing to be persuaded by them.
Canada and the United States have a shared destiny. We are both continental powers, nations shaped by our diverse heritage and our frontier experience. We are also both Arctic nations. And because of this common geography, we must be acutely aware of the perils posed by global warming and take immediate steps to reverse its effects.
. . . Canada is America's largest energy supplier and not one that we need fear will pose a threat to our energy security.
As you read this, I'm scheduled to be visiting Ottawa to demonstrate how much we value our relationship and the economic and security benefits it brings -- for Michigan and all of America. Allies and partners like Canada cannot be taken for granted. If I am elected president, they will not be. |
McCain hearts Canada.
I'd be even more convinced if McCain made Canada his first foreign stop after becoming President. |
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Manner of Speaking
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| Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:46 pm Post subject: |
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| There are a lot of Canadians who are not that all enamored with NAFTA either. A few uppity oil patch barons who think the rest of Canada was created for their benefit, but for the rest of us, if it disappeared amicably it would be no great loss. |
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mises
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| Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Manner of Speaking wrote: |
| uppity oil patch barons who think the rest of Canada was created for their benefit |
Elaborate? |
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Manner of Speaking
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| Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 10:10 pm Post subject: |
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| mises wrote: |
| Manner of Speaking wrote: |
| uppity oil patch barons who think the rest of Canada was created for their benefit |
Elaborate? |
No doubt they are.
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mises
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| Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 5:59 pm Post subject: |
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| Care to elaborate? |
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Manner of Speaking
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| Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2008 10:32 pm Post subject: |
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| It isn't elaborate enough already? |
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Bigfeet
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Location: Grrrrr.....
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| Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 2:00 am Post subject: |
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Maybe use expound instead.  |
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Manner of Speaking
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| Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 2:57 am Post subject: |
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| Hasn't Canada already expounded? I don't think we've used the pound in 100 years... |
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Manner of Speaking
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| Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 2:57 am Post subject: |
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You guys ask some weird questions.  |
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mises
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| Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 8:32 am Post subject: |
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| Manner of Speaking wrote: |
| It isn't elaborate enough already? |
Definitions of elaborate:
* add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; "She elaborated on the main ...
* produce from basic elements or sources; change into a more developed product; "The bee elaborates honey"
* marked by complexity and richness of detail; "an elaborate lace pattern"
* complicate: make more complex, intricate, or richer; "refine a design or pattern"
* detailed: developed or executed with care and in minute detail; "a detailed plan"; "the elaborate register of the inhabitants prevented tax evasion"- John Buchan; "the carefully elaborated theme"
* work out in detail; "elaborate a plan"
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
Dumbass easterners. Can't even be smug and clever properly. |
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Manner of Speaking
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| Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 2:10 pm Post subject: |
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anal retentive
1. A fixation on neatness developed from the Freudian "anal stage", otherwise though of as the "potty training years". Where the fixation stems from either not enough or too much pushing into potty training and cleanliness as a child.
2. One who is excessively insistent upon the smallest detail of something, usually through ignorance or taking things too literally.
Speaking of ass. |
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