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Ahh, touché...
I know more about the rest of the world history and politics than Canada. Perhaps it’s so much like American we take it for granted, it’s so easy to travel there and move about that it be taken for granted? Should I be ashamed? We did learn all the Canadian provinces, their capitols and studied your government a little bit of current events in school but not history. Sorry, I officially apologize as an American :)
RoadClosed you don't have to apologize for anything you live in a great country...I've lived there twice ( in California and Texas )...half of what we learn in school is about america...as empires go you have the most benevolent empire that has ever existed on the face of this earth...we even talk up here every ten years or so about what would happen if Canada ever decided to join as new states...and you would be surprised how many would vote yes if it ever came to that.
Did you know that Canada is NOT a democracy...we are officially a parlimentary monarchy...we do not have the right of veto, we cannot vote or petition on bills or laws before any stage of government, essentially the only right we have is to elect...what they do while in office is virtually out of our control...our house and our senate, and our judges are appointed NOT elected...our new constitution affords us no property rights that were guaranteed in the original bill of rights, and I could go on.
As people we are very much the same but politically, historically, and culturally we are very different.
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We could buy from other places and cripple your economy and then you would be known for Vodka made with potatoes. Go ask any wealthy Russian about Vodka made with potatoes. ;)
Talk all you want up there, but just remember the hand that feeds you. ;)
Vodka is not a mainstay of our economy...and what you suggest would not be economically possible without crippling BOTH our enonomies as they are too intertwined, by stopping the flow of goods Canada would actually suffer the least because our natural resourse pool is much larger and less dependant upon foreign goods...we also are a major supplier of water and power to the US in fact 1/3 of the state of New York alone is powered by overflow from the james project in northern quebec.
We are interdependant and no poliction in their right mind having any reasonable understanding of economics would allow a major trade war between our countries. Economically we are ONE country and quite inseparatable. :)
The hand feeds both ways. :)
Unless you are buying vodka off the top shelf, guess what... it's made in the good old South of America. Tenessee and Kentucky. Brands like Smirnoff etc. distilled from grains and bottled here. Oh and I think Glacier (a top shelf vodka made from potatos) is made in the USA. lol. There are about 100 others so we can get by on our own. :p In fact I love martinis and I haven't made on with Russian vodka in years.