24-06-2005 18:36									#31
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If his admin would thwart the dangerous dictators, rather than merely
share Jacuzzis with them, and if he was not a ultra-religious android...

I reckon I would have no other problems with supporting Junior.

	24-06-2005 19:09									#32
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quote: Originally posted by DaShi This should be a poll.

For a poll, one needs options.

	24-06-2005 21:21									#33
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quote: Originally posted by cal_01 Err. How on earth is this a good thing? The soft-wood lumber ban hurts the house-builders more than it helps the US forestry industry.

You have to understand Drake to understand that post. He just likes pissing off Canadians.

	24-06-2005 21:38									#34
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quote: Originally posted by cal_01 Err. How on earth is this a good thing? The soft-wood lumber ban hurts the house-builders more than it helps the US forestry industry.

Hey, didn't you here they're clearing palm trees in Tampa to build houses? We don't need no Canadian wood!!

Just kidding, after all, Canadians helped build four-fifths of my house by selling their trees...

I'm curious, what other major industries does Canada have, as all I have ever heard about is timber and oil, and I don't even think there is that much oil in Canada (but I could be wrong)...

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quote: Originally posted by Commy I'm curious, what other major industries does Canada have, as all I have ever heard about is timber and oil, and I don't even think there is that much oil in Canada (but I could be wrong)...

Are you serious?

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quote: Originally posted by DinoDoc He's driven a few people here insane. It's been entertaining to watch the decline of a few of the posters here.

Yeah, basically anyone who supported his invasion of Iraq has been made to look like a prize plonker...

	24-06-2005 21:52									#37
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quote: I'm curious, what other major industries does Canada have, as all I have ever heard about is timber and oil, and I don't even think there is that much oil in Canada (but I could be wrong)...

Tons of oil. We're the US' biggest foreign supplier of oil. Also natural gas and hydro power
Pulp and paper industry (related to the timber industry)
Agriculture (livestock, grains etc.)
Fisheries
Trains, planes (Bombardier) and automobiles (multinationals)
Telecommunications, robotics, other high-tech
Aluminum processing in Quebec (raw material comes from Carribbean)

	24-06-2005 22:03									#38
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Not to mention other minerals (nickel, coal, potash, diamonds, among others)
Sizable international banking and insurance industry

	24-06-2005 22:22									#39
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Yeah. The Canuck banks have really been taking over down South recently, haven't they...

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"All your banks are belong to us!"

	25-06-2005 01:22									#41
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quote: Originally posted by KrazyHorse Yeah. The Canuck banks have really been taking over down South recently, haven't they...

Yeah, because most US banks are very very small operations. The "big 5" have no problem taking them over.

	25-06-2005 02:33									#42
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Bank of America has the market cap of all the big 5 combined, though.

Might even have enough left over to buy the medium 2...

	25-06-2005 02:41									#43
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Citi Corp is huge as well.

	25-06-2005 02:46									#44
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Citigroup market cap is actually slightly larger than BoA

But BoA is more of a small-consumer bank than Citigroup is, which seems to be heavier into corporate **** (at least that's my impression)

The big 5 Canadian banks are somewhere in between. Their investment services divisions are the things showing the most growth as they expand into the US as brokerage firms and such.

	25-06-2005 03:18									#45
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quote: Originally posted by Drake Tungsten I liked the import restrictions on soft-wood lumber.

You actually caught a canuck with that hook, even if it is a DL. My hat is off to you, sir.

	25-06-2005 04:00									#46
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quote: Originally posted by Drake Tungsten God no...

From now on you guarantee one of my votes in each election thread.

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quote: Originally posted by KrazyHorse Bank of America has the market cap of all the big 5 combined, though. Might even have enough left over to buy the medium 2...

Yes, of course.

But the majority of American banks are small time operations and usually don't consist of much more than one branch. There is nothing in the US that compares to the scale and availibility of the Big Five.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining. I love that I can go anywhere in Canada and find a Guichet Scotia.

Hell, I was in Mexico last year thinking "I need some cash..." only to turn around and find a Scotiabank ABM right in front of me. You can't beat that.

	25-06-2005 04:46									#48
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quote: Originally posted by KrazyHorse quote: I'm curious, what other major industries does Canada have, as all I have ever heard about is timber and oil, and I don't even think there is that much oil in Canada (but I could be wrong)... Tons of oil. We're the US' biggest foreign supplier of oil. Also natural gas and hydro power Pulp and paper industry (related to the timber industry) Agriculture (livestock, grains etc.) Fisheries Trains, planes (Bombardier) and automobiles (multinationals) Telecommunications, robotics, other high-tech Aluminum processing in Quebec (raw material comes from Carribbean)

We also do tons of research in medical and nano technologies. NINT is almost done!

(PS. TSX is only 300-600 points or so behind DOW. Still, I'm not sure if that's more of the US economy tanking or the Canadian economy rising...)

	25-06-2005 07:12									#49
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quote: You have to understand Drake to understand that post. He just likes pissing off Canadians.

I like pissing everyone off, not just Canadians.

quote: You actually caught a canuck with that hook, even if it is a DL. My hat is off to you, sir.

Thank you.

quote: From now on you guarantee one of my votes in each election thread.

Damn you! My votes have been trending down towards zero. I might have dropped off the list altogether the next time around...

	25-06-2005 09:14									#50
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No, no, Drake. The topic is policies of Bush that piss people off. You bring up softwood, despite it not being a Bush policy (the disputes has been going on since sometime around Reagan, or maybe Carter).

Therefore you are a most deserving member of the Poly Hall of Fame.

	25-06-2005 09:16									#51
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quote: Originally posted by cal_01 We also do tons of research in medical and nano technologies. NINT is almost done! (PS. TSX is only 300-600 points or so behind DOW. Still, I'm not sure if that's more of the US economy tanking or the Canadian economy rising...)

Go away.

	25-06-2005 09:19									#52
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What sort of welcome is that?

	25-06-2005 09:32									#53
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A Canadian one.

	25-06-2005 09:36									#54
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I didn't see a hockey stick or take out of the knee.

It was more a limp-wristed Yankee anti-welcome.

	25-06-2005 09:39									#55
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There are two hockey sticks, 3 pucks and a Team Canada cap within 5 feet of me.

	25-06-2005 09:50									#56
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Then you need to come back for communion.

Your slap shot is a bit limp, no matter how much regalia you surround yourself with.

	25-06-2005 09:51									#57
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quote: Originally posted by KrazyHorse Go away.

I feel so unloved.

	25-06-2005 09:55									#58
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Don't worry 'bout it. He is trying to sniff out if you are a wuss or not.

For my part, I'm sort of curious what brought you here.

I would bet $5 that you live in, or came from Calgary.

	25-06-2005 09:57									#59
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You're off by about 300 km. I think that's a pretty big hint.

edit: I used to post on the Civ3 forums a long time ago (but forgot my screen name) and I'm now at the AC forums!

	25-06-2005 10:03									#60
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Oh no's, not another Edmontonian! The balance will be all discombobulated.

Where's cinch?