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Doug Kanter
 
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Default That "who controls the ports thing"...


"thunder" wrote in message
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On Thu, 23 Feb 2006 05:59:13 -0600, Skipper wrote:

Doug Kanter wrote:

Sort of different. This is our soil. Panama is not.


Panama is Panama *because* of the US. And the Canal Zone was under US
control "in perpetuity" until Jimmy Carter gave it away to a corrupt
dictator. Them's the phacts.


Enlighten us. What Panamanian gave us the Canal "in perpetuity"? Or what
Colombian for that matter? Yup, we stole the Canal Zone fair and square.


Are you suggesting that Scupper should attempt to locate and visit the
public limebrerry?