On Tue, 27 Mar 2007 08:42:56 -0400, Gogarty
wrote:



Well, Larry, you believe as you wish. Me, I am buying land along Hudson's Bay
for my new winter resort complex. Just think. We can offer balmy temperatures
in December as well as the Northern Lights. Oh, I am also buying up vast
tracts of tundra for my future wheat farms -- or maybe poppies. But
seriously, this is exactly what forward looking people in Europe are already
doing. And of the US persists in keeping its head in the sand on this one, it
will fall far behind the rest of the world and there will be no more land to
buy on Hudson's Bay.

Well, I would consider buying land in Brazil. According to one report,
by 2040 the US will be only the 5th largest economy behind Brazil
Russia and China - can't remember other one. Let's face it, when you
move all of your production offshore and your trade value deficit is
30 to 1 with countries such as China and you have resultant
unemployment at home, apart from the temporary buoyancy provided by
the Iraqi invasion and its oil, the future looks bleak. Perhaps I
should encourage my future grandchildren to buy some cheap midwest
land and indenture some of the starving unemployed as serfs. They
could be the new Tsars. The serfs would be not allowed to travel as an
anti-terrorist measure to protect them which situation of course they
would happily accept as being for their own good. If there wasn't
enough work for their offspring we could start a war on our neighbours
and thereby balance the population and reduce the unemployment.

The boating element you ask? The serfs could build cheap boats as
well.

cheers
Peter