"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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"Jim Carter" wrote in message
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"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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Plutonium from the destroyed missile would be ingested by Northern pike,
make them glow at night, and that would be fantastic for remote fly-in
fishing lodges, which are always looking for a new way to attract new
business.
Doug, have you been to one of our fly in fishing lodges? They are
fantastic! Great fishing! Tasty food!

Jim



I'd like to, but I will not set foot in a single engine plane unless I
have first hired two suspicious men who will kill the pilot's family if
the plane crashes. I don't trust mechanics, except mine.

Grab a parachute and site in the co-pilot's seat.

Skipper wrote:
Don White wrote:


That was the problem with the 'Star Wars' program.The US would
intercept Soviet missles over Canadian territory. Why would we
want that?


Most of Canada a few miles north of the US border is desolate tundra.
Would you rather that *fundamentalist* missile come down on New York?

--
Skipper
Maybe a thousand miles north of the border......
You asking me if I'd rather a missle land on a foreign country, or on my
own countries soil...? Give me 5 seconds to think about that...

"Jim Carter" wrote in message
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"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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I'd like to, but I will not set foot in a single engine plane unless I
have
first hired two suspicious men who will kill the pilot's family if the
plane
crashes. I don't trust mechanics, except mine.

You don't have to go by single engine plane. Some Outfitters have twin
Otters on floats. A great aircraft.
My brother had a Cessna 185 on floats but he traded that for a 210. He
didn't like the statistics of float planes.

He should have gotten a turbine 208, that's a nice ride to altitude.

"Jim Carter" wrote in message
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"Skipper" wrote in message
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Most of Canada a few miles north of the US border is desolate tundra.
Would you rather that *fundamentalist* missile come down on New York?
Skipper

Now here is one ignorant American. Skipper, did you not take a geography
course in school? You have better take a look at the map of Canada to
see
where the tundra is located. I can give you some help. It's more than
1000 miles north of the Canada/USA border

Why do 95% of the Canadians live within 100 miles of the US border?

"thunder" wrote in message
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On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 08:04:31 -0500, Smith Smithers wrote:

Jim C.
You are wearing blinders if you don't think Canada benefits from a strong
US Military.

Sometimes, just sometimes, I wonder if we benefit from a strong military.
;-) Bullets or butter? World's policeman doesn't come without a cost.

It keeps your from harm.

"Tamaroak" wrote in message
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And if we had listened to Carter we sure as hell wouldn't be in the pickle
we are in today with most of the world hating our collective guts. (And
with good reason, I might add; we are the ugly Americans.)

Carter was the worst US president.

We wouldn't have this chickenhawk AWOL deserter presidummy for one thing.
We might be somewhere on the road to self-sufficiency and conservation
regarding our energy needs, for another, instead of only worrying how we
can return value to the BP & Exxon shareholders.

Let's crack open ANWR, the coast of Calif. and Fla. We can then get some
wind farms off of Cape Cod.

This administration is a lot like others before them, only more stupid,
selfish and shortsighted.

You are an idiot.

Don White wrote:

You asking me if I'd rather a missle land on a foreign country, or on my
own countries soil...? Give me 5 seconds to think about that...

Actually, I asked you "Most of Canada a few miles north of the US border
is desolate tundra. Would you rather that *fundamentalist* missile come
down on New York?"

So, is it remote tundra or New York where you'd prefer to see that
missile fall?

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Skipper

In terms of who deserves the most credit it is unmistakenly
Gorbatsjov. Why is it there is such a need to blow up the part Reagan
played? Don't you think any president with a smart advisor would have
done not exactly the same but would have added in the same amount?

No, Reagan was the drivinig force in tearing down the iron curtain.


And don't forget that he personally designed built & flew the first
rocket to the moon, right after he finished taming the west. And he
proved scientifically that trees cause air pollution!


Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
Actually, history was on both their sides. The borders were already
porous as a screened hatch in a submarine, the economies of the
various Baltic states were becoming more Westernized with a healthy
open black market fueled by some really good smugglers (a story of
whom has never been written but I wish would be), Poland and Hungary
had already become democratized - the forces of history.

They were in the right place in the right time for it all to come
crashing down. The fact that Reganites took credit for it is an
accident of that same history.

No doubt Reagan helped. But I thought it was funny that he is supposed
to have intimidated the Russians thru our superior submarine force... at
that time, the Russians had over 1,000 submarines alone, and President
Reagan's 600 ship Navy was just a pipe dream.

DSK

"Bert Robbins" wrote in message
news

"Jim Carter" wrote in message
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"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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I'd like to, but I will not set foot in a single engine plane unless I
have
first hired two suspicious men who will kill the pilot's family if the
plane
crashes. I don't trust mechanics, except mine.

You don't have to go by single engine plane. Some Outfitters have
twin
Otters on floats. A great aircraft.
My brother had a Cessna 185 on floats but he traded that for a 210. He
didn't like the statistics of float planes.

He should have gotten a turbine 208, that's a nice ride to altitude.

Right now he is looking for a good 310 Turbo, with the Lycoming Engines.
Service ceiling of 35,000 ft.

Jim

"Bert Robbins" wrote in message
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"Jim Carter" wrote in message
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"Skipper" wrote in message
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Most of Canada a few miles north of the US border is desolate tundra.
Would you rather that *fundamentalist* missile come down on New York?
Skipper

Now here is one ignorant American. Skipper, did you not take a
geography
course in school? You have better take a look at the map of Canada to
see
where the tundra is located. I can give you some help. It's more
than
1000 miles north of the Canada/USA border

Why do 95% of the Canadians live within 100 miles of the US border?

Well, way back in history, the only way to travel was by water and that's
where the Great Lakes Area is. The cities were started there and they
grew and grew. The main east & west highways were easier to construct
along this corridor. That's way. Also, it's a hell of a lot warmer the
further south you are. ;-)
Jim