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To: Edscharp who wrote (10129)	7/6/2002 2:29:53 PM
From: ProDeath	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 19428

"P.S. After we attack and take over Canada & Mexico, it really won't matter anyway. LOL!" Why buy the cow when you can have the milk for free? ;-)

To: Edscharp who wrote (10129)	7/6/2002 4:33:30 PM
From: TheStockStalker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 19428

Here in the States it's common for us to refer to ourselves as "Americans" and when reference is made here to "America" it's almost always intended to be synonymous with the United States. I guess since it sounds so stupid to be called a United Statesian then the next best thing to do, only because it sounds good, was take the name of an Italian guy that never even saw these particular shores of North America that went on to become the United States. TS

To: Edscharp who wrote (10129)	7/8/2002 11:09:00 PM
From: PartyTime	Respond to of 19428

Canada and the U.S.? There are some social policy differences, but when it comes to economics it's pretty much one and the same. I remember traveling to Toronto, Canada once on a fact finding tour during the Vietnam War and the discussion became very political and the economics of the world were heatedly debated. When breaktime hit some of us left the breakout rooms to get some, as we say in New England, tonic. I vividly recall hitting the Ginger Ale button and my astonishment over seeing the same colored Ginger Ale can. The only thing different in the labeling of the can was the title of the drink: America Dry. Of course, in America, we drink Canada Dry. Given the closeness of the two nation's economics, I wonder if the Canadian shorting allowance exists more by design and intent than by a policy of practical consideration.

To: Edscharp who wrote (10129)	7/15/2002 12:55:17 AM
From: Francois Goelo	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 19428

>>> Ed, we have a difference of Opinion, here... and I know I am right... ;-) Does South Africa calls itself Africa, because they just feel they're the dominant force on the African Continent?... No, only the United States of Mid-North America has had the arrogance to attribute itself the name of a Continent... Unfortunately, the US of MNA Empire is now on the decline and should soon meet the unenviable fate of all other Empires before it.... For future Reference: Canada = United Provinces of Upper-North America Mexico = Estados Unidos de [Lower-North America] Otherwise, Peruvians and Bolivian would have every right to claim to be American, since it's their Continent, too... and by the same token, even the Caribbean, a mere extension of the American Continental Shelf, could rightfully claim to be "American"... Ergo, Cubans are also Americans... Duh.... JMRO, F. Goelo + + +