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To: Kayaker who wrote (119698)	4/11/2009 12:47:57 PM
From: Cogito Ergo Sum	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 206107

Interesting to me in all this recent rail news Kayaker is that I was under the impression that CN did more North South traffic and CP was more east west and commodities.. At any rate Canadian rails look like longer term winners here.. TBS

To: Kayaker who wrote (119698)	4/13/2009 5:41:43 AM
From: axial	3 Recommendations Respond to of 206107

I think (as posted previously) that diversification is the right answer. In that sense Francis is correct. Whether rail is preferable to pipeline is a whole 'nother question. Beyond that are other questions about what actions will follow a severe US decline; some of the possible outcomes make the whole matter moot. Canadians have dealt with these questions before: Message 25296214 US military power would be overwhelming. Most would acquiesce, but some would extract a price. And the US would trade a friend on their border for undetectable enemies on their crude and gas pipelines, hydroelectric and water supplies. At that stage of continental affairs, it won't make much difference. Very likely, the US itself will be racked by upheaval. That's the reality of living next to a superpower. The US record in this hemisphere is far from comforting, even when times were good. Jim