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Originally posted by dd74
Purry - correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't you located in Canada? You have some fairly astute observations about the political situation in the U.S.
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aw shucks... Thanks, but now you're just gonna get us both in trouble.
Yes, I am in Canada, but we get all our news from Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert up here. Sort of seriously - we love and are attached to the economic hip of the US so Canadians are generally close students of US conditions by necessity. Also, I am responsible for managing several $billion US denominated assets and investments in my professional life.
Also - we have a recently elected conservative government in Canada and a Prime Minister who idolizes GWB, so we really, really need to observe the US as a bellwhether for Canadian futures. We have a mini version of your Iraq situation with Canadian soldiers in Afganistan. The issues seem somewhat less clear cut but the morality/sensitivities are the same. At least we get front page coverage of every soldier's death over there.
Plus, we live and die with you guys more than ever now with emerging asian and evolving european economies.