[Brent Swain]

Most industrialised nations are experienceing a severe labour shortage in the trades, which promises to increase. All they taught their kids to do was push computer buttons, and people in the trades ,like welders, plumbers, electricians, pipe fitters, etc are al retiring soon. Without the illegal immigration from Mexico, etc., the US would experience the same lack of people who can do things with their hands ,and the economy would suffer as a result. The purpose of anti immigrant sentiment is to put these immigrants in such vulnerable positions as to make them as close as possible to slave labour , enabling their employers to abuse them at will knowing that, as they are unable to complain to anyone, employers are immune to any consequences for whatever abuse they want to impose on their victims.<br /> It is an attempt to circumvent all civil rights and labour laws.<br /> They say that they don't want Mexicans comming in and taking their jobs. When was the last time someone stood up in the US congress and said "If we allow those Mexicans in , my wife, and I won't nbe able to work picking lettuce for $5 a day.<br /> No, the reason they dont't want them is because they are dark skinned and have large families.<br /> If they were blond haired ,blue eyed Swedish beauty queens with their tubes tied, Billy Clinton would be rushing down there right now to welcome them in person.<br /> The reason the Avro Arrow was cancelled was because it was the only plane capable of flying high enough to shoot down U2 spy planes .It demonstrated that such fighters were technically feasible.Shortly after it was scraped, satellites became the method of surveillance and the arguement became redundant.<br /> Brent

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[QUOTE]Most industrialised nations are experienceing a severe labour shortage in the trades, which promises to increase. All they taught their kids to do was push computer buttons, and people in the trades ,like welders, plumbers, electricians, pipe fitters, etc are al retiring soon. Without the illegal immigration from Mexico, etc., the US would experience the same lack of people who can do things with their hands ,and the economy would suffer as a result.[/QUOTE] <br /> <br /> No, they taught them to go to university...and there ARE lots of unemployed--just not trained and not who will work for $5 an hour.<br /> <br /> Business doesn't want to pay to train locals.<br /> <br /> <br /> [QUOTE]No, the reason they dont't want them is because they are dark skinned and have large families.<br /> If they were blond haired ,blue eyed Swedish beauty queens with their tubes tied, Billy Clinton would be rushing down there right now to welcome them in person.[/QUOTE]<br /> <br /> <br /> Are you nuts? Do you read? Bill Clinton is a HUGE supporter of globalism and talked of whites becoming a minority in America as a good thing.<br /> <br /> <br /> [QUOTE]The reason the Avro Arrow was cancelled was because it was the only plane capable of flying high enough to shoot down U2 spy planes .It demonstrated that such fighters were technically feasible.Shortly after it was scraped, satellites became the method of surveillance and the arguement became redundant.<br /> Brent[/QUOTE]<br /> <br /> <br /> There were many other reasons.

[Milton]

AgriBusiness doesn't want to pay a living wage to those who do the manual labor on farms/ranches/fruit orchards, etc. You may be able to live on $5.00/hr in Mexico but it is not feasible in Canada and the USA. The corporate fascists always try to wring a few more drops of profit from the poorest members of society.<br /> <br /> The trade unions are lacking young apprentices because there were/are not enough jobs around to employ the journeymen and they opted to restrict new memberships. They should have continued the attempt to unionize all of the working class but they dropped the torch. It is our lot who must rectify the failures of yester years.<br /> <br /> As for the Avro Arrow, this merely illustrates that the USA was twisting arms back then too.

[Brent Swain]

They once considered laughable those who spoke of a German invasion of Holland, etc in 1938, and those who warned us were ridiculed, by the lackeys and treasonous mouthpieces of the invaders.
Most South American countries are now oulawing the presence of foreign soldiers on their soil. They have had enough bad experiences with the US, to know in no uncertain terms what that leads to.
The ability of foreign armies to come into Canada is a far greater threat than any so called "Emergency". What kind of emergency would justify that? The election of a government that the US doesn't approve of? Would the introduction of the first public medicare system in North America have qualified as such an emergency?
The editor of the Seattle based sailing rag "48 North" , in the letters section , was saying how wonderful it would be be if the US anexed Canada. I've heard similar comments from Yanks in Mexico. It's like a stranger in your home , while enjoying your hospitality, joking about what nice stuff you have and saying how he'd like to come back later and steal it.It would be even funnier if you found out that he had a long history of kleptomania.
I suggest that any Canadian who objects to such comments, email him your thoughts at richard@48north.com .We can't afford to let any such attitudes go unchallenged.The stakes are too high.
He may have been testing the waters to see what kind of reaction such comments get from Canadians. Lets give him a reaction. Lets let him know what the consequences would be.
Brent

[sasquatch2]

Brent Swain

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The reason the Avro Arrow was cancelled was because it was the only plane capable of flying high enough to shoot down U2 spy planes .It demonstrated that such fighters were technically feasible.Shortly after it was scraped, satellites became the method of surveillance and the arguement became redundant.

For starters you should do some research into the ARROW.
1. The Arrow was totally incapable of ever attaining the U2 cruise altitude of 80,000 ft. Only the the SR71 ever managed that feat. The MiG25 was primarilly a recon platform but although it was fast it lacked that service ceiling or a ceiling sufficient to get a missile radar lock.
2. The reality of a lack of a developed fire control radar, fire control system and missile, made the ARROW useless. It is put about that the US would not supply the appropriate Huges systems but the expected systems were cancelled because the technology ceiling was reached. In fact a decade passed before anything appropriate appeared.
3. The airframe and engines had already pushed the programme into vast cost-over-runs and the cost of developing a fire control radar, fire control system and missile, by anybody would have tripled the already unacceptable cost.
4. It was put about the USAF was concerned the ARROW could shoot down the B70 Valkiri SS bomber....but in reality an unarmed aircraft does not respresent a threat. At Mach 2.5 guns are not an option.

[sasquatch2]

Having allied troops around is not really a problem.

The Mmericans were happy to have CF18's doing sovereignty patrols defending US airspace recently. The Brits utilize CF training areas in southern ALTA for their armour---and pay a good buck for it as do the Luftwaffe for labrador airspace for low-level flight training...in fact during 911 flap the Luftwaffe were patrolling Canadian airspace.

[Brent Swain]

The Arrow had recessed missiles, inside the wings that could track several targets simultaneouly , all of which could easily reach the altitude of the U2. A client, who's proffessor worked on the arrow , gave details of how far it was ahead of anything the yanks had at the time. Almost all the top Canadian scientists working on the project wer scooped by the US to work on their projects as soon as the arrow was cancelled. You only have to look at the Arrow to se how advanced it was design wise compared to what the yanks had at the time.It would not look at all outdated alongside todays fighters.
Expect US lackeys to continue to bombard us with disinformation , and historic revisionism for their political purposes. Prime minister Treason Harper is a good example of that
Brent

[K4N4DI4N]

Allowing U.S soldiers on our soil during an Emergency. I say no friggin' way! I am afraid we can support ourselves in the event of some sort of natural disaster. The only military we have to ponder invading us IS the U.S! Personally, the only event I can forsee happening, that the U.S would help us 'Police' would be some sort of popular insurrection by the Canadian public against our own government. In that case, the last thing we need is a foreign government involved, since we all know that the U.S would definitely prefer our current system of Yankee sympathising corporate whores.
The U.S has already gotten rid of their OWN Posse Comitatus laws for not so noble reasons. They know people are going to revolt in the U.S very soon. They therefore prefer to have foreign troops policing it, since they would have no issues firing on American dissenters. Their own police/military would probably side with their friends/family/neighbours if/when it comes down to it. This thing with the U.S deciding on, and policing our 'emergencies', is nothing short of the same damn thing.