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• • When will the world be ready for aliens?

  • In all honesty I think that at this time we as the world aren't ready. In the grand scheme of things we as humans are still in our infancy. A few hundred years ago we were burning people at the stake for being witches. We laugh at our ancestors foolishness now, but in a few hundred years the people of that time will likely laugh at our foolishness. We still cling to outdated notions and prejudices.

    We still have wars fought over religious reasons or for monetary gains. Humans at their core are still animals,despite the thin veneer of civility. If aliens contacted us right now most religions (which even today are still the foundations upon which most countries are built upon) would be turned on their ear. Causing widespread chaos.

    Now having said that I do think that within the next few hundred years we as humans will reach a "fork in the road" or a point at which we as humans either survive and start the next era of advancment or we take the other fork which ends in the virtual extinction of our race.

    So overall I feel that it would be hundreds of years yet before we would be anywhere near ready.

  • Posted: 11/21/08 4:09 AM
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• • Do Canadians Exploit Fixed-Income, Wage-Earner Americans? (Poll)

  • It's funny to me how he mentions the 97 Canadians in almost every second post as a counter point although he berated you for using it. Almost to the point of going over the top in hysterics.

    Also it was your government (and the big business counterparts) that allowed the current circumstances. Canada did not cause the recession.You keep bringing up point after point about Canada this,Canada that. Yet I have seen little in the way of hard facts from you other than your own suppositions. I provided a link that showed drug prices for both the US and Canada, straight from the FDA. You pointedly ignored it and carried on with your vendetta. You stated that R&D costs are paid for by U.S citizens, implying that only in America is research being done on any new drug. But anyone with a modicum of intelligence would understand that any major drug companies are global entities that have research and distribution across the world, not just in the U.S. It was pointed out that R&D is paid for by the drug company and the failing is that the U.S allows said company to sell their drugs at a higher price than in Canada. Canada tells them they can only sell within a certain range, why doesn't the U.S government do the same?

    You further state that America is paying to defend Canada. Yet you have no hard facts to back this up other than your own insights. Point of fact is that Canada has assisted the U.S with military and medical support multiple times over the last few years, especially during the hurricane seasons. We have sent military medical transport planes and service people. We sent military servicemen/woman to help with sandbagging,or shoring up dikes/ditches. We went door to door in affected areas offering assistance. Why? Not because NATO said we had to,but rather because the U.S government asked for our assistance and we gladly helped. We don't come to a message board and piss and moan because we had to help our ally. Nor do we blame our current circumstances on them. You state that we are starting a conflict with Russia in regards to oil. Yet if you had read any of the posts pertaining to it you would see that diplomatic action has been in the works for a long while. I find it interesting though, that you automatically seem to assume that there will be an actual war over it and that the U.S will have to help us.

    If you are so upset about your current circumstances then I would suggest you look to where the blame truley lies and stop pointing fingers.

    Not sure what your vendetta is with Canadians but this whole thread at least to me is nothing more than your thinly veiled attempts to say " I hate Canadians", regardless of whatever you state. So due to the facts I posted above and your "It's not fair" attitude you are little more than a troll at this time.

  • Posted: 11/18/08 7:47 AM
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• • Do Canadians Exploit Fixed-Income, Wage-Earner Americans? (Poll)

  • R&D on Pharma products isn't exclusive to the U.S as you seem to claim. I'll use Pfizer as an example (as they are widely known). Pfizer has branches across the globe, they have research facilities that also span the globe. They have research centers here in Canada. To even suggest that only the American branch of  Pfizer does any research is laughable at best.  Also Pfizer clusters their research centers on specific projects. One of the centers here in Canada is working on a cardivascular drug, alongside with a Pfizer research center in St. Louis and one from Denmark. The 3 centers together are sharing the R&D costs associatted with this project.

  • Posted: 11/16/08 5:28 PM
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• • Do Canadians Exploit Fixed-Income, Wage-Earner Americans? (Poll)

  • Also in regards to the oil rights please see:

    http://progressive.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/article.php?article_id=103

    This is basically what all the sabre rattling is about.

  • Posted: 11/15/08 11:26 AM
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• • Do Canadians Exploit Fixed-Income, Wage-Earner Americans? (Poll)

  • North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Canada,the United States and 24 other member countries entered into what amounts to a mutual defence pact. If one gets attacked the other 25 nations consider it an attack on them also and are bound to assist in many ways, one of which includes military support. This is why the U.S "defends" Canada.

    As for the ridiculous comment about drugs and such. You do understand that most of the major drug companies are worldwide entities and have offices and research centers across the world, this includes Canada? Any new wonder drug that gets researched or produced isn't the property of any one country. If Pfizer(one of the largest drug companies worldwide) develops a cure for the common cold no country can lay sole claim to it. Nor does any country have sole right to the product or it's distribution.

    Also I'm not sure where you got the idea that drug prices are 300% cheaper in Canada as opposed to the States. I would sure like to see your documentation. in rebuttal I have the following direct from the U.S Food and Drug Administration

    http://www.fda.gov/oc/whitepapers/drugprices.html

    Direct from the U.S government it shows that the vast majority of generic drugs are cheaper in the States than in Canada.

    Better to do more research next time you want to troll.

  • Posted: 11/15/08 11:21 AM
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