Hey, I've always figured that we should have first rights to our own oil! However Nafta (a la Mulroney) would sue us till the cows came home. Hey, maybe if our cows all had mad cow disease we wouldn't get sued!
Just reading an article in the Vancouver Province about a potential Pandemic. Economic guy was pointing out that if there was a real pandemic, all freighter traffic would halt worldwide. No one would be willing to risk letting freighters from other continents land in their ports.
Can't you imagine the shortages that would occur instantaneously if that happened? Sure is a good thing that toilet paper is made here
Saw a couple of "bathrooms" in central Turkey that had only a bucket of dirty water beside the hole for you to wash your bum with (using your left hand ? of course). Sure glad I had my own toilet paper and some alcohol hand cleaner AND a good pair of boots on. Yuck.
but I digress. again. and again.
Stan