Question for the non US posters.

What do you think about the world?
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Post by Chmee »

Forthe wrote:Boycott what? The US doesn't export shit. You just buy stuff on credit.

Really the only thing we could do is stop buying dollars and watch your currency float even with the RMB.

The U.S. is the largest exporter on the planet.

From http://www.nationmaster.com ...

1. United States $687 billion f.o.b. (2002 est.)
2. Germany $608 billion f.o.b. (2002 est.)
3. Japan $383.8 billion f.o.b. (2002 est.)
4. China $325.6 billion f.o.b. (2002 est.)
5. France $307.8 billion f.o.b. (2002)
6. United Kingdom $286.3 billion f.o.b. (2002)
7. Canada $260.5 billion f.o.b. (2002 est.)
8. Italy $259.2 billion f.o.b. (2002 est.)
9. Netherlands $243.3 billion f.o.b. (2002)
10. Hong Kong $200.3 billion f.o.b., including reexports (2002 est.)
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Umm try to find products made only in the US by companies owned wholy by American citizens....

Come back when you cannot find but like 9 and whine then, the world is multinational.

Hell even Harleys are made mostly in Asia.
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Forthe wrote:
VariaVespasa wrote:Actually, speaking as a canadian I like where your dollar is going. Carry on! :)
All hail the invincible Loon! (Canadian 1 dollar coin, to you southerners!)
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It isn't so cool if you are selling to americans in $US and converting those to $C. :(

Edit: For Aruman we have had people move here just due to Iraq. CBC had a blonde chick that had relinquished her US citizenship over it video conferenced into a town hall meeting in Ohio last week. That was painful to watch.
More power to em... I was just saying that it's an extremist reaction.

Personally,

Let them go, renounce their citizenship, whatever else they want to do, it still won't do anything to change the way the election went. Running away from a problem (either real or imagined) has helped solve it how many times?

Anyway, as if an extremely insignificant number of the population moving elsewhere over an election really means anything. :roll:
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Aruman wrote:
Forthe wrote:
VariaVespasa wrote:Actually, speaking as a canadian I like where your dollar is going. Carry on! :)
All hail the invincible Loon! (Canadian 1 dollar coin, to you southerners!)
*Hugs*
Varia
It isn't so cool if you are selling to americans in $US and converting those to $C. :(

Edit: For Aruman we have had people move here just due to Iraq. CBC had a blonde chick that had relinquished her US citizenship over it video conferenced into a town hall meeting in Ohio last week. That was painful to watch.
More power to em... I was just saying that it's an extremist reaction.

Personally,

Let them go, renounce their citizenship, whatever else they want to do, it still won't do anything to change the way the election went. Running away from a problem (either real or imagined) has helped solve it how many times?

Anyway, as if an extremely insignificant number of the population moving elsewhere over an election really means anything. :roll:
Well her basic point was about not having blood on her hands, she wasn't arguing to fix\change anything. She was clearly very upset by the whole thing which made it hard to watch. I applaud her conviction, most of us just bitch a little and then accept it.
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miir wrote:There has been a rift created between Canada and the US (and the rest of the world)solely due to the actions and decisions made by the Bush administration. In the next 4 years, if they are willing to 'clean up' their foreign policy and be a less aggrogant and hostile participant in the 'global community', who knows what good things could happen...

I'm hopeful that this administration will learn from the mistakes made in the past 4 years. If they dont... well, I'll just say that I'm happy I'm not an american.


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Cartalas wrote:
miir wrote: I'm hopeful that this administration will learn from the mistakes made in the past 4 years.
So are we!!! So are we!!
Excellent, glad we could agree on something! :lol:

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