The bank of Canada joins the Federal Reserve 9-18-08

[ChrissyMaria]

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...U&refer=canada Looks like the beginning of the NAU to me, if you want my opinion...i'm waiting to hear your takes on this article. I sure hope the Bank of Mexico doesn't follow soon, or else it would bring us that much closer to a north american union.

[Xyn]

Why wouldn't you want a north american union??? I don't know much about this stuff, but the more allies we have the better right? Um, im probably not even talking about the same thing, can someone translate this to for dummies... lol

[ChrissyMaria]

Why wouldn't you want a north american union??? I don't know much about this stuff, but the more allies we have the better right? Um, im probably not even talking about the same thing, can someone translate this to for dummies... lol Oh my god, you poor poor soul, allies are what we need to get away from... Having a NAU will erase our constitution, our congress, our senate and our borders...which will allow petty thugs from mexico to smuggle their cocaine and they carry nasty diseases like TB....yea the NAU sounds really great WAKE UP PEOPLE Remember what the advice of the founding fathers was? Don't make alliances Don't get involved in foreign affairs Don't allow a central bank to control the currency Have we followed good ol George Washington's advice? NOPE.

[ChrissyMaria]

Drew, this really, really.....scares me now because the future of the free world is very very uncertain...and im kind of terrified as to what is to come...

[drewmandan]

Drew, this really, really.....scares me now because the future of the free world is very very uncertain...and im kind of terrified as to what is to come... We better have sex before it's too late. Joking! Or am I?

[ChrissyMaria]

We better have sex before it's too late. Joking! Or am I? Hmm maybe

[Xyn]

I'm sure the U.S won't let anything really bad happen. Only way that'd happen is if we were all overtooken and killed...

[Descensus]

I'm sure the U.S won't let anything really bad happen. Only way that'd happen is if we were all overtooken and killed... Bush already signed a bill (or something to that effect) in favor of the NAU. The NAU is a very scary thought for the politically informed, true American. By politically informed, true American I mean not Neo-Conservatives (i.e. John McCain) or empty suits that aren't different at all (i.e. Barack Obama or McCain).

[Bayside]

Oh my god, you poor poor soul, allies are what we need to get away from... Having a NAU will erase our constitution, our congress, our senate and our borders...which will allow petty thugs from mexico to smuggle their cocaine and they carry nasty diseases like TB....yea the NAU sounds really great WAKE UP PEOPLE Remember what the advice of the founding fathers was? Don't make alliances Don't get involved in foreign affairs Don't allow a central bank to control the currency Have we followed good ol George Washington's advice? NOPE. Yes, damn those dirty Mexicans, every last one of them is a damn coke smuggler, whereas every American is a hard-working proper citizen. Because you know, Americans never flee to Mexico after committing crimes in their own country or anything. To be serious though, think about it. The Americans who flee to Mexico aren't any better then the Mexicans who flee to America. Also, because the founding fathers said don't make alliances, that makes it right? What do you propose, that we go to war with every nation that's not our own? And what do you mean by don't get involved in foreign affairs? Should we not get involved with the genocide in Darfur? Should we not have stepped in and stopped the holocaust? Why would you not want allies? Why would you not want to eliminate borders? The world will never have peace or understanding until the world can be put into one sovereign nation. We'll continue to ignore our fellow men, let them die as they are in Darfur and elsewhere now, until we can eliminate these stupid lines on a map that some assholes sat down and drew out that tell us who we are. To promote ignorance of foreign affairs, and turn potential allies away is only to invite more ignorance. Ignorance begets intolerance, leading to racism, leading to generalizations and stereotypes, leading to violence. To have splendid isolation is to royally screw oneself over in the long run, in my opinion.

[Descensus]

Also, because the founding fathers said don't make alliances, that makes it right? What do you propose, that we go to war with every nation that's not our own? And what do you mean by don't get involved in foreign affairs? Should we not get involved with the genocide in Darfur? Should we not have stepped in and stopped the holocaust? Why would you not want allies? Why would you not want to eliminate borders? The world will never have peace or understanding until the world can be put into one sovereign nation. We'll continue to ignore our fellow men, let them die as they are in Darfur and elsewhere now, until we can eliminate these stupid lines on a map that some assholes sat down and drew out that tell us who we are. To promote ignorance of foreign affairs, and turn potential allies away is only to invite more ignorance. Ignorance begets intolerance, leading to racism, leading to generalizations and stereotypes, leading to violence. To have splendid isolation is to royally screw oneself over in the long run, in my opinion. Noninterventionism (I do not mean Isolationism) is a fundamental policy of this country. Trade and have commerce with all, but do not start pre-emptive wars or butt into people's business. Why do you think people in the Middle East are pissed at us? We would be far more respected if we would just keep to ourselves military/foreign affairs-wise and mind our own fucking business.

[Bayside]

Noninterventionism (I do not mean Isolationism) is a fundamental policy of this country. Trade and have commerce with all, but do not start pre-emptive wars or butt into people's business. Why do you think people in the Middle East are pissed at us? We would be far more respected if we would just keep to ourselves military/foreign affairs-wise and mind our own fucking business. I believe the people in the Middle East are pissed at us because we bombed the shit out of their country, and have killed countless innocents. Also, they were pissed at us before that because their government has taken their religion and twisted it to fit their own agenda, so they can keep control over their people and do as they wish. Thus, the extremists grow up believing that Western civilization is like the direct spawn of Satan. Of course we shouldn't start preemptive wars, but I do think we should butt into peoples business. Not all the time of course, but in certain situations, it's called for. That's like saying you shouldn't call the cops on your neighbour despite the fact that he's extremely creepy and you're fairly sure he has intent on murder or rape or something. People like that need counseling or medication or something, before they take things further. Save a life while you have the chance, don't wait until tons of innocents are killed to get involved. On a larger scale however, if we apply this to countries, the counseling would be strict restrictions somewhat as what we did to Germany with the Treaty of Versailles, but nowheres near as demeaning as the German War Guilt point, or making them pay mass amounts of money, because that just spawns more anger and violence. The form of medication on a large scale, quite similarly to medication destroying a problem in your body, you destroy the ones causing the problem, e.g. Hitler, Saddam Hussein, Osama Bin Laden, etc. But, when (although it will never happen) all borders are eliminated, we wouldn't have to worry about things such as "butting in" because we'd all be one united people. However, this is wishful thinking, that will never come true, at least not our lifetimes, although I hold to the bleak outlook of human civilization that Golding demonstrates in Lord of The Flies.

[Brainchild]

Yes, damn those dirty Mexicans, every last one of them is a damn coke smuggler, whereas every American is a hard-working proper citizen. Because you know, Americans never flee to Mexico after committing crimes in their own country or anything. To be serious though, think about it. The Americans who flee to Mexico aren't any better then the Mexicans who flee to America. Also, because the founding fathers said don't make alliances, that makes it right? What do you propose, that we go to war with every nation that's not our own? And what do you mean by don't get involved in foreign affairs? Should we not get involved with the genocide in Darfur? Should we not have stepped in and stopped the holocaust? Why would you not want allies? Why would you not want to eliminate borders? The world will never have peace or understanding until the world can be put into one sovereign nation. We'll continue to ignore our fellow men, let them die as they are in Darfur and elsewhere now, until we can eliminate these stupid lines on a map that some assholes sat down and drew out that tell us who we are. To promote ignorance of foreign affairs, and turn potential allies away is only to invite more ignorance. Ignorance begets intolerance, leading to racism, leading to generalizations and stereotypes, leading to violence. To have splendid isolation is to royally screw oneself over in the long run, in my opinion. :bravo: And I just want to add (for the those who don't seem to get it) OF COURSE we should mind our own business, WHEN WE HAVEN'T BEEN ASKED FOR HELP (like in Iraq). In Darfur, American assistance was requested and that is a good thing. There's a difference between occupying a country and being an ally.

[drewmandan]

Oh geez... So is this that fabled moment in history when it glaringly obvious that something's wrong? Probably not. But the next few weeks on the markets might be interesting to watch.