08-12-2005, 12:27 PM
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Insane Collector
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Ventura
Age: 54
Posts: 2,110
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Originally Posted by cpal_747
Why would I take anything written on a tree-hugging website seriously?
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Because that is the kind of bull**** you like to wallow in C-Pal. It fits into your whining about global warming and the fact that YOUR country doesn't even abide by the Kyoto treaty they so willingly signed onto. Now why don't you whine about how the Canadian lumber industry is destroying your forests? Or the fact that your country has yet to comply with the treaty it signs regarding global warming? All this whining about the USA when there is so much you could do right there in Canada.
I'm betting your not even Canadian. You're probably some looney Liberal who is a Canadian wannabe and pretends they live there.
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Originally Posted by cpal_747
But as always, you skirt by the issue that the US has lost Seven rulings in the Softwood dispute and yet they refuse to refund the 5 billion (plus interest) that has already been paid. I always thought you wacky republicans were for less government, yet here it seems to be about more government interference.
So why do you feel that the US is above the NAFTA and WTO rulings Jimbo?
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The US and Canada are sorting this out in the courts Cpal.
You have to ask yourself the question why you think it is okay for the Canadian government to give your lumber companies cheap access to your wilderness without any regulations to protect the environment. Why do you not care about the environment Cpal? You seem so concerned about it when it comes to the USA, yet when it is your own country, you could care less.
Our lumber companies are under all kinds of regulations to protect watersheds and edangered species, in addition to competively bidding for the land they log on. Why aren't yours?
If I were you I would be real concerned. Not only by the Canadian lumber companies competitive advantage, but by the fact they they do not have to comply with any environmental protections. What conundrum we find ourselves in eh?
Frankly, I am enjoying the fact that we can get CHEAPER lumber from Canada and not have to destroy our own forests. As far as I am concerned, let's open up the border to easy cheap Canadian lumber! I don't think the US should stop it, or put tarifs on it. I say bring it on! It's good for our economy, and bad for your environment. Kinda like the best of BOTH worlds eh?
Carry on looney tune. 
Last edited by N2272V; 08-12-2005 at 12:29 PM.
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