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    • Originally posted by chegitz guevara
      Exactly.
      That would be ideal, IMO.
      US currency, US military protection, near autonomy...

      hmm....
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      • Che, if we were going to pull a 'Mexico' on Alberta, we would have done it to Canada already.
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        • Originally posted by chegitz guevara


          I didn't reply then because I was away from the boards for a few days.

          Anyway, the report I read was in the 1980s, so there's no way I'm gonna bother traking it down for you. Needless to say, the psoition of the State Department then (1986) was that we weren't interested in any part of Canada except BC, and that mainly for a land connection with Alaska.
          Hehe. I think that the oil companies had not spoken in that report.
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          • Originally posted by notyoueither
            Hehe. I think that the oil companies had not spoken in that report.
            Not to mention that the Alaska highway runs through Alberta, not BC.
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            • I don't see why Alberta couldn't be a full fledged state. It'd be good for the economy, good for securing oil reserves, good for getting new recruits for the US military, good for getting votes for the Republican Party
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              • Originally posted by Asher

                That would be ideal, IMO.
                US currency, US military protection, near autonomy...

                hmm....
                Do you have any clue what we did to Puerto Rico? The island is a ****-hole. We've sterilized 42% of the women of child-bearing age. The economy is totally in the tank.
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                • Originally posted by notyoueither
                  Hehe. I think that the oil companies had not spoken in that report.
                  Oil companies like the oil to be outside the US. The country of Alberta would have a much harder time standing up to the US and our corporations than the state of Alberta would. Plus, you wouldn't be let into NAFTA.
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                  • Originally posted by chegitz guevara


                    Do you have any clue what we did to Puerto Rico? The island is a ****-hole. We've sterilized 42% of the women of child-bearing age. The economy is totally in the tank.
                    Pureto Rico was never rich; Alberta currently is. Puerto Rico currently sucks up tons of Welfare Dollars, yet doesn't have to pay federal taxes.
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                    • If Alberta became a state, it would have a better chance of producing a president than any of the current states in that region.
                      No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.

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                      • Originally posted by chegitz guevara
                        Do you have any clue what we did to Puerto Rico? The island is a ****-hole. We've sterilized 42% of the women of child-bearing age. The economy is totally in the tank.
                        I'm talking about the perks of being a US territory.

                        Alberta isn't in the same boat as Puerto Rico was. The reason why the US would love to get Alberta as a US territory is the huge guaranteed oil reserves.

                        It doesn't make ANY sense why they wouldn't want the province. Better educated than America on average by a good deal, abundant natural resources, low crime, contiguous with the main US states...
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                        • Che, I'm calling BS on that statistic. Put up.
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                          • Originally posted by chegitz guevara
                            Oil companies like the oil to be outside the US.

                            Why do you think that...

                            The country of Alberta would have a much harder time standing up to the US and our corporations than the state of Alberta would.
                            Look at US investment figures for Alberta.
                            Look at how many Americans live in Alberta.

                            Plus, you wouldn't be let into NAFTA.
                            Why not? If they didn't let us into NAFTA, your gas prices (particularly natural gas, considering most of the Western US gets natural gas from Alberta) would go way up...
                            "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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                            • Originally posted by The Mad Monk
                              Che, I'm calling BS on that statistic. Put up.
                              I don't have the movie on hand. It's called, La Operacion. Ask any Puerto Rican nationalist about it.
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                              • Originally posted by Asher
                                Why not? If they didn't let us into NAFTA,
                                Cuz Canada wouldn't let you in out of spite for leaving the Federation.

                                Oil companies like oil to be outside the US because they don't have to deal with federal regulations or with the states. Independent Alberta can be pushed around. Alberta the state cannot be.

                                And the number of Americans living in Alberta and the amount of money invested there is meaningless as far as getting annexed is concerned. Yes, Alberta might want to be annexed. Doesn't mean we want you.
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