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Skriven 2014-07-24 17:32:31 av Roy Witt (1:387/22)
  Kommentar till text 16958 av Joe Delahaye (43401.fidonews)
Ärende: Ukraine
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Greetings Joe!

 JD>>> There is always a chance that Texas would do that.

 RW>> Gettin' closer to that every day that our less than illustrious WH
 RW>> resident continues to remain there. His resignation has be asked
 RW>> for, by members of his own party.

 JD> Maybe.  I dont think that he has been asked this though.  not with
 JD> 45% approval rating.

Dem members of Congrees have asked or suggested that he leave ASAP, -
because of the upcoming midterm elections in November and the disaster
he's caused by circumventing Congress. His DIS-approval ratings are now
at 52% and growing.

 RW>> Vlist has it backwards though. Alaska wouldn't think of joining with
 RW>> the USSR as she'd become another independant nation like Texas, both
 RW>> of which can be self-sustaining.

 JD> Alaska would more likely join Canada, as that would make more sense.

After perusing their world standings, should Alaska decide to, they would
do well as a Canadian province.

 RW>> Neither would Hawaii join with China unless it was by force. Hawaii
 RW>> is almost a Japanese island now and would make a great addition to
 RW>> their economy, exporting state grown pineapples.

 JD> Or more likely, go back to being its own sovereign nation.

Kinda tough to do so when the world's 2nd largest Navy is looking for a
mid-Pacific port. Pearl is still a great military harbor and Japan would
have a war with China on its hands, should they want it.

 RW>> The 'union' wouldn't fare very well without Texas and Alaska.  As a
 RW>> sovereign country, Texas would be the 14th largest economy in the
 RW>> world by GDP (ahead of South Korea and the Netherlands).

 JD> That would not last long I think.

I do. Texas is 2nd only to California in GDP and growing fast among the 50
states. However, Texas doesn't have the overhead of several billion
dollars in debt to pay off. Meanwhile Texas is in the red by several
billion with an economy nearly equal to California's. Pretty soon, Texas
will be the leading economy in the USA, when we have more and more
companies headquartering here and bringing Cal's economy here. Too bad we
can't keep the California creeps from moving here...

 RW>> Moot point. Russia is the former USSR incognito. All of those
 RW>> countries that were former soviet states can also be absorbed by
 RW>> Russia and probably will.

 JD> Russia may be been the center of the USSR, but by itself it did not
 JD> fare that well.  Absobing all those countried is what made it strong
 JD> because of the raw resources, etc.  As for them taking over their
 JD> former states, that liekly will not happen as long as they still
 JD> belong to the NATO pact.

NATO is getting to be less and less of an influence on the world stage. If
Russia wants to continue as a semi-super power, then they have to compete
with China...after the US is dead in the water, of course.


    Have a day!

         R\%/itt - K5RXT

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