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    Free Trade of the Americas Agreement

    I gather that you folks are confronted with a national parliamentary election sometime in the near future. Are any of the candidates discussing the proposed Free Trade of the Americas Agreement? In the 1980’s, principally with private capital raised by American-based Citicorp, the Itaiupu...
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    "Global warming."

    This is my first original thread. I have lived in the same place, mostly, since 1955. "Normal weather" is the average occurrence over the preceding thirty years. I have been an avid gardener here since about 1981, which means I have been particularly attentive to weather patterns. Add this...
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    Bin Bush's avatar

    If you want to cheer me up, get rid of that damned silly avatar. I mean it, it really bothers me. Split from Political forum by Administration, way off topic.
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    Gun control.

    Let me preface this by saying I am an American, okay? Last year, a couple who are old college friends of a sister of mine took a vacation tour in Ontario. They crossed the frontier by automobile at Niagara. The father of the family is a policeman. When questioned by the customs officer at...