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What the heck do you want it for? Might as well just give it to Canada.

No, seriously...what DOES the US want with Alaska anyway? You're making us nervous up there...

Oil, gold, and wood. That's about it.

However, it's also a great site for prisons and military bases. Pretty much the Siberia of America. If we ever need to invade Russia (or want to seems more like it), we can cross on the Bering Strait.

What the heck do you want it for? Might as well just give it to Canada.

No, seriously...what DOES the US want with Alaska anyway? You're making us nervous up there...

Fat chance that will happen! It has some untapped Oil reserves and with the impending continuation of the Oil Wars its very unlikely to happen!

The federal government taxes all tourism in Alaska, and with the booming cruise industry there, this is quite a lucrative proposition. Thats what we want with Alaska.

Alaska? That's the US's lookout point to make sure all those Canadian liberals keep in line and don't get too socialist. It's also the home of a secret underground nuclear power station for powering the nuclear bomb that will blow up —MMMFFFFFFFFF! *has hand clapped over mouth by HS agent* :D

Fat chance that will happen! It has some untapped Oil reserves and with the impending continuation of the Oil Wars its very unlikely to happen!
Come on...you're GOING TO GET the oil anyway...the Mackenzie pipeline will help you funnel natural gas from the NWT and the Yukon...just give us Alaska, and we'll build a connecting pipeline for you. I don't trust you guys up there...invade Russia, yeah right...you're looking at us, aren't you!

What do YOU want with it?

The federal government taxes profits from tourism in Alaska, and with the booming cruise industry there they can directly tax cruisegoers by way of port taxes, this is quite a lucrative proposition. Thats what we want with Alaska. Oh well that and oil.......stupid George Bush.

Tell you what, we'll buy it back for the same price we sold it to you...

I would like to move to Alaska someday and I don't want to be a Canadian. Doesn't Canada have more than enough frozen tundra as it is?

Oil, and gold, and it puts us into the top five for largest nation on earth.

Come on...you're GOING TO GET the oil anyway...the Mackenzie pipeline will help you funnel natural gas from the NWT and the Yukon...just give us Alaska, and we'll build a connecting pipeline for you. I don't trust you guys up there...invade Russia, yeah right...you're looking at us, aren't you!

Russia is really a code word for Canada.

What the heck do you want it for? Might as well just give it to Canada.

No, seriously...what DOES the US want with Alaska anyway? You're making us nervous up there...

Hey! It got sold to us fair and square!

Plus, thar be gold thar!

Tell you what, we'll buy it back for the same price we sold it to you...
Wait...wasn't that Russia?

Isn't there much salmon fishing in Alaska, as well? That's as good a reason as any...regardless of the above...

I would like to move to Alaska someday and I don't want to be a Canadian. Doesn't Canada have more than enough frozen tundra as it is?
We want a monopoly :p

Come on...you're GOING TO GET the oil anyway...the Mackenzie pipeline will help you funnel natural gas from the NWT and the Yukon...just give us Alaska, and we'll build a connecting pipeline for you. I don't trust you guys up there...invade Russia, yeah right...you're looking at us, aren't you!

lol Im not American, I just happen to be under the rule of Bush's Lapdog! And Oil is Oil the more you have the better, in the modern econemy and even more so in the future. Plus its a few more college votes of the Republicans.

Tell you what, we'll buy it back for the same price we sold it to you...

We bought Alaska from Russia. :confused:

There's this thing called oil. You can burn it to keep warm. Not that Canadians ever feel cold, walking around in the snow in your underwear. (Or at least that's what an American told me...)

I would like to move to Alaska someday and I don't want to be a Canadian. Doesn't Canada have more than enough frozen tundra as it is?
You can never have enough frozen tundra...not when there are so many diamonds there...shit...cat out of bag... :headbang:

Actually, let's have Canada give British Columbia to the US. No, wait, they're too socialist. Alberta! The US can have Alberta. Canada (read: Ottawa) hates the west anyway, and if it wasn't for all that oil, there'd be no reason to keep that godforsaken wasteland.

/British Columbian
//former Albertan
///former-former British Columbian

Just in case you Northerners get uppity, we want a longer border. You can divert forces to take it, and what do we lose - Alaska, big deal. Leave the border undefended and say good-bye to Nauvoo and most of BC.

Plus, we have to have some place to put all the folks who don't fit in with the rest of the country but aren't worth the cost of throwing in prison, and Hawaii is already saved as a paradise vacation spot. Good place for them up there, sorta our own Isle Of Misfit Toys, and it doesn't cost anywhere near what prisons would.

Wait...wasn't that Russia?
Hush! I'm running a scam...

Actually, let's have Canada give British Columbia to the US. No, wait, they're too socialist. Alberta! The US can have Alberta. Canada (read: Ottawa) hates the west anyway, and if it wasn't for all that oil, there'd be no reason to keep that godforsaken wasteland.

/British Columbian
//former Albertan
///former-former British Columbian

As its called British Columbia you could give it back to us Brits :D ! lol

What the heck do you want it for? Might as well just give it to Canada.

No, seriously...what DOES the US want with Alaska anyway? You're making us nervous up there...

Mostly oil.

As its called British Columbia you could give it back to us Brits :D ! lol

What, and give you ten times the geographical land-property that you have now? Surely you jest! :D

What, and give you ten times the geographical land-property that you have now? Surely you jest! :D

Would be a bonus, we could then have on that basis Nova Scotia (New Scotland) and New England! lol (Note: All in Jest)

There's this thing called oil. You can burn it to keep warm. Not that Canadians ever feel cold, walking around in the snow in your underwear. (Or at least that's what an American told me...)No, that's Norway. Or is it Finland? One of those countries, where people jump into ice-cold water at 20 below wearing nothing but their skin.

Hey just for you confused people, Alaska was sold to the US for something like 9 cents per square kilometer. :eek:

Well you can have Alaska, but give us Quebec in exchange. We'll turn it into a new Disneyland.

Well, about half of Alaska was supposed to be canadian land. But we got screwed up by the Russians, the US and the UK at the same time.

Read this comprehensive article (which comes with a nice map):
http://www.mysteriesofcanada.com/BC/bc_alaska_boundary_dispute.htm

« When the US purchased Alaska in 1867 they took over what Russian maps showed to be Alaska. However the Russian maps showed more land belonging to them than stipulated in the treaty of 1825, which was the last document to have set the boundary. »

Greedy russians. Bad, bad.

Because without Alaska we wouldn't have the nice even number of 50 states. How do you fit 49 stars into a square and make it look good?

Because without Alaska we wouldn't have the nice even number of 50 states. How do you fit 49 stars into a square and make it look good?

Simple.

You divide Texas into two separate states: Texas and Texan Sewage Treatment Plant.

Would be a bonus, we could then have on that basis Nova Scotia (New Scotland) and New England! lol (Note: All in Jest)...And New York... and Lancaster, PA...and practically everywhere in Connecticut... :eek:

Next you'll be after Ganymede!!! *runs away screaming*

If you want Alaska, you'll have to give us Ontario and British Columbia.

And Mexico.

Simple.

You divide Texas into two separate states: Texas and Texan Sewage Treatment Plant.LOL!

...And New York... and Lancaster, PA...and practically everywhere in Connecticut... :eek:

Next you'll be after Ganymede!!! *runs away screaming*

And California (its a place in Norfolk) as well all the colonies, as we seemed to name everything after something back in England for some reason.

We'll then rule over a 1/6th of the world again!

MMMMMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmm... Alaskan oil... too bad that to get it you have to kill off an endangered species. Just hand it over, and we won't bother you again. Until we want New England (which should have been ours anyway :P)
Oh, and the Oregon territory... and Louisianna, since it's full of Canadians (Acadians) anyway... heck, just join us and submit to our Constitutional Monarchy and you'll be fine. Except Texas, we really have no claim over Texas do we :P

LOL!

I thought someone would like that.

Hey just for you confused people, Alaska was sold to the US for something like 9 cents per square kilometer. :eek:
Nobody thought there was anything up there. The guy who made the deal was ridiculed and chastized. That is, until they found oil. Then people were lining up to kiss his ass.

say good-bye to Nauvoo
Bye Nauvoo.

Now what the heck is Nauvoo?

What the heck do you want it for? Might as well just give it to Canada.

No, seriously...what DOES the US want with Alaska anyway? You're making us nervous up there...

We're just trying to keep Texas humble - and trust me - that's no easy task.

Bye Nauvoo.

Now what the heck is Nauvoo?Perhaps you spell it Nunavat?

Bye Nauvoo.

Now what the heck is Nauvoo?

Navuoo is a town/city in Illinois, as it was mentioned when we did the Mormons in history!

GIVE IT TO RUSSiA AND CANADA!

Because without Alaska we wouldn't have the nice even number of 50 states. How do you fit 49 stars into a square and make it look good?

Uh, make it 7x7?

Perhaps you spell it Nunavat?
Nope. We have a Nunavut though...

...why, do YOU spell it Nauvoo?

It's our own ;ittle version of Canada. Wasteland, cold, bitter, but not so liberal that it would make you throw up.

Nope. We have a Nunavut though...

...why, do YOU spell it Nauvoo?

It was named by Joseph Smith (Founder of the Mormons) as he believed it to be beautiful in Hebrew. Though I don't know if he got the translation right.

I thought someone would like that.But I didn't! Don't you know that "LOL" stands for "Lots Of License"? I.e. you're making it up? By the mods, some people are thick! *sighs*

It was named by Joseph Smith (Founder of the Mormons) as he believed it to be beautiful in Hebrew. Though I don't know if he got the translation right.
Ok...are we talking about a Mormon town or a territory in Canada? Squi?

By the mods,
*yoink*

It's our own ;ittle version of Canada. Wasteland, cold, bitter, but not so liberal that it would make you throw up.

Exactly, America needs it's own Canada too! We should start taking plots of Antarctica and sell them to other countries as "Your Own Little Canada!"

Ok...are we talking about a Mormon town or a territory in Canada? Squi?

The Mormon Town, thats wat i was talking about.

But I didn't! Don't you know that "LOL" stands for "Lots Of License"? I.e. you're making it up? By the mods, some people are thick! *sighs*

And here's me being deluded that it was laugh out loud.

My whole life's a lie!

Although on some forums, LOL also means "I'm a knobsack".

*yoink*Hrm?

Did you not understand my expression? Or are you surprised that I'm swearing by a group of moderators? Or are you expressing disapproval at my taking the name of the Mod in vain? :D

Hrm?

Did you not understand my expression? Or are you surprised that I'm swearing by a group of moderators? Or are you expressing disapproval at my taking the name of the Mod in vain? :D
No, I'm letting you know I just stole your expression and I will not be crediting you with it when I use it. Thus, *yoink* :D

And here's me being deluded that it was laugh out loud.

My whole life's a lie!

Although on some forums, LOL also means "I'm a knobsack".Thanks for the reference. ;)

No, I'm letting you know I just stole your expression and I will not be crediting you with it when I use it. Thus, *yoink* :DAh. How nice of you. I'm considering it to be a compliment.

In Texas, there is a law stating that you must notify someone before you burgle their house. Your post just reminded me of it.

can we have it? we'd look after it. like we did with um....... the falklands.... er...yes.... the falklands...*shifty eyes*

can we have it? we'd look after it. like we did with um....... the falklands.... er...yes.... the falklands...*shifty eyes*
LAS MALVINAS

NOT the Falklands. Jeesh...get the name right at least! :D

Pffft, when the Argentinians can TAKE the Falklands, then they get to name it :D

*gets all jingoistic*
*doesn't suit me*
*drops it but still calls it the Falklands*

Uh, make it 7x7?

...*Slams palm against forehead in embarrassment*...

Alright then, give em Alaska. And I'm usually very good at math...

LAS MALVINAS

NOT the Falklands. Jeesh...get the name right at least! :D

It's the Falklands! According to us Brits, as it is still part of the UK (Due to the FALKLANDS war of the 80's)

Note: It doesnt really bother me!

It's the Falklands! According to us Brits, as it is still part of the UK (Due to the FALKLANDS war of the 80's)

Note: It doesnt really bother me!
According to you Brits, pah. What the hell do you want with a bunch of sheepherders on little islands anyway? Quit pissing on the Argentinian's boots for the hell of it...give back the Malvinas! Damn Brits! Damn yanks! Damn everyone! RAR!!!

According to you Brits, pah. What the hell do you want with a bunch of sheepherders on little islands anyway? Quit pissing on the Argentinian's boots for the hell of it...give back the Malvinas! Damn Brits! Damn yanks! Damn everyone! RAR!!!

When the people want to be Argentinian, then they can have it.

Until then...


and I sent you a tellygram. har har.

When the people want to be Argentinian, then they can have it.

Until then...
They do. They just don't know it yet:).

According to you Brits, pah. What the hell do you want with a bunch of sheepherders on little islands anyway? Quit pissing on the Argentinian's boots for the hell of it...give back the Malvinas! Damn Brits! Damn yanks! Damn everyone! RAR!!!

Well I think it was down to Margeret Thatcher wanting to make a political statement and there gain popularity, which would keep her in power for another 8 years. Also its a good place to exile people to! lol

this is all about king crab isnt it? ISNT IT???

read my lips...

you

will

never

get

crabs

from

us!

Well I think it was down to Margeret Thatcher wanting to make a political statement and there gain popularity, which would keep her in power for another 8 years. Also its a good place to exile people to! lol
Well...that and the Argentinian dictatorship's desire to shift attention away from their increasing brutality, and rally the Argentines to a common cause...

...political BS on both sides. I have to say, the loss of the war was a good thing for Argentina. It helped destabilise the dictatorship.

*snip*
What...you think the crabs stop where your borders end? Pah. We have more crabs than you...

...*realises that sounds kind of bad, but can't take it back*...

Well...that and the Argentinian dictatorship's desire to shift attention away from their increasing brutality, and rally the Argentines to a common cause...

...political BS on both sides. I have to say, the loss of the war was a good thing for Argentina. It helped destabilise the dictatorship.

It would have been a good thing for Britain too, as we wouldnt have had to live under 16 more years of Conservative Rule and we now now wouldnt have the Blair/Prescott/Mandleson Project (New Labour) running the country.

"Come on...you're GOING TO GET the oil anyway...the Mackenzie pipeline will help you funnel natural gas from the NWT and the Yukon...just give us Alaska, and we'll build a connecting pipeline for you. I don't trust you guys up there...invade Russia, yeah right...you're looking at us, aren't you!" Yes. Yes we are looking at you. By the way, if you did build the pipeline, what's stopping you from just using the oil for yourselves? I also want to say that we shouldn't drill for oil in Alaska, no matter who drills it. It could cause untold environmental damage, and we don't want that now do we? I say we begin looking for alternative fuel sources NOW, before America's hunger for oil screws us all over.

this is all about king crab isnt it? ISNT IT???

read my lips...

you

will

never

get

crabs

from

us!I certainly hope not lol! :D

What the heck do you want it for? Might as well just give it to Canada.

No, seriously...what DOES the US want with Alaska anyway? You're making us nervous up there...
Whether the US wants it or not is immaterial. Alaska is holding out for Independance anyway. Why don't you give us BC & Yukon?

While I was there what we really wanted was a Northern Pacific Rim Co-Prosperity Sphere anyway.

You'll have to take it away from me & the bears.

Bears? Cool.

Yes. Yes we are looking at you. By the way, if you did build the pipeline, what's stopping you from just using the oil for yourselves?
NAFTA. Fucking thing. You'll be piping our water down next.

I don't know about other Americans, but I like to go up north and hunt Kodiak bears every summer. I slew five last year using a bow I fashioned from the antlers of a moose. :eek:

Oil, gold, and wood. That's about it.

However, it's also a great site for prisons and military bases. Pretty much the Siberia of America. If we ever need to invade Russia (or want to seems more like it), we can cross on the Bering Strait.
And not go all the way through europe like you did last time :p

Last time we landed at Vladivostok and Archangelsk. And that was only about 10,000 troops.

I don't know about other Americans, but I like to go up north and hunt Kodiak bears every summer. I slew five last year using a bow I fashioned from the antlers of a moose. :eek:I killed 12 with my 'bare' hands. Pun intended. I love puns...don't kill me for it... :eek:

What do YOU want with it?
So we can have the whole North. :)

So we can have the whole North. :)
Yes, we want the TRUE NORTH STRONG AND FREE...*waves flag for a bit, then gives off, finding it to be silly and uncharacteristic*

Tell you what, we'll buy it back for the same price we sold it to you...

Umm Russia (former USSR) sold it to the US, not Canada doh! LOL

Yes, we want the TRUE NORTH STRONG AND FREE...*waves flag for a bit, then gives off, finding it to be silly and uncharacteristic*
I waved a flag and cheered "Hoorah!" when the Queen came to visit (we were coached on how to cheer). :)

I waved a flag and cheered "Hoorah!" when the Queen came to visit (we were coached on how to cheer). :)

I've got deal you can have the Queen and the rest of the Royal Family and we'll give you the Falklands! :D

I waved a flag and cheered "Hoorah!" when the Queen came to visit (we were coached on how to cheer). :)

She's coached how to wave, you learn how to cheer. The circle of life.

What the heck do you want it for? Might as well just give it to Canada.

No, seriously...what DOES the US want with Alaska anyway? You're making us nervous up there...
I live up (t)here.
Plenty of land ....
4th most corrupt govt. in the union ....
a significant amount of minerals and extractables ....
not many people ...
strategic location to certain nuclear theatre ...
and HAARP.
And a lot of mosquitos, moose and aerial wolf killing.

Yes, we want the TRUE NORTH STRONG AND FREE...*waves flag for a bit, then gives off, finding it to be silly and uncharacteristic*

Silly Canadia Alaska is for the United States. :p

Alaska is holding out for Independance anyway.
Is this some kind of consensus that no one shared with the populace of the state? Or is it the opinion of a morning-show call in that gets echoed but not qualified near-daily?
The record wouldn't agree with you, sadly enough ... 'lest ye have some special "proof"?


(Alaska resident speaking)

What the heck do you want it for? Might as well just give it to Canada.

No, seriously...what DOES the US want with Alaska anyway? You're making us nervous up there...


No seriously-a fortune in natural resources-oil, fish, crab,wood,gold and tourism. Why would we consider letting Canada waste it?
Maybe we might be interested in taking some of Canada's land instead.

Be glad its us there and NOT Russia.

No seriously-a fortune in natural resources-oil, fish, crab,wood,gold and tourism. Why would we consider letting Canada waste it?
Maybe we might be interested in taking some of Canada's land instead.

Be glad its us there and NOT Russia.
I'd think they would appreciate their vodka better than our watery beer.

Then again, I'm only 14 so I shouldn't talk about alcohol. :)

I live up (t)here.
Plenty of land ....
4th most corrupt govt. in the union ....
a significant amount of minerals and extractables ....
not many people ...
strategic location to certain nuclear theatre ...
and HAARP.
And a lot of mosquitos, moose and aerial wolf killing.


I hate any wolf-killing, but aerial is stupid. Like shooting buffalo from a train-Thats not "hunting"- thats just "killing".

I'd think they would appreciate their vodka better than our watery beer.

Then again, I'm only 14 so I shouldn't talk about alcohol. :)


You may have a point. At this time, they might prefer Russian neighbors to us. I really dont care though.

Marric']MMMMMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmm... Alaskan oil... too bad that to get it you have to kill off an endangered species. Just hand it over, and we won't bother you again. Until we want New England (which should have been ours anyway :P)
Oh, and the Oregon territory... and Louisianna, since it's full of Canadians (Acadians) anyway... heck, just join us and submit to our Constitutional Monarchy and you'll be fine. Except Texas, we really have no claim over Texas do we :P


VIVE LA REPUBLICA DE TEJAS or LA CONFEDERACIA(or something)!!!

Seriously now, does anyone in the South ever get tired of hearing:

"The South will rise again!"

I do. And no it won't. It's laid down and been shot. It's not going to rise again. Unless and evil voodoo shaman(I can't remember what they're called) and an Black Priest get together and start raising the dead. Bet that'd make a scary Civil War 2.

it only seems natural that canada SHOULD have it. i mean, does it piss anyone else off that when you see the US on a map it has random territory up there??? seriously. kinda like germany post-ww1. stupid polish corridor. grrr. but i think maybe.. we could trade it to canada for say... well.. hmm let me explain this... you know how the border with canada west of the great lakes is pretty much a straight line? well.. we should move that straight line up a little bit.. say... to winnipeg. i mean. its pretty pointless territory. but americans liek me could brag about it. especially if we got winnipeg too. because, without winnipeg, canada would basically starve... muhaha.. its like the hub of transportation between east and west. i mean... you guys could always use planes... and.. in addition to that... (this isnt necessary, but it'd be nice..)... make the border in the east on the st lawrence river, which would give up ottowa and the toronto peninsula... and we get that island over there.. not prince edward isle.. but the bigger one thats around it.. i forget the name... anyway, i'm sure you think these terms are harsh... but if i was president, i traded alaska (or went to war with canada!!!) i'd demand that part of canada... oh, did i metnion, we get vancouver islqand.. muahahaha

Alaska is ours though! My Alaska! Mine! *guards it like a dog who just stole a pack of chewing gum*

VIVE LA REPUBLICA DE TEJAS or LA CONFEDERACIA(or something)!!!

Seriously now, does anyone in the South ever get tired of hearing:

"The South will rise again!"

I do. And no it won't. It's laid down and been shot. It's not going to rise again. Unless and evil voodoo shaman(I can't remember what they're called) and an Black Priest get together and start raising the dead. Bet that'd make a scary Civil War 2.



Suuure, keep telling yourself that. You Northerners can gloat all you want while we continue building our super-secret army of tiger-men in underground cloning facilities but when the time comes....Rawr!!!

Suuure, keep telling yourself that. You Northerners can gloat all you want while we continue building our super-secret army of tiger-men in underground cloning facilities but when the time comes....Rawr!!!

I'm not a Northerner, but I hear lots of good things about them.

I guess I'm not a true Southerner for believing that.

Well you can have Alaska, but give us Quebec in exchange. We'll turn it into a new Disneyland.
Take Quebec Please :) I am not kidding ;)

We'll trade you BC for Alaska. Not fair, landwise, but it works out for the most part. And BC is waaaaay cooler. Fair enough?

Orrr....

We could just take Canada and make like 7 states out of it. :rolleyes:

You can have Alaska if you give me a lifetime supply of artic foxes and harp seals.....I <3 them :D

We'll trade you Toronto for ten to twenty miles of California coastline, i mean you won't miss it :)

We'll trade you Toronto for ten to twenty miles of California coastline, i mean you won't miss it :)

Why not, California's gonna sink into the ocean any day now.

What the heck do you want it for? Might as well just give it to Canada.

No, seriously...what DOES the US want with Alaska anyway? You're making us nervous up there...
They dont feel 49 stars is cool enough, gotta have 50.
Then again you could deal with the Americans so to make Porto Rico or some island 'terretory' the 50th state and you get the Alaska land for a good price.

I say give the Eskimos Alaska, WTF is Canada going to do with it?

Why not, California's gonna sink into the ocean any day now.



Man, I can't wait untill that happens....I will just have to be sure to throw Arnold a Life Jacket....Arnie can't die....he's a cyborg.

The rest of california can be annexed by extraterrestials for all I care.

Im a Floridian, California is our Rival.

VIVE LA REPUBLICA DE TEJAS or LA CONFEDERACIA(or something)!!!

Seriously now, does anyone in the South ever get tired of hearing:

"The South will rise again!"

I do. And no it won't. It's laid down and been shot. It's not going to rise again. Unless and evil voodoo shaman(I can't remember what they're called) and an Black Priest get together and start raising the dead. Bet that'd make a scary Civil War 2.


Suuure, keep telling yourself that. You Northerners can gloat all you want while we continue building our super-secret army of tiger-men in underground cloning facilities but when the time comes....Rawr!!!

Hey, if the CSA wants to leave again, go ahead. Knock yourselves out.

... can New England join Canada, or do you have your hearts set on Alaska? ;)

What the heck do you want it for? Might as well just give it to Canada.

No, seriously...what DOES the US want with Alaska anyway? You're making us nervous up there...
I'm sorry but you know it's true. We don't really need alaska to do anything to you (nothing personal, I love Canada but they really can't stand up against u.s. military vs military)

How 'bout no? You crazy Canuck.

Nope. We have a Nunavut though...

...why, do YOU spell it Nauvoo?All mention of the "Hebrew" based Illinois town named by Smith aside, back in the days of the naming of the province one of the Ontario papers ( I cannot recall which one) commenting on the choices of names, defrancophoned Naavut to make Nauvoo. This may have been a simple defrancophonation or a deliberate play on the Mormon city, but I stole it from them. Heck, if I had my preference it would be named Bob.

As for the spelling Nunavut, hmm. Seems the easterners won, didn't think they would they would. For a long time it looked like Naavut would win the romanization war. Don't worry, much like Beijing or Peiping or Peiking, it will probably change soelling in the next few dozen years in an attempt to realigning a changing verbal language (Inuktitut - although there is the Cree alphabet used to write some of it) with pronunciation in a different changing written language (English and also French which further confuses the spelling issue). It's not a Roman alphabet language, and any spelling in the Roman alphabet is only going to be an approximation of sounds similar to those in Roman alphabet languages, which aren't all the same anyway (compare the French "ch" with the English "ch" in the words "chat"). Further confusing the issue is that there is no real concensus as to what is the "root" form of Inukitut and which are the dialects, so while the word is Naavut when pronounced by someone from the north, it would be pronounced Nunavut by someone from further south(east) and Nunavat by someone from the west. Kinda surprised the Eastern dialects won out, despite having more speakers in Canada, as the Western and Northern dialects are more common in the lingustic literature and the Greenland dialect is probably being the best documented.

But anyway, I like Nauvoo because of the joy of defrancophoning a non-French word to produce it, how would you spell Nunavut in English to show how it would be pronounced if a French speaker pronounced it as if it were a French word? Given the perverse rules of English spelling (ghoti anyone?) you can use any of several, I just like Nauvoo, so I latched on to it.

I don't know about Alaska, but I'm sure we could strike a deal over Montana.

We give you all the cows and klansmen, and you give every US citizen free entrance to the Langley wave pool. For a year. And free locker rental too. And we get to cut in the line for the rope swing.

What the heck do you want it for? Might as well just give it to Canada.

No, seriously...what DOES the US want with Alaska anyway? You're making us nervous up there...
I said this to Stephistan and I'll say it to you...don't make us start callin' it Freedom Bacon...

Is this some kind of consensus that no one shared with the populace of the state? Or is it the opinion of a morning-show call in that gets echoed but not qualified near-daily?
The record wouldn't agree with you, sadly enough ... 'lest ye have some special "proof"? (Alaska resident speaking)
It was rather the consensus of my crowd when I lived up there ('90-'95)

As for the government being 4th most corrupt... Why? Is Tony Knowles still around?

AFAIC, the most corrupt thing about Alaskan politics it that they allow a bunch of Seattle wannabees in Jeneau try to controll the Bush.

Give Jeneau to Canada. It should belong to BC anyway. Fairbanks for State Capitol!

Well you can have Alaska, but give us Quebec in exchange. We'll turn it into a new Disneyland.

But its full of French people.... Quebec would be the worst exchange ever... Get a ton of whiney stinky little French guys... None of them will join the army because they are just big sissies and wave their white flags around.




-joking....well not really..but still-

What the heck do you want it for? Might as well just give it to Canada.

No, seriously...what DOES the US want with Alaska anyway? You're making us nervous up there...

well, a yopenyen official once made a serious offer to try and take a part of alaska from the us...

*snip* and Lancaster, PA... HECK NO!!!!!

You can have all of York County though...

HECK NO!!!!!

You can have all of York County though...
What is "PA"?

Pennsylvania, USA. Ya'know, the state with Gettysburg, Valley Forge, Philly Cheese Steaks, Teresa Hienz Kerry, and more Mennonites and Amish than anybody but Ohio can shake a stick at?

What is "PA"?"Pennsylvania"

It was rather the consensus of my crowd when I lived up there ('90-'95)

As for the government being 4th most corrupt... Why? Is Tony Knowles still around?

AFAIC, the most corrupt thing about Alaskan politics it that they allow a bunch of Seattle wannabees in Jeneau try to controll the Bush.

Give Jeneau to Canada. It should belong to BC anyway. Fairbanks for State Capitol!
To everyone except the fishermen, Knowles is a saint compared to that pr*ck Murkowski. Approval in the 30% range for him.
It used to be that outside control measures were the biggest obvious problem but it's far worse now with the state being largely political aligned with the maliciously ignorant of the contigua. Majority, that is. Hmmm.

To everyone except the fishermen, Knowles is a saint compared to that pr*ck Murkowski. Approval in the 30% range for him.
It used to be that outside control measures were the biggest obvious problem but it's far worse now with the state being largely political aligned with the maliciously ignorant of the contigua. Majority, that is. Hmmm.Hmm. Could be. I largely ignored Murkowski back when. Please explain this contigua issue... I'm at a loss.