Arrested Development - Ex-Pats Mexico

A while back someone posted that the Republican Party was dead, and would be years before a come back if it would ever. Who ever posted that would you please find that post for me, I have done a quick search for it but could not find right now. Well just forget it, I am sure the person will not admit it. It looks like Obama's days are numbered. And for all you Canadians out there Your economy problems are coming also.

The Canadian economy will experience slower growth in 2009 due to reduction in imports by US. This scenario is most likely to occur since USA is Canada’s largest trading partner. In 2007, 76% of all exports totaling about $440B by Canada went to the USA (Source: Wikipedia). The main exports to the US are agricultural, forestry products and energy. For the month of November,2008 alone trade between US and Canada amounted to $41.77B, the highest among all the countries the US trades with. (Source: http://www.Census.gov)
As the US residential and commercial real estate market continues to deteriorate the export of timber will grind to a halt.

Since the demand for new autos has fallen off the cliff in the US many of these factories will be affected. In addition to the automakers, many auto parts manufacturers have plants as well in Ontario. Already there have been news reports of layoffs in some of these companies.

And I hope I am wrong for your sake.Andale.....

Hey Speeedy - looks like Canada's biggest exports are oil/natural gas, pickup trucks/limos, drugs (prescription & illegal), gold and airplanes.

http://import-export.suite101.com/article.cfm/top_25_canadian_exports_for_2009

Don't know about your neighborhood, but that seems like a winning bet to me!

Exports from Canada to America
With a population of 33.2 billion, Canada exported US$313.1 billion worth of merchandise to the United States in 2007, a 3.5% increase from 2006 and up by 41.3% in 4 years. The following product categories represent 50% of Canadian exports to America

Crude oil …US$38 billion – up 16.2% from 2006 (12.1% of Canada-to-U.S. exports)
New and used passenger cars … $36.8 billion – up 0.6% (11.8%)
Natural gas … $22.4 billion – down 6.7% (7.1%)
Other automotive parts and accessories … $15.3 billion – down 1.9% (4.9%)
Trucks, buses and special purpose vehicles … $11 billion – down 10.3% (3.5%)
Aluminum … $7.5 billion – down 2.1% (2.4%)
Other petroleum products … $7.4 billion – up 13% (2.4%)
Abrasives, belting, boxes and glass … $5.64 billion – down 3% (1.8%)
Plastic materials … $5.63 billion – down 3.3% (1.8%)
Fuel oil … $5.5 billion – up 23.9% (1.77%).
Burdened by slowing automotive industry sales, Canada’s top 10 export product categories experienced an overall gain of 1.7% in sales to the U.S. in 2007. This is less than half the 3.5% gain for the top 10 Canadian exports to the U.S. from 2005 to 2006.

Fastest-Growing Canadian Exports to America
Below are selected Canadian exports to America in 2007 with the highest percentage sales increases from 2006.

Nickel … US$2.1 billion (up 73.5% from 2006)
Food oils and oilseeds … $882.6 million (up 51.1%)
Computers … $689.3 million (up 48.4%)
Drilling and oil field equipment … $1.5 billion (up 44.9%)
Other military equipment … $492.2 million (up 44.8%).

Fastest-Declining Canadian Exports to America
Selected Canadian exports to America in 2007 with the highest percentage sales decreases from 2006 are listed below.

Cotton apparel and household goods … US$243.2 million (down 24.6% from 2006)
*Finished molding, shingles and wallboard … $4.5 billion (down 24.3%)
*Newsprint … $2.3 billion (down 21.5%)
Railway transportation equipment … $433.1 million (down 21.1%)
*Lumber and rough wood … $5.3 billion (down 20.3%).

Canadian Imports from America
Canadian imports from the U.S. rose by 7.7% to $248.4 million in 2007, up by 46.2% since 2003.

Of American exports to Canada in 2007, the following product categories had the highest values and in total represented 37% of all U.S. shipments into Canada.

Other vehicle parts and accessories … US$24.1 billion – up 1.1% from 2006 (9.7% of Canadian imports from America)
New and used passenger cars … $15 billion – up 14.6% (6.1%)
Trucks, buses and special purpose vehicles … $12.5 billion – up 6.2% (5%)
Other industrial machines … $7.3 billion – down 1.6% (3%)
Engines and engine parts … $6.7 billion – down 0.3% (2.7%)
Electric apparatus … $6.1 billion – up 5.1% (2.5%)
Plastic materials … $5.6 billion – down 1.1% (2.3%)
Other industrial supplies … $5 billion – up 1% (2%)
Iron and steel mill products … $4.9 billion – up 12.4% (2%)
Industrial engines … $4.8 billion – up 1.9% (1.9%).
Last year, Canada’s top 10 import product categories from the U.S. grew by 4.2% from 2006. From 2005 to 2006, the top 10 Canadian imports from the U.S. had gained about 6.6%.

Fastest-Growing Canadian Imports from U.S.
Below are selected American exports to Canada in 2007 with the highest percentage sales increases from 2006.

Complete military aircraft … US$187.7 million (up 284,323% from 2006)
Musical instruments … $428 million (up 171%)
Fuel oil … $1.1 billion (up 79.8%)
Business machines and equipment… $1.2 billion (up 73.8%)
Corn … $494.8 million (up 72.8%).

Fastest-Declining Canadian Imports from U.S.
Selected American exports to Canada in 2007 with the highest percentage sales decreases from 2006 are listed below.

Nonfarm tractors and parts … US$194.2 million (down 29.6% in 2006)
Drilling and oilfield equipment … $656 million (down 25.3%)
Semiconductors … $2.4 billion (down 23.5%)
Computer accessories … $4.1 billion (down 22.1%)
Railway transportation equipment … $931.3 million (down 18.9%).
Sources for this Article
This article presents independent calculations and insights based on data drawn from the CIA World Factbook and the U.S. Census Bureau – Foreign Trade Statistics.



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Soo what are you going to do without first... oil, gas, natural gas, heating oil, lumber, steel, aluminum

China is also licking its chops waiting to get at Canada's oil. They are always lurking around for an opportunity, keeping their endless supply of US dollars in their back pockets. They will be very thirsty for that commodity when the global economy heats up again.

Who was it again who called Albertans blue eyed sheikhs? Nixon?

Dontcha worry about yer RePublicans...
Same thing happened to our Conservatives here in Canada ( mighty righty )
Party split up into factions... far right ( damned near China ), bible thumpers, disgruntled thespians, fiscal conservatives, and of course the anyone but them fellas...
Anyone with a third digit in their IQ, quietly sat back and watched the others commit political suicide... after several years of watching the other guys rule the roost the factions are brought back togeather by the few remaining thinkers... the surviving dipshits are relagated to the back of the house

So you see... there is still hope...

Yes, China has just invested $2 billion in the oil sands, and offered another $3 billion to build a pipeline. The problem is that they are after the proven technology to harvest their own oil sands, and that pipeline might end up running the other way sometime in the future, especially because they have no shareholders to answer to.

Mexico is symbolic of the 'rogue' economy right now, all over the world. A large proportion of the GDP is underground - yet forfeiture of assets law are growing stronger and stronger (homeland security, etc.). We may very well reach a point in our economies where the revenue from forfeiture and fiscal penalties exceeds personal taxation. This would bode well for anyone on the 'law and order' ticket, which is typically a Republican stance, because they could actually afford to backup their 'tough talk'. As in the U.K., the war on crime has also had a technological cost saving boost with affordable surveillance equipment, and the court's willingness to accept audio/video testimony. I think the crooks know this, and they are frantic to hide the billions of cash, gold, artworks, and real estate they have collected. You have to be very careful these days unless you get caught up in a net you have no place in, and a lot of legal fees to get out of, despite your innocence.

For all you Gallop poll believers out there. Republicans have moved ahead of Democrats by 48% to 44% among registered voters in the latest update on Gallop's generic congressional ballot for the 2010 House elections, after trailing by six points in July and two points last month.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/124226/Repub ... -Vote.aspx

One data point. At least it's not Rasmussen. Gallup has more credibility.

Here is a fuller story:

Generic Congressional Vote
Polling Data
Poll Date Sample Democrats Republicans Spread
RCP Average 10/28 - 11/8 -- 45.2 43.6 Democrats +1.6
Gallup 11/5 - 11/8 894 RV 44 48 Republicans +4
Rasmussen Reports 11/2 - 11/8 3500 LV 37 43 Republicans +6
Pew Research 10/28 - 11/8 1644 RV 47 42 Democrats +5
CNN/Opinion Research 10/30 - 11/1 952 RV 50 44 Democrats +6
Ipsos/McClatchy 10/29 - 11/1 1077 A 48 41 Democrats +7

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls ... e-901.html

Democrats, based on 5 data points, still have the lead, albeit slim. I wouldn't count my chickens before they hatch.

I have been thinking about the political rhetoric currently going around and how the parties twist the messages of each other. Obama, I think, is the one who has branded the Republicans as "the party of NO". Sounds good but isn't that the very nature of an opposition party after all? Sure there have been and, hopefully, will again be periods of bi-partisan cooperation. But that isn't always a good thing when one thinks about it. Bush had Democrats' support in the passage of the Patriot Act and funding for the war in Iraq. Now they have a huge case of buyers' remorse. Maybe, the resistance to the specific healthcare reform ideas being proffered by the Democrats isn't the result of Republican moral bankruptcy but, rather, because they think it is too expensive and don't want to buy in and regret it later. Just because they don't have an alternative doesn't mean that they must go along for the ride as did the Democrats in 2002.

I am not trying to defend the Republicans here (I'm for single payer) but I just really dislike the demonization of each other by partisan spokespeople. It appeals to the base instincts of voters who are swayed more by slogans and name-calling than civil discussion of the issues. And that's not a good thing.

I agree. But who's gonna yell "cease fire" when he himself most likely will get shot (in the case of the GOP, from behind). Here is the latest GOP "moderate" targeted:

" At its November meeting, the Executive Committee said it was disappointed in Senator Graham for his work on a bipartisan “Cap and Trade” energy bill, along with his positions on multi-billion dollar bank bailouts and amnesty for illegal aliens."

http://www2.counton2.com/cbd/news/local ... ham/83580/