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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-30-06 07:57 PM Original message |
LAT: Rival to Panama Canal Planned in Nicaragua |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-30-06 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
1. It was one of the original plans by the U.S. to put a canal through |
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roody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-30-06 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
2. It will disrupt wildlife and indigenous lands, |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-30-06 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
3. Destroy the countryside to build what the world already has |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-30-06 08:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. don't be too sure |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-02-06 10:28 AM Response to Reply #5 |
24. No research needed. It's not a good thing. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-02-06 03:16 PM Response to Reply #5 |
29. Rumsfeld is involved in this |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-30-06 10:08 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. What will happen to the world's only |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-01-06 09:48 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. well if the canal encourages protection of watersheds |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-30-06 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
4. CHINA spending its huge trade surplus against us nt |
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bilgewaterbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-30-06 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
6. The Panama Canal is a strategic choke point. |
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davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-01-06 12:45 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. you're right |
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bilgewaterbill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-01-06 08:26 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I believe so. nt |
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BrotherBuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-01-06 09:56 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Operations are contracted to a private Chinese company |
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Mudoria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-02-06 10:10 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Not just right-wing wackos.. |
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davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-02-06 02:36 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. is there such a thing as a private Chinese company |
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BrotherBuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-02-06 03:10 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Li Ka-shing runs Hutchison Whampoa Limited which has close ties to... |
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mahatmakanejeeves (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-30-06 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
7. dupe, delete |
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mahatmakanejeeves (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-30-06 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
8. Some listers have expressed opposition, |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-30-06 10:21 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. national geographic syndrome |
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mahatmakanejeeves (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-30-06 10:26 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Thanks. |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-30-06 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
12. This could take pressure off the arctic, anyway |
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Nevernose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-01-06 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
15. In the 50s, they were going to use nukes to dig it |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-01-06 09:45 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. a quick buzz around google |
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Nevernose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-01-06 10:57 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. I saw it on a repeat PBS show on History or Discovery or similar |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-01-06 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
18. Is this why Condi Rice is making threats about a Sandinista electoral win? |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-02-06 02:42 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. "distort and manipulate democracy for partisan and personal benefit" |
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HuffleClaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-02-06 02:04 AM Response to Original message |
21. it would end up costing a LOT more than $20 billion |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-02-06 02:44 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. I don't think it will be built in 2 years |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-02-06 02:14 AM Response to Original message |
22. NICARAGUA’S Canal dreams |
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dkofos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-02-06 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
30. Save your money. Thanks to global warming we have |
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