About fuckin' time.

I've been saying for years that the lack of parity between the Canadian and American bucks was ridiculous. I couldn't understand how our economy apparently sucked THAT much that the Yankee buck was outshining ours by 50%.* Yesterday, all that changed when we finally saw the Canadian dollar flirt with parity for a while. They say we're officially gonna surpass the American dollar, and any day now.

I'm very, very happy about this. It'll take a long time for our economy to put it into effect 'cos lord knows we're still paying far higher than we ought to with books and other things -- as our sticker prices are higher than the Yanks, but our time's a comin'.

And why the fuck not? Not only are we an oil-producing country -- the second largest oil reserves in the world, second only to the Saudis -- but unlike our Saudi friends, we also have 1/3 of the world's fresh water and its largest stores of grain.

Need crude for your car to go? Talk to Canadians. Need something to quench that thirst of yours? Talk to Canadians. Want some grain for that bread you so dearly love? Talk to Canadians. We got it all, baby.

About fucking time we're being seen as the commodity-rich nation we are, and about fucking time our dollar regain the strength it once had.

Probably also about fucking time that George Bush admit he's losing far more than just one war.