Bank Account for Slackers, Bums, and Hosers Overflowing

Would that we could live next door to a larger, richer, more powerful, more agressive neighbor who propped up our economy and did all of the offensive (but sometimes necessary) things that make other countries feel ire. Then we, too, might have a $46 billion surplus in our welfare coffers. Imagine having half of that $80 billion Iraq funding back, and earmarked for the unemployed... thanksgiving, indeed.

Then again, it looks like Canada is making a significant strategic push to secure the Artic as Canadian land (currently, and astoundingly, the U.S. does not recognize Canadian sovereignty in that region) by turning their northern territories into proper provinces. Strategic? (C'mon, you might ask.) Answer: water. If the world becomes water poor sometime in the next century, as is predicted, the large stores of fresh water in the Artcic may become as hot a commodity as oil.

O, Canada. Even when they get geopolitical, they're still helping people stay hydrated.