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Iran Contra was a means to finance the rebels in Nicaragua despite the opposition of a Democrat Congress.

There was no love between the USA and Iran. The two sides just used each other.

   

Sleeman and Kilkenny both make a cream ale that's pretty tasty, although the Kilkenny is better

   

Maybe but, to me a superpower is a country that projects it's policy all over the world finanacially and can ramp up it's military if required because money is no constraint.

Although I do agree that you need a strong military but, I think the days of the countries like the Soviet Union pretending to be a auperpower are over.

The reality was they were only a super power to the extent they had a large cumbersome out of date military and the bomb. The US proved they couldn't compete with capitalism militarily or finanacially.

Especailly when Reagan started his mythical star wars plan that essentialy bankrupt the USSR when they tried to keep up with the Jones and ended the communists rule and reduced them to a have not state..

I think to be a superpower in todays age you've got to have that financial clout even more than the military might and China is defiantely a superpower because it also owns most of the US.

   

MUCH better. Every product that comes out of the Sleeman plant has a burnt flavour. I can't describe it as anything else but I'm not a fan of any Sleeman product. Creemore Springs is local micro that makes a really delicious cream ale.

   

Cannot stand Kilkenny... at all.

   

Ok so now we are talking about beer ! That's great eh !

Sure, microbrewery beers are so much better and more sophisticated. We have several here in Quebec that could very easily go up against some of the best in Canada. I must say that I have taken a real appreciation of the local microbreweries. Also, it sure would be nice to know if those finest Canadian Microbrewered beers can be sold across Canada or are only sold in their regional markets.

I also have to say that I fancy some of the ''real'' European beers, and talking about those actually brewed and bottled in their country of origin.

   

Where I buy my beer, they have over 700 different kinds... all micro-brews... all from Québec.
Plus a few imports... but not that many.

   

If I may add my wishes to that? I would be impressed, IF Canada

- was a neutral country;
- was peace loving and peace makinginstead of bombing Libya, Afghanistan;
- would stop imitating the Brits and Americans;
- would help the Palestinians to get their Land back or most of it;
- would deal with the Natives, so they will be happy;
- would stop the baby seal killings immediately;
- would condemn torture everywhere;
- would get the Americans to clean up their mess in the Great Lakes;
- would abolish Tuition fees for low income students;
- would make Peter MacKay pay for the cost of his fishing stint - $49k;
- would finally get completely out of Afghanistan;
- get out of that criminal NATO.

   

Wow dude, that is like the Daytona 500 of beer stores! Over 700 micro brews under one roof? I am jealous as hell. You could try a different beer every day and it would take almost 2 years to try them all. By that time they would have came out with many more types to try. What a predicament to be in.

   

I am really looking forward to getting to Canada again to sample some of that beer! I have a timeshare at Whistler. Will have to look around there to see what I can score.

Here is where I might get an impression of Canadian beer:

Top 10: Canadian Beers
http://ca.askmen.com/top_10/entertainme ... _list.html

And perhaps a knowledgeable person could edit an update to this wiki article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_beer


If Canada can defend it's claim to the NW Passage, claim the North Pole and that little island near Greenland, then it might be a superpower.

   

Only one good beer in that top 10 list and I have some in my fridge.

Here's a better list...
http://www.canadianbrewingawards.com/

   

Holy fuck! If that is the top 10 beers in Canada, then the top restaurants in the US:

10) Arbys

9) Dennys

Hooters

7) Popeyes

6) Taco Bell

5) IHOP

4) KFC

3) Wendys

2) Burger King

1) Mcdonalds

Wow...

   

Great List! The biggest problem is the availability across Canada. In Calgary I can find the odd micro brew from Quebec, but they are few and far between. There is a better represntation of BC beers, but there are several award winners I have never seen here.

Micro breweries by definition do not make the large quantities to be nationally represented, which when added to provincial barriers to trade means that unless you live close by you won't have the option of buying it in your local beer store.

This is why, when we travel, I tell my wife we need to make an effort to sample the local products. That 'we' should be 'I' as she does not consume alcohol. Telling her it is part of the vacation experience has been working so far.

   

Blue #1 and Kokanee #8? What's wrong with youse peoples. More people here order a fish than everything else combined.
And all the girls stopped drinking Blue by the case cuz it makes their pussy hurt in the morning!

   

Gee it must be close to 20 years since I heard that joke.

   

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