Unplugr » Nation-states http://unplugr.com Pulling the plug on a broken world Mon, 28 May 2007 21:20:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Life Imitates The Onion, again http://unplugr.com/archives/6/life-imitates-the-onion-again http://unplugr.com/archives/6/life-imitates-the-onion-again#comments Mon, 26 Feb 2007 21:01:04 +0000 Dethe http://unplugr.com/archives/6/life-imitates-the-onion-again Well, if right-wing ideologues have anything to do with “life,” that is. The funny thing is, while this:

Fears of Canada-Mexico superhighway driving U.S. critics loco

Are North American governments secretly conspiring to build a “NAFTA superhighway,” four football fields wide, from Mexico to Canada, to bypass regulatory controls and whisk goods swiftly to market?

looks superficially like this:

U.S. Protests Mexi-Canadian Overpass

In addition to facilitating trade between Mexico and Canada, the overpass is expected to increase tourism in both nations by as much as 60 percent. Boasting hundreds of restaurants, gas stations, and hotels, the state-of-the-art overpass will render it unnecessary for Mexicans or Canadians ever to touch U.S. soil when traveling to and from their respective homelands.

I think I prefer The Onion’s vision.

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