RE: Just like living in paradise?

Just be glad you don't live in Gnome, Alaska. Talk about a long winter... And lot of time to be in your head. I hope Venezuela works out their democracy and takes it back from the communists. It used to be such a beautiful place when I was there in the mid 1990's,it was the richest nation in South America. Now they are just about the poorest thanks to years of corrupt leaders.

The whole Greenland thing I get from a national security point of view, but it's never going to happen. Russian and China have been sailing their fleets near the island for sometime and would love to get their hands on it. I think in the end they will vote to become a sovereign nation breaking ties from Europe. I do think it would be wise to secure mining deals with them though, we've seen what happens when we don't have access to enough minerals with silver lately. And thanks to mining restrictions across the western states we don't have the critical metals available until more mining can fill the gap...

One thing I have learned in life and from my time in the Army, the world is a mess. It always will be a mess, and there is nothing we can do to really change it...