Comments by "Jim Luebke" (@jimluebke3869) on "Alberta: The Promised Land for Canada’s Future | Premier Danielle Smith | EP 465" video.

  1. I'm ultra-high in openness, and below average in conscientiousness. Why the h**l am I a Conservative? Aside from the fact that Conservatives seem to be objectively right about everything.
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  2. There has been talk for the last several years of a "Greater Idaho" movement. Several of the eastern (conservative) counties of Oregon have voted to split off, to join Idaho. This is similar to the initiative to form the state of Jefferson, which is also more conservative and includes many of the same counties in Oregon, plus some conservative northern California counties. If Oregon's counties succeed in joining Idaho, it's likely California's northern counties would follow suit. If you keep heading southwards, you see that if you get very far from the coast, the majority of easterly counties in California go "red" -- conservative. If the northern counties of California join Greater Idaho, it's likely that these counties (which reach down to the Mexican border) would wish to join as well. Which leads to the interesting question -- I have heard talk of Alberta seceding from Canada, and joining the United States. If it can bring some of the southern mountain regions of British Columbia with it, it would also be contiguous with Idaho. All it would take is a little bit of a push into the Northwest Territories, and suddenly Greater Idaho goes from the Arctic Circle to the Mexican border. Greater Idaho is the new Manifest Destiny!
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  3. "That's the basis for a life, maybe with a couple of adventures" Why do people think that travel is such an adventure? I guarantee you, wherever you happen to go, you will find locals who are not very impressed with the place. (Although they may love it in the same way that the people do, who are where you are already.) Sure, it's good to explore, be curious, and find things out for yourself. But an "adventure", in terms of challenges to overcome? You're just as likely to find those within hundreds of feet of you, as thousands of miles away.
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