Tuesday, August 22, 2006

Good Neighbors...more

I did promise I would writ more about being good naighbors..you have to read the first blog. There, I discussed the US proximate neighbors, Mexico and Canada. Canada is a very good neighbor and Mexico is well a bit of a problem neighbor.

The world is a smaller place, now, globalization, air travel, even the internet. What does that mean? It means we can visit our global neighbors without leaving out living room or in my case, my easy chair. True we get to spy on the global neighborhoods without going there. It is fun, really. But let's pretend for a moment we are restless and want to see if there is better neighborhood. A good neghbor is one you can trust to have over for coffe, chat and not worry about your silverware being stolen. With that in mind, let;s load up the car and take sdrive through the global neighborhoods.

Central America:

I know you want to visit the nicer neighborhoods..but I am driving so we leave our lovely NAFTA neighborhood and drive to the closest neighborhood....so let's wave to Mexico and visit Central America. Alright, we are not getting out of the car. The neigborhood is a mess. The kids are noisy. Each neighbor is ready to pick a fight with his neighbor. Nicauaraga is ready to get into with it El Salvador. Gualtalema is a broken home.,,,ready for a divorce and Panama, well forget it. Then, as we are about to leave we see Costa Rica..the front yard looks great. The kids are neatly dressed. We stop to chat for a while.

Invite them over for coffee, you have to be careful with the silverware, linens and well lock the pantry. Lesson...suddenly you understand Mexico and thankful they are there to keep out these nighbors..ok we will not complain so much about Mexico.

South America

We continue south and wecome upon South America. This neighborhood is a patchwork of large opulent homes. Problem is Brazil and Argentina, among other can't pay their mortgage or taxes. Columbia and Peru are disasters and the Venezuela house has a strict father. Our initial impression is well it is nicer than Central America but not much nicer. We drive around more and suddenly we come on Chile...a nice house and we stop and chat. The house is busy...the kids are clean. We actually sit down and have a coffee. It is obvious they hate the neighborhood, In fact they keep asking if they can be part of our neighborhood (NAFTA). We say why not, the coffee is great. Their big secret is a huge fence to protect them from the rest of the neighborhood,,,the Andes Mountains. They say it works,,,,we nod in agreement.

So would we have the rest of South America over for coffee. I guess we would, well everyone except Venezuela and maybe Columbia or Peru. The silverware is safe. In all likelihood they will insist on bringing wine and dessert and you know iti s going to be a long night.

Europe

Ah, the EC, this has to be good. It is. The neighborhood is pristine. You drive around. The people are friendly and remind you so much of the folks back home. Evertone invites you over the coffee. You like it here but you do notice the houses are close together and everyone os on the front porch. So you stop, everywhere for coffee. They ta;l all about themselves ask you questions.... after a while and another glass of wine, it starts. The French tell you secrets about the Germans. The Germans tell you the Italians do not have a very nice house. England tells you can't trust Germany...your head is spinning. Let's face it this a great neighborhood but really we need more space between each other.... also, you know they are talking about us behind your back.

So, yes we would have coffee...but you have to be sure to have coffee with everyone and not to offend anyone,,,and if you invite France, be sure you invite Germany or they will be upset at you. You will not have to worry about the silverware..well some may decide to bring over their own silverware....and don't be surprised if they drop in unannounced...

the rest for another blog

4 Comments:

Blogger Unknown said...

I liked the tour!!! More, MORE!

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