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To: Libloather
Why Did Russia Sell Us Alaska So Cheap?

Cause back in the 1860s it was just useless tundra. Nobody predicted the importance of oil. Mining for gold and diamonds that far north was impractical. Also, nobody would have guessed the land would be used for missile defense.

4 posted on 10/18/2007 4:53:53 PM PDT by varyouga ("Rove is some mysterious God of politics & mind control" - DU 10-24-06)
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To: varyouga

“No one will ever want a computer in their home”


11 posted on 10/18/2007 5:09:14 PM PDT by ari-freedom (I am for traditional moral values, a strong national defense, and free markets.)
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