Recent content by Mike Collins

Id say the WWIII is a US/ROK/ROC/PRC/DPRK war that occurs a few years after a Korean armistice falls apart. DPRK ceases to exist and China collapses from the economic and military strain. Korea is united under the enlightened leadership of Rhee Sygman. China collapses into warlordism except...

No! We develop an alcohol cartel. Call it OAEC and fuck with all the other countries by jacking around with production from time to time!

Concur. Some sort of alcohol based vegetable product is the most likely solution. Either that or gasoline engines that are massively more efficient than those we use now.

Well, Im not being completely inconsistant. My position is that corporations act in their own self interest. Almost always, this benefits all. In this case, it probably doesnt. At lower end of my conspiracy theory on this is the idea that necessity is the mother of invention. You hit on...

Ughhhhhh! I hate Treet. Tastes horrible. The Republic of Korea is the second biggest consumer of Spam (after the US). They produce a Spam knock off called "Assi Haem". Its pretty rancid too. I like Spam though. I eat it raw on sandwiches with mustard or wasabi (Japanese horseradish).

But consider this: 1. Spam has become a popular meat product in every nation that had American soldiers deployed in it except Japan. What does this do to US cultural imperialism? 2. What if Monty Python doesnt have the Spam song?

I hung out on the Del Rey AH Web Site quite a bit when I was in school. It was a pretty rocking place. Now it gets 1-2 posts a month? What happened???

Im not talking the email sort. What if the delicious and heavanly luncheon meat was never invented?

Heres what I think would happen. Suddenly, a new fuel source would be "found". Cars would start being fueled by used cooking oil, dirty socks, blood plasma, or something else weird and mundane. Regulation of nuke power would loosen and there would be more nuke power plants. This is my one...

Why would we take Saddam's oil when we had Kuwait in the bag in 1991?

For what its worth, I have no problems with the way Canadians go about running their country. Dont think I would like to live in such a system, but it seems to work for most Canadians. Thats the important thing. Had to share this one. One of my compatriots just said being Canadian is like...

What if the Chunnel is operating on the eve of World WarII?

How about a revolution in the UK that forces the royals out and they go to Canada? How about if Sea Lion succeeds and the monarchy packs its bags?

The ROTC building isnt burned down and the hippies get released because the government is too scared to prosecute. Everything else spools out essentially the same way as OTL.

Problem here Ian is I used the term "intervention" and not "intrusive". Given the fight in the US over nationalized healthcare and the Patriot Act, I stand by my statement. As to nationalized v. private healthcare, Ive had experience with both and prefer the private for about the same...