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  1. Thanksgiving Becomes a Pan-Western Hemisphere Celebration

    What if it's seen as more of a political celebration than a harvest celebration? Like a rejection of their colonial masters?
  2. Thanksgiving Becomes a Pan-Western Hemisphere Celebration

    What could turn Thanksgiving from a strictly American holiday to a western hemisphere centric holiday? Thoughts? PODs?
  3. US wins 1940 Olympics bid.

    I say Minneapolis. Minneapolis lost the bid for 1948, 1952 and 1956. A smaller metro area (With Saint Paul) could host the relatively small amount of countries that could participate in those Olympics.
  4. China and Russia go to war in 1969. How does the US respond?

    By doing what us Viking fans do whenever the Packers and Bears play each other..... Hope for an attrition-filled tied game. (I made it less ambiguous because I remembered some of you Eurofolks use the word "draw")
  5. US wins 1940 Olympics bid.

    Oh, you mean the contest where the best baseball players from Cuba, Mexico, Venezuela, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Australia, the Spanish Caribbean, Francophonic and Anglophonic North America play in the world's top league to determine who the best collection of players from or who have...
  6. People from different ethnic groups for POTUS

    And in American, I mean USAmerican, not the American supercontinent.
  7. People from different ethnic groups for POTUS

    Let's take it to chat. I'll tell you why the West Indian-American experience is nothing like the African-American experience.
  8. WI: VW owned by somebody else

    New Beetle.
  9. WI: VW owned by somebody else

    VW should have never gotten rid of the Beetle. It has its niche as a city car. Lots of suburban commuters like me depend on city cars when we want to drive to the city.
  10. AHC: Keep BlackBerry Going Strong

    Make them early adopters of Android.
  11. People from different ethnic groups for POTUS

    Simple. He's Kenyan-American. African Americans are black USAmericans whose ancestors were the decedents of American slaves. They're given the catch all term "African-American" because they can't trace what part of Africa their ancestors are from (Much like me). He's Kenyan-American...
  12. People from different ethnic groups for POTUS

    Technically, we haven't had our first African-American president. Here's mine. J.C. Watts: 9/11 is averted thanks to some brave air travelers. The planes crash off the shore of Coney Island, killing 50, but still pisses off America enough to go to war. The GOP doesn't listen to the...
  13. A more rail-oriented US

    And if that happened here, they'd simply send replacement buses to finish the route. Your premise doesn't hold water.
  14. A more rail-oriented US

    And any train derailments can be ameliorated by a bus.
  15. A more rail-oriented US

    When the blue line failed in our area, they simply supplied us with blue line buses. Your transit authority sucks, no offense.
  16. A more rail-oriented US

    If my car breaks down, I can't simply depend on another car coming up the pipeline. I haven't saved up that much money yet. When I do, I'm buying a backup beater. However, if a bus breaks down, I can simply wait for the transit company to bring in another.
  17. A more rail-oriented US

    There's this thing called a "computer". They can do your planning for you. 1. It's all wheel drive, not all wheel stop. 2. Or I can live someplace where the infrastructure is conducive to civilization.
  18. A more rail-oriented US

    They still need to get fixed. My German-engineered car is getting fixed today and it won't be out of the shop until tomorrow. Meanwhile, I have to skip on getting groceries.
  19. A more rail-oriented US

    And there's still nothing to do in the burbs. Back when I lived in the city, I could simply walk to a bar and hang out with some cool and vibrant people.
  20. A more rail-oriented US

    A Toyota doesn't prevent you from having an iced out road or your car not starting because it's -20F.
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