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(OOC: I believe it is what is technically called "crack". :rolleyes: Anyhow, Doohan was Canadian, and, frighteningly enough, at one point Adam West was considered for the role of James Bond. Which reminds me...) You know, the whole Bond thing could've been a lot worse. Rumor has it that at one...

Er... a parody... yeah... that's what it was... don't look into it, or anything... :rolleyes:

I always thought it was our total obession over all things celebrity that was the most obvious part of American culture. :rolleyes: We might not have kings, but we certainly have The King! :cool:

PRESIDENT KANG TO GIVE STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS Expected to call for less freedom, more disco _______________________________________________________________________________________ SOCIALIST PARTY PRIMARIES OVER! Presumptive Nomine Congressman Bernie Sanders accepts Senator Al...

A Mexican King on the throne in Washington? Ok. The War of 1812 turns out to be an even bigger failure for the USA. As a result, the United States of America is weakened significantly, though not to the point of becoming English again. Meantime, down in Mexico, they manage to get their act a...

Maybe. But it did evolve out of Judaism, which from what I understand is a little more equal with the sexes. I blame Paul for much of the sexism and homophobia in Christianity. Perhaps if he was, say, sat on by a donkey while on the road to Damascus, and thus taken out of the picture, we...

Oh, I don't know that we're doomed to war. Yeah, we've had some nasty ones over the last few thousand years, but nothing really major since World War Two. We haven't learned our lessons as well as we should, but I think we're slowly managing to get our act together.

I'll claim what I darn well please! :D I guess my problem is that I'm too much of an optimist about human nature. I assume that religion is one of the great evils in the world, and that absent that, we'll be a better behaved species. I know it isn't necessarily true, but I can dream. :)

What if Christianity had been established with a different Trinity? Not "The Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost/Spirit", but "The Father, the Mother and the Son"? What would likely end up different?

Very true. But it's much harder to get large groups of people eager to slaughter those who think/believe differently without dragging religion into it. Besides, the Soviet Union was a country established on faith as much as any other; it was just faith in the State, Lennin and Communism rather...

King Brigham I? An interesting notion, except how would Desert remain independant and not become part of the USA?

Yeah, but I said the Commonwealth nations don't count. :p

So as an actual atheist, let me describe what I think the world would be like without religion. 1. No one would kill each other over which imaginary friend is more "real". 2. Parents wouldn't be allowed to deny their children life-saving medical care on the basis of "God wants them to be...

If there's one thing we don't have in North and South America, it's monarchies (Commonwealth nations and colonial areas not withstanding)! We've had them in the past. Both Brazil and Mexico had Emperors. Monarchies endlessly fascinate me, so let's try to get a couple in the New World that last...

Actually, another thought. One of TR's sons died during the war. From what I understand this really crushed his spirit and might've contributed to him dying in 1919. If he ends the war in 1915 or 1916, then his son would still be alive. I wonder how that might affect the rest of TR's life...

See, that's what I was thinking initally. Both sides would get nasty-deep into the war, start losing thousands of men each day, and then TR would ride over the hill (as it were), to help negotiate a settlement.

So if Roosevelt was President in 1914, and was able to negotiate with the various nations involved, and World War One doesn't happen, what happens from there? Does Europe simply end up with another, far nastier war in the 1920's or 1930's? And what happens with US politics during/after...

I once heard a rumor they were planning to hire Robert Reed for the role of Mike Brady. I can't see that. Every time I see him, I think of him as Darin on "Bewitched". Well, the second Darin, obviously, after Robert Mitchum. But back to Trek stuff, did you know they'd actually offered the role...

You want really odd Bonds? Apparently after Lazenby, Adam West was offered the role! :eek:

If Marshall were President, do you think he might've been able to make entry into the League a part of a successful run for reelection in 1920?