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  1. Alternate Names for USA

    There were some short-lived secessionist movements in the 1830's-1840's, based in the northeastern US. If one of those had actually come about, the North would have potentially been the Confederacy and the South the Union. :D

  2. Alternate Names for USA

    By the time it was dissolved in 1689 the Dominion of New England also included New York and the two colonies that would eventually become New Jersey. The idea had merit in the eyes of many colonists (it was meant as a defensive measure against the French) but when Andros started shutting down...

  3. WI: Coolidge in 28

    Coolidge probably wouldn't have implemented even Hoover's limited measures as a response to the Depression, and would lose in a landslide to FDR in 1932 (FDR having several orders of magnitude more personal charisma). The question is, how much more different would the Depression be, and how...

  4. Alternate Names for USA

    If Edmund Andros hadn't been quite so aggressive, the Dominion of New England could have been expanded to all 13 colonies, and thus all of the United States of OTL today would have been known as New England, not just the Northeast.

  5. Top 5 Worst U.S. Presidents

    James Buchanan, for reasons already outlined. Leaving office with your country at the brink of civil war isn't exactly good administration. Andrew Jackson - in addition to the Indian removal (which alone would put him on my list) managed to pay off the national debt, only to plunge the...

  6. States which were destroyed at the height of their power.

    True. The Confederacy would have a stronger claim, as they did experience military and diplomatic success between 1861-63.

  7. WI Perceval held Malaya?

    Who else would be available in the theatre? Bennett doesn't impress me--at least Percival had the honor to accompany his troops into internment once the battle was lost. Maybe give Heath or Beckwith-Smith a fair chance?

  8. WI Perceval held Malaya?

    Even as things stood in OTL, Percival might have been able to make a credible stand had he chosen to do so. Yamashita's army was almost at the end of its supply line; if Percival had dug in and set up static defenses in and around Singapore he may not have been able to hold the city but he...

  9. A World Of Laughter, A World Of Tears

    You know, there is one bright note to this alternate: you may just have butterflied away disco completely!

  10. A World Of Laughter, A World Of Tears

    Damn...just...damn. That was awesome!!!!! It's been a while since I've read a non-ASB alternate history that drew me in so deeply. Thank you!

  11. A World Of Laughter, A World Of Tears

    He is an unusual choice for this administration. Despite his reputation for advocating censorship established during the juvenile delinquency hearings, Werthram was *very* liberal (one of his pet projects was reconciling Marx with Freud) and an advocate of racial integration (his research on the...

  12. A World Of Laughter, A World Of Tears

    I don't see that as happening...as bad as things are, they could have been worse. Rockwell was denied the Presidency and threw away a Cabinet appointment, for example, and so far Vietnam appears to be a dead letter (although Cuba is looking like a more-than-suitable substitute). We've seen...

  13. A World Of Laughter, A World Of Tears

    LeMay would probably balk at some of the racist tendencies of this administration. He was highly resistant to being associated with George Wallace's segregationist policies OTL when he ran with Wallace on the American Independent ticket; LeMay supported Wallace's foreign policy proposals over...

  14. A World Of Laughter, A World Of Tears

    In this TL the restriction was waived so MacArthur could serve as Disney's SecDef. With the precedent established, the restriction could be waived again for the right (i.e., most desirable to the adminsitration) person. That said, Curtis LeMay would be a really attractive candidate for this...

  15. A World Of Laughter, A World Of Tears

    Powell grew up in New York City, so he wouldn't have had the same pressures he may have experienced had he grown up in the South. Also, his parents were immigrants from Jamaica and he does have some white blood (which may be either an advantage or a liability, depending upon which side of the...

  16. DBWI: WI humans lived longer?

    Exactly! :D;)

  17. A World Of Laughter, A World Of Tears

    More to the point, Stennis probably knows it, too. As far as the Indians are concerned, given how radicalized race relations have become, I'd expect the American Indian Movement to kick off much sooner (and be much more violent than OTL). Likewise the gay rights movement. And how has the...

  18. A World Of Laughter, A World Of Tears

    Carter wasn't above race baiting early in his career (during his campaign for Georgia governor he used pictures of his opponent canvassing the black vote in order to gain white votes) but sometimes you make compromises to get to a point where nobody can tell you 'no'. Carter probably does join...

  19. DBWI: WI humans lived longer?

    My apologies; I should have clarified that the average maximum lifespan didn't exceed the 40's. Of course, the upper classes lived longer as they could avoid backbreaking and dangerous manual labor and had access to better food and medical care, and there have always been exceptional cases of...

  20. DBWI: WI humans lived longer?

    A life sentence at hard labor could balance things out. At least, you'd get lots of public works projects accomplished at minimal cost over that much time.
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