Millions would have starved to death, hundreds of thousands of Allied prisoners of war would have died of starvation and illness and Japanese forces in places like Singapore, Formosa, Manchuria would still have to be dealt with.
Not to mention in the dozens of islands and pockets left in the Allied rear areas.
For a modern nation-state, 325 years is a long time.
So if the United States goes another 200 years, that would give the US 423 years.
Nearly as long as the Roman Republic, nearly as long as the Western Roman Empire. Longer than the UK controlled India, longer than the Aztec Empire, longer than Spain controlled South America, longer than the Mongol Empire lasted.
Well, anything beyond about 75 miles, Secret Service mandates the President use Air Force One (747-400, 757, Gulfstream 500) and say he goes to Texas, he has to take the 747 for NCA purposes.
I never heard the argument about being pro-birth control but anti-abortion until I dated a couple women who'd had abortions.
With the various morning after pills, norplant, birth control pills, Mifepristone and now a drug that works for up to 7 days, the surgical abortion procedures seem very archaic and dark age.
When a very liberal and very feminist women who has had an abortion tells you its the worst thing that could be done to a human and should be outlawed, it made me think really hard about abortions.
100-250 years. US survived the Civil War, Great Depression.
The same forces that destroyed the Soviet Union, Roman Empire, Eastern Empire won't wreck the US.
The US will lash out and do a run on North America before it collapses, that'll buy it another 20-75 years.
When it does collapse, it'll fall into city states bickering over resources, like Kaplan talked about. Oregon, Washington and BC won't unite, they'll fight over energy and water. Rather than a grand unification of Cascadia, you'll see the Vancouver-Portland-Eugene metroplex fighting with Seattle-Vancouver over control of the Columbia basin.
The only bulk items I see being sent by air are time sensitive military/government items, fragile industrial items, low bulk high value items and mail/packages.
So for an airship, what is it for? Low bulk high value items without time sensitivity?
Also a 747 freighter has an advantage over an airship, if a 747 or other aircraft loses an engine or takes structural damage to the airframe it can still fly and divert.
Transportation by tanker costs 2-3 cents a gallon and the ship costs about 120 million dollars for a ULCC (Ultra Large Crude Carrier) that carries 2 million barrels of oil.
The US consumes 19,497,000 barrels of oil a day, so even a CL160 class won't replace cargo ships.
Why transport bulk cargo like ore, grain or wood by air anyway? Ships are far more efficient for that stuff.
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Millions would have starved to death, hundreds of thousands of Allied prisoners of war would have died of starvation and illness and Japanese forces in places like Singapore, Formosa, Manchuria would still have to be dealt with.
Not to mention in the dozens of islands and pockets left in the Allied rear areas.
Aiding the NSA is going to make the US implement Sharia law?
Those are way too easy
A hard one.
US vs North Korea.
For a modern nation-state, 325 years is a long time.
So if the United States goes another 200 years, that would give the US 423 years.
Nearly as long as the Roman Republic, nearly as long as the Western Roman Empire. Longer than the UK controlled India, longer than the Aztec Empire, longer than Spain controlled South America, longer than the Mongol Empire lasted.
An RV is not a mobile home.
There aren't many mobile homes in National Parks.
Well, anything beyond about 75 miles, Secret Service mandates the President use Air Force One (747-400, 757, Gulfstream 500) and say he goes to Texas, he has to take the 747 for NCA purposes.
Knock yourself out at calling whatever you want whatever you want.
And way to have a rational discussion.
25-33 is common for high school in US public schools, middle school try to get smaller populations.
California law is 20-22
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/cs/mh/
http://www.californiareport.org/archive/R911190850/b
Private schools have much smaller class sizes.
The district should have bought a baseball team, brought it to LA and made money off MLB.
Like the Marlins or Devil Rays. LA is big enough to support three baseball teams and Florida really isn't a good baseball state.
Pretty much all the schools I've dealt with have mobile classrooms, unless they are brand new schools.
None in California, but Oregon, Washington, South Dakota and Alaska.
Schools up here in Alaska do mobiles, but also do alot of wing expansions.
AC isn't really an issue up here, but heating in the mobiles is a pain in the rear.
I never heard the argument about being pro-birth control but anti-abortion until I dated a couple women who'd had abortions.
With the various morning after pills, norplant, birth control pills, Mifepristone and now a drug that works for up to 7 days, the surgical abortion procedures seem very archaic and dark age.
When a very liberal and very feminist women who has had an abortion tells you its the worst thing that could be done to a human and should be outlawed, it made me think really hard about abortions.
Guyana, French Guiana, Belize all call shenanigans on Spanish being spoken everywhere but Brazil and Haiti.
100-250 years. US survived the Civil War, Great Depression.
The same forces that destroyed the Soviet Union, Roman Empire, Eastern Empire won't wreck the US.
The US will lash out and do a run on North America before it collapses, that'll buy it another 20-75 years.
When it does collapse, it'll fall into city states bickering over resources, like Kaplan talked about. Oregon, Washington and BC won't unite, they'll fight over energy and water. Rather than a grand unification of Cascadia, you'll see the Vancouver-Portland-Eugene metroplex fighting with Seattle-Vancouver over control of the Columbia basin.
http://www.amazon.com/Coming-Anarchy-Shattering-Dreams-Post/dp/037570759
My ancestors were here for at least 466 generations before any African slaves were brought to the Americas.
So yea, I have more heritage and culture in North America.
No, we call it English. American English is the de facto language of the United States
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_english
While Quebec gets a vote on leaving Canada, there is no leaving the United States.
So no new countries made out of the US and Canada.
I went to a school that had K-3, 7-12 on the same building complex.
There wasn't much intermingling.
What about the free elections in Israel?
Its in the region.
Theres an interesting post about it on the blog DEW Line
http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewline/2010/08/iran-uav-bomber-via-south-afri.html
The only bulk items I see being sent by air are time sensitive military/government items, fragile industrial items, low bulk high value items and mail/packages.
So for an airship, what is it for? Low bulk high value items without time sensitivity?
Also a 747 freighter has an advantage over an airship, if a 747 or other aircraft loses an engine or takes structural damage to the airframe it can still fly and divert.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Baghdad_DHL_shootdown_incident
A manpad hit on an airship engine wouldn't be as survivable.
Bulk cargo is almost never sent by air unless it is time sensitive.
M-1 tanks to Kuwait in 1990/91, time sensitive and sent by air and sea. M-1 tanks back from Iraq in 2010, not time sensitive and sent by sea.
Grain, ore, oil, is almost never sent by air unless its fuel, food or supplies going to somewhere ships can't go and there is no road network.
A CL160 airship was expected to cost 60 million dollars.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/cargolifter.htm
For 60 million dollars you can get a Suezmax cargo ship that instead of carrying 160 tons, carries 75,000 to 125,000 tons.
747 freighters have a niche because of speed, if there was a niche for slow airfreight we'd have airship cargo carriers.
Transportation by tanker costs 2-3 cents a gallon and the ship costs about 120 million dollars for a ULCC (Ultra Large Crude Carrier) that carries 2 million barrels of oil.
The US consumes 19,497,000 barrels of oil a day, so even a CL160 class won't replace cargo ships.
Why transport bulk cargo like ore, grain or wood by air anyway? Ships are far more efficient for that stuff.
And how much cargo can a blimp carry from Japan to Alaska? How many people can it carry from Sydney to LA?
Umm, we make Plutonium, while a little bit exists in nature, almost all that has ever existed was made.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutonium
There is a division and more on the Mexican border.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Bliss
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Armored_Division_(United_States)#Move_to_Fort_Bliss
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mcas_yuma
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_Corps_Air_Ground_Combat_Center_Twentynine_Palms
All Federal subsidies? So no more GI Bill?
Not to mention how easily they'll show up to Patriot.