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2006-10-16 Home Front: Culture Wars

Aussie blogger celebrates the 300,000,000th American

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Posted by Mike 2006-10-16 17:23|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 If every American was to move to Texas, totally vacating the rest of the nation and leaving it to Bambi and Thumper, each American could have a plot of land of about .57 acre.

Posted by Fred 2006-10-16 18:05|| 2006-10-16 18:05|| Front Page Top

The revolution is successful. But survival depends on drastic measures. Your continued existence represents a threat to the well being of society. Your lives mean slow death to the more valued members of the colony. Therefore, I have no alternative but to sentence you to death. Your execution is so ordered, signed Kodos, Governor of Tarsus IV.

From the Star Trek episode "Conscience of the King" comes this motto of the population alarmists.

Posted by Korora">Korora 2006-10-16 18:17|| 2006-10-16 18:17|| Front Page Top

#3 Their real dispair is that the new Americans aren't buying newspapers.

Posted by DoDo 2006-10-16 18:27|| 2006-10-16 18:27|| Front Page Top

#4 .57 acre?

Damn, #1 Fred, I'm moving! I've only got a 1/3 of an acre now. ;-p

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2006-10-16 19:12|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html] 2006-10-16 19:12|| Front Page Top

#5 Better have really intensive gardens on those plots LOL.

Posted by lotp 2006-10-16 19:14|| 2006-10-16 19:14|| Front Page Top

#6 "Sister Rantburger Barbara Skolaut"

Thanks, Mike - just as long as you realize your "sister" isn't nun. ;-p

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2006-10-16 19:14|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/page/15bk1/Home_Page.html] 2006-10-16 19:14|| Front Page Top

#7 Understood, sis!

Posted by Mike 2006-10-16 21:29|| 2006-10-16 21:29|| Front Page Top

#8 Screw that. Everyone else can move to Texas; I'm taking the Ohio River valley for myself.

Posted by Rob Crawford">Rob Crawford 2006-10-16 22:23|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2006-10-16 22:23|| Front Page Top

#9 You can have the Ohio Valley. I've got dibs on the Strategic Lobster Reserve (Maine)!

Posted by Mike 2006-10-16 22:27|| 2006-10-16 22:27|| Front Page Top

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