OT: Strange future for down-under?

[geoschmo]

Personally I think the whole issue laughable and is just this historians way to drum up speeking fees and book sales by expoloiting the current anti-american sentiment abroad. His 20% chance in 50 years is patently ludicrous unless as some of you have said there is some global economic or political catastrophe, and noone can predict those sorts of things. Even if it does who's to say Australia will need us? As the nation more hevily dependant on technology and the current economic status quo perhaps we would be seeking to become part of Australia. Either possibility is just as likely, as in neither will happen.

[geoschmo]

This has more of a chance of happeneing then Australia becoming part of the US...
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[Erax]

Point A : An overwhelming majority of politicians the world over would be considered 'socialist' if they entered US politics.

Point B : The Australian people won't go for it. That's why it isn't likely to happen.

Point C : But if they do, I'd say it's a 50/50 chance that the US Congress lets them in. The European Union grows larger every day and the US is looking for a way to counter that. Latin America isn't buying into ALCA, so that avenue isn't working too well.

It could happen. Not likely, but not impossible. I give it a 5% chance in the next 30 years.

Loser : Texas sets a legal precedent. That's all that's needed.

Geo : Our seasons are just as God intended them to be, it's yours that are mixed up.

[geoschmo]

Originally posted by Erax:
Geo : Our seasons are just as God intended them to be, it's yours that are mixed up.

No, if God had intended Christmas to be in summer he wouldn't have put Santa at the North pole.

There is a reason the Northern Hemisphere is on top Erax.

[tesco samoa]

Baron Munchausen the maritimes hates the usa as much as Western , Central , Nothern , Southern Canada.

[EvilGenius4ABetterTomorro]

Culturally Australia is almost like us. I went there for my Honeymoon and was surpised at all the American T.V. shows. I wanted to watch an Australian news broadcast in Brisbane Airport and I got NBC (u.s.) They watch U.S. football, They love U.S. Basketball, I saw Aboriginies acting like gang members in Cairns. Well actually that's all pop culture. But I was looking for somesort of Australian cultural experience and all I got was really nice people eating vegimite and driving on the left. They even have those obnoxious "Sunday! Sunday!" drag race commercials just like us. Boo hoo!

[Erax]

Geo, Santa lives in Rovaniemi, Finland, not at the North Pole.

[ July 18, 2003, 19:02: Message edited by: Erax ]