[ExI] The Nuclear Huns

[spike]

 >...On Behalf Of The Avantguardian
> ... 
> remember the world-wide rice shortages back in 2007?... 
> countries like South Korea, India, Thailand, and Egypt 
> *bribed* North Korea with literally billions of tons of rice, 
> causing an artificial shortage of rice throughout the rest of 
> the world...

Avant, that was a huge deal around here, for most of my neighbors are Asian.
I never understood why they couldn't just substitute potatoes for rice, the
two foods being nutritionally nearly identical.  Would it really be that
hard to create new recipes?  I think it would not.  Why not Indian curry on
mashed potatoes?  Chinese gravy?  Sushi would be tougher, but we could
manage somehow methinks.  Compressed hash browns or something. 

> I don't see how the next president could be anything other 
> than either a disappointment or a disaster...

Ja, but perhaps a valuable lesson will come of it: do not depend on a
president or any other politicians to solve our problems.  Work and vote
towards reducing the power of the government in general and the executive
branch specifically.

>...Anyone want to bet that we discover Russian nuclear 
> missiles in Venezuela before the completion of the first term 
> of the next U.S. president?   Stuart LaForge

I wouldn't bet against that for a minute.  After all this, we still have
opposition to ground based missile defense, a technology that been developed
in spite of constant criticism and opposition hammering away throughout the
90s.  That technology may save our asses some day in the not too distant
future.

spike