TheRealTigerHorn

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The US would have rolled over the USSR. We would have attacked their skimpy industrial base, bombed their oilfields, then gone on the offensive against a non-mechanized army. It would have taken six months to a year to neutralize them, but we would have had complete air superiority, total control of the seas and an industrial base that was completely out of harms way. It would have been just a matter of time, and US casualties would have been very limited by not engaging much until the USSR’s industrial capabilities and supply chains had been destroyed.
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US soldiers wanted to go home.

This, and the public’s war weariness, made the former an impossibility.

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I lean this way as well. Unlike the Germans, the Russians simply were not capable of fighting at high altitudes against the 8th AF, and since we were their sole source of high octane avgas, the Red AF would have been crippled very quickly. Their numbers look overwhelming on paper, but none of their divisions were anywhere near full strength. There was a legit fear that the Red Army would just keep rolling westward to the sea at the time, but they would not have gotten far before we ended their supply lines and left them a starving, out of fuel, shoeless (we supplied most of their boots) rabble.

Having said that, the last couple of sentences are true as well, It would have been a tough sale to the US troops and public unless Stalin started it.

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HubbaBubba
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Spoken like a true lobbyist shill for the airline industry.

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Found the straight up moron of the board. Get out of your mother's basement and experience reality more. Try for the first time in your life to build something. I promise it won't hurt.....much.

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Why don't we have this between DFW/Houston/Austin/San Antonio? No, our state is concerned with the evils of smoking hemp, not an alternative and more safe mode of travel.

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Citizens actually have some nominal eminent domain rights here, the Japanese do not, and really couldn't even conceive of opposing their government for the most part.

In the US, this train would be both a vandalism target and a major terror target - imagine a 310 MPH derailment of a passenger train because some idiot wanted to see what would happen if it ran over a car tire. This is one reason that Elon wants to do one underground. In Japan, such crimes and stupidity are inconceivable. The conviction rate on arrests there is ~97%. It is a zero tolerance, ultra high trust society.

Then there's engineering -

1. There are no environmental impact studies in Japan. Right here in CenTex alone entire major projects have been halted or faced major alterations because of a previously unknown cave beetle and blind cave salamanders discovered at the development sites. Now you want to dig a 100' deep x 100' wide track foundation the length of Texas, and you think you won't hit something of interest?

2. Japan is geologically unstable but with a very refined network of earthquake and landslide sensors that can shut the train down. Texas is geologically stable, except for caleche heave that can be as much as 12 inches in a year down in the Southern part of the state. It would be a far greater engineering challenge to make the tracks stable here than it is there, annual maintenance would be a killer.

3. Distance between major population centers. Japan has hugely concentrated populations. The train actually has time to accelerate to its max speed between them. The distance from San Antonio to Austin is barely enough to accelerate then decelerate to a much lower top speed. Same for Austin to Waco, and no, you won't get away with bypassing Waco. Too many influential Baylor alums. Then do you stop on the S side of DFW and the N side? Or do you split and go East and West? How many g's are you going to pull for acceleration? I've been on the Shinkansen many times, and it pulls just enough to keep you in your seat initially, then is very slow accelerating from there on. I could see all the San Antonio mayo tankers and screaming kids loading up for a 3g pull to Austin now....

I could go on all day. Stick to Pollyanna fantasies OP. Leave the real world to us.

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No idea exactly. I’m guessing 27 based on what parents are posting.

We had a 30 and got the $24k.

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30 got the 2nd tier scholarship at Auburn 6 years ago, 33 got the top tier ($32k IIRC) three years ago, no discounts for OOS alumni. Even with the scholarships, it was still cheaper to go to ATM or Texas with no scholarship at all. Texas and ATM are both well-known for giving hardly anything to kids purely for academics without some box being checked. It's good to see at least one SEC school that gets it with discounts for OOS alumni.

Mustard for the Corn Dogs was a nice touch......

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It sucks but if they’re hardworking and focus on what they can control, they’ll be alright. There are people in this world that will always find a way to be successful, and I can guarantee they aren’t going to be the ones sitting around feeling sorry for themselves.

Everybody would be better off focusing on what’s in their control instead of comparing themselves to other people. Whether it’s other generations or other people’s possessions, somebody is always going to have it better than you.

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I tell my kids "No matter what else happens or what your disadvantages are, never, ever get out-worked" .

Yes, inflation sucks. So did stagflation of the 1970's, a cycle that was broken when interest rates went to ~20%. And I don't mean on credit cards either. Only rich people had those then.

My first car loan out of undergrad was 9.9% nearly 10 years after the end of stagflation, and I thought I had a screaming bargain! The mid range SUV I bought was close to 2/3rds of my then-annual pay, which is about where an average car today falls for my daughter on her engineering salary.

Give the present economic focus on restoring manufacturing time to unfold. It will create jobs, yes, even with automation and AI, that are far better than the McJobs many consider a "career" these days. Pushing out illegals is going to put pressure on raising the wage floor for semi-skilled labor, while at the same time it will relieve pricing pressure on the low end of the housing market.

It's also never been easier to have a side hustle, whether it's trading crypto/stonks or selling pretty junk on Etsy.

Opportunity is there. Stop listening to the siren call of Marxists claiming they are just mere "socialists". You can find a way to win.

Go to Pinkerton's BBQ, and get some glazed ribs. Best pork rib in Texas, and on the Texas Monthly Top 50 BBQ joints list if that matters. IIRC you can walk to Pinkerton's from the Riverwalk.

The other very underrated option is County Line BBQ right on the Riverwalk. Most don't know how to order there and just order "brisket" expecting the cut you get at the craft BBQ places. Instead, order 2nd cut brisket and the beef ribs (NOT the pork ribs, which are mediocre). Ask for all three varieties of sauce, or they will just bring you their traditional and kind of bland IMO base sauce. The blueberry cobbler if they have it is outstanding, and I like the coleslaw but it is different from what you might expect. The house-made white bread is also very good.

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We have been absolutely fricked in 2 games. Games determined by missed calls and missed calls even on reviews. The main topic of this discussion is there is a massive stench coming from officiating this season. I haven’t watched all games obviously but from most that I have regardless of what 2 teams there have been a clear bias favoring one team over another.

It’s also not always about number of penalties vs one team or another it’s the timing. It’s that extra foot on 3rd and 3 on the spot.

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I have to say that I watched LSU-bammer last night more than long enough to see LSU was clearly getting a full bore fricking.

Back a year ago, before the season, I ran across an Iron Bowl replay from the 1980's. I watched that game, and I saw maybe two shaky calls both ways. I watch a game today, and about every third play I see a WTF call/no call/review. Wrong team gets some momentum, or the right team needs a TO they don't have? Review......well after everyone is lined up for the next snap, and now the opponent has seen the alignment.

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Once again…the manpower Germany eventually ended up sending to Italy was minimal. Just 22 divisions. Meanwhile they had 67 divisions waiting for us in the general vicinity of Normandy and 130+ divisions fighting the Russians on the Eastern Front.

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You keep repeating this while ignoring that 22 divisions is 33% more strength in France. That is very significant, and if applied right at the time of the invasion, might have resulted in failure at Normandy or stalemate in the bocage country.

You complain about fit, then you use Saban as an example, perhaps the most perfect fit in CFB history. The fanbase that would literally do anything to win - ask Logan Young - paired with an utterly amoral coach whose BFF was the head of the NCAA. He got literally every recruit he wanted for his entire tenure because everyone else was handing out $100 handshakes and the occasional hunting trip while bama was handing out Dodge Chargers and benefits worth $50k-$100k per year - Trent's mom's "housesitting", the Tagliovoa family's relocation and jobs, on and on.

We would have gotten the DP for a decade for even 1 year of that.

Yes, relentless matters. Now the recruiting field is level - somewhat - with NIL.

But anyone who has been a part of a company during their rise, from Dell to today's FANG's, will tell you that it feels like being part of a cult. That's what bammer felt like too under Saban, guaranteed. We need to be more cult-like, not less.