this almost feels like a followup

Megain: this almost feels like a followup

That tunnel was from Alaska to Russia.

steevmit: Megain: this almost feels like a followup

That tunnel was from Alaska to Russia.

ahhhh, good point. i missed that difference. thanks

And a gold statue of Diggum

If this happens, then I'm driving from Patagonia to Scotland someday just because I can.

Deja Vue all over again...

I read the headline as "underwear tunnel".

Now I have wood.

Thanks, fark.

I bet the toll on this thing is going to be nuts.

I'm sure he has no ulterior motive.

Smellvin: If this happens, then I'm driving from Patagonia to Scotland someday just because I can.

Ditto. Or I would take the train.

the voices in your head
"I read the headline as "underwear tunnel"."

Because you thought it would be cheaper if they built a Hershey Highway instead?

Make sure it's wide enough for tanks.

Hey, if when we have another great depression, that can be the big govt. program to put everyone to work.

the voices in your head: I read the headline as "underwear tunnel".

Now I have wood.

Thanks, fark.

Shhhh! The "underwear tunnel" was supposed to be Victoria's Secret. Wait til the Victoria's Secret Police get there Hanes on you. Expect a harsh debriefing.

Smellvin Patagonia to Cape Town would be a more epic road trip!

Has he been reading the Larouche pamphlets? Only about twice as long as the chunnel though. Might be good for something. I don't know what though.

just remember, they are not muslim, which means in the new War on Terror, russia is no longer our enemy. every just continue with whatever you were doing and pay no attention....

Also the comments below the article are awesome. Its a plan by the commies to take all the countries. hilarious

the voices in your head: I read the headline as "underwear tunnel".

Imagine the skid marks.

Oh noes! All da illegul Russki immigrints gunna taek owr jerbs!

Why would anyone want to travel between Alaska and Russia/Siberia via driving?

Trucking of goods across?

Talk about a bridge to nowhere.

Can anyone justify this?

as opposed to an overwater tunnel?

It's a magic trick. In Putin's right hand we have a bright shiny object, er, tunnel linking Siberia and Alaska. What's in his other hand that he doesn't want us to see?


Either that or he's playing Risk, and is planning to stop us from getting 5 armies for North America

Sounds like someone taking Risk too seriously.

A bridge between the USSA and the USSR has been proposed many times.

It involves 38 miles of suspension between the two continents, in water averaging 68 feet deep and very cold temperatures.

It would be costly, I would say $33 billion is light, but there is nothing stopping it from being done.

Direct highway overland from Seattle to the bridge itself would be harder.

Why would we need a link from Russia to Alaska?

Putin, having solved the rest of the world's problems, has proposed an underwater tunnel linking Russia to Alaska

back off Putin, that's Sen. Stevens job.

I think the railroad gauge is different between US and USSR, which would mean that either one country would have to change, or you'd need some kind of 007 device that changes the wheel width on all rail cars as they cross over into the Red. Granted, changing the wheels might take some time but I think it'd be faster than shipping goods overwater with the concomitant loading/unloading at ports. Interesting, but don't we have more important things to worry about?

Think of the polar bears! (The hippies that wouldn't let us drill in ANWR will LOVE this idea.)

Maybe he can get Poland to supply the screen doors.

/Damn big mosquitos

tshetter

Why would anyone want to travel between Alaska and Russia/Siberia via driving?

Trucking of goods across?

Talk about a bridge to nowhere.

Can anyone justify this?

We can get our crap from China without having to pay the overhead of them loading it onto a boat.

At least 3 eskimos will definitely benefit from this. And one babushka.

//If they had cars.

Damn you KarmicRetribution!! Beat me to the Risk reference by 26 seconds (and you were funnier, adding insult to injury). Maybe I did do something wrong in a past life.

He must be bored to propose it again.

I'm sure it has nothing to do with this: Roman Abramovich, the owner of Chelsea football club and governor of Chukotka, has invested £80m in the world's largest drill but has denied that it is linked with the development.

Tackboard: just remember, they are not muslim, which means in the new War on Terror, russia is no longer our enemy. every just continue with whatever you were doing and pay no attention....


Really, nearly half their conscripts are and by 2040 Russia will have a majority Islamic population.

HMS_Blinkin: Smellvin: If this happens, then I'm driving from Patagonia to Scotland someday just because I can.

Ditto. Or I would take the train.

Uhm,

Wouldn't you hit water if you drive from the patagonia accross the south pole then to the indian ocean?.

You mean driving from northen canada to scotland, accross the north pole?.

beoswulf: Tackboard: just remember, they are not muslim, which means in the new War on Terror, russia is no longer our enemy. every just continue with whatever you were doing and pay no attention....


Really, nearly half their conscripts are and by 2040 Russia will have a majority Islamic population.

Great. The Religion Of Peaceniks.

It would still be hard getting their bearings straight...

I suggest calling it the Pute-Chute.

How about, oh hell no?

The only use I can see for this would be a cool set for a Bond film.

Is this the new Chupakabra? It seems like a goldfish's little plastic castle. It's new every time I see it. Hey! Look! A little plastic castle! Where the hell did that come from?



A bridge? From Alaska to Kamchatka? NO WAI!

This is going to be great. When China finally decides to become the #1 superpower in the world, they won't have to worry about how to transport their forces to North America.

/oblig

$33 billion? Aren't we already in negative dollars if we have a national debt?

tylerdurden217: I suggest calling it the Pute-Chute.

*groan*

Damn commies just want it so they can invade the USA.

Cackmobile.: Smellvin Patagonia to Cape Town would be a more epic road trip!

Are there roads that connect Asia and Africa via the Sinai?

darkjedi1 Damn commies just want it so they can invade the USA.


Communism failed there....so would they be capitties now?

Suicidal Writer 2008-03-30 08:36:13 PM
This is going to be great. When China finally decides to become the #1 superpower in the world, they won't have to worry about how to transport their forces to North America.

I fail to see how there is any question about an invasion coming across from this tunnel. I would imagine that an underwater will be fairly simple to destroy for our nation if we were to go to war. The results of an army coming across an underwater tunnel to invade then having the enemy detonating the tunnel on there end would be like Moses dropping the red sea on the Egyptians.