Re: President Palin?

In article <Xns9B09873AD28F7taustingmail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy <taustinca@xxxxxxxxx> said:

Is there any evidence that the US even still exists in Ellen
Ripley's time? (I ask, because I've never read any of the novels,
and never seen any of the movies but the one that didn't suck, and
it didn't say).

I *think* that Lee Brimmicombe-Wood's ALIENS COLONIAL MARINES
TECHNICAL MANUAL, which is implicitly set at the time of "Aliens,"
explicitly says "United States Colonial Marines." I don't have a
copy at hand to check though.

Anybody remember whether there were any U.S. flag patches on any of
the Marines' uniforms in "Aliens?" As above, I *think* I remember
seeing some, but the memory cheats.

(Note: the United States may or may not still exist by the time of
"Aliens," but Nebraska certainly still does. :-)

-- wds

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