28 Nov 2012  Counterfactual Second Civil War    Jon Davis and
contributors to Quora, in Salon, have come up with a seriously
defective speculative history of the Second American Civil War.
How and why all 50 states suddenly wound up separate and
independent is not explained here.  I would say the assumption
that every state would operate independently and most states
would not immediately re-ally, even re-unify, is dubious.  But
where all this really gets silly is the naive assumption that
the largest population, big city states are natural winners at
aggression.   California Texas New York   Washington Colorado
Illinois Virginia Florida Georgia  Fat chance of New York
mysteriously achieved a never-explained annexation of
Pennsylvania to its empire. The Keystone state has a larger
rural and small town population than New York and it fields
750,000 deer hunters annually, the 4th largest army in the
world.  In the event of a breakdown of order, Upstate New York
would probably join Pennsylvania and/or Vermont,