TrojanHorse-

As Commander-in-Chief of the Air force, I heartily endorse your nomination as Admiral of the Navy (four star rank). In addition to the credentials you have listed, you have an impeccable educational background. (Fight on!) I'll submit your nomination to President Mindcore.

 

No need to submit, I do everything on a first come first serve basis

As for buying Canada...I figure it would only be a matter of time before we could take it over for free. Why pay, when we are an emerging superpower??

Plans have allready been drawn for the F1 race... The top drivers are also required to give us driving lessons prior to the race.

So the only thing we're missing is someone to run the McDonalds... Now I know, but someones gotta do it... But they can always be the first on the track..Sounds fair to me

P.S. I gotta admit I'm enjoying this. It's funny how a simple way of life of just driving our cars has turned into something so huge

 

We also need a good bank, with liberal lending terms. Who will step up and be our bank president?

 

I'm so totally in on this (in like Flynn as greg might say), although I don't think I can come up with my $200k. Heck, I don't even think I could come up with $2k right now

Some suggestions:
1) Robb Report. Good source for islands that are on the market (I have thought about this before )
2) The Caribbean might not be the ideal area - extremely warm and humid in the summer, hurricanes, drug traffickers, and all the frigging tourists (which may actually resolve some of the women issues). An area with a mild convertible-friendly climate would be ideal. At least 20 miles away from the next inhabited island is also a must - remember, all of us driving our straight piped S2000s around will be loud. Don't want the neighbors complaining (or shooting). Some amount of sandy beach is a must, in order to attract those women who aren't car chicks (no offense to the ladies here). I'd suggest just sticking to car chicks, but we all know those are few and far between
3) Scale back the plans. Be realistic . Consider 500 people coming up with 100k apiece, that's $50 million. A respectable island can be had for say, $10 million. Another 10 million to build housing and other facilities (nothing fancy, but no slum either), a desalinization plant, and a small power plant. That leaves 5 million to build roads, a couple of re-configurable tracks (so they don't get boring), and other recreation areas, 5 million to arrange for transport to a "homeland" (ferry of some sort, helicopter for emergencies), and 20 million to put into an account to generate interest for us to live off of. The $20 million should generate at least $1 mil/year (5% ROI, pre-tax) which would hopefully cover food and other essentials (93 octane and birth control ) being delivered to the island. Any further gains over 5% would be split towards reinvestment to increase the fund, and towards improving the island. Remember, the goal is to make the island a paradise for us, but not so desirable that any countries would wish to take us over.
4) The woman situation. Facilities must be included that would be desirable to draw your average woman to the island, due to the aforementioned relative lack of car chicks. A mall is not an option, there simply isn't room to waste on such a facility. 2 routes could be explored. The first would be to have a tourist-trap aimed towards younger women (not sure what this would be though). The better visitors (women primarily, but also men, and only those men&women who would fit into a society of S2000/Car nuts) would be offered an invite to stay permanently, and a semi-steady stream of income would also be gained. The alternate, less desirable, route would be to simply "hire" women to live on the island. Bribe them with "free" room and board on a beautiful island, for (1) year (unless they find a mate). They would also have to be able to offer some sort of valuable service (good cooks wanted!), and I'm not referring to what they do in bed. Women that had a genuine interest in cars, owned an S2000 or similar vehicle, or were all-around good company would be allowed to stay for longer, or could join the island outright with the $100k fee.
5) Declaring independance from a parent country - this might be more difficult. If our island is part of another nation, we'd probably have to pay a tax on the estate (property tax). In some nations, this might not be too bad. It'd be terrible if we were to stay in the U.S., although we could demand some form of military protection if we were to remain in the U.S. (occaisional drive by from an aircraft carrier ). If we could go solo, and since none of us would have any income, the only thing we'd end up paying would be sales tax on our purchases and tax on the food-fund, which would be a big hit of course and is entirely unavoidable. No foreign money would change hands on the island among the residents, all services and products would be traded for (good), or paid for using a special currency (not so good), or just provided for - Communist style (best). If anyone wishes to argue against communism, bring it on - it's a great system on a small scale

That's all for now. I'll keep my eye out for an island, along with that other $98k

 

WestSideBilly-

Thank you for that post. However, I'll not relinquish my Air Force under any circumstances.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by WestSideBilly
[B] Communist style (best).

 

Aye Carrumba..Ok Billy gets to be Vice President. And I over rule him on the military issue ( Raptor, You owe me a pie )

Its one of those crazy things, especially after reading Billy's post, that deludes me into thinking something like this could actually be done..Pretty scary!!( Sondra, did I spell that right? )

And the other thing, I, and I assume everyone else is having fun with this thread, so I don't want to get into a discussion of the pros and cons of Communism, ver. Capitalism.
However, I think in the interests of Island harmony, if no one has anymore then the other, then is would lead to a more peacefull co-habitance.

But don't worry, we can all have boats, cars, home theatres, maids, and all the other toys we want. Its line 6 in the constitution I'm drafting

 

I agree with texasbman on this. What does the b stand for or mean?

 

I nominate Mr Stevens I will oversee him

One requirement though,.. We need Tim Horton's Coffee near my house. This is a must.

Of course I did not see any mention of HondaGal being allowed on the island. I guess she does not fit the JLH style.

 

Yea, Greg does have experience doesn't he?
Also you have the option of installing a Tim Hortons franchise in your kitchen, just check the little box

And Lastly, I always assumed you would be queen on the island, Sorry I guess I should have cleared that with you first