Newt Gingrich on D.C. Weather: 'Mild Taste of What an EMP (Electromagnetic Pulse) Attack Would Do'

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[Perdogg]

Newt Gingrich issued a warning, based on the destructive storms that hit the Washington, D.C. area over the weekend, on Twitter:

[Perdogg]

Since we cannot have Newt as President, why not SecDef?

[cripplecreek]

At this point I’m a lot less concerned about an EMP than I am the continued closure of coal fired power plants.

I had power outages 2 days in a row last week and we didn’t even have any storms.

[TigerClaws]

I saw this TV series already. Jericho

JJ Abrams is doing a similar one I’m the fall. Revolution.

[crosshairs]

Yep. Except the cars still work.

[mnehring]

I wonder how all those Volts are working out for everyone in DC right now?

[mkjessup]

I would rather see Newt as Secretary of State, to clean out the nest of vipers in that godforsaken anti-American/pro-Arab hellhole.

John Bolton = National Security Advisor

David Petraeus = current SecDef = continue as SecDef

James Woolsey = returns as CIA Director

There are some of my thoughts on appointments IF we have a regime change this coming November.

[TigerClaws]

Certain dirk bikes will survive EMPs. Not much else.

[IMR 4350]

HA HA HA!

look at all the idiot preppers eating and drinking while us smart people are standing in line waiting for the govt to feed us.

[Farmer Dean]

My older John Deere tractors with ignition points should be ok.The newer equipment will all be toast.

[MHGinTN]

Interesting ‘freudian slip’. Are you JJ Abrams? ... Keep us Freepers updated on Revolution. Sounds ‘poignant’ now that the collapse is within sight.

[Vaquero]

I think DC power removal can only be for the good

Having Gorbull warming flooding DC and returning it to the sea couldn’t ‘hoit ‘ either.

[Perdogg]

Petraeus cannot be SecDef until September of 2021; National Security Act of 1947.

[jonrick46]

I’m saving my old Model-T ignition coil just in case.

[Perdogg]

btw, Petraeus is not SecDef he is head of the CIA. Leon Panetta is SecDef.

[cripplecreek]

I have two ancient rototillers that will still work. The Techumseh was made around 1947. The old Troybuilt, sometime in the late 50s.

[NEMDF]

Okay, except Petraeus is not Sec of Def.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Newt, if you put it out on Twitter how do you expect they are gonna read it?

[GraceG]

[ I saw this TV series already. Jericho

JJ Abrams is doing a similar one I’m the fall. Revolution. ]

Never got into LOST, but I absolutely love Fringe and Alcatraz (sadly it was cancelled).

Looking forward to “Revolution” I hope they don’t “V” if it gets too “Political” like they did with V when they fired the producer because he made allusions to “Hope and change”.

[MrB]

Didn’t it leak out that the study of such an event concluded that 80% of the people east of the Mississippi would be dead in a year?

[GraceG]

[ My older John Deere tractors with ignition points should be ok.The newer equipment will all be toast. ]

Older Deer Diesel Tractors will be fine too, an diesel tractor that has a “Manual Fuel Shutoff” will be fine as well. They only have basic electrica switches and an EMP isn’t going to destroy Lead Cell batteries and starter relays.

I grew up driving a “4020” on the farm, farmgirl at heart.