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If a nuclear bomb exploded in downtown Washington, what should you do?
The Week ^ | April 14, 2014

Posted on 04/14/2014 6:13:21 AM PDT by stevie_d_64

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To: Blood of Tyrants
I would hope that Congress, the Supreme Court, the president and vice president were all in town.

Hey hey hey. There are definitely some I hope would be out of town. Antonin Scalia. Ted Cruz. Trey Gowdy. Clarence Thomas. Louis Gohmert. Charles Pope. Me. My friends.

181 posted on 04/14/2014 9:37:04 AM PDT by ottbmare (the OTTB mare, now a proud Marine Mom)
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To: Blood of Tyrants
I would hope that Congress, the Supreme Court, the president and vice president were all in town.

Hey hey hey. There are definitely some I hope would be out of town. Antonin Scalia. Ted Cruz. Trey Gowdy. Clarence Thomas. Louis Gohmert. Charles Pope. Me. My friends.

182 posted on 04/14/2014 9:39:06 AM PDT by ottbmare (the OTTB mare, now a proud Marine Mom)
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To: dfwgator

There’s always an Optometrist in the group, I see.


183 posted on 04/14/2014 9:39:38 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Revolution is a'brewin!!!)
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To: sport

If they could find em.


184 posted on 04/14/2014 9:39:57 AM PDT by SgtHooper
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To: stevie_d_64
Throw a party
185 posted on 04/14/2014 9:40:31 AM PDT by piroque ("In times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act")
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To: PhiloBedo
I’d put a stop payment on my tax check.

Now there's a plan I can agree to .

186 posted on 04/14/2014 9:43:22 AM PDT by piroque ("In times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act")
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To: bayliving

Too bad you can’t talk her into moving them in you. I already made it clear to my family that I’ll be glad to help in their golden years... but you’re going to be coming to me.


187 posted on 04/14/2014 9:56:21 AM PDT by Orangedog (An optimist is someone who tells you to 'cheer up' when things are going his way)
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To: stevie_d_64

Uhhh...not be in Washington?


188 posted on 04/14/2014 10:00:15 AM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: sport

I don’t know.

If this happened, and I hope it does not. It might end up being Fallout 4, live.


189 posted on 04/14/2014 10:04:55 AM PDT by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: OldPossum; KC_Lion; TADSLOS

I’m just finished with feeling bad/sorry for people that revel in hating me and everything I believe in. so screw them. It now works both ways. they enjoyed mocking me and those like me for standing for principle and what America represented until about the 60s, then I will laugh in their faces when the shoe is on the other foot.

All kidding aside, I fully believe we are headed to a Road Warrior scenario. And in that scenario I’m toast. But plenty of people will survive it. Plenty of us and plenty of them.

The difference is that while we are sorting out who we can trust and working to rebuild, ‘they’ will be either enslaving the weakest amongst them for labor/sex, killing each other for the scraps (since they lack skills most of us possess like farming/camping/mechanical/construction ect) or both.

There are a few of us that joke around about the Fallout video game but it’s not all a joke/fantasy. We have the very recent examples of Bosnia, Libya and Egypt to guide us as to what happens, and how fast, when society breaks down.

And every time you look back over history, the strong prey on the weak unless some form of morality guides them. My particular form says actions have consequences and stupid is it’s own reward. They made their bed so they can sleep in it.

Because I know if I survive I will sleep well knowing they get to experience the full measure of their worldview.


190 posted on 04/14/2014 10:07:55 AM PDT by Norm Lenhart (How's that 'lesser evil' workin' out for ya?)
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To: Old Yeller
Unfortunately, my kid lives in the D.C. area.

As do my younger son and his brand new bride. A mile or less from the designated Ground Zero.

191 posted on 04/14/2014 10:09:28 AM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: stevie_d_64

Applaud

Salute the perps.


192 posted on 04/14/2014 10:12:15 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: Norm Lenhart; KC_Lion

I view the Fallout series as a kind of virtual training tool from the aspect of what to expect in terms of behavioral and cultural norms that will be confronted in such a post apocalyptic scenario. It puts you in the mindset of what it will take to survive in that setting.


193 posted on 04/14/2014 10:16:06 AM PDT by TADSLOS (The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
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To: stevie_d_64

Bump for reference.


194 posted on 04/14/2014 10:17:52 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: TADSLOS

Yup. Because Bethesda spent a LOT of money on professionals to ‘wargame’ that thing out. People don’t want to believe something like that could be real despite example after example throughout history of that very thing happening over and over and over and over and over.

But it idi happen. And it will again.

What are a bunch of citified people that are more worried about their triple mocha short latte’ than stocking an extra few cans of soup going to do when Starbucks is closed and the fridge is empty...forever?

What are the millions of people who can’t change a car tire going to do to build shelter?

They are going to become Raiderbait. Real raiders. Raders that used to be called gang bangers and felons. And they will be led by onetime Democrats that value power over all else.

Welcome to Paradise Falls.


195 posted on 04/14/2014 10:22:10 AM PDT by Norm Lenhart (How's that 'lesser evil' workin' out for ya?)
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To: stevie_d_64

I would gather up all tge red tape and Obama’s red lines and make paint for my barn.


196 posted on 04/14/2014 10:34:37 AM PDT by Organic Panic
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To: stevie_d_64

10 KT isn’t actually very big by nuclear standards. I don’t think there are any golf courses within the blast area, so don’t getcher hopes up...


197 posted on 04/14/2014 10:48:59 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Billthedrill

But don’t forget the gamma burst and fallout. He can’t outrun that quick enough to avoid the radiation exposure especially from the 14th or whichever hole..


198 posted on 04/14/2014 10:54:23 AM PDT by Norm Lenhart (How's that 'lesser evil' workin' out for ya?)
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To: stevie_d_64
"If a nuclear bomb exploded in downtown Washington, what should you do?"

Do something to help if possible. Otherwise, do your daily chores. Too much television is bad for you.


199 posted on 04/14/2014 11:30:49 AM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
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To: IMR 4350

If you think FedGov™ has the resources to enact martial law on the entire country you are on drugs. DO THE MATH.


200 posted on 04/14/2014 1:27:56 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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