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Italian firm goes nuclear with atomic toys
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| Updated: 9:02 a.m. ET Feb. 24, 2006
| By Roland Jones
Posted on 02/24/2006 12:21:07 PM PST by butternut_squash_bisque
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To: butternut_squash_bisque
File under "Blowed Up Real Good!"
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posted on
02/24/2006 1:12:36 PM PST
by
VOA
To: IronJack
It is the use to which the weapon is put, Well put. To date, I would say nuclear weapons have been more morally used than any weapon previously.
42
posted on
02/24/2006 1:13:07 PM PST
by
Pontiac
(Ignorance of the law is no excuse, ignorance of your rights can be fatal.)
To: butternut_squash_bisque
>>>The bombs were detonated above the Japanese cities in August 1945, killing tens of thousands of Japanese civilians, and thousands more would later die as a result of nuclear fallout and from cancer. Just in case the gross insensitivity of their new products went unnoticed, Brumm chose to unveil its mini bombs earlier this month at of all places the Nuremberg toy fair in Germany.
Gross insensitivity?
THIS is gross insensitivity!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/1521072/posts
Unit 731 - Research and Bump List. Gets Disturbing, Read at Your Own Risk
43
posted on
02/24/2006 1:19:27 PM PST
by
Calpernia
(Breederville.com)
To: butternut_squash_bisque
In the 50s and early 60s, we were immersed in American History which is almost gone from the schools' cirriculum, these days.
Yes, and some of us are old enough to remember that there was a German u-boat on its way to Japan when the war ended. They had a load of U-234 uranium oxide onboard to be used in the Japanese dirty bomb attack on San Francisco. The Japanese aircraft and subs were alrady in place awaiting the u-234 arrival when we dropped the bomb. We missed getting nuked by two weeks.
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44
posted on
02/24/2006 1:30:18 PM PST
by
mugs99
(Don't take life too seriously, you won't get out alive.)
Here is my email to the writer of the article.
Your article on the bombs was hillarious. What a surprise to find out that a big city metrosexual working for a large media outlet cannot write a news article with a nuetral theme on this subject. Your bias runs so deep, you guys now flaunt it and try to impress your friends. If you think The History Channel is all gore and guts, and you don't think the bombs could possibly represent all the lives saved by using them, then God bless the sugar in your pants. If you can read this email, thank a teacher, if you can read it in english, thank a WWII veteran. I hope your bosses and friends are going to throw you a party for this awesome article. Keep on truckin'.
To: butternut_squash_bisque
cool... I want iterations for the homestead... a deceased uncle was a Pearl Harbor survivor.
I worked at a Japanese-owned firm a few years ago... the most I would push the envelope would be to wear a red-white-blue tie on Dec. 7. There's no way I would have brought one of those toys to work.
While on the subject, I think it is about time to revive the U.S. stamp that never was (the mushroom cloud U.S. stamp that depicted the near-end of WWII). A few years ago I picked up one of these "stamps" at the Atomic Museum (New Mexico) - it was never marked "U.S.A." nor with a price denomination - the politically correct folk back in the 90s put pressure on the USPS to can the offering.
46
posted on
02/24/2006 1:38:35 PM PST
by
Trajan88
(www.bullittclub.com)
To: butternut_squash_bisque
There were some very beautiful ones back in the thirties, Rene Lalique make some fantastic blown glass ones, in particular I remember one that was a Butterfly, that had a light under the hood and a color wheel so that it changed colors as you drove, changed faster as you sped up too.
ENJOY!
Imagine that with red white and blue flashing under it!
47
posted on
02/24/2006 2:09:04 PM PST
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: pabianice
Or that conventional bombing raids killed hundreds of thousands a night.
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posted on
02/24/2006 2:14:10 PM PST
by
R. Scott
(Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
To: butternut_squash_bisque
49
posted on
02/24/2006 2:16:17 PM PST
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: freeplancer
"Here is my email to the writer of the article." I miss Lewis Grizzard and the insights of his columns....when commenting on matters of international relations and foreign policy, he'd frequently invoke the line...
"Crank up the Enola Gay!"
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posted on
02/24/2006 2:18:41 PM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum.)
To: M203M4
They would make great Christmas tree ornaments!
51
posted on
02/24/2006 3:20:23 PM PST
by
brooklin
To: brooklin
Speaking of which, we really need to get a scale model of good ol' Victor 82 and Victor 77.
Enola Gay was the finest of the Silverplate bombers. Now that would be a scale model I would enjoy building. Bockscar was a decent Silverplate with a fuel transfer problem. That poor sucker gave Sweeney and crew so much trouble on the Kokura/Nagasaki mission; they nearly ran out of gas trying to get to Okinawa. Sweeney wanted to use his plane, The Great Artiste, but it was configured to carry the test equipment, so the Major traded planes with Captain Fred Bock.
On the night of the mission, the flight engineer told Sweeney that they couldn't use the reserve tank. Sweeney went anyway, in a mission that was to be filled with missed rendevous, overcast skies, and flak and Zeros over Kokura. They had seven gallons of gas when they got to Okinawa.
The 509th Composite Group was probably the finest, most elite bombing outfit of the war. It had to be; Paul Tibbets wouldn't have had it any other way.
Be Seeing You,
Chris
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posted on
02/24/2006 6:39:02 PM PST
by
section9
(Major Motoko Kusanagi says, "Jesus is Coming. Everybody look busy...")
To: King Moonracer
No kidding. I was just wondering who in the muslim community this would offend and when does the rioting start.
53
posted on
02/24/2006 6:41:32 PM PST
by
edcoil
(Reality doesn't say much - doesn't need too)
To: butternut_squash_bisque
I got a beautiful 14 x 20 framed print of this hanging in my room. It was a Christmas present a few years ago. It is also signed by the original photographer.
54
posted on
02/24/2006 6:47:01 PM PST
by
COEXERJ145
(Pat Buchanan lost a family member in the holocaust. The man fell out of a guard tower.)
To: tet68
Absolutely beautiful automotive nostalgia, t.
To: tet68
Wow, that's nicely detailed.
To: COEXERJ145
To: Pontiac
"Yes Nuclear war would be insane and that is exactly why Nuclear Weapons are so effective in preventing war. Only an insane people would ever chance initiating one. Well said!!!
58
posted on
02/26/2006 4:49:23 AM PST
by
albee
("Those that bite the hand that feeds them will lick the boot that kicks them!" - Eric Hoffer)
To: R. Scott
Or that conventional bombing raids killed hundreds of thousands a night. The fire bombings of Tokyo killed many more.
59
posted on
02/26/2006 5:10:58 AM PST
by
Pontiac
(Ignorance of the law is no excuse, ignorance of your rights can be fatal.)
To: Pontiac
Yep - but I guess it doesn't count.
60
posted on
02/26/2006 5:48:27 AM PST
by
R. Scott
(Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
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