Not a big deal. He's not the C-in-C.

What's a bomb shelter cost these days?

Yeah, I think the term is National Command Authority. That is who has the ability to initiate a nuclear strike. There is a whole chain of command for it too.

At least that is what it is if I remember right. My dad's job takes him to Colorado Springs a lot, and NORAD HQ. He explained it to me once.

Keep it up Australia guy. We'll nuke you all the way back to Australia-town, Nobody effs with the USA.

I love you! I should start placing bets on your responses to any news that might make the right look bad. I think I've actually been able to call most of them so far! Thanks for all the humor!

Nuke Gympie. Anywhere with such a dumb name deserves what it gets.

From Texas no less. Maybe he was just following the 'everything's bigger' motto.

So I expect we'll see about 20 prominent Republican elected officials come on the talk shows tomorrow denouncing this guy's statement? No?

[Edited on Feb 28, 2005 by Keith]

Someone needs to invent a nuclear bomb that only kills evildoers.

He's just a guy shooting his mouth off. If the guy with The Football starts talking like that, you should be worried.

[Edited on Feb 28, 2005 by stockula]

well, we'd only use our nuclear weapons to NUKE evil doers, right?

And the fallout/explosion/flash damage would only be allowed to fall where there are ACCEPTABLE collateral damage rates, right?

Well they are poverty stricken brown people with oil, right? What're we waiting for??

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I wonder whether more people would die if such a bomb was dropped on Washington as opposed to Damascus.
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No, he's just a member of Congress, that's all.