Terrorist Alert: Atom Bomb Attack Instructions from the '50s

"Duck and Cover"

Not sure what to do when the next time terrorists detonate an atom bomb in Kansas City?

Take 2 minutes to review these tips from the 1950s instructional video we found.

Brings back the days of the old atom bomb drills we did in first grade in Dallas, TX. Everyone would go into the hallway, kneel down and put their heads on the floor next to their lockers.



If you couldn't make it to the hallway, you were to crawl under your desk and cover up with your hands.

The effectiveness of the instructions can't be argued with: How many first-grade students in Dallas ever died in an atom bomb attack?



Of course, by the 1970s, nuclear weapons had changed the strategic calculation and survival instructions. The formula was boiled down to an even simpler set of rules.



The last 2 instructions on the poster above were:

6. Immediately upon seeing the brilliant nuclear flash, bend over and place your head firmly between your legs.

7. Then kiss your ass goodbye.

Sometimes, it's hard to improve on good advice from the past.

by Mondoreb
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* thenervousbreakdown
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After the Terrorist Attack:The Bhutto-Pelosi Comparison

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by Mondoreb

In August, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi(D-CA) released a stirring call for women's equality here.

“We must remain vigilant in the fight for equality for women. Those who came before us would expect no less.

Commenting at the time, An American Expat in Southeast Asia had this to say:

As you may recall, Nancy Pelosi is the same women that only a few months earlier naively donned a hijab and then proceeded to blaze a trail of sociopolitical destruction through the Middle East under the guise of Congressional oversight.

Exactly.

This week a bomb attempt on the life of Benazir Bhutto tried to silence a true example of someone, it can be argued, who is standing up for democracy and women's equality. From CNN:

Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto has called the deadly terrorist attack on her convoy "an attack on democracy" and vowed it would not deter her political campaign or her fight for human rights.

Two women, Nancy Pelosi and Benazir Bhutto, both spokeswomen for women's equality and democracy. One talks about "remaining vigilant" while in the safety of the United States and then, while traveling in an unsettled region of the world where women are second-class citizens, covers her head in submission. The other, after an attempt on her life, speaks out in defiance and vows to go on.

Which of the two is a poseur and which is a real champion for women's equality?