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Old 04-27-2012, 12:44 PM
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In fact, that subject came up recently. As a card-carrying member of the NRA and a former MI squint, I’m invited periodically to provide feedback on our nuclear target list. (That NRA lobby really knows how to influence people and policy!) There is now a target identifier with the label “Legbreaker’s house”. When asked why I wanted to invest a 20Mt warhead on a ground burst in the Australian boonies, I replied,

“If we’re making any plans at all to hit Australia, this guy has to go. He’s not the sort we want to leave alive. I say we nuke the site into orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.”
Web, you weren't supposed to tell him that! Aw darn it, now the birthday surprise is all gone. Hell, we even taught the nuke to knock and say "Avon calling".
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