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USA business as usual, and by the way, Duck and Cover

Here we are back in December of 2010. Iran is enriching uranium. So is North Korea. China has 10,000 missiles aimed at Taiwan, whom we must protect and defend. Now the government is presenting us with detailed advice on surviving nuclear explosions. But they remind us that we have no need for concern. It’s “Business as usual”. Rumor has it that several Senators have refused to discuss the matter until bills are added to promote online shopping for flashlights and batteries, and the elimination of soda pop for poor people — let them drink water!

The Government Wants Us to “Duck and Cover.” – Blogcritics Culture, John Lake 18 Dec 10, “Let us face without panic, the reality of our times.” So begins a widely viewed televised presentation prepared and aired to the public during the long remembered 1950s decade of concern; concern of a coming nuclear attack. (see video at Nuclear attack survivable if you stay inside, U.S. government says | Posted | National Post )The black and white film, prepared by the American Department of Civil Defense, and rich with photos of destruction and billowing mushroom clouds, begins with a simple view of an ordinary women, in her backyard, hanging her laundry to dry in the sun. We are left to imagine what may come in the following seconds.

Such instructional airings were common in those days. School children were taught to listen for the warbling sound of the air-raid siren; should they hear it, they were to seek refuge under their desks or in the school corridor. They were taught to “duck and cover”; to crouch on the floor, arms and legs tightly tucked, their hands behind their heads, then to pull forward to await the blast.

Are we again to face, the “Reality of our times”? The Obama administration is today attempting to remind the American public of the proper response by individuals and families in the event of a nuclear attack. Teaching the population to “duck and cover” without invoking concern seems not an easy task……

Here we are back in December of 2010. Iran is enriching uranium. So is North Korea. China has 10,000 missiles aimed at Taiwan, whom we must protect and defend. Now the government is presenting us with detailed advice on surviving nuclear explosions. But they remind us that we have no need for concern. It’s “Business as usual”. Rumor has it that several Senators have refused to discuss the matter until bills are added to promote online shopping for flashlights and batteries, and the elimination of soda pop for poor people — let them drink water!
The Government Wants Us to “Duck and Cover.” – Blogcritics Culture

December 18, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | spinbuster, USA