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Would Civilization still exist had Dangerous Donald been sitting in the chair? (Original Post)
zebonaut
Jul 2016
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gordianot
(15,238 posts)1. A few hunter gatherer groups might be emerging in South America by now.
Substitute Nixon for the Donald it would have been over.
jtuck004
(15,882 posts)2. Please don't elect the real estate swindler. We are too old to be interested in spending any more
time crawling under desks.
And there is the arthritis, eh?
tonyt53
(5,737 posts)3. You remember those bomb drills too!
montana_hazeleyes
(3,424 posts)4. LOL I remember those drills!
And if you're riding a bike get off and lay by the curb! Good grief! Like any of this would have saved us.
I bet Donald's desk was gold plated.
DianaForRussFeingold
(2,552 posts)5. The movie "The Day After" comes to mind!
Movie traumatized some of us in the 80s'--It did me!
Spoiler & very graphic:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_After "The Day After is an American television film that first aired on November 20, 1983, on the ABC television network. More than 100 million people watched the program during its initial broadcast."
Spoiler & very graphic:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_After "The Day After is an American television film that first aired on November 20, 1983, on the ABC television network. More than 100 million people watched the program during its initial broadcast."