1. Induct all able-bodied men between the ages of 18-22 into the armed forces so the military can assume the patrol duty for potential terrorist targets that is now entrusted to civilian police or not patrolled at all.

2. Ration gasoline and electricity and develop solar, wind and biomass alternatives to completely eliminate our reliance on Middle Eastern oil supplies.

3. Establish regional stockpiles of food, fuel and medical supplies for use in the aftermath of a terrorist attack. These stockpiles should have a service radius of no more than 100 miles to make distribution easier if the transportation system beaks down.

4. Provide school-based civil defense training for all persons between the ages of 16 and 18. This training should include first aid, recognizing the symptoms of bio-chemical chemical weapons exposure as well as general disaster preparedness.

5. Disseminate daily radio and television war briefings on all broadcast, satellite and cable channels. These briefings should include a threat assessment as well as preparedness advice.

6. Use daily newspapers and movie theater newsreels to notify the public of persons wanted by law enforcement authorities for suspected terrorist activity.

7. Retool the entire economy towards mass recycling to conserve energy and natural resources so we can be as economically self-sufficient as possible. This way our economy will not have to be tied our foreign policy.

8. Eliminate all federal spending not designated for Social Security, Medicare/Medicaid, law enforcement and the war effort (which would include public education).

9. The federal government must provide every U.S. citizen with gas masks and establish monitoring stations to detect bio-chemical weapons.

10. The federal government must establish, maintain and fully provision sufficient bio-chemical/fallout shelter space for all U.S. citizens.

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Who the hell wants to live like this? If we do this our enemies have won.

Agreed....

11. Establish a national dress code and haircuts.
12. Eliminate all forms of entertain ment reserving the airwaves for daily state sponsored indoctrination instructions.
13. Confiscate personal vehicles to conserve energy
14. All vehicles are painted camoflage to match the reginal environment.
15. All citizens must be granted authority to relocate.
16. Change of employment must be authorized by local authorities.
17. No more than 2 children per household.
18. Every Saturday will be designated as disaster preparedness day.
19. All public displays of affection will be deemed unacceptable.
20. Those deemed mentally handicapped will be sterlized. The more severe will be euphanized.

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"If you don't know where you are going, you will probably wind up somewhere else."
- Laurence J. Peter

How so?

How is what I have outlined here any different than the way this country fought World War II? Are you saying that because this country had things like rationing, air raid wardens, civil defense drills, scrap metal drives and (nearly) universal manhood military service that Adolf Hitler and Hirohito won WWII?

Your attempt at mockery falls short. The best you have done is demonstrate your ignorance and stupidity.

...And the best you have done was to confirm your childhood was as screwed up as you claim it was. What color was your mother's Camaro?

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"If you don't know where you are going, you will probably wind up somewhere else."
- Laurence J. Peter

The only one of these that is half way reasonable is #7. The less energy dependent we are on others the better. However, it's more likely that this will always be driven by economics....if it's cheaper to get oil from the Middle East, then we'll get our oil from the Middle East. The rest of these are overkill and entirely unnecessary especially #1. Have all these draftees patrol for terrorists...where.....Saudi Arabia, the Philippines, Uzbekistan, Yemen? The last thing we need is a more visible American presence in these places.....just makes for more targets. Nope, not the answer. The best way to fight and defend against terrorism is a better connected global intelligence architecture...knowing and coordinating with people in the right places at the right time.

#2 compliments #7, I believe.

I agree, the intelligence we have been getting so far is unreliable, to say the least. That has been partly due to idealogues running the show and tailoring the results to fit their agenda

We need to address the fairness of our policies as well. Israel has had Carte Blanche for far too long.