"Vito" wrote in message

"Maxprop" wrote

...... A one megaton nuke set off in NYC or Washington, DC,
with substantial damage to the infrastructure (not to mention the
population) could put this country in a depression ....

As hard as it may be for those who live in or love NY and DC, the loss of
both might well benefit the country! There'd be a lot of hand wringing
but
what does either city produce that America wouldn't be better off without?
Tons of garbage and hundreds of mindles laws and edicts every day? A new
president would take over and form a temporary gummymint IAW a cold-war
law
designed to deal with exactly such an event and the nation would go on
much
like nothing had happened. States would appoint new Congressmen and
Senators
til permanent ones, and a president, could be elected and a year later
it'd
be Life as Usual. It'd be a shame if all our historic papers were lost,
not
to mention the lives, but who'd miss NYC or DC per se?

I really hope this is tongue-in-cheek.

Max