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Things I learned from Invasion USA


I thought this might be cool to start on this movie, and I'm sure you all have some good ones to point out, but...I learned that:

The police do not respond to a suburban neighborhood while there is a rocket launcher attack.

Grenade launchers do not need to be reloaded.

Armadillos make great pets.

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If you run a Communist country, it's perfectly okay to send an identifiable and traceable band of terrorists to your strongest, nuclear armed adversary and blow up churches. Any negative repercussions for your foreign policy will be manageable.

Liberal pansies still blame America first even while selfsame commies are shooting up shopping malls. On Christmas. Christmas.

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1. If Chuck tells you not to come back into the room..for gods sake dont come back in- you risk annoying Chuck and a front kick to the chest.

2.As per FBI STATUES: Vigilante terrorist killers should be apprehended as quick as possible so they can stop saving peoples lives.

3. As per ROSTOV's Terrorist Handbook: Never...ever...check to make sure the person who's house u take out with rocket launchers that houses a deadly, nightmare giving, seemingly unbeatable CIA operative is truely dead before you leave the scene.

4. Terrorist time bombs are manufactured by the same company that does the 10 second knockdown countdown in Rocky films. If the countdown shows 2 or 3 seconds left- do not panic..you still have at least 10-15 seconds.

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A lot of good information that you are giving! They are all true too!

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1. Don't let Social Security know you're moonlighting.
2. After a terrorist attack on your house, finish the job by turning it into a funeral pyre.
3. Chuck Norris's hair is bulletproof and as big as sassy reporter's. Maybe it's those tight jeans.
4. When having sex on the beach and you see a signal flare, it's a good idea to check it out or warn somebody.
5. If the US Coast Guard talks to you in Spanish, something might be up.
6. If someone leaves a suspicious package, by all means pick it up and chase the person who left it.
7. Chuck Norris is omniscient and omnipresent. He knows where you'll attack and he'll haunt your dreams.
8. Never party on a sidewalk in Miami.
9. You'll get hell for abandoning your dog or cat but if it's an armadillo it's okay.
10. You don't have to tie an airboat when you dock it.
11. 1985 Nissans are as explosive as Pintos.
12. When terrorists are spread out all over America, just losing the Florida division is enough to make you surrender.
13. Getting every US branch to cooperate is suicide even when you know what the stakes are.



Poor Jamie Lee Curtis. She survived Michael Myers, The Fog and the Terror Train and now she can't poop.

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That is a good list that you have there. I like them!

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Leaders of terrorist hit squads have a soft spot for Phyllis Diller and will laugh at her jokes if they hear one while they're slaughtering teenagers making out on the beach.

It's common in America to put the Christmas tree on the front lawn.

Office buildings are soundproofed to the extent that when a huge firefight is going on outside, it remains perfectly silent inside.

Mercenaries who single-handedly fight terrorist death squads while wearing jeans and denim shirts might get injured and draw blood, but they won't sweat.

New cars/trucks on display in shopping malls are not maintained in pristine shape, wires are left dangling and this makes them vulnerable to hotwiring by terrorists trying to escape the mall after shooting up the customers.

Female news reporters whose lives are saved by mercenaries will nonetheless immediately launch into a tirade criticizing the method(s) used by such mercenaries to save their lives. No gratitude will be shown.

While under siege by shadowy terrorists, parents will send their children to live in the country where they have decided it is safer. Presumably the terrorists have made it clear their attacks will occur only in large cities.

During a siege by shadowy terrorists, school buses escorting children to the country, where it's safer, will not have police escorts or anything similar to ensure the children's safety. Just the bus driver will suffice.

While terrorist sieges are in process, parents will still send their children to carnivals and other events in clear public view. This makes sense of course, but it raises the risk that they might get killed if mercenaries chasing down the terrorists don't get there in time. A minor risk.

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That is pretty good right there on what you learned from Invasion USA!

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When you are cleaning your prized Chevy car leaving it outside a run down seedy hotel is not a good idea when a terroist who has his hand impaled with a knife and has a grenade in the other it is guarrandteed to blow up.

when you see a guy leave his brief case in a department store and he runs off just pick it up and chase after him you are not sure when it is going to explode.

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Well it was evident that the suitcase had a explosive inside of it. Those are some very good points that you made for this post here.

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Chuck Norris is so intimidating that cold blooded terrorists have nightmares of him kicking them in the face!

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Chuck Norris spinning heel kicks do look intimidating all right! That is his signature finishing move on a bad guy whether it is in films or Walker Texas Ranger.

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Black leather gloves, light blue denim, and a beard - that's all you need.

Just stand there shooting. Don't ask why, just shoot.

When you've won the battle, wave your arms in the air and cheer - hurrah!

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Hunter’s pick-up truck inspired the song: One Headlight by the Wallflowers.

A beeping package left on the ground by a stranger is hardly suspicious.

TV’s made in Japan are bullet proof.

Things I learned from Invasion USA: How to hotwire a Nissan.

80’s hairspray had real holding power! A chic can withstand being held up by her hair on the outside of a moving vehicle for great distances.

Miami citizens are lousy drivers.

Invasion USA nearly garnered an X rating due to the lesbian soft porn scene on the trunk of the mustang; between the blonde hostage and the reporter.

The Oakland Athletics had a cameo in this movie.


Without Rostov the operation would fall apart. So would semi-automatic grenade launchers.

If you’re faking being a National Guardsman; don’t sport a beard!

If you don’t’ feel like talking, scream something in Chinese. (I’m guessing “go to hell!”)

During a curfew terrorists can roam around freely. Cathloics on the other hand have to sneak around.

Catholics singing in a Church, whom should NOT be out after curfew, can be heard
singing several blocks away.

If you row a boat merrily down a stream; life will become a dream.

Hunter likes to think about Steaks.





"I'm a vehemently anti-nuclear, paranoid mess, harbouring a strange obsession with radioactive sheep."

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Almost every movie board has a thread like this.

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Only cool movies have a thread like this.



"I'm a vehemently anti-nuclear, paranoid mess, harbouring a strange obsession with radioactive sheep."

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Terrorists can blow up families in their homes with rocket launchers, but any little girls in the houses will still make it out mostly unscathed.

When trying to kill a war hero in the bayou, always use a full regiment of heavily armed soldiers. A single person dressed as a hunter with a good rifle will garner too much attention.

Chuck Norris can hear approaching engines from a mile away while using a chain saw.

If Chuck Norris hands you a grenade, it's ok to hold it for a while longer. You don't actually have to throw it out the window and into your car.

Hand grenades are the ideal weapon to use against moving targets like speeding vehicles.

If your daughter almost gets blown up twice in the same movie, she may be cursed with really bad luck and will probably not survive to see the sequel.

When sneaking bombs into crowded malls during Christmastime, it helps to bring in several terrorists with large guns to ensure that the packages are properly placed.

Drug dealers can only be killed by shooting them in the testicles.

It's standard policy for every terrorist bomb to beep loudly, regardless of whether or not you intend to use a detonator, or place it in a heavily populated area.

Americans will riot if they have no fresh meat or produce.

When making an action movie, it's ok to immediately cut from an action-packed car explosion to a sadly deserted circus without any warning whatsoever. It does not come off as badly edited at all, but only serves to make the movie more exciting.

When Chuck Norris is talking to you through the TV, all other excess noise like typewriters and background conversations will not dare to enter the microphone. It's too risky to get in the way of Chuck Norris' important conversations.

While successfully invading the U.S.A., terrorists will cease all operations and abandon all plans for a chance to kill Chuck Norris.

And finally, snarky little boys should be slapped on sight, lest they vandalize shiny new automobiles.

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A painting on the wall is a great place to store your ABC gum if you're about to be arrested.

After someone shoots up the community center, the first thing you should do when the shooting is finished is turn the music back on.

Hookers are everywhere in Miami.

The First Ammendment permits reporters to trespass on a crime scene.

If you've already pissed off the police and you want them to cooperate with you, continue to taunt them.

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I'm just expressing my opinion.

You may all go to hell, and I will go to Texas.

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