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| - Little known fact: I used to be married to a Russian. Yeah, he was American born, but he was first generation, and lived in Moscow for a time. Much to my chagrin, we had boxes of random CCCP propaganda, pins, coins, what have you. That said, I know propaganda when I see it.
I took my dad here today because I had a Groupon that was expiring (10/7/11) Right off the bat, you know you're going to get an impartial history lesson when the various rooms have plaques that say they are "donated" by say, Lockheed Martin. (Side note - they have the creepiest corporate slogan ever "We never forget who we're working for.")
Throughout the exhibits, I had the most negative feeling. The place just didn't sit right with me, especially when there's a lot of pointing the finger at the enemies and showing their propaganda yet pretending as if our own country hasn't and doesn't engage in the same nefarious practices.
When I have a museum worker, who actually worked in the field, telling me that the radiation from these bombs is fine to be around and you can clean it up with a broom and no hazard suit, I question the validity of the information. When that same worker tells me a small amount of radiation is good for me (which is silly to say because we get a LOT of radiation as is) and it's akin to when "doctors give old people arsenic to put a pep in their step and they live long and happy lives" (which I can't condone, even if this is done - which I have no knowledge of) I again, question if this is just a major propaganda site.
Eh, I don't want to go back - if you're totally down to hear about how our own government was setting off dirty bombs in the desert and now do so underground next to our ground water, and how this is somehow protecting our civil liberties and that these people are true patriots, I guess you can have yourself a grand time.
Lesser complaint: No squished penny machine! I know, right?!
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