JOHN CONRAD FOR PRESIDENT

AARON SCOTT · Post by **AARON SCOTT** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 10:24 am

We are starting the process this morning!! We appreciate your support here at the Conrad for President headquarters!!

genlock · Post by **genlock** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 10:31 am

That's the guy from Wild, Wild, West?

David Paleg · Post by **David Paleg** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 11:04 am

Robert Conrad was James West. And he played the president in that awful movie remake with Wil Smith.

If Robert Conrad became president, he could travel on Amtrack 1. Make it look like the old TV train from his show.

genlock · Post by **genlock** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 11:26 am

OK, then it's the guy who played the private eye "Cannon" on tv.
Also did the Lone Ranger open.

David Paleg · Post by **David Paleg** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 12:04 pm

Nope, William Conrad has been dead since 1994. Couldn't do any worse than live presidents.

Also, before you ask, Michael Conrad, Hill Street Blues (Let's be careful out there), died in 1983.

There is always Conrad Janis (Mork's father-in-law) or Conrad Bain (Arnold and Willis' stepdad).

fearpeddler · Post by **fearpeddler** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 12:06 pm

we talkin bout the dude from days of our lives?

genlock · Post by **genlock** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 12:17 pm

So it's the astronaut?

Jay Nunley · Post by **Jay Nunley** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 1:17 pm

Nope, Pete Conrad died a couple of years ago from head injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. Conrad considered his moon landing on Apollo 12 history's ultimate anti-climax.

Dr. Whiplash · Post by **Dr. Whiplash** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 3:00 pm

Well, whoever the hell John Conrad is, I'm ready to vote for him.

genlock · Post by **genlock** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 3:04 pm

Paris' grandaddy.

Lester · Post by **Lester** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 5:58 am

The guy that played the dad on Different Strokes?

David Paleg · Post by **David Paleg** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 6:38 am

Lester wrote:The guy that played the dad on Different Strokes?

That was Conrad Bain, who I mentioned above as Arnold and Willis' stepdad.

Lester · Post by **Lester** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 6:49 am

Shame on you for hogging all the Conrad's in one post.

Thread killer.

David Paleg · Post by **David Paleg** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 8:46 am

Well, if you are going to be that way...

Clark Conrad (sound editor, Full House and Becker)
Joseph Conrad (novel "Lord Jim") died 1924
Kimberly Conrad (playmate married to Hef 1989 to 1999)
Lauren Conrad (Laguna Beach) too young for president at 21
Tim Conrad (model builder, Terminator 2)
Tony Conrad (filmmaker/composer/teacher)
Conraqd Nagel (actor) died 1970
Conrad Richter (Pulitzer Prize winner for fiction)

Dr. Whiplash · Post by **Dr. Whiplash** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 9:41 am

READY CONELRAD

TIME Magazine, July 12, 1963

Back in 1951, when the U.S. began to worry about Russian-atom armed bombers, somebody had a notion that the invaders might steer by the crisscrossing waves of U.S. commercial broadcasting stations. Probably Russian navigators were never so helpless as that, but an official system, Conelrad (for Control of Electromagnetic Radiation), was set up to foil them. Under Conelrad regulations, all regular broadcasting would go silent during an attack, while stations going on and off the air on two special frequencies, 640 and 1240 kc., would stand ready to give instructions and comfort to the quaking population.

Conelrad continued for nearly twelve years, at considerable cost in money to the Government and nuisance to the broadcasters while improved navigation methods made steering by broadcasts sound like something out of the Stone Age. Then Russian bombers themselves became a minor menace compared with ballistic missiles, which can strike a few minutes after the first warning and are steered by inertial guidance systems that need no information from U.S. broadcasters or any other external source.

Last year the Department of Defense at last decided that Conelrad had long outlived its fractional usefulness. But it seemed to have a charmed life, and not until last week was it formally declared obsolete. On Aug. 5 it will be replaced by a new Emergency Broadcast System, which, during an attack, will use all AM stations that are still in working condition to send a single program of orders and solace to those citizens who are still alive.

fearpeddler · Post by **fearpeddler** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 11:41 am

Dr. Whiplash wrote: On Aug. 5 it will be replaced by a new Emergency Broadcast System, which, during an attack, will use all AM stations that are still in working condition to send a single program of orders and solace to those citizens who are still alive.

AM???? well, we're screwed here

Oldiesdude · Post by **Oldiesdude** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 10:09 pm

Figure most people now days would be hard pressed, to even know what button to press, to switch their radio's to the AM band. I could be wrong, I guess the larger citys still put road reports out over AM.

fearpeddler · Post by **fearpeddler** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 11:55 pm

I have trouble pickin up any AM signals outside of downtown charleston for some reason, but hey it did say "those who are still alive" and I bet if they lived through such an event they probably wouldnt have a radio handy..

Scott Reppert · Post by **Scott Reppert** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 2:25 pm

Please keep it locked in right here in this very forum. The "John Conrad Presidential Media Information Kit" is on it's way. Now back to your regular WVRATMB programming....

ashton · Post by **ashton** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 8:16 pm

Isn't John Conrad the middle school basketball coach at Suncrest?