On: Tom Lehrer has released all of his songs into the public domain

[incone123]

Alabama has been hosting nuclear missiles for many decades.

South Africa wants two That's right! One for the black And one for the white

[lb1lf → incone123]

Egypt wants to get one, too, just to use on you-know-who.

So Israel's getting tense, wants one for self defense "The Lord's our Shepherd", says the psalm - but just in case, we'd better get a bomb!

[aebtebeten → incone123]

True, "Alabama" is even the name of a boomer submarine.

But both it, and all the nuke-capable bases (MXF, RSA, etc.) are federal, not state, which has been an important distinction in the past (especially in 1963).

In Birmingham they love the governor cf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand_in_the_Schoolhouse_Door

[bombcar → aebtebeten]

I love watching the Hunt for Red October now that “boomer” means “out of touch old person” along with “fully loaded nuclear icbm submarine”