Nuclear Energy

[waltonme]

The growth of nuclear energy worldwide is a continuing military, social and environmental concern. An article by the New York Times, http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/17/international/europe/17CND-IHTNUK.html?oref=login discusses the

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[martinbv]

I would say that in the US, where we can control things as tightly as we want, we certainly can have nuclear energy without risking weapons use. The convoys that transport nuclear material are pretty heavily gaurded. I remember watching a Discovery channel documentary (the "Modern Marvels" series) on the containers used to transport the waste material. These things could survive the most amazing torture, right up to being run into completely immobile objects at over highway speeds. In addition, the convoy was so heavily guarded that I would hope nobody would even think of attacking it with the idea of making away with the materials. Any such attack would surely mean the demise even a modest (say 15 people) size attack force as there were probably double that number of armed police offiers guarding the thing

[waltonme]

I didn't mean to criticize Bush for what he has or hasn't done for affirmative action; it just irritated me that when asked about it only devoted 3 sentences to the topic and launched into his talk of education. If he had offered an explanation like yours I wouldn't be complaining: "I view each person as an individual, and as such, I don't go out of my way to give preferential treatment to any one person. That kind of behavior creates a permanent underclass detrimental to our society. We need legislation that helps everyone, from poor black families to poor white folks in the south. And to do this, I'm targeting poverty and education, as it is an underprivileged background that prevents success . . ." Maybe he felt this explanation would be misinterpreted or misunderstood, but I think it was worse to completely avoid a response.

[waltonme]

sorry, i accidently posted this in the wrong place and don't know how to remove it