Awareness march against nuclear

Sun, 11 May 2008 15:46:41 GMT

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clipper's remarks: at stake-the future of the world

A group of followers of Mahatma Gandhi from various parts of India are on a march

to plead against nuclear energy and nuclear weapons.

“Just take a look at the developed nations - none of them want to have a reactor in their own backyard. They all want to dump it in the third world. We have become a dumping ground for hoarding the hazardous radioactive material and waste,” Vidrohi told IANS by telephone from Varanasi.

He also made it clear that they differ from political parties like the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and others whose opposition towards the India-US civil nuclear deal is primarily not against nuclear energy, but against Washington.

What happens after 30 or 40 years? Where will the radioactive waste go? No, their attack is purely circumscribed to the US and nothing more.

We are trying to spread awareness that several forms of energy like solar power and wind power and even conventional forms can be used without jeopardizing the future of the world.”

Tags: geopolitics, energy

Newt on What might have been

Sun, 11 May 2008 14:22:08 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Gingrich has an amazing knowledge of history and the reasons leaders succeed or fail in times of danger

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Imagine that on the morning of September 12, 2001, the shocked national political leadership in both parties had understood the necessity to take a deep, long look at the Irreconcilable Wing of Islam.

Imagine that the President and Congressional leaders on a bipartisan basis had mandated a series of public hearings on the scale of the radical Wahhabist financing from sources in Saudi Arabia, the degree of Iranian and Syrian support for terrorism, the various propagandizing and recruiting efforts that were underway to attract terrorists at a rate faster than we could kill or imprison them.

Imagine that on September 12, 2001 the news media had begun a series of informative, in-depth explorations of the Iranian war against America

With this starting context, an alternative history might well have played out

The key debate for the next year ought to be the larger war, the real enemies, the need for a real strategy, and solutions to the scale of the challenge we face.

Tags: history, politics, war, 9/11

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Awareness march against nuclear

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