Global warming has begun. The polar caps are melting, oceans are getting warmer. I was half paying attention, but former Republican EPA Secretary under Ford or Reagan said Europe might be on the brink of a global warming related ice age. That part I don't understand but I do know it's running faster than expected, within 10 years instead of the formerly predicted 50 to 100 years. Once it gets going in earnest, I can't imagine what can be done. The U.S. is the biggest polluter, even bigger than China on "pollution maps" that I've seen. Also, if we're so worried about suitcase nukes, why are the borders so open? Anybody can and does just walk in at will. Kerry also had a tighter timeframe for eliminating the nukes, 7 years (I think) against Bush's 12 years. There's nothing on Russian Internet television this time of night. > [Original Message] > From: Andreas Ramos <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: 1/25/2006 10:39:13 PM > Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Al Quaeda and Suitcase Nukes > > One of these situations is speculation. The other is reality. > > Which one do you suggest we should resolve? > > yrs, > andreas > www.andreas.com > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lawrence Helm" <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 6:19 PM > Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Al Quaeda and Suitcase Nukes > > > > We can worry about those other things if we like, but we just heard Osama > > bin Laden promise to attack the U.S. once again; so this seems a good time > > to wonder whatever happened to all those suitcase bombs -- and if we live in > > a prime target area like New York, to wonder how big those bombs were -- and > > worry about it. > > > > Lawrence > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > > On Behalf Of Andreas Ramos > > Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 5:35 PM > > To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Al Quaeda and Suitcase Nukes > > > >> According to the Fox News story, portable nuclear > >> bombs can range from suitcase- (or backpack) size to > >> "the size of two footlockers". Backpack bombs (not > >> one-coffee-can bombs) have a 3-5 kiloton yield. > > > > It's far more important that we worry about this improbable possiblity, than > > do anything > > about the environment, education, the job market, or corruption in politics. > > We can really > > terroize the voters with images of Arabs with suitcase nukes. But actually > > do anything about > > global warming? Especially when the USA is the main cause? That's > > unpatriotic. > > > > yrs, > > andreas > > www.andreas.com > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html