[lit-ideas] Re: Al Quaeda and Suitcase Nukes
- From: "Andy Amago" <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 23:01:46 -0500
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
> >
> >
> >
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