[lit-ideas] Re: A Project to Help Prevent Nuclear Terrorism
- From: Andy Amago <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 21:05:54 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
One wonders why our representatives need to be written to. Don't they know
what's going on? What's your guess why they're doing nothing at all? Same
reason I guess that nobody moved a muscle about Iraq for years. They live on a
different planet than we do, a planet loaded with lobby money and denial,
powerful combination. It's amazing how people have to be prompted to do the
darnedest things, when they're not acting like lemmings that is. I wonder if
these meetings will be more productive than Al Gore's project. Thousands of
people, imagine that.
-----Original Message-----
>From: Eric <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Jan 26, 2007 7:08 PM
>To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [lit-ideas] A Project to Help Prevent Nuclear Terrorism
>
>This is one of my hobbyhorses, and I'd like to share it with the List. -EY
>
>-------- Original Message --------
>Subject: January Update
>Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 13:05:44 -0800
>From: NTI and Families of September 11 <contact@xxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: <contact@xxxxxxx>
>
>
>*Turning the D into an A:
>**A Project to Help Prevent Nuclear Terrorism*
>
>*January 2007 Update*
>
>New Nuclear Smuggling Case Is
>A Wake Up Call
>
>There is an alarming news report this week about a man who was caught
>smuggling stolen weapons-grade highly enriched uranium, material that
>could be used to make a nuclear bomb (Click to read the _New York Times_
><http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?ID=M7231045512949769840128965> or
>_Associated Press_
><http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?ID=M7231048412949769840128965> stories).
>
>This incident should be a wake-up call to all of us. The threat of
>nuclear terrorism is real.
>
> * There are nuclear weapons materials, highly enrichred uranium or
> plutonium, in over 40 countries. In too many cases these materials
> lack adequate security.
> * Terrorist groups are trying to get nuclear weapons. Osama bin
> Laden has said that acquiring them is a "religious duty" and an al
> Qaeda member has said they have the right to kill 4 million
> Americans, 2 million children.
> * A dangerous gap remains between the threat and actions to prevent it.
> * The most effective way to prevent nuclear terrorism is to lock
> down nuclear materials at the source.
>
>*Take Action. Just Five Minutes Can
>Make a Difference*
>
>Please take the time now to send a message to your elected
>officials. Ask them to get personally involved and make preventing
>nuclear terrorism their top priority. _*Click here to go to our action
>center*_ <http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?ID=M7231294412949769840128965>
>and send your message.
>
>
>/Upcoming Event/
>
>/Last Best Chance Screening and Panel Discussion with:
>
>Former Defense Secretary William Perry,
>Dr. Siegfried Hecker, and Carie Lemack, Co-Founder and President,
>Families of September 11/
>
>/*Stanford University
>Encina Hall
>*//*Tuesday, January 30th
>2:00 p.m.*
>
>The event is free and open to the public.
>
>
>*A "Turning the D into an A" Progress Report*
>
>With your help, the Safer World Action Network is making a difference.
>
>In just the last few months:
>
> * Thousands of people have shown their support for locking down
> nuclear weapons and materials by joining the Safer World Action
> Network and ordering their own copy of /Last Best Chance;/
> * Safer World Action Network members sent thousands of messages to
> television stations across the country asking them to air our
> public service ads and _your efforts paid off._ TV stations in
> more than 50 cities have shown the ads and have helped us raise
> awareness of and build support for preventing nuclear terrorism.
> (If you haven't seen them yet _*click here to watch the ads).*_
> <http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?ID=M7231330712949769840128965>
> * We've organized more than a dozen /Last Best Chance/ screenings
> and discussions around the country and more are
> scheduled for coming months.
>
>*Please help us do more.* Forward this email to five friends and ask
>them to visit _*www.saferworld.org*_ <http://www.saferworld.org/> and
>join the Safer World Action Network today.
>
>Together we can make a safer world.
>
>
>
>*Report from the field:*
>
>We had another successful public event this week, this time at
>Georgetown University. More than 200 people turned out for a screening
>of the movie /Last Best Chance,/ followed by a debate and question and
>answer period.
>
>The program opened with an overview of the “Turning the D into an A”
>program and a reminder to the audience to sign in or visit
>www.saferworld.org <http://www.saferworld.org/>
>
>We showed the "Turning the D into an A" ads and the movie. After the
>movie, Dean Robert Gallucci and Professor Dan Byman debated the issue
>before opening the program up to questions from the audience.
>
>Our next screening will be next Tuesday at Stanford University, Encina
>Hall at 2:00 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
>
>*Get Involved.* Want to host a screening in your hometown? Send an
>email to _*contact@xxxxxxx*_ <mailto:contact@xxxxxxx> and we can help
>you get started.
>
>
>
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