Wednesday, May 17, 2006
Pacifica Commentary For May 17, 2006
Divine Strake
What is a strake? A strake is a device for controlling airflow over an aircraft or the flow of water under a ship. But the Divine Strake is a 700 ton bomb made of ammonium nitrate and fuel oil. This monstrosity is to be detonated in the atmosphere in lieu of the Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator and will have a force similar to that nuclear weapon. The test is planned for June 23rd in the Nevada desert close to the sites where hundreds of nuclear tests were conducted between 1950 and 1992.
Scientists who have retained their sanity believe that the Divine Strake will stir up nuclear contamination from 42 years of nuclear bombing on the lands of the Western Shoshone. Yes,it was the Western Shoshone who had the intelligence to file a lawsuit declaring that this planned atmospheric explosion would disturb contaminants left from previous nuclear tests. The original blast date of June 2nd was pushed back because of their lawsuit.
But this is where the word divine comes in. The planners of this mega explosion seem to think they are divine, they are playing god and even the courts give way to their gods of metal.
Citizens of the city of St. George, Utah, not far from the site, identify thousands of people who are now suffering from cancer as a result of radiation released from those previous nuclear bombs.
And the cancer patients are supposed to believe it when the National Nuclear Security Administration and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency say that the detonation of Divine Strake is perfectly safe. In view of the lack of credibility of the current Administration, it seems that the people of northern Nevada and Utah should make their peace with God and prepare to die of cancer.
Those who have planned this upcoming crime should be tried and convicted. Divine Strake is an act of terrorism against the land and the people of the United States of America. Many of our citizens have taken an oath to protect this country from enemies foreign and domestic. It seems that the demise of this land will be the work of domestic enemies who think they are divine.
Rational human beings will conduct a protest to the abomination of Divine Strake on May 28th in Nevada.
Pacifica Commentary for May 10, 2006
The President Writes a Letter
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad writes a letter to President Bush. The Iranian President said many things that were in accord with his Persian culture.
But really would it not be easier to start a nuclear war rather than to do some homework on Persian culture? We are completely set up for the nuclear war but we are not set up to ask a group of Persian experts to analyze the letter and to respond in a respectful manner. But you see, intelligent letter writing is difficult and nuclear war is so easy.
All Bush needs is a button for the war. But to respond to the letter he would need an education on the matter or to ask someone who has had an education to be of assistance.
The rape of Iraq has gone on for fifteen years now. The first Bush Administration, the Clinton Administration and the Lesser Bush Administration consistently demonstrated near absolute zero understanding of the cultures of Iraq. Some dialogue, some honesty and some humanity would have avoided the Iraq disaster. But dialogue, honesty and humanity require some spiritual substance.
Regardless of the personal failings on the part of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and regardless of his pietistic approach to our pietistic President, why would we not answer the Iranian's question? "Are you pleased with the current condition of the world? Do you think present policies can continue?" These are excellent questions and could be the beginning of a substantive dialogue and a peaceful future.
Friends, we are talking about the first direct contact between an Iranian head of state and an American president since the revolution of 1979. We are talking about a risk that was taken by the Iranian president who could be called a traitor by some of his own people for even writing such a letter.
President Ahmadinejad was clearly looking for common ground for an ongoing dialogue. Our Secretary of State should be sent to Iran with a respectful response to this important letter. There is no need at all for our response to agree with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
The only requirement is that the response be educated, respectful, thoughtful and dialogical. Diplomacy has been the rarest component in the Bush Adminitration. Here is an opportunity that must not be missed. Here is an opportunity for our country to give some indication that it might accept a peaceful solution to this unnecessary crisis.
What is a strake? A strake is a device for controlling airflow over an aircraft or the flow of water under a ship. But the Divine Strake is a 700 ton bomb made of ammonium nitrate and fuel oil. This monstrosity is to be detonated in the atmosphere in lieu of the Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator and will have a force similar to that nuclear weapon. The test is planned for June 23rd in the Nevada desert close to the sites where hundreds of nuclear tests were conducted between 1950 and 1992.
Scientists who have retained their sanity believe that the Divine Strake will stir up nuclear contamination from 42 years of nuclear bombing on the lands of the Western Shoshone. Yes,it was the Western Shoshone who had the intelligence to file a lawsuit declaring that this planned atmospheric explosion would disturb contaminants left from previous nuclear tests. The original blast date of June 2nd was pushed back because of their lawsuit.
But this is where the word divine comes in. The planners of this mega explosion seem to think they are divine, they are playing god and even the courts give way to their gods of metal.
Citizens of the city of St. George, Utah, not far from the site, identify thousands of people who are now suffering from cancer as a result of radiation released from those previous nuclear bombs.
And the cancer patients are supposed to believe it when the National Nuclear Security Administration and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency say that the detonation of Divine Strake is perfectly safe. In view of the lack of credibility of the current Administration, it seems that the people of northern Nevada and Utah should make their peace with God and prepare to die of cancer.
Those who have planned this upcoming crime should be tried and convicted. Divine Strake is an act of terrorism against the land and the people of the United States of America. Many of our citizens have taken an oath to protect this country from enemies foreign and domestic. It seems that the demise of this land will be the work of domestic enemies who think they are divine.
Rational human beings will conduct a protest to the abomination of Divine Strake on May 28th in Nevada.
Pacifica Commentary for May 10, 2006
The President Writes a Letter
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad writes a letter to President Bush. The Iranian President said many things that were in accord with his Persian culture.
But really would it not be easier to start a nuclear war rather than to do some homework on Persian culture? We are completely set up for the nuclear war but we are not set up to ask a group of Persian experts to analyze the letter and to respond in a respectful manner. But you see, intelligent letter writing is difficult and nuclear war is so easy.
All Bush needs is a button for the war. But to respond to the letter he would need an education on the matter or to ask someone who has had an education to be of assistance.
The rape of Iraq has gone on for fifteen years now. The first Bush Administration, the Clinton Administration and the Lesser Bush Administration consistently demonstrated near absolute zero understanding of the cultures of Iraq. Some dialogue, some honesty and some humanity would have avoided the Iraq disaster. But dialogue, honesty and humanity require some spiritual substance.
Regardless of the personal failings on the part of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and regardless of his pietistic approach to our pietistic President, why would we not answer the Iranian's question? "Are you pleased with the current condition of the world? Do you think present policies can continue?" These are excellent questions and could be the beginning of a substantive dialogue and a peaceful future.
Friends, we are talking about the first direct contact between an Iranian head of state and an American president since the revolution of 1979. We are talking about a risk that was taken by the Iranian president who could be called a traitor by some of his own people for even writing such a letter.
President Ahmadinejad was clearly looking for common ground for an ongoing dialogue. Our Secretary of State should be sent to Iran with a respectful response to this important letter. There is no need at all for our response to agree with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
The only requirement is that the response be educated, respectful, thoughtful and dialogical. Diplomacy has been the rarest component in the Bush Adminitration. Here is an opportunity that must not be missed. Here is an opportunity for our country to give some indication that it might accept a peaceful solution to this unnecessary crisis.
