Sunday, March 20, 2011

LIBYA NOW CENTER STAGE

The advent of military action in Libya has seemingly pushed the tragedy in Japan off to the wings. Major news channels yesterday focused on events in the Middle East and Libya in particular, while news about the nuclear problems and earthquake/tsunami recovery operations began to play second fiddle.

COMMENTS:
Obviously, sitting on the edge of your seat watching ongoing rescue operations and oozing radioactivity is nowhere near as exciting as the sound of gunfire and bombs. Now, suddenly, Japan no longer exists.


TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:
Q. I live fairly close to a nuclear reactor in southern Washington. Should I be worried? (Amanda ~ Chehalis, WA)
A. The event in Japan has everyone worried about that question. Let us remember that the reactors there were designed for a 7.5 quake and survived 9.0. It was the tsunami that knocked all of their backup power avenues down. I truly believe that our nuclear facilities are well-designed and well-maintained and I would not hesitate to live next to one myself. Of course, anything is better than living in a cave on top of a mountain.

Q. What kind of progress is the government making on illegal immigration? (Harvey ~ Anderson, CA)
A. None. In one statistic, out of some 447,000 illegals caught by the Border Patrol in 2010, 375,000 went free without being charged and without being deported. We have a total lack of leadership in Washington on this issue. Pretty soon, we’ll be calling ourselves the United States of Mexico.

Q. Do you think Ghadafi will give up, now that the international community is coming to the aid of the rebels? (Christopher, Laughlin, NV)
A. He might give up if the U.S. plopped another missile into his living room window; other than that, no. He will never be tried for the Lockerbie bombing; he’ll commit suicide first.

TODAY’S QUOTE:
“All the problems we face in the United States today can be traced to an unenlightened immigration policy on the part of the American Indian.” ~ Pat Paulsen

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