Energy officials have told FoxNews.com the department is preparing to ship 403 welded steel containers of a man-made highly radioactive cargo to the Nevada National Security Site, (formerly the Nevada Test Site), about an hour northwest of Las Vegas. The canisters would carry about 2.6 kilograms of uranium-233 and uranium-235 – two products so dangerous that they require safety escorts and can only be handled with remote-controlled cranes.
COMMENTS:
I have no problem with
the final resting place; the Nevada Test Site was home to countless
above-ground and below-ground nuclear tests for decades and is highly
radioactive already. It’s an ideal location for
this type of waste. I do have concern with the logistics of
the transportation to the site. They
tested some transportation canisters for what was to be a nuke waste
destination northeast of the currently proposed site, and those canisters
tested excellent considering possible transportation accidents. I think that, should that type of canister be
used and the transportation takes the least inhabited routes, I could be okay
with that.
TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:
Q. How can you possibly be against background checks for gun
purchases? (Leonora ~ Milpitas, CA)
A. To the contrary, I’m in favor of background checks as
long as the program is well thought out and duly considered. I believe those “accused” of being mentally
unfit for gun ownership deserve the right to due process, or to defend
themselves. For example, many medicines
used to treat mental issues are also used to treat other things. There must be some mechanism to remove the
restrictions, particularly where the initial reports of mental problems turn
out to be a mistake, as has already happened.
Finally, we must understand that background checks are not the end of
the issue: there are already mentally unfit people in possession of guns; there
are crooks and thugs who are not mentally unfit but also not legally entitled
to be in possession of weapons, such as felons; and the failure to recognize
the true causes of physical violence of any kind and to address those issues in
particular is totally irresponsible. The
legislation as proposed at this stage of the game falls far short of being
ideal.
Q. This latest story about the liberals claiming that our
children do not belong to us; they belong to the collective… that kind of talk
has me really concerned about the future of our country. What is your opinion? (Jeremiah ~ St. George, UT)
A. Wake up! The
liberals have already taken extensive steps to mold your children into their idea of utopia. They are not teaching real world history, but
they are indoctrinating our children with Marxist and far-left liberal
thinking. They’re actively removing ethics
and morals from our society. They’re establishing
laws about what you feed your kids, their medical care, and what vocations they
may pursue based on their scholastic grade scores. The answer is
revolution. I’m not necessarily talking about going to
war, but I’m talking about standing up in schools and other venues to make it
clear that this agenda is not
acceptable.
Q. How do you feel about the revelation that cancer clinics
across the country have begun turning away thousands of Medicare patients,
blaming the sequester budget cuts? (Lupe
~ Santa Cruz, CA)
A. I don’t mean to be facetious, but if it doesn’t bother Obama,
why should it bother you?
TODAY’S QUOTE:
“One nuclear war is going to be the last nuclear - the last
war, frankly, if it really gets out of hand. And I just don't think we ought to
be prepared to accept that sort of thing.” ~ Lawrence Eagleburger
TODAY’S VIDEO:
http://video.foxnews.com/v/2297168443001/the-next-big-threat-to-your-privacy/?playlist_id=2114913880001
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