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Russian military leaders have expressed concern about US plans for a national missile defense system. Will defense technology be limited by possibilities for a strategic imbalance? Is this just SDI all over again?

possumdag - 10:27pm May 25, 2001 EST (#4219 of 4238)
Possumdag@excite.com

Bwsh Strategy

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Also note that Russia is thinking of asking for all the world nuclear waste (ready cash ?) without thinking of the longerterm problems !

rshowalter - 10:34pm May 25, 2001 EST (#4220 of 4238)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

Russia can do this, if it does it CAREFULLY ( ! ! ! ) and still think of the long term problems. The world needs nuclear power that works, and I applaud Putin for this especially if he finds a way to check the hell out of the engineering here.

He MUST get this right. I think he can.

Russia Sees Payoff in Storing Nuclear Waste From Around the World by PATRICK E. TYLER http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/26/world/26RUSS.html?pagewanted=all

" MOSCOW, May 25 — Despite some strong opposition from the public at home and by the government in the United States, Russia is preparing to open its borders to become the largest international repository for radioactive nuclear wastes.

(Dawn may cut me off, right here -- but I think this is important - fossil fuels won't last forever - and nuclear fission can fill important human needs if people are careful enough . We have to learn to be. )

possumdag - 12:00am May 26, 2001 EST (#4221 of 4238)
Possumdag@excite.com

The problem with Nuclear is that it can't be costed .... the costs are never-ending .. personally from what i've seen .. no nation should take-in Nuclear waste .. it will end-up in the water courses .. it always does!

wrcooper - 12:34am May 26, 2001 EST (#4222 of 4238)

Robert,

Are you sending letters to your representatives? Mine are printed and signed.

lunarchick - 04:15am May 26, 2001 EST (#4223 of 4238)
lunarchick@www.com

Were Isreal to pay more attention to building standards the world would be a safer place! First the bridge that dunked Games attendees into a toxic polluted river, and now the banquet hall floor. Isreal may have lost more people to planning failure than war ?

rshowalter - 06:55am May 26, 2001 EST (#4224 of 4238)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

Cooper. Will today. Trying to get some things together that might interest some Senate committees, too. Now that investigative power is real, there is more hope. I was more than a little hurt yesterday. The links to the "How the Brain Works" board, that I'd relied on so that I could go to a meeting last week, that I've needed for a record for a lot of things, got yanked. The consequences to me are pretty wrenching, and it kept me from getting to those letters.

wrcooper - 09:29am May 26, 2001 EST (#4225 of 4238)

rshowalter 5/26/01 6:55am

Sorry to hear about the missing links. Will they restore them? In future, I advise copying all posts you want to preserve. I had a similar experience with a previous forum that was discontinued and not archived.

possumdag - 10:20am May 26, 2001 EST (#4226 of 4238)
Possumdag@excite.com

Clinton vetoed it

possumdag - 10:21am May 26, 2001 EST (#4227 of 4238)
Possumdag@excite.com

Why don't NYT have a policy re archiving ...

applez101 - 11:13am May 26, 2001 EST (#4228 of 4238)

Possumdag - are you willing to pay a fee to use this free service? If so, the NYTimes may just consider it. :)

Furthermore, as a 'news' agency, there is something to the idea that archiving reader's opinions is a bit redundant as fresh issues abound. If you want this to happen, contact a contemporary anthropology/sociology department in academia that is willing to do that job and you may get what you want (even a finder's fee).

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