Back in July, Barack Obama said:

It's time to send a clear message to the world: America seeks a world with no nuclear weapons.

I, for one, really like the sound of that, but what does it mean in reality?  However much I would love to speculate and debate Obama's appointments and non-appointments, I think it far more useful at this point to discuss a little bit more about what Barack himself thinks and what that will mean for our new administration's tact concerning "a world with no nuclear weapons."

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If you think Hillary will protect human life rather than her own political life - Think AGAIN!

Clinton, Obama and Clusterbombs - By David Rees

Cluster bombs and landmines are particularly terrifying weapons that wreak havoc on communities trying to recover from war. They are fatal impediments to reconstruction and rehabilitation of agricultural land; they destroy valuable livestock; they disable otherwise productive members of society; they maim or kill children trying to salvage them for scrap metal.

Over 150 nations have signed the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty. It pains me that our great nation has not. But in the autumn of 2006, there was a chance to take a step in the right direction: Senate Amendment No. 4882, an amendment to a Pentagon appropriations bill that would have banned the use of cluster bombs in civilian areas.

Senator Obama of Illinois voted IN FAVOR of the ban.

Senator Clinton of New York voted AGAINST the ban.

Analysts say Clinton did not want to risk appearing "soft on terror," as it would have harmed her electibility.

I'm not a single-issue voter. But as Obama and Clinton share many policy positions, this vote was revelatory for me. After all, Amendment No. 4882 was an easy one to vote against: Who'd want to risk accusation of "tying the hands of the Pentagon" during a never-ending, global War on Terror? As is so often the case, there was no political cost to doing the wrong thing. And there was no political reward for doing the right thing.

But Senator Obama did the right thing.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-rees /clinton-obama-and-clust_b_84811.html

I don't care what you say, Obama's non major "present" votes in the Illinois sentate do not match up with Hillary's life or death votes where she consistently votes for death.

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Yes, yes, the time has come and we're totally unprepared. Our real enemy wants to destroy us, our civilization, and way of life. All it would take is our enemy's audacity and for them to get their hands on a few nuclear warheads! Think about it!

Shanghai Constructs Underground Bunker Capable Of Sheltering 200,000 People
Aug 4, 2006 Repinted ion AOL
First appeared in: " local6.com "
POSTED: 2:20 pm EDT July 31, 2006
UPDATED: 2:24 pm EDT July 31, 2006

SHANGHAI, China -- Shanghai has constructed a massive underground bunker complex capable of sheltering 200,000 people from a nuclear attack, a local newspaper reported.

The million-square-foot complex connects to shopping centers, office buildings, apartment buildings and the subway system via miles of tunnels, the Shanghai Morning Post said in an exclusive report.

The newspaper said the complex has water, electricity, lighting, ventilation and protective doors, and can support life for as long as two weeks.

The Saturday report didn't say when the complex was finished or whether it was built with any specific threats in mind.

Shanghai was hit by air raids during World War II and, like most cities, dug vast underground complexes during the Cold War, when leader Mao Zedong believed a nuclear war with the Soviet Union was imminent.

In recent years, the city of 20 million has recovered its role as China's financial center and is a key business and manufacturing hub.

Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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Tom Friedman, an expert on the middle east, was on Meet The Press this morning. He quoted a pundit of the Democrats who had said about Iraq: It's all over but the killing. That fits the situation in Lebanon perfectly.

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Hooray for Homeland Security!  I feel so safe!

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