From totem at laplaza.org Thu May 1 10:34:07 2008 From: totem at laplaza.org (totem at laplaza.org) Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 16:34:07 -0000 Subject: [Anyone] LANL Pit Production Message-ID: <20080501163655.3AF6719E02E@lists.zianet.com> TOWN OF TAOS, NEW MEXICO & TAOS COUNTY, NEW MEXICO JOINT RESOLUTION Town of Taos Resolution No. 08-24 Taos County Resolution No. 08-27 A JOINT RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN OF TAOS AND TAOS COUNTY OBJECTING TO PROPOSED NUCLEAR WEAPONS COMPLEX ???TRANSFORMATION??? ACTIVITIES AT THE LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY, INCLUDING EXPANDED PLUTONIUM PIT PRODUCTION. WHEREAS, the National Nuclear Security Administration, (NNSA), the Department of Energy???s semi- autonomous nuclear weapons agency, has released a draft Complex Transformation Supplement Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement in order to implement its plans to transform its nuclear weapons complex, including the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL); and WHEREAS, planned ???transformation??? of the nuclear weapons complex will expand nuclear weapons activities across the nation, most particularly at LANL; and WHEREAS, nuclear weapons activities at Los Alamos were previously expanded in 1999, but now LANL has been designated the nation???s permanent production center for up to 80 plutonium pits per year, with related increases in hazardous and radioactive wastes; and WHEREAS, plutonium pits are used as the ???triggers??? for weapons of mass destruction and plutonium creates health and environmental hazards; and WHEREAS, the governing bodies of the Town of Taos and Taos County do not support the creation of further health and environmental hazards related to nuclear weapons for the citizens of Northern New Mexico; and WHEREAS, independent experts have found that plutonium pits have reliable lifetimes of a century or more, thus making production unnecessary to begin with; and WHEREAS, the new Nuclear Posture Reviewed by a new president could have impacts on the nuclear weapons complex and LANL, significantly different from the old Review; and WHEREAS, on March 14, 2008 Taos County sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration requesting that public hearings be held in Taos County regarding the proposal that Los Alamos National Laboratory serve as the nation???s center for plutonium manufacturing for the united States??? nuclear arsenal as hearing had been held in Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Los Alamos, and Espanola, attached hereto as Exhibit A; and WHEREAS, public hearings in Taos County are necessary to inform the public to allow proponents and opponents of the proposal to make presentations to the Department of Energy prior to any decision being made; and WHEREAS, a letter was received by Taos County on March 17, 2008 from The National Nuclear Security Administration stating that no additional hearings were to be conducted, attached hereto as Exhibit B; and WHEREAS, because the National Nuclear Security Administration was unwilling to hold additional public hearings to address the concerns of Taos County and its citizens, the respective governing bodies therefore felt it was necessary to pass this Resolution. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY the Town of Taos and Taos County that the governing bodies do hereby state their objection to NNSA???s draft Complex Transformation Supplement Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement and resolve that it be withdrawn until after the 2009 Nuclear Posture Review. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the governing bodies do hereby state their objection to the expansion of nuclear weapons activities at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, including further increased plutonium pit production. From mikeintaos at hotmail.com Thu May 1 11:31:08 2008 From: mikeintaos at hotmail.com (Mike in Taos) Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 17:31:08 +0000 Subject: [Anyone] LANL Pit Production In-Reply-To: <20080501163655.3AF6719E02E@lists.zianet.com> References: <20080501163655.3AF6719E02E@lists.zianet.com> Message-ID: Tommy, How are you going to spend the government handout check that President George Bush and Vice-President Cheney sent you? Dope? > Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 16:34:07 +0000 > To: anyone at laplaza.org > From: totem at laplaza.org > Subject: [Anyone] LANL Pit Production > > > TOWN OF TAOS, NEW MEXICO > & > TAOS COUNTY, NEW MEXICO > JOINT RESOLUTION > Town of Taos Resolution No. 08-24 > Taos County Resolution No. 08-27 > > _________________________________________________________________ In a rush? Get real-time answers with Windows Live Messenger. http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_realtime_042008 From totem at laplaza.org Thu May 1 12:06:35 2008 From: totem at laplaza.org (totem at laplaza.org) Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 18:06:35 -0000 Subject: [Anyone] LANL Pit Production In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20080501180923.8056619E052@lists.zianet.com> Mike in Taos said: > > Tommy, > > How are you going to spend the government handout check that President George Bush and Vice- President Cheney sent you? > > Dope? Why would I give you money? From mikeintaos at hotmail.com Wed May 7 13:31:18 2008 From: mikeintaos at hotmail.com (Mike in Taos) Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 19:31:18 +0000 Subject: [Anyone] What you get Message-ID: In just one year . Remember the election in 2006? Thought you might like to read the following: A little over one year ago: 1) Consumer confidence stood at a 2 1/2 year high; 2) Regular gasoline sold for $2.19 a gallon; 3) The unemployment rate was 4.5%. Since voting in a Democratic Congress in 2006 we have seen: 1) Consumer confidence plummet; 2) The cost of regular gasoline soar to over $3.50 a gallon; 3) Unemployment is up to 5% (a 10% increase); 4) American households have seen $2.3 trillion in equity value evaporate (stock and mutual fund losses); 5) Americans have seen their home equity drop by $1.2 trillion dollars; 6) 1% of American homes are in foreclosure. America voted for change in 2006, and we got it! _________________________________________________________________ Stay in touch when you're away with Windows Live Messenger. http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_messenger_052008 From mikeintaos at hotmail.com Mon May 19 12:47:46 2008 From: mikeintaos at hotmail.com (Mike in Taos) Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 18:47:46 +0000 Subject: [Anyone] Help is on the way. Message-ID: 14 tons of spilled Oreo cookies snarl Ill. traffic. Police say a trailer loaded with 14 tons of double-stuffed Oreos on the way to Taos New Mexico to help the locals cope with the munchies after spending their government rebate checks on weed has overturned, spilling the cookies still in their plastic sleeves into the median and roadway. Illinois State Police Sgt. Brian Mahoney says the truck's driver was traveling from Chicago to Morris on Interstate 80 around 4 a.m. Monday when he fell asleep at the wheel and slammed into the median. "The boxes came out of the trailer and boxes were ripped open," he said. As a precaution emergency shipment of Oreos is being rushed to Taos to prevent any civil disobedience the shortage of Oreos might incite. The governor has placed the State Police on alert until the emergency shipment of Oreos arrives. _________________________________________________________________ Make every e-mail and IM count. Join the i?m Initiative from Microsoft. http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Join/Default.aspx?source=EML_WL_ MakeCount From totem at laplaza.org Sun May 25 16:21:53 2008 From: totem at laplaza.org (totem at laplaza.org) Date: Sun, 25 May 2008 22:21:53 -0000 Subject: [Anyone] Iraq war - major debacle Message-ID: <20080525222746.8378419E03A@lists.zianet.com> "Measured in blood and treasure, the war in Iraq has achieved the status of a major war and a major debacle." That bleak assessment isn't from a Muslim extremist or a Bush basher; it's the first sentence of a sixty-page report released April 18, 2008 by the National Defense University called Choosing War; The Decision to Invade Iraq and Its Aftermath. The NDU website describes itself as the "premier center for Joint Professional Military Education and under the direction of the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff." The report directly contradicts more than five years of happy talk by the Bush administration. In addition to the human and financial costs of the Iraq war (now $2 billion per week, all of which is deficit spending), the report identifies further consequences of our invasion: lost respect among our allies, doubts about our moral leadership in the world because of our occupation of a Muslim country and our treatment of detainees, diversion from the larger war on global terrorism, severe strains on the Army and Marine Corps, and, instead of making us safer, the transformation of Iraq into an "incubator of terrorism." In a tragic paradox, the report describes Iraq as both a "must win" and a "can't win." Numerous faulty assumptions, faulty planning, and an "imperious attitude" on the part of senior leaders have resulted in a "classic case of failure." Despite some recent gains, "the outcome of the war is in doubt." the rest of the article: http://www.journeywithjesus.net/