To: The U.S. House, The U.S. Senate and The President of the United States

Started by: Ani L. Schwartz

President Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize partly because he has advocated ridding the world of nuclear weapons.
LIFE and the world need Congress to stand with Obama and with the majority of peoples in the world to make this happen.
The USA MUST lead the world in this because the USA has the most nuclear weapons to get rid of.
Other countries mostly only want nuclear weapons to DETER the USA from invading them.
One can hardly blame them for wanting to protect themselves and they cannot be expected to abstain from nuclear weapons development when they are threatened by those of the USA.

The best way to deter "nuclear terrorists" from getting their hands on nuclear weapons is to get rid of the nukes.
To think that we can deter them by threatening to nuke them is like thinking it is a good idea to use a flame thrower to deter cockroaches! HAH! ..
That's right, destroy your whole house, burn it to the ground, and some of those cockroaches will survive ANYWAY but you won't have any place to live.

What purpose is there in studying how to "rebuild" an old nuclear bomb "that will be safer and more reliable."????
(please see Washington Post article below).
Surely this is insanity to think that ANY nuclear weapon can be "safer" ...
SAFER THAN WHAT??????
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A SAFE NUCLEAR WEAPON.
NO ONE is safe with nuclear weapons around, even if they are not dropped directly on us.
The nuclear radiation pollution alone is already killing millions of people from cancer.
Dropping these bombs anywhere contaminates the ENTIRE bio-sphere of our planet.
We all breath the same air.

"... the independent JASON Defense Advisory Group would determine whether the B61-12 can be considered reliable without nuclear testing."
HOW CAN ANYTHING BE CONSIDERED "RELIABLE" WITHOUT TESTING????
How can anything be made "SAFER" this way???
THERE IS NO SAFE WAY TO TEST NUCLEAR WEAPONS without further contamination of our whole planet with radiation poisons, even if we COULD find a place to do it that would not FURTHER trample all over the rights of human beings on some remote island etc.

Why should we waste MORE tax payer moneys on funding the nation's nuclear weapons programs when the majority of tax payers agree with President Obama? 
That would be MORE taxation without representation, which is against the supreme laws of our nation and was one of the main motivations for the founding of our country in the first place.

"The Obama administration did not seek funds for studying the nuclear components of the B61-12, and the conferees made clear that no money could be spent for such a task without approval from the House and Senate Appropriations panels."
Why is such funding being appropriated in the "fiscal 2010 ENERGY AND WATER Appropriations Bill"?
Another sneaky rider so that one hand does not know what the other is doing?

It is time for Congress to grow some backbone and take their sworn responsibilities seriously.
Vote NO on funding for further nuclear weapons development.
REMOVE FUNDING APPROPRIATIONS FOR NUKES from the "fiscal ENERGY & WATER Appropriations Bill" NOW.

Instead introduce and implement legislation for funding to get rid of all these insane, wasteful and toxic nuclear weapons programs that can do nothing to make our world a safer place or ensure a future for ANY LIFE.
Introduce and implement appropriations bills to study how to CLEAN UP THE NUCLEAR RADIATION already permeating our bio-sphere and CAUSING A GLOBAL CANCER PANDEMIC.

Thank you.

Cc: President Obama

VIDEO:
http://speed.pointroll.com/PointRoll/Media/Panels/AmericanPetroleumInstitute/653559/Guesstaxes_300x250_pol_pnl_100209_r02.swf?PRCampID=31769&PRPubID=washpost&PRAdSize=300x250&PRFormat=PO

YOU CAN READ THE ARTICLE ONLINE:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/16/AR2009101603619.html?sub=AR

OR YOU CAN READ IT HERE:

Conferees Approve Study of Nuclear Bomb
By Walter Pincus
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, October 17, 2009

The first step toward rebuilding one of the nation's tactical nuclear weapons so it could be put in the stockpile well into the 21st century has been approved by House and Senate conferees.

The lawmakers permitted $32.5 million to be spent next year on feasibility, design and cost studies for the non-nuclear components of the B61-12 tactical nuclear bomb, according to their report released this week on the fiscal 2010 Energy and Water Appropriations Bill. The measure contains funds for the nation's nuclear weapons programs.

The rebuilding of the bomb has raised caused some members of Congress and anti-nuclear activists to question whether a new nuclear weapon is being assembled.

The Obama administration did not seek funds for studying the nuclear components of the B61-12, and the conferees made clear that no money could be spent for such a task without approval from the House and Senate Appropriations panels.

The Pentagon is midway through a congressionally mandated review to establish the Obama administration's nuclear weapons policies, including the number of weapons needed in the future. Called the Nuclear Posture Review, it is expected to be completed by the end of this year or early next year. The conferees said in their report that after that review, the National Academy of Sciences would look at the deterrence value of the B61 against nuclear terrorism and other military threats, and that the independent JASON Defense Advisory Group would determine whether the B61-12 can be considered reliable without nuclear testing.

The Bush administration had looked at replacing the current stockpile of high-yield nuclear warheads with new, longer-lasting and more secure weapons. One candidate was a new version of the B61.

Focus has also been on the B61 because it is the nuclear weapon currently deployed in Europe for use by NATO, and must either complete refurbishing or be rebuilt, as is being considered. In a speech last month, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said the Nuclear Posture Review "in one or two cases" will "probably [recommend] new designs" for nuclear weapons "that will be safer and more reliable."

The B61 was first produced in 1966, with the number increasing in the 1970s as new modifications were introduced. In 2000, models of the B61-7 and B61-11 were put into refurbishment programs to extend their lives for 20 years.

In their report, the conferees approved $9.9 billion for next year's operation of the National Nuclear Security Administration, which runs the nuclear weapons program within the Energy Department.

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   SPECIAL THANKS to BiLL Fowlie for the Bomb Pic called "Foul Replication of a Looming Shroom Cloud".
                                  SPECIAL THANKS to Bruce Combs for sending me this article.

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