Gone Fission

(Sung to the tune of "Deck the Halls")

Listen to the air raid warning
(neutrons by the score, and protons too)
Bombs upon us by the morning
(enemy attack is nearly due)
Hurry gather our provisions
(radio, kitchen sink, telephone)
Don't forget the television
(load them in the van, then off we go...)

AlterNet: Is Bush Leading Us to Nuclear War?

The centerpiece of the administration's move toward developing a new generation of nuclear weapons is "Complex 2030," a multiyear plan introduced last April by the National Nuclear Security Administration (the semi-autonomous agency within the Department of Energy that oversees the nuclear weapons program).

Complex 2030 calls for the construction of new or upgraded facilities at each of the National Nuclear Security Administration's eight nuclear weapons-related sites throughout the country. The plan also calls for building a new nuclear weapon, the Reliable Replacement Warhead (RRW), inside the old warheads. The program was conceived in response to concerns that the cores of existing nuclear weapons could be wearing out and need to be replaced. But RRW development has gone much further than that.

The Department of Energy (DOE) notes in its summary of Complex 2030 that one of the major goals of the program is to "improve the capability to design, develop, certify and complete production of new or adapted warheads in the event of new military requirements." In short, while the Bush administration has publicly stressed reductions in nuclear weapons, it is working to produce new, more usable nuclear weapons.

Yee-haw!!!

These people really are fucking nuts.

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