ElBaradei said the international community needed a collective security system that does not have an exclusive nuclear club, "a system where every country feels secure."
Otherwise, he said, "we are going to see proliferation of nuclear weapons."
Let's hope the US listens to ElBaradei this time. (Yeah, yeah, I know...)
- A contract to rebuild hospitals in Iraq has been canceled. The contractor, Parsons, claims that "we were never funded to provide the level of management, of oversight, that we told the government it would take to complete those projects." I wonder if that was one of the Pentagon's no-bid contracts.
- Bush wants to send the National Guard to protect the southern borders. Where these troops will actually come from is anybody's guess since most of them are in Iraq. And, of course, Bush didn't actually talk to any of the border state governors involved. He's the 'decider' after all.
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson (D) said he was concerned that the administration has not consulted directly with him and other governors of border states. "While the immediate deployment of troops may create a short-term fix, it creates further problems and concerns regarding our National Guard troops who may be called upon to respond to other emergencies and natural disasters," he said.
Bush will speak to the nation on Monday nite about the immigration issues. It is expected that numerous Republicans and conservatives will be loaded up with tomatoes to throw at their teevees when he endorses his guest worker program.
- The British parliament has rejected an assisted suicide bill by a vote of 148-100. My opinion: it should be legalized.
- Do Canada's Conservatives even know where they stand on Kyoto? Last year, they said they'd vote against the Liberals's budget because it included legislation to control greenhouse emissions. Environment Minister Rona Ambrose has absolutely no clue what her so-called 'Made in Canada' plan will consist of and now she's trying to squeak out of Canada's previously agreed to Kyoto targets. Meanwhile, back in the provinces, the Eastern premiers have announced that they're sticking to those targets, regardless.
(Sidebar: Who is this Canoe News writer, Kevin Bissett, who wrote this little sentence in that story: "New Brunswick has a ways to go." That's darn good English there, Kevin.)
David Suzuki has a few things to say to the Conservatives about all of this.
I hate to say it, but we got ourselves into this mess. If Canadians really want action on the environment, we have to demand it from our leaders. And if our leaders fail, we have to throw the bums out.
Amen to that.
- A British study links global warming to hay fever. My sinuses have been plugged up all spring. You people need to start riding your damn bikes instead of driving those gas guzzlers, otherwise my head is going to explode any day now.
- In what would be a major step, Hamas may be prepared to recognize Israel's right to exist. There's no guarantee that such a move would restore the aid funding that the Palestinians so desperately need, however.
- After being subjected to 5 solid nites of CNN's Anderson Cooper investigating the realities of polygamous life in Warren Jeff's cult (please, CNN - no more!!), the LA Times presents an in depth story that still needs to be told. 'Blind Eye to Culture of Abuse' covers the history of how law enforcement officials have let this abuse against women and children go on for decades without acting. That's what the media needs to be talking about.
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