There is a lot of doom saying in that table of contents, I am just beginning to read 'there ain't no buck stopping anywhere' but before I get in too deep, is there positive advice in this magazine or is it all bitch and moan (opposite, or political - haha, fallout of shock and awe)?

Chou

Can't resist. Here's a quote:

It seems to be a lot of interviews with well-qualified people.

NSFRS - Not Safe For Reading while Stoned ,-)

I don't know any of those people, but I trust their creditials are in order. This has me seriously depressed now. It is truly scary.

Quoting Mr. Rokke -
"I was born back in the time when Harry Truman said the buck stops here. Well, there ain

Talk about balance. (joke) Get this:


Former U.N. Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter Discusses DU Weaponry

He quoting himself? You have me a bit confused here.DU is bad ok, thats been established. American generals are willing to use it, ok also the point of many of the stories in the Iconclast. This is not balance yet.

A quote from Scott Ritter?
Might as well use WikiWacki as a sole source.
DU use has been going on for approx. 25 years as far as I am aware of. So assigning the blame to the current leaders just reveals the political slant. Jimmy Carter was US Pres when I first ecame aware of these rounds.
What are the half-lifes of the materiala involved? Some questions have to be addressed
before its hair-tearing out time.
Pardon me if I chalk this one up to political agenda masquareding as social conscience until more specific scientific results are brought to the table.

And before you toss this off as just another of my "Republican right-wingnut" counters,
I had multiple exposures to 'Agent Orange.' Thankfully I have had nothing occur, but have seen its effects on fellow troops who had the same or even less exposure. I have also seen the reticience of both Governments, the scientific community and the manufacturers to fully release the study results of the effects of items such as this.
But for now, DU is just the next "cause du jure" of the radical fringe.
Maybe this will change, maybe not. Lets do the science.
And I have also fired DU rounds - they work.

BTW, I think its an interesting interview. Good post.

added post:
http://www.hps.org/publicinformation/ate/q746.html

The news reports are finally starting to surface in the wake of the Busby report. Typing 'depleted uranium' into Google News now gets a whole page of results for just the last few days. That's the best ever. Usually the first page of results goes way back. The scandal may have finally broken. Is it too early for champagne?

I just read something that made me take heart in this lengthy report on the breaking scandal.


It's the last sentence I like. Just as no one likes to admit that DU could be an actual, existing, nightmarish problem, no one also wants to be the person to go down in history as protecting the evil demon.

In case anyone's interested, here are my FURL bookmarks for DU.

And here's a petition you can sign: