[NukeNet] Another Great RRW Editorial-The Independent/Livermore

[Marylia Kelley]

Hi, check out the Livermore Independent newspaper's editorial, below,
opposing new nuclear weapons and, specifically, the design of a new warhead
(misnamed the Reliable Replacement Warhead) at Livermore Lab.

Please consider using it (and the Tri-Valley Herald editorial I circulated
on Sunday) in your advocacy and public education efforts.

That 2 local Livermore papers think this new weapons program should not go
forward AND the New York Times has editorialized against it as well SHOULD
become known to every individual and every Member of Congress!

Act today to stop new nuclear weapons!
Peace,
Marylia

EDITORIAL SECTION
THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER

Little To Celebrate (March 8, 2007)

The Bush Administration announced last week that a design team from
Lawrence Livermore and Sandia National Laboratories has been selected
for a project to upgrade the nation*s nuclear arsenal. The goal is to
develop warheads whose reliability can be assured without underground
testing. LLNL/Sandia and Los Alamos competed for the work.

Not everyone celebrated. Though the project will create jobs in
Livermore, many believe it will make the world less safe. Among the
critics was Senator Dianne Feinstein, who observed that new nuclear
weapons will essentially be created. It will encourage other countries
to follow the same path, she said.

We share the concerns. The U.S. is currently engaged in delicate
negotiations with Iran and North Korea to curb the spread of nuclear
technology. How can we with any credibility ask others to surrender
their ambitions when our own development of nuclear bombs continues?

http://www.independentnews.com/

Marylia Kelley,
Executive Director

Tri-Valley CAREs
2582 Old First Street
Livermore, CA  94551

Ph: (925) 443-7148
Fx: (925) 443-0177
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Email: marylia at trivalleycares.org or marylia at earthlink.net