Sunday, April 05, 2009

Onto A Nuclear Weapons Free Planet

Barack Obama - CONFIDENCEImage by springhill2008 via Flickr

If we are a sane species, nuclear weapons will never be used. And nuclear weapons are not a good way to try and see if we are sane or what. They take a lot of money to build, and a ton of money to store. They are scary things to keep around even when not used. For some countries to have them, and then preach others to not have them, that is "nuclear apartheid," not my original phrase. The most powerful person on earth standing for a nuclear weapons free world is likely the biggest boost a non proliferation agenda will get.

I have wondered a long long time as to why someone powerful enough will not take this sane position. Finally President Barack has stepped out. He just reminded me why I came out to support him even before he announced he was running.

In The News

Obama pledges to pursue the elimination of nuclear weapons · News(General) Los Angeles Times, CA
Obama nuclear vision
ABC Online, Australia
Obama calls for total nuclear disarmament
Independent, UK
North Korea tests missile as Obama urges denuclearization
Canada.com, Canada
Obama outlines sweeping goal of nuclear-free world
Daily Times, Pakistan
Obama promises leadership to rid world of nuclear arms
Irish Times, Ireland
North Korea rocket puts Barack Obama on nuclear alert · News(General)
Times Online, UK
Leave Turkey’s bid to join EU to us, Nicolas Sarkozy warns Barack ...
Times Online, UK
Obama calls for Turkey's admission to EU
Radio Netherlands, Netherlands
Obama in Turkey after 'nuclear-free world' speech
ABC Online, Australia
Text of President Obama in Prague Washington Post, United States we have an obligation to our common prosperity and our common humanity to extend a hand to those emerging markets and impoverished people who are suffering the most, which is why we set aside over a trillion dollars for the International Monetary Fund ......... We are targeting the same al-Qaida terrorists who have struck from New York to London ....... dangers that recognize no borders ...... The existence of thousands of nuclear weapons is the most dangerous legacy of the Cold War. No nuclear war was fought between the United States and the Soviet Union, but generations lived with the knowledge that their world could be erased in a single flash of light. Cities like Prague that had existed for centuries would have ceased to exist. ......... In a strange turn of history, the threat of global nuclear war has gone down, but the risk of a nuclear attack has gone up. More nations have acquired these weapons. Testing has continued. Black markets trade in nuclear secrets and materials. The technology to build a bomb has spread. Terrorists are determined to buy, build or steal one. Our efforts to contain these dangers are centered in a global nonproliferation regime, but as more people and nations break the rules, we could reach the point when the center cannot hold. ........... New York or Moscow, Islamabad or Mumbai, Tokyo or Tel Aviv, Paris or Prague ....... as a nuclear power _as the only nuclear power to have used a nuclear weapon ......... my administration will immediately and aggressively pursue U.S. ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty ....... If we are serious about stopping the spread of these weapons, then we should put an end to the dedicated production of weapons grade materials that create them. ........ The basic bargain is sound: countries with nuclear weapons will move toward disarmament, countries without nuclear weapons will not acquire them; and all countries can access peaceful nuclear energy. ......... a new framework for civil nuclear cooperation, including an international fuel bank ........ We want Iran to take its rightful place in the community of nations, politically and economically. We will support Iran's right to peaceful nuclear energy with rigorous inspections. ....... One terrorist with a nuclear weapon could unleash massive destruction. al-Qaida has said that it seeks a bomb. And we know that there is unsecured nuclear material across the globe. ....... a new international effort to secure all vulnerable nuclear material around the world within four years. ....... turn efforts such as the Proliferation Security Initiative and the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism into durable international institutions ......... When nations and peoples allow themselves to be defined by their differences, the gulf between them widens.










YouTube: London Summit 2009

In a Town With Few Immigrants, an Unlikely Horror New York Times
Our alliance is part and parcel of UPA, says Lalu Prasad Hindu
India ready with $20 bn for IMF, not for stimulus Indian Express
Barack Obama and the G20, Nato and EU-US summits
guardian.co.uk
Obama May Lift US Travel Restrictions to Cuba, Official Says
Bloomberg
From the hills of Nepal, making music in NYC
msnbc.com
The isolation of George Fernandes
Indian Express
Congress' budget blueprint contains a warning to Obama
Los Angeles Times
India's political kaleidoscope comes alive
Hindu
China: G20 summit boosts confidence
China Daily
What is Biz Stone doing?
San Francisco Chronicle
Google Seen As Being Likely To Partner With, Not Buy, Twitter Wall Street Journal
Levi Johnston says Sarah Palin let him and Bristol share a room
Chicago Tribune

Political parties differ over Nepal's new constitution
Hindu
Clinton Reveals Small Contacts With Iran Washington Post
Opinion poll says NDA will sweep Bihar, keep MP
Indian Express
George Fernandes expelled from JD (U) Times of India
Bihar not to allow Wal-Mart-Bharti stores Economic Times
Obama counsels 'effective dialogue' between India and Pak Hindu
Biz Stone Plays It Cool On Colbert Washington Post
Google buying - or not buying - Twitter San Francisco Chronicle
Why Google Should Buy Twitter
PC Magazine
I'm in pain, says Amitabh NDTV.com
Amitabh Bachchan tops India celeb power list Reuters India
Amitabh Bachchan to launch his own news channel—India 24/7 Spicezee
IBM And Sun: There Will Be Blood
Forbes



Leaked drafts of Gordon Brown's 'Global new deal' plans
'Terror plot' to disrupt G20 summit uncovered'Fourth Front' has suitors queueing up Times of India, India
Union ministers gear up for battle royale in Bihar
The Statesman, India
RJD spokesman joins Congress
Times of India, India
Turncoats make a beeline to Congress in Bihar
Times of India, India
Suspicious Congress aims to cut allies to size
Times of India, India
Friends again
Indian Express, India
'Secular Alliance' will open card on PM after polls: Paswan
Press Trust of India, India

Sonia, Rahul, Manmohan to campaign in Bihar Times of India
Obama Says He Is Bringing Sharper Focus to Afghan War Washington Post
McCain: I'd like to see Palin compete for 2012 WH bid CNN Political Ticker
GOP watch: Jindal vs. Obama msnbc.com
Bobby Jindal Don't Like No Science And Don't Like No Art-- So That ...
Huffington Post
Nepal Maoists isolated as key partner begins stir against govt Press Trust of India
Nepal celebrates first person to scale top peaks of all continents Xinhua
Fourth Front forward Hindustan Times
Congress fights battle for revival in Bihar Hindu
All eyes on Manmohan-Obama meet on April 2
Times of India
World looks to India to spur global economy: PM AFP
Sprint Pushing 'Clear' WiMAX to 10 Cities in 2009
PC Magazine Atlanta, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Forth Worth, Honolulu, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, Portland, and Seattle. Next year, that will also expand to Boston, Houston, New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C Sprint also plans to introduce new 4G devices over the next two years, including a single-mode 4G data card, embedded laptops, a small-office-home-office broadband modem and a tri-mode phone. ...... cities planned for 2010 - which includes the Big Kahuna, New York City
Sprint preps 15-city WiMAX roll-out Register
Is Women's Pro Soccer Really Coming Back Now? TIME
Verizon Wireless Rep: 'Yep, Netbooks On The Way' InformationWeek Verizon competitor AT&T already offers a netbook in a partnership with RadioShack. The $99 device requires a two-year contract, which costs $60 per month for 5GB of wireless broadband data.
Madonna in Malawi, Part Deux Christian Science Monitor

Banking Plan Propels Wall St. to Best Day in Months
New York Times
India likely to provide 500 mw to Nepal Economic Times
More trouble for Lalu as SP joins Bihar poll fray Indian Express
Details of David Letterman's Surprise Wedding Revealed People Magazine
Stay focused on big picture, Obama urges
USA Today
Obama says Geithner defied critics on US bank plan
Reuters
US Market Responds Well To Obama's Toxic-Debt Plan RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Jindal to GOP: Time for navel-gazing over
Dallas Morning News He opened with a joke, comparing his last speech to torture, and quipped it's not allowed at Gitmo anymore. ...... "The Republican Party has decided once again to be the conservative party in America," Jindal told a crowd of about 1,200 people at the GOP congressional fundraising dinner. "It's been almost five months since the last election. It's time to declare our time of introspection and navel-gazing over." ........ He urged his colleagues to be the party of ideas and better solutions and launched into a survey of policy areas, starting with health care, one of his areas of expertise.
La. Gov. Jindal urges GOP to stand up to Obama The Associated Press Jindal opened his speech by poking fun of himself. He threatened to deliver a reprise of the earlier performance and then jokingly compared it to torture. ..... "They're not allowed to show my speech at Gitmo anymore," he said. "They've banned that."
'Bobby Jindal not in race for 2012 presidential polls' Indian Express Supriya Jindal, wife of Indian-American Republican leader Bobby Jindal, has denied that her husband is in the race for 2012 US presidential elections
Bobby Jindal at-bat against Obama (II) The Swamp - Tribune's Washington Bureau
'Hillary: The Movie' gets high court attention CNN
Paswan tries to expand LJP base outside Bihar Times of India
RJD to field candidates against Cong in Bihar: Lalu
Press Trust of India
RJD-LJP will contest all Bihar seats: Lalu NDTV.com
Congress to contest 37 seats in Bihar Sify
India's Nano, Driving Like a (National) Dream Washington Post
Obama rejects China's call for new global currency AFP China's call for a new global currency as an alternative to the dollar. ..... a replacement of the dollar, installed as the reserve currency after World War II, with a different standard run by the International Monetary Fund. ...... Zhou suggested the IMF's Special Drawing Rights, a currency basket comprising dollars, euros, sterling and yen, could serve as a super-sovereign reserve currency, saying it would not be easily influenced by the policies of individual countries...... the world's largest holder of US dollars as a reserve currency, at more than one trillion dollars. ....... Russia has also proposed the summit discuss creating a supranational reserve currency.
China's plan to end the dollar era Financial Times It would, of course, make it more difficult for the US to finance its deficits. But America should not want the world to be yoked so tightly to its willingness to generate demand. Such imbalances are at the root of this crisis. ......... Married with other necessary reforms, this plan would also empower the IMF to act more flexibly. ....... Beijing now wants to play an active role in reshaping the world monetary order.
Obama's TV push jolts presidential tradition Los Angeles Times "It took me a couple of days because I like to know what I'm talking about before I speak, OK?" ..... Television launched him from Chicago politician to presidential candidate, and if it ain't broke don't fix it. ....... lucidly explaining complex issues while exuding the calm and easy dignity ...... As the first real television president, John Kennedy managed to make even civil service seem glamorous. ....... He prefers basketball to golf, never seems to know who gets to keep what pen and his first big, real fight as president was to keep hold of his BlackBerry. ...... the ultimate Ready for Prime Time President -- an American leader in the era of reality television. He came of age in front of cameras and digital screens, and he understands not just their power, but their nature. ....The Obama brand is about calm amid chaos, strength through humility, and transparency through television.
Google makes changes to search results Los Angeles Times
“WiMAX has seen very good traction and adoption in India”, says ... TelecomTiger
Amitabh gets back to politics Oneindia
Amitabh Bachchan in a political thriller Apun Ka Choice
Stanford gets international soccer match San Jose Mercury News
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Obama floats questions at astronauts Los Angeles Times











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