[mewzilla]

Knows no borders? Neither does terrorism, but that doesn't bother the Canadians.

[SolutionsOnly]

***"There is a strong connection between U.S. and Canadian peace activists."***

There sure is a strong connection - it's their suidical naivete.

[Tallguy]

"If something happens in Bangor, we're the ones upwind. Nuclear fallout knows no border," Davies said.

Libby, babe, don't you mean DOWNWIND? Sheesh!

[Eala]

Nuclear fallout knows no border,"

I am no expert in such matters, but I am given to understand that it is actually rather difficult to set off a nuclear reaction. One has dozens of shaped charges that have to be triggered just so (using ultra-high-speed electronic switches). If it isn't, all you get is a bit of bang and a bunch of radioactive dust in the local area.

Armed with this small bit of information (Robert, help me out?), this accident didn't sound like something likely to set off a nuclear explosion with fallout reaching to Canada.

[headsonpikes]

Libby Davies is a notorious commie.

[Wheee The People]

Canada should call the UN.

[rockrr]

Sounds like some of our "friends" to the north need to change their Depends and get over it!

[Kakaze]

" "We want to know everything," George Behan, Dicks' spokesman, said yesterday. "The Navy has been very much cooperative so far and labors under some constraints because of a Defense Department rather than a Navy policy." "

No you want to broadcast everything and grandstand for votes. If it was just knowledge you needed you'd not be playing the media, instead you'd meet in committee and then assure your constituents.

[realpatriot71]

Canada can kiss our ass! Just exactly who do they think will defend their country if it were ever to be attacked? Their own bankrupt few-thousands strong military?

Canada needs to shut up and play nice or they might find themselves placed in the "US territory" category.

[The Great RJ]

The Canadians should be happy that the US nuclear umbrella, not to mention US military forces protect them. Lord knows they have bankrupted their own military forces and no longer have the means of seriously defending their country.

[Militiaman7]

To: Libby Davies

Quit your whining, you waste of human skin. If it wasn't for the US Military you'd be in a gulag in Siberia or have been lined up against a wall and shot.

Signed

Citizens of the USA

[Siegfried]

The congressmen want to cut through doublespeak.

Now there's the funniest line I've read in a long time!
HAHAHAHAHA!

[teletech]

Hey Kanada, put some ice on it!

[HoustonCurmudgeon]

I am no expert at this, having only been assigned to nuclear missile battalions for a little over two years, but I believe the chance of an explosion being caused by a puncture of the nose cone is EXACTLY 0% though my guess might be somewhat high!

[dennisw]

In 1982 Libby was elected to Vancouver City Council and served 5 consecutive terms. She became involved in every community issue, from protecting community services to developing affordable housing, fighting for parks and working for the elimination of poverty.

From 1994 to 1997 Libby worked with the Hospital Employees' Union (HEU) serving in the role of Ombudsperson for Human Rights, as well as Complaints Investigator, and Coordinator of Human Resources

Since being elected Member of Parliament, Libby has provided a strong voice for East Vancouver. In the House of Commons she has consistently raised issues of concern to her constituents including community safety, affordable housing, adequate childcare, and post-secondary education. Libby's community office has helped hundreds of residents with federal government matters such as immigration, student loans, employment insurance, taxation, pensions, and Aboriginal affairs.

Libby has been an outspoken advocate for drug policy reforms to stop the criminalization of drug users and the harm caused by Canada's prohibitionist policies. Libby has received awards from organizations such as the Vancouver and District Labour Council and the YMCA who have acknowledged her lifelong fight for social justice and equality.

Born in 1953 in England, Libby came to Canada in 1968. She moved to Vancouver in 1969 and has one son, Lief Eriksen. She lives with her partner, Kimberly Elliott.

[patriot_wes]

"The incident occurred when a missile being extracted from the USS Georgia's No. 16 tube smacked into an access ladder left in the tube, punching a 9-inch hole in the missile's nose cone."

they left a ladder in the tube?? is this an Abbott & Costello moment or what? The maintenance crew needs a time out.

[FierceDraka]

This is coming from politicians and "activists" who know absolutely nothing about how nuclear weapons or nuclear power actually work.

I'll bet that if you were to mention the words "neutron flux", "tritium", "mass-to-energy conversion rate", and "yield" in a coherant sentence, their eyes would glaze over for a second or two before they spout off, "It's all Bush's fault!"

You could knock an unprimed nuclear warhead around all you want, and you wouldn't get any kind of nuclear explosion, much less any of the above-mentioned "fallout".

Unless, of course, some jerk was to tear the device down and set the plutonium core elements on fire or something like that. Highly unlikely.

(Sigh) But when have the facts ever had any bearing on what these fear-mongering demagogues spew from their pie-holes, eh?

[TheDon]

LOL! I don't know why the Canuks are whining. They would have received the same notification as everyone else, a nuclear mushroom cloud. Other than that, there is nothing else that would bother them.

[hgro]

These Canadian ninnies (a small proportion of Canadians)
should get the hell out of Dodge