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I would like to thank each and every veteran out there for your service and sacrifice you have done for our country. A very special Thank You goes out to my two older brothers, my younger brother, and to my father for your service.

John Pointer

“On Veterans Day, we pay tribute to our veterans, to the fallen, and to their families. To honor their contributions to our Nation, let us strive with renewed determination to keep the promises we have made to all who have answered our country’s call. As we fulfill our obligations to them, we keep faith with the patriots who have risked their lives to preserve our Union, and with the ideals of service and sacrifice upon which our Republic was founded.”

President Barack Obama

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/11/03/presidential-proclamation-veterans-day-2011

Armistice/Veterans Day

Armistice Day marks the anniversary of the signing of the Armistice by Germany on the 11 hour of the 11 day of the 11 month in 1918, bringing an end to World War I.

 Armistice with Germany

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armistice_with_Germany_(Compi%C3%A8gne)

“To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country’s service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of the nations…”

Woodrow Wilson, 28^th President of the United States

 Woodrow Wilson Library

http://www.woodrowwilson.org/

On June 1, 1954, November 11 became Veterans Day in the United States, a day of honor for all veterans. It is still called Armistice Day in Europe, and Remembrance Day in the British Commonwealth.

History of Veterans Day

http://www.va.gov/opa/vetsday/vetdayhistory.asp

National Day of Remembrance ceremony at Colorado State Capital The National Day of Remembrance on America’s Nuclear Workers. Footage from The Denver Post.

Sunday, October 30, 2011 is National Day of Remembrance for all nuclear workers nationwide. The Rocky Flats workers will be meeting on the west steps of the State Capital building at noon, in Denver, Colorado.

The Day of Remembrance honors the scores of men and women who supported the nation’s nuclear efforts during the Cold War.

Mark Udall (D-Colorado)joined U.S. senators Jeff Bingaman (D-New Mexico), Lamar Alexander (R-Tennessee), Harry Reid (D-Nevada), Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky), Maria Cantwell (D-Washington), Bob Corker (R-Tennessee), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Tom Udall (D-New Mexico) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-New York) in announcing Senate passage of S. Res. 275.

“After World War II, hundreds of thousands of Americans went to work to build our nation’s nuclear arsenal and help us win the Cold War, and many were exposed to dangerous substances on the job, often without their knowledge. Among them were thousands of Coloradans who worked at the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site. I’ll continue fighting to get them the compensation they deserve, and I’m proud to recognize and thank them for their sacrifices.” Mark Udall

The bipartisan resolution unanimously passed the Senate on September 26, 2011. Yes, there can be bipartisan in Washington after all.

Mark Udall’s Website

 http://markudall.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=1504

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) (1) announced today that the last of the B53 nuclear bombs has been dismantled at the Pantex Plant, outside Amarillo, Texas.

“The dismantlement process includes four steps: retiring a weapon from active or inactive service; returning and staging it at NNSA’s Pantex Plant; taking it apart by physically separating the high explosives from the special nuclear material; and processing the material and components, which includes evaluation, reuse, demilitarization, sanitization, recycling and ultimate disposal.” (2)

The B53, (or the Mk-53, according to the Nuclear Weapons Archives) was manufactured between August, 1962 and June, 1965. The early models were retired beginning in 1967, with 50 remaining in permanent stockpile until 1997.

What the article doesn’t state is that there were 350 of these weapons produced, each with the capacity of 9 Megatons each. (3)

“All current nuclear bombs are designated either “B” or “W” followed by a number. Gravity bombs are designated with a “B.” In the 1940s and 1950s, nuclear warheads were assigned “Mark” (Mk) numbers, which were used interchangeably with the designations B and W. Other designations include: “TN” (thermonuclear), “TX” (experimental but cancelled warheads), “EC” for emergency capability, “S” for some atomic artillery shells, “ER” for enhanced radiation (neutron bomb), and “EP” for earth penetrator.”

Total warhead production between 1945 and 1990 stands at 70,299, Table 1-3 Atomic Audit, Brookings Institute (4)

Current United States Stockpile as of May 3, 2010: 5115 (5) 

End Part One

 Peace,

JP

 (1) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

http://nnsa.energy.gov/ourmission

 (2) NNSA Announces Dismantlement of Last B53 Nuclear Bomb-10/25/2011

http://nnsa.energy.gov/mediaroom/pressreleases/b53dismantle102511

B53 Fact Sheet

http://nnsa.energy.gov/print/mediaroom/factsheets/b53factsheet

(3) Nuclear Weapons Archives

http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Usa/Weapons/Allbombs.html

 (4) Atomic Audit The Costs and Consequences of U.S. Nuclear Weapons Since 1940

http://www.brookings.edu/press/Books/1998/atomic.aspx

(5) U.S. Nuclear Forces, 2010

http://www.thebulletin.org/files/066003008.pdf

US Congressman Ed Perlmutter, Colorado to address Rocky Flats claimants 8/27/11

 Quaker Steak & Lube | 10392 Reed Street

Westminster, Co. 80021 | 303-460-9464 (WING)

Get Directions

Lunch at 11:00 AM | Meeting will be starting at noonish  

After surviving two rounds of cuts from hundreds of applicants, our film is in the top 13 for consideration for this prestigious and much needed production grant. We are very honored to have made it this far!

http://www.fromtheheartproductions.com/finalists_ny_film.shtml

Read the entire article at: http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/677-e2-wire/176391-in-legal-challenges-groups-call-for-nuclear-licensing-moratorium-

From the Associated Press

By ERIC TALMADGE and MARI YAMAGUCHI
Associated Press

NAMIE, Japan (AP) — Japan’s system to forecast radiation threats was working from the moment its nuclear crisis began. As officials planned a venting operation certain to release radioactivity into the air, the system predicted Karino Elementary School would be directly in the path of the plume emerging from the tsunami-hit Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant.

But the prediction helped no one. Nobody acted on it.

Read the entire article at: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_JAPAN_EARTHQUAKE_ENDANGERED_LIVES?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

From Associated Press today:

By YURI KAGEYAMA
Associated Press

“… Mayor Tomihisa Taue called on Japan to change its nuclear policy and reject not just atomic weapons but also nuclear power – as decades-old fears of radiation sickness were renewed in March by a nuclear power plant disaster following a massive earthquake and tsunami.

“Why must this nation that has so long fought for bomb victims once again live in fear of radiation?” Taue said. “The time has come to thoroughly talk about what kind of society we want and make a choice.”

Read the entire article at: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_JAPAN_NAGASAKI?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT