if the half life of chernobyl is 30,000 years and we invented agriculture 15,000 years ago that's a really long term investment. not to mention living down wind if you happen to be trying to grow up.

we gotta get HOMER SIMPSON to clean all this mess up...DOH...

One more doughnut and I will save the world...DOH...Homer to the Rescue...Homer to the Rescue...

Governor Richardson is the only presidential candidate who has brought up the issue and need for a international treaty to control fissionable material among countries. Richardson is again correct and ahead of the curve of the general electorate on issue of energy in general. This not a Russian issue, this a U.S. National Security issue.

Typical comments from the liberal left.

Once again showing, and with glaring accuracy, that the collective stupidity of the Democrat Party is overshadowed ONLY by their mind numbing intellectual dishonesty.

It's the DEMOCRAT PARTY, with their "everybody is a nice person only trying to do the best they can to provide for their families after the evil Reagan lead America destroyed what was once a great and majestic land that was the communist/socialist U.S.S.R."

Blah, blah, blahbity, blah, blah blah...

Bottom line is that the Putin lead Russia, who is doing it's best to help Iran develop nuclear armaments to destroy not only Israel, but the United States as well, has no intention of stopping the most egregious smuggling of radioactive material.

Sure they arrest and stop some of the lower level smugglers, who have more stupidity than smarts, but the worst of it, of course going into Iran, somehow gets by and because of the collapse of any semblance of monetary security, those who have the money can bribe their way across any border on their way to Iran and God know what other Islamofacist countries bent on Western destruction.

And if Governor Richardson, who can't stop the most basic of illegal immigrant smuggling, let alone those illegals who come across the border on foot in New Mexico, THREERIVERSCROSSING's (obviously based on his moniker is an illegal immigrant who refuses to assimilate into this country which gives him everything at the expense of not only those who emigrate legally, but over it's own citizens as well and who has no problem bad mouthing said country) assertion that he's the only Presidential candidate who is going to be the savior against the smuggling of radioactive material is laughable at best and downright pathetic at worst. Not to mention a transparent endorsement of someone who is no more Mexican than Andy Warhol.

But again as I said, the utter blatancy of the intellectual dishonesty that is the Democrat Party is breathtakingly obvious.

Gov Richardson is an experienced capable man but Democrats prefer unknowns. The 2 most experienced Democrats, Biden and Dodd, are gone. Richardson will be out soon leaving them with 3 VERY VERY inexperienced people in Obama, Hillary and Edwards. Perhaps once a Dem has a sizeable record in office the Dem voters don't like what they see and prefer unknowns.

Most of this is nonsense on stilts.

The area around Chernobyl (except perhaps on the grounds of the reactor) is not sufficiently radioactive to be a hazard to people visiting there or to the animals living quite well there. It certainly isn't worth exporting to terrorists.

Furthermore, uranium in small quantities (such as the kilogram or two mentioned) is not even interesting. It is slightly radioactive, and requires a national level investment to remove the tiny percentage that is useful for a nuclear weapon. I really doubt that it is difficult to buy a pound or two of uranium - nor is it interesting in this context.

The Russians are blowing smoke.

Real danger involves highly radioactive material (such as that used in medicine) or barely-radioactive fissile material (plutonium or highly enriched uranium).

Governor Richardson did such a great job at the Department of Energy keeping secrets from the Chinese at Los Alamos, we surely need him as President of the United States.

The easyist way for me to know the truth is to assume that everything Bush tells me is a lie.

Bush and the Republicans have already LOST the terror wars. Bin Laden has tuned this country into a black hole of debt. The dollar will continue to weaken and things are gonna get worse... duh Bush, duh...

After the republicans supported a loser such as the bush cheeny regime, never will brains or experience be expected in a President in our lifetimes again. Money payoffs and war profiteering is all they have to be proud of??? We need total inexperience and FAST...

I hope this isn't another surge on
Supplimental Warfunding.

Although 850 incidents is troubling what bothers me even more is that over the course of 4 years our border patrol and intelligence services have made over 300 arrests on our border of groups in possession of radiological material, while some could be rather benign, like radium dial watches, some of it could be potentially dangerous. The IAEA is on record as stating that our borders are non-existent. They believe, as well as myself and many othres out there, that our government is being intentionally lax in hopes of another 9-11 type evnt that of course will give us justification to invade Mexico ( with its staggering amounts of OIL and GAS ) and of course WW3 in the middle-east.

Lets stop this before it can happen..

Please consider looking at Ron Paul for president.

I think they worry more about smugling cuban cigars from canada then they do this stuff?