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LOl, wish i'd read yours a bit earlier, lol .. thanks for bringing all Steph's 2007s back .. excellent .. the
pictures are extra something too .. the first place i read that Russia had invaded Afghanistan because
of CIA involvement in that country was years ago in Helen Caldicott's 'Missile Envy' .. will just sneak
this little one in here .. here for an .. UGH! YEAH, SURE what's new .. haha LOLOL .. on corruption
in the military-industrial complex posted Friday, October 17, 2008 2:44:05 AM, on another board.
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LOLOLOL, corruption in military contracts. That's new.

Have you read Helen Caldicott's, Missile Envy?

Umm, let's see .. p 274 ..

"A Minuteman 11 screw cost $1.08 in 1982 and
$36.77 in 1983 .. an increase of 3,300 percent"

"A tiny electric connector plug for FB-111 air-
craft cost $7.99 in 1982 and $726.86 in 1983"

p 275 .. Contractors had $11.2 billion worth of
equipment in 1981 furnished free by the Pentagon.
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Missile Envy .. good book if you've missed it .. Helen Caldicott ..



During her time in the United States from 1977 to 1986, Caldicott was involved with Physicians for Social Responsibility (founded originally in 1961), an organization of 23,000 doctors committed to educating others on what they claimed were the dangers of nuclear energy. She also worked abroad to establish similar groups that focused on education about what she said were risks of nuclear energy, nuclear weapons and nuclear war. One such international group (International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War) was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1985. She herself received the Humanist of the Year award from the American Humanist Association in 1982. ..............

In 1995 Caldicott returned to the US where she lectured for the New School of Social Research on
the Media, Global Politics, and the Environment. She also hosted a weekly radio show on WBAI
(Pacifica) and became the Founding President of the STAR (Standing for Truth About Radiation) Foundation.

Her sixth book, The New Nuclear Danger: George W. Bush’s Military Industrial Complex, was published in 2001. While touring with that book, she founded the Nuclear Policy Research Institute, headquartered in Washington, DC. NPRI seeks to facilitate an ongoing public education campaign in the mainstream media about what it perceives as the dangers of nuclear energy, including weapons and power programs and policies. It is led by both Caldicott and Executive Director Julie R. Enszer. NPRI has attempted to create a consensus to end all uses of nuclear energy and destroy the nuclear age by means of public education campaigns, establishing a presence in the mainstream media, and sponsoring high-profile symposia.

In May 2003, Caldicott gave a lecture entitled "The New Nuclear Threat" at the University
of San Diego's Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice Distinguished Lecture Series.

A 2004 documentary film, 'Helen's War: portrait of a dissident',[4] provides
a look into Dr. Caldicott's life through the eyes of her niece, filmmaker Anna Broinowski.

Caldicott currently splits her time between the United States and Australia and continues to lecture widely to promote her views on nuclear energy use, including weapons and power. She has been awarded 20 honorary doctoral degrees and was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Nobel Laureate Linus Pauling. She was awarded the Lannan Foundation Prize for Cultural Freedom in 2003, and in 2006, the Peace Organisation of Australia presented her with the inaugural Australian Peace Prize "for her longstanding commitment to raising awareness about the medical and environmental hazards of the nuclear age". The Smithsonian Institution has named Caldicott as one of the most influential women of the 20th century.

Since July 14, 2008, Dr. Caldicott has hosted an hour-long weekly radio program, "If You Love This Planet." The show
originates from KPFT and is broadcast on fifteen other stations, including two in Canada and one in Australia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Caldicott

Dr. Caldicott deserves one further mention here. In reply a 2003 interview by Andrew Denton on ABC TV Australia .. it's dated, but always way-out, worse scenario .. never happen i expect and hope, but certainly grateful to her for placing it in the public domain ..