tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post1518629885964258807..comments2024-03-28T22:32:26.220-07:00Comments on LLNL - The True Story -: U.S. Nuclear Weapons Agency to Delay Work on Interoperable WarheadUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger149125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-11160158269228261982014-03-09T14:17:25.197-07:002014-03-09T14:17:25.197-07:00Essentially correct, except it is important to poi...Essentially correct, except it is important to point out that none of the "incidents" except Wen Ho Lee (and the Quintana case, which occurred after the advent of LANS) turned out to have any substance. Congress reacted in typical knee-jerk fashion, and the long-standing weakness of UC management left them (UC) with no viable or robust defense, so they caved and gave us Nanos. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-19277860014831919802014-03-09T13:31:49.667-07:002014-03-09T13:31:49.667-07:00Fair or not, it was a series of incidents primaril...Fair or not, it was a series of incidents primarily at LANL that brought the attention of Congress to the UC-managed labs, and led to what we have now. There was a strong Bush-era push towards "privatization", some well-publicized incidents that brought the labs into the radar, and no one in a position to stop it. UC was a hands-off laissez-faire manager, and that did work for years, but it also allowed a "cowboy culture" to continue at LANL, and that plus some bad luck and bad timing led to LANS and LLNS.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-49863739850493093412014-03-09T10:08:34.804-07:002014-03-09T10:08:34.804-07:00"Irrelevant. You can't dismiss the counte..."Irrelevant. You can't dismiss the counter to your claim by saying that no one knows about it.<br /><br />March 8, 2014 at 9:50 PM"<br /><br />The big money was in the NNSA labs, also you can always scream national security concerns in the takeover. <br />Argonne was not worth it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-69091548659208805852014-03-08T21:50:38.102-08:002014-03-08T21:50:38.102-08:00March 8, 2014 at 7:39 PM
Irrelevant. You can'...March 8, 2014 at 7:39 PM<br /><br />Irrelevant. You can't dismiss the counter to your claim by saying that no one knows about it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-8806571817533905682014-03-08T19:39:34.436-08:002014-03-08T19:39:34.436-08:00I doubt if there are more than a half dozen congre...I doubt if there are more than a half dozen congressmen who know where Argonne is, much less what it does. Nuclear weapons, however, are of great interest inside the beltway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-36746171032021179322014-03-08T13:32:10.633-08:002014-03-08T13:32:10.633-08:00by the late 90's the corporate takeover model ...by the late 90's the corporate takeover model was so strong that everything was going to be taken over regardless. <br /><br />March 8, 2014 at 11:56 AM<br /><br />I guess Argonne had good university management, as opposed to LANL and LLNL which had UC.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-63069323561021213102014-03-08T11:56:06.270-08:002014-03-08T11:56:06.270-08:00"The need for NNSA might not have arisen if U..."The need for NNSA might not have arisen if UC had been doing its job.<br /><br />March 8, 2014 at 10:49 AM"<br /><br />I keep saying this but I would contend UC was doing the job very well for 60 years but by the late 90's the corporate takeover model was so strong that everything was going to be taken over regardless. <br />I know it is easy to blame UC but this was about money for corporations nothing more and nothing less. Of course this has consequences and we are seeing it happen. There is a reason America is in decline the labs where just one small little piece in this game. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-6177355419040253462014-03-08T10:49:47.349-08:002014-03-08T10:49:47.349-08:00The decline of the labs began with the creation of...The decline of the labs began with the creation of the NNSA to prevent "the inmates running the asylum." <br /><br />March 8, 2014 at 7:06 AM<br /><br />The need for NNSA might not have arisen if UC had been doing its job.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-28705191665224104782014-03-08T07:06:48.463-08:002014-03-08T07:06:48.463-08:00The decline of the labs began with the creation of...The decline of the labs began with the creation of the NNSA to prevent "the inmates running the asylum." Then, The decline of the labs was firmly established by privatization. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-62533555453342006302014-03-07T19:26:46.024-08:002014-03-07T19:26:46.024-08:00Which is, after 60 years of the "inmates runn...Which is, after 60 years of the "inmates running the asylum", the nuclear weapon stockpile at the heart of our national security.<br /><br />March 7, 2014 at 5:20 PM<br /><br />No, the "result" is that the National Labs are in serious decline, and the nuclear weapon stockpile is too, not helped by the fact that there is no one left at the labs who ever saw a nuclear weapon detonation above ground, or who can plan and execute a fully instrumented underground nuclear weapon detonation. What do you think will happen if the annual stockpile reliability report is ever made public?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-333958756661321942014-03-07T17:20:39.425-08:002014-03-07T17:20:39.425-08:00It is never a good idea to allow the inmates to ru...It is never a good idea to allow the inmates to run the asylum. The proof is in the result.<br /> <br />March 7, 2014 at 9:16 AM<br /><br />Which is, after 60 years of the "inmates running the asylum", the nuclear weapon stockpile at the heart of our national security.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-40990215789877115962014-03-07T09:16:02.428-08:002014-03-07T09:16:02.428-08:00Can someone please explain why UC was so bad?
Feb...Can someone please explain why UC was so bad?<br /><br />February 23, 2014 at 7:52 AM<br /><br />They were not that bad until Glenn Mara joined them. <br /><br />March 7, 2014 at 7:49 AM<br /><br />That's a very short-sighted and historically ignorant answer. UC's sins were ones of omission. Long-standing benevolent neglect in the face of a changing world did the labs no favors. It is never a good idea to allow the inmates to run the asylum. The proof is in the result.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-63838185504990273682014-03-07T07:49:47.734-08:002014-03-07T07:49:47.734-08:00Can someone please explain why UC was so bad?
Feb...Can someone please explain why UC was so bad?<br /><br />February 23, 2014 at 7:52 AM<br /><br />They were not that bad until Glenn Mara joined them. He then then became a puppet of the "Big Three" i.e. McMillan, Knapp, and Anastasio. His only goal was to pad and protect himself and this "crew".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-57656784761917747412014-03-02T21:28:03.038-08:002014-03-02T21:28:03.038-08:00As for Putin you have no idea what Bush would have...As for Putin you have no idea what Bush would have done. The situation in Ukraine and what we may want out of it is might be slightly more complex than you think.<br /><br />March 2, 2014 at 7:36 PM<br /><br />As for Bush, we know what he "would have done." He did NOTHING when Putin invaded Georgia.<br /><br />As for the "complexity" of the Ukraine situation, it is no more complex than the (western at least) Ukrainians wanting a western-style democracy and willing to die to get it, the Russians being completely unwilling to give up their only warm-water port, and Putin seeing clearly that the US citizenry, and especially its President, are in extreme withdrawal mode from the world stage, almost as bad as just after WWI, and therefore seeing a very great opportunity for Russia to reassert itself as a major world power challenging the US and the west. His reasoning is the same in Syria, Iran, and Egypt. Not so complex, but much too much so for our light-weight President. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-6993765656583899302014-03-02T19:36:58.603-08:002014-03-02T19:36:58.603-08:00"March 2, 2014 at 2:59 PM
Bush served his co..."March 2, 2014 at 2:59 PM<br /><br />Bush served his country in the military. Obama did not. Bush had solid business experience. Obama does not. Bush took serious concrete steps to protect America (although you may disagree with them). Obama has not.<br /><br />Obama does not want to get into any situation that he cannot talk himself out of, because that's all he's got. Putin is rolling him, and you cannot excuse that fact by saying that Putin rolled Bush too. Obama never learned the lesson.<br /><br />March 2, 2014 at 7:21 PM"<br /><br />The first few points are very very weak. Obama and Bush are about the same when it comes to terrorism or keeping America safe, but I have problems with both. As for Putin you have no idea what Bush would have done. The situation in Ukraine and what we may want out of it is might be slightly more complex than you think. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-87106871245660578052014-03-02T19:21:54.378-08:002014-03-02T19:21:54.378-08:00you need to be consistent when you say Bush was th...you need to be consistent when you say Bush was the opposite of Obama.<br /><br />March 2, 2014 at 2:59 PM<br /><br />Bush served his country in the military. Obama did not. Bush had solid business experience. Obama does not. Bush took serious concrete steps to protect America (although you may disagree with them). Obama has not.<br /><br />Obama does not want to get into any situation that he cannot talk himself out of, because that's all he's got. Putin is rolling him, and you cannot excuse that fact by saying that Putin rolled Bush too. Obama never learned the lesson.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-51067253120083662432014-03-02T14:59:01.272-08:002014-03-02T14:59:01.272-08:00"Re-upped the Patriot Act;
Drastically increa..."Re-upped the Patriot Act;<br />Drastically increased drone killings;<br />Drastically increased deportation of illegals;<br />Kept Guantanamo open;<br />Drastically increased NSA surveillance.<br /><br />Guess you hate him too.<br /><br />March 2, 2014 at 11:16 AM"<br /><br />Indeed and you have just pointed out Obama is Bush 2.0. I have no problem with people bashing on Obama it is just that you need to be consistent when you say Bush was the opposite of Obama.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-64558504245699202132014-03-02T11:16:41.622-08:002014-03-02T11:16:41.622-08:00Obama has:
Re-upped the Patriot Act;
Drastically ...Obama has:<br /><br />Re-upped the Patriot Act;<br />Drastically increased drone killings;<br />Drastically increased deportation of illegals;<br />Kept Guantanamo open;<br />Drastically increased NSA surveillance.<br /><br />Guess you hate him too.<br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-8785787690575818802014-03-02T05:25:03.505-08:002014-03-02T05:25:03.505-08:00"Nice try, you Bush-hating liberal turd.
Mar..."Nice try, you Bush-hating liberal turd.<br /><br />March 1, 2014 at 9:30 PM"<br /><br />Hating Bush does not make one a liberal. <br /><br /><br />"He who would trade liberty for some temporary security, deserves neither liberty nor security."<br />Benjamin_FranklinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-89496908554458866602014-03-01T21:30:59.777-08:002014-03-01T21:30:59.777-08:00March 1, 2014 at 6:04 PM
Nice try, you Bush-hatin...March 1, 2014 at 6:04 PM<br /><br />Nice try, you Bush-hating liberal turd.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-45626478409316662382014-03-01T21:29:17.071-08:002014-03-01T21:29:17.071-08:00Goo Goo Goo Joob. Beatcha to it!
Goo Goo Goo Joob. Beatcha to it!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-6387468028968107632014-03-01T19:39:16.175-08:002014-03-01T19:39:16.175-08:00I am the walrus,I am the walrus,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-15786838231647192412014-03-01T18:04:13.683-08:002014-03-01T18:04:13.683-08:00
The Iraq war was won by Bush in 2003. Iraq cause...<br /><br />The Iraq war was won by Bush in 2003. Iraq caused 9/11, we liberated the region and the civilians are much better off. American was a prison before 9/11 now we are a free people. Jesus may not be an American but he is a Texan. I hate scientists and I hate Obama. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-12821081178394230112014-03-01T17:56:15.460-08:002014-03-01T17:56:15.460-08:00I am the eggman.I am the eggman.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-18093906621741451932014-03-01T10:31:21.316-08:002014-03-01T10:31:21.316-08:00March 1, 2014 at 7:45 AM:
I am February 28, 2014 ...March 1, 2014 at 7:45 AM:<br /><br />I am February 28, 2014 at 9:06 PM. I am NOT February 28, 2014 at 11:46 AM. Your childish anger is getting the best of you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com