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    :: Sunday, April 20, 2008 ::

    Leaving Cheyenne Mountain: How I Learned to Start Worrying and Loathe the Bomb - by William Astore, TomDispatch.com
    As Americans, shouldn't we again learn to start worrying and loathe the bomb – so much so that we roll up our collective sleeves and work to eliminate it from our planet? It's never too late to cash-in whatever peace-dividend chips still remain. And as we walk away with the last of our Cold War winnings – no matter how meager – let's leave behind as well the bunker and barrier mentality that went with them.
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