Def. some scary shit. No idea what Obama's thinking is here...

You guys realize the Russians already have thousands of nuclear weapons right? What precisely are we afraid of here?

edit: also, is this company shipping all the uranium it mines back to mother russia? Or is it selling it to US nuclear power plants/the government/whoever else the same way a US company would?

afraid of what i quoted from the article in OP just for starters... I don't get the logic behind this so maybe someone can enlighten me..... its hard to convince me that the uranium will be used exclusively in the US as the the NRC paperwork states that the transfer means the Russian president and the government of the Russian Federation have the power to direct corporate policy and therefore direct activities under the NRC license and license applications for the Wyoming facilities.

 

Originally Posted by duclover

No idea what Obama's thinking is here...

LOL! obv Obamas fault.

these are not our natural resources, they are the worlds natural resources ldo.

If it is still in the US we can do w/e we want with that company - tell them what they can/can't do - pull a Chavez move and nationalize the company on a whim

I guess this is the beauty of politics. If the gov't intervenes and doesnt allow the sale of a private company, they are labeled socialists. If they don't intervene and allow foreign takeover of resources, they are called capitalist pigs. Can't have your cake and eat it too.

 

Originally Posted by NUTZREALHUGE

the OBAMA govt gave a german solar company a ton of US land and a bunch of stimulus money to construct solar panels in the desert in socal.

why wouldnt they give away more of our resources to foreigners?

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BTW, the Indians(feather, not dot) are trying to stop this project.

LOL at the feather not dot description... no one knows what will happen to the uranium as the NRC ( Nuclear Regulatory Commission) states that the transfer means the Russian president and the government of the Russian Federation have the power to direct corporate policy and therefore direct activities under the NRC license and license applications for the Wyoming facilities. what that means is yet to be determined but i will go out on a limb here and say that it is not in the best interest of Americans to have Russia in control of 20% of OUR uranium production... do you trust russia let alone our govt to make sure the uranium stays in our country?? ARMZ, the company in question here, which is controlled by Rosatom ( who has provided uranium to Iran in the past) will be in a position of control of OUR uranium ... so um, no it is not a knee jerk reaction to blame obama but this is his administration, his appointees, and his polices so just like when people blame bush for everything over his 8 year term, it is just as easy to blame obama esp when his policies =FAIL... it is WAY bigger than obama though, this is about global govt and redistribution of wealth which is CLEARLY not in the best interest of America.. and WOW @ playwithfire saying OUR resources are the worlds... i really hope that was a level, if not, please wake up from your fairy tale....

side note: pretty sure the elections this past November provide a clear picture of the way america feels about obama and his policies... the sad thing is we may have already passed the point of no return as they have jammed through countless pieces of legislation that do nothing more than redistribute the wealth and nationalize our nation... if your still in denial about the way our country feels about obama's policies, wait until 2012, maybe you will get it

 

Originally Posted by smokey337

side note: pretty sure the elections this past November provide a clear picture of the way america feels about obama and his policies... the sad thing is we may have already passed the point of no return as they have jammed through countless pieces of legislation that do nothing more than redistribute the wealth and nationalize our nation... if your still in denial about the way our country feels about obama's policies, wait until 2012, maybe you will get it

smokey - what you're saying here doesnt make any sense. You criticize the Obama administration for the "redistribution of wealth" and nationalizing the country but in this case you are upset because they didnt nationalize uranium mines.

Are you against the nationalization of resources in your country or do you only want to nationalize specific resources? If you want to nationalize uranium because it is a threat to national security, what about your oil resources, or copper and gold? Isn't that the same socialist policy that you seem to complain about?

so you are saying that natural resources belong to "the country" and not private individuals / corporations?

Xquiz: Please honor us with everything you know about how the U.S. regulates uranium and how mining said uranium by a Russian company undermines that security. Or... just swallow whole some anti-Obama propoganda and fling it blindly without doing anything to show us you know what you are talking about. Your choice

Fair enough. I'm just playing devil's advocate here. The point being that i hear people complain about the lack of free market principles and in the very next breath they complain about lack of intervention because its a "national security threat".

If for example you were an investor in a uranimum mining company and the company had an opportunity to sell for a huge profit, the free marketers would complain if government regulation prevented the sale. If you put in place regulations that said uranium mines were not allowed to be sold to foreign investors, you as an investor or corporate interest, may not want to invest in such a company and therefore limit the success of same.

 

Originally Posted by userid363

Xquiz: Please honor us with everything you know about how the U.S. regulates uranium and how mining said uranium by a Russian company undermines that security. Or... just swallow whole some anti-Obama propoganda and fling it blindly without doing anything to show us you know what you are talking about. Your choice

I know absolutely jack shit about Uranium mining and how it is regulated.... how about that?

That said, it doesn't take a fucking mine surgeon to realize that any country with the ability to produce Uranium should regulate the fuck out of it... preferentially domestic companies for domestic use.

At very least, only allow countries who haven't threatened to nuke us into oblivion and/or had a gigantic fucking arms race with.

Please tell me how that doesn't make sense?

By the way I never said anything about Obama (in this thread). This logical assertion goes for any president. Damn, you Obamaphiles are so insecure. jeebus.

 

Originally Posted by userid363

Xquiz: Please honor us with everything you know about how the U.S. regulates uranium and how mining said uranium by a Russian company undermines that security. Or... just swallow whole some anti-Obama propoganda and fling it blindly without doing anything to show us you know what you are talking about. Your choice

Since you seem to be calling out other people when they post their view/opinion, why dont you fucking give your own opinion on this issue instead of calling out other people?