No more Oak Ridges

Now is not then

The History Channel last night, as part of it's "Lost World's" series, aired "Secret Cities of the A-Bomb."  In 1943 the government decided to build an atomic bomb, and selected Oak Ridge Tennessee as the site to build  laboratories to  produce U-235.  Farmers who occupied the land were given 2 weeks to leave their property, with ''It's for the war effort." the only explanation offered.  The scale of construction at Oak Ridge, and another at Los Alamos, N.M., is still mind boggling.  The largest building in American history was constructed almost overnight.  One-seventh of all the electricity generated  in the United States during this period was used in the enrichment process.  Entire cities, with grocery stores, schools, movie theaters, and housing just popped up.  From decision to bang took just 28 months.  An observer marveled, ''It would take that long today just to do the environmental impact studies." Which would almost certainly end in rejection. We, obviously, no longer have the same capability to defend.  What do you think FDR would have ordered done to anti-Americans attempting to stop deliveries of construction material to Oak Ridge?  Some years ago I opined that we could no longer win any war as long as today's democrats had any influence in government.  Those  sentiments have only hardened.  If you asked me to prepare  wanted posters for those most responsible,  I'd deliver pictures of every democrat who has served on the Senate Judiciary Committee since 1974.  They have hamstrung us, and will deliver us to evil.  That's what I think.