As the winds and rain roar around us the sounds of political chatter emanates from the T.V.

I listen on and off, with waning interest. The American political system is as tedious as I have ever seen. By the time they reach the actual election, I imagine most people have stopped listening to what the candidates have to say.

In fairness though, the system obviously does work when the push comes to shove. The voting turnout in the democratic primaries has been unseen for a long time. As the campaign moves from in-fighting and focuses on the Republican party, as it seems to be doing, there will be new interest generated in the ideas that each side has to offer.

What worries me is something seen not only in the United States, but all around the western world. That is the politics of fear; employing the fear of every-day citizens to consolidate power and to decay civil liberties.

What kind of threat is terrorism? It is hard to counter-act through conventional means, and it’s results can be catastrophic, but the chances of being hit are quite slim. The only threat worth sitting up and taking notice of, is that of nuclear weapons.

Will nuclear weapons fall into the hands of those who would use them indiscriminately? The bigger question is why are there still nuclear weapons? There have been no strong political voices, at least that I perceive, to spearhead the disarmament of the world’s nuclear weapons since the end of the cold war.

Mutually assured destruction only has it’s place as long as nuclear weapons stay in the hands of nation states. This can only last so long.

I fear for the world of tomorrow, not because of terrorists, who are a fleeting glimpse in the history of the planet, but because of the short sightedness of political leaders around the world.

disarm the nukes…