chemical weapons into the sea. the original plan for getting rid of all of our chemical weapons by the treaty deadline was to burn them, incinerate them, including in blue grass, kentucky, and colorado. it was the concerns about the safety of burning that stuff that forced a slower process. but one that was more careful and felt to be more safe for the people who live there alongside the century of american military experimentation. pueblo has got this $5 billion robot plan and this fancy explosive destruction system with its nine-inch-thick walls, because in pueblo, they yelled loud enough and long enough that their concerns were taken seriously. the stuff didn't just get burned there. minden, louisiana, is a corner of that state that is rural, not a ton of people there, somewhat poor corner of louisiana, it is a mostly african-american part of that state. and problems like this in our country get solved by equations that include political capital.