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Donnachaidh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-11 04:55 PM
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Cut Nuclear Power Subsidies Instead of Making Old People Live on Cat Food
http://blog.buzzflash.com/node/12896

America's budget crisis has the world economy at the brink. Social Security, Medicare, aid for needy children, environmental protection and much more are being chopped.

Yet, Congress and the White House may still want to use our money to fund atomic power.

Specifically, $36 billion in loan guarantees may still be on the table for building new nukes. Millions more are slated for "small reactors" and other atomic boondoggles.

A national campaign - including an August 7 "MUSE2" concert - is underway to help stop this. With your help, we can win.

More at the link --
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plumbob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-11 04:58 PM
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1. Paging Navy Seal Team 6. Still one actual thinking person in the country.
Disable Donnachaidh at all costs!



You don't think you can get away with this, do ya? Thinking PEOPLE are more important than NUKULAR profits!!!??? No way!


But it would be nice to live in that country where people matter....
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Donnachaidh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-11 05:03 PM
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2. the irony of course
my stepdad worked in the nuclear field. He would go in and check to make sure the plants were not cutting costs and were safe to work in.

This, of course, was before the de-regulators went hog wild...
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plumbob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-11 07:31 PM
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5. Yes, they made actually doing a job shameful. Shuffle numbers around?
Jackpot.

I often hope that there is a hell so that Raygun can be burning in it...
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-11 05:23 PM
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3. Have you seen the price of cat food?
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AndyTiedye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-11 06:03 PM
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4. That Seems Like a Really Easy Target for Budget Cuts…
…since none of those plants will ever be built anyway.

There is No Way. Not after Fukushima. Not after people realize how bad Fukushima really is.

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bananas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-11 10:34 PM
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6. MUSE concert August 7
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