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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 12:23 AM Original message |
Nuclear power is safer than any other energy source. |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
1. it is like the internal combustion engine, technology whose time is passing nt |
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nebenaube (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
2. You know... that's probably true when our universe isn't on the galactic plane. n/t |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 12:29 AM Response to Original message |
3. Aging nuclear plants in most areas of the world "safer than any energy source?" |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 12:30 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Renewable energy sources produce a negligible amount of energy. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 12:33 AM Response to Reply #7 |
16. You stated "nuclear power is safer than any other energy source" |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 12:36 AM Response to Reply #16 |
24. False. Renewable energy is not a primary form of energy production. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 01:11 AM Response to Reply #24 |
71. Wrong. Not to mention you didn't say "primary form of energy production" |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 12:45 AM Response to Reply #7 |
47. You're wrong on that, perhaps you should educate yourself. |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 12:53 AM Response to Reply #47 |
54. Already referenced hydro-electric power in my OP. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 12:55 AM Response to Reply #54 |
56. That's nice, |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 12:57 AM Response to Reply #56 |
57. That was a slip of the...fingers. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 01:04 AM Response to Reply #57 |
63. Yeah, right, OK, whatever |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 01:13 AM Response to Reply #63 |
72. Makes one wonder WHY, doesn't it? |
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8 track mind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 06:58 PM Response to Reply #63 |
159. I wonder how much he gets paid to spew that BS? N/t |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 07:05 PM Response to Reply #63 |
160. accidents and incidents that either were underreported |
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DeadEyeDyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 01:31 AM Response to Reply #3 |
85. all energy sources have their downsides |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 01:39 AM Response to Reply #85 |
96. We are talking the potential for mass immediate & long term deaths |
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ingac70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 12:29 AM Response to Original message |
4. Sometimes your luck runs out. |
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roamer65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 12:29 AM Response to Original message |
5. Take CANDU reactors out of the stats and see what results you get. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 12:30 AM Response to Original message |
6. Yes, we can all see that from current news reports. |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 12:31 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. This is about statistical safety. |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 01:01 AM Response to Reply #9 |
60. well, you just remember you're "statistically safe" when the radiation clouds are over your head |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 01:03 AM Response to Reply #60 |
62. I can explain the concept of statistics to you. |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 01:06 AM Response to Reply #62 |
64. That's good. I will explain the concept of a radiation cloud over your head. |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 01:07 AM Response to Reply #64 |
66. I am almost certain I know more about radioactivity than you. |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 01:11 AM Response to Reply #66 |
69. Well, I'm certainly certain you're more condescending than me! |
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Union Scribe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 12:32 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. I trust you sleep outside. |
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Joe the Revelator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 01:28 AM Response to Reply #6 |
83. And snow in the winter means that global warming is a sham... |
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Electric Monk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 12:31 AM Response to Original message |
8. Sure, except when it isn't |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 12:31 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. I could say the same about all other forms of energy generation. |
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ingac70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 12:37 AM Original message |
All other forms.... |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 12:58 AM Response to Original message |
58. "don't result in deformed or cancer stricken children" |
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ingac70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 02:22 AM Response to Reply #58 |
104. You left off the "for generations".... |
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devils chaplain (245 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
11. Are there/can there be new nuke plants made that are substantially more earthquake resistant... |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 12:33 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Yes. There are new reactor types that are considerably safer. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 12:33 AM Response to Original message |
15. 1 in 100k sounds big but when you have hundreds of reactors... |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 12:34 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. No, it's 1 in 100,000 years per reactor core. |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 01:07 AM Response to Reply #20 |
67. Ergo, 100,000 years between "incidents" in Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and Japan! |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 01:14 AM Response to Reply #67 |
73. Seriously, I can help you better understand statistical significance. |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 01:17 AM Response to Reply #73 |
74. Seriously, your "significance" doesn't mean shit if your children are getting radioactive poisoning |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 01:24 AM Response to Reply #74 |
79. Okay, I'm going to post a brief explanation. |
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pickle juice (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 06:29 PM Response to Reply #73 |
157. You'll probably have better luck teaching evolution to a Baptist preacher. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 01:32 AM Response to Reply #20 |
86. 1 in 100k per core. 100 cores is 1 (out of those 100) in 1000 years. |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 01:34 AM Response to Reply #86 |
89. You are screwing up. You're math is incorrect. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 01:51 AM Response to Reply #89 |
100. But 100 reactors don't have a combined chance of blowing up as 1 in 10 million. |
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devils chaplain (245 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 12:40 AM Response to Reply #15 |
35. "god-like safety standards" is right... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 12:34 AM Response to Original message |
17. Once again people are not receptive to how safe |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 12:35 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. No they won't. The stats will remain relatively unchanged. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 12:36 AM Response to Reply #21 |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 12:34 AM Response to Original message |
18. NINE nuclear power plant accidents that had more than US$300 million in property damage |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 12:37 AM Response to Reply #18 |
27. Compare the damage and cost to other forms of energy production. |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 12:39 AM Response to Reply #27 |
32. How many people have died from SOLAR energy? n/t |
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ingac70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 12:41 AM Response to Reply #27 |
40. Yes, lets look at the costs.. |
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Kalun D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 12:34 AM Response to Original message |
19. Good Luck Selling Nuclear From This Point Forward |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 12:37 AM Response to Reply #19 |
26. Well this plant was not rated for a 9.0 qiuake |
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Kalun D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 01:58 AM Response to Reply #26 |
101. Maybe |
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SnakeEyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 03:08 PM Response to Reply #19 |
148. Meltdown ok. |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 12:35 AM Response to Original message |
22. May we put the spent rods in your backyard?? |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 12:38 AM Response to Reply #22 |
29. If they're in a dry cask you can put them in my bedroom. |
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Liberal In Texas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 03:13 PM Response to Reply #29 |
151. And when you die they will be inherited by your children. Then they can pass them on |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 12:37 AM Response to Original message |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 12:40 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. That wasn't him, he said this was his hobby and he's studying law. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 12:41 AM Response to Reply #33 |
37. You are right, then it was somebody else |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 12:48 AM Response to Reply #37 |
51. I do take offense at being called a "lobby for the nuclear industry" though. |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 12:41 AM Response to Reply #30 |
36. I do not work in the industry. |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 12:40 AM Response to Reply #25 |
34. Mostly because I actually care about the environment and human beings. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 12:41 AM Response to Reply #34 |
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devils chaplain (245 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 12:44 AM Response to Reply #34 |
45. I don't like the fact that some folks seem to think that... |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 01:18 AM Response to Reply #45 |
76. You and other nuclear power advocates come off as anti-environment because |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 01:25 AM Response to Reply #76 |
80. I have never once suggested such a binary. |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 01:34 AM Response to Reply #80 |
90. Nuclear energy is not a renewable form of energy no matter how many times nuclear power advocates |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 12:37 AM Response to Original message |
28. Reactor years, hmm. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 12:39 AM Response to Original message |
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Kalun D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 12:41 AM Response to Original message |
38. If you Ever Win the Lotto |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 12:41 AM Response to Original message |
39. Why don't you go on over to Japan and tell that to the folks that will be dying of cancer soon! n/t |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 12:42 AM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Thank you, because this OP is EXACTLY what we need at this moment in time. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 12:42 AM Response to Reply #39 |
43. A cancer cluster? They only happen in fantasy |
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OmahaBlueDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 12:46 AM Response to Reply #39 |
50. I'll bet you'd find a greater number of coal miners who will die of black lung. |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 12:48 AM Response to Reply #50 |
52. We don't need coal either. Join us here in the present. |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 12:49 AM Response to Reply #52 |
53. I request you to do the same. |
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HubertHeaver (430 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 04:45 AM Response to Reply #50 |
125. Black Lung affects the miner who breathed the coal dust. |
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SnakeEyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 03:11 PM Response to Reply #39 |
149. you mean like |
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whoneedstickets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 12:44 AM Response to Original message |
44. Thank you for the reality check. When we abandon facts for ideology |
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Vinee (421 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 12:45 AM Response to Original message |
46. until it isn't. and then it's one of the most dangerous things in the world. |
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wakemewhenitsover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 12:45 AM Response to Original message |
48. I question the validity of your sources. |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 12:55 AM Response to Reply #48 |
55. One is a research study conducted in 1996. |
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roamer65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 12:46 AM Response to Original message |
49. I think I may have to head out to CA to protest for some plant decomissionings. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 01:00 AM Response to Original message |
59. That's only until you're the one sprouting 5, 6, 7 heads. |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 01:02 AM Response to Original message |
61. Regardless if nuclear technology progresses to the point where it is totally safe, |
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roamer65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 01:07 AM Response to Reply #61 |
65. Evey house should have solar panels on the roof and... |
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Yo_Mama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 10:15 AM Response to Reply #61 |
133. That is a prescription for mass poverty |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 10:21 AM Response to Reply #133 |
134. Please explain why. This sounds like a Beck argument. |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 01:08 AM Response to Original message |
68. I wonder if anyone was killed at the oil refineriey fires that are still burning... |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 01:17 AM Response to Reply #68 |
75. Yes, very likely, thousands of people are dead from the disaster, and the nuclear plant... |
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Mojeoux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 01:11 AM Response to Original message |
70. Where are the sarcasm smilies!? nt |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 01:19 AM Response to Original message |
77. at this point this is like watching a train wreck |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 01:28 AM Response to Reply #77 |
82. You told me I would eat my words. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 01:30 AM Response to Reply #82 |
84. So NHK is lying and we only have a L-1 incident |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 01:32 AM Response to Reply #84 |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 01:34 AM Response to Reply #88 |
92. I'm sorry everything is not going according to your preconceived narrative. |
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SnakeEyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 03:14 PM Response to Reply #84 |
152. The real question is |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 03:29 AM Response to Reply #82 |
112. Would you like to help in the clean up in Japan? |
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obxhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 01:23 AM Response to Original message |
78. 2 Towns in PA are still uninhabitable after 40+ years because |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 01:27 AM Response to Reply #78 |
81. There are hundreds if not thousands of underground coal fires |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 01:34 AM Response to Original message |
91. In the aggregate, yes. We need safe, regulated, state-owned nuclear power. |
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PSPS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 01:35 AM Response to Original message |
93. Not in our corrupt corporate-controlled country it isn't. |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 01:36 AM Response to Original message |
94. tell these kids that, m'kay |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 01:39 AM Response to Reply #94 |
97. You're letting emotions take precedent over reason. |
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gkhouston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 02:08 AM Response to Reply #97 |
102. Decades worth of research just got superseded by a huge data point: this failure. |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 03:52 AM Response to Reply #102 |
113. This is a single accident. |
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Vanje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 01:05 PM Response to Reply #97 |
179. "Decades worth of research" |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 01:39 AM Response to Reply #94 |
98. Can you tell us what the readings were when those kids were checked?... |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 01:40 AM Response to Reply #98 |
99. Take the reigns. |
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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 01:38 AM Response to Original message |
95. Except when it's not! n/t |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 02:13 AM Response to Reply #95 |
103. Got tarp? |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 02:36 AM Response to Original message |
105. Using the same logic, nuclear bombs are the safest ever made- maybe all bombs should be nuclear! |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 02:43 AM Response to Reply #105 |
106. That analogy makes absolutely no sense...nt |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 03:17 AM Response to Reply #106 |
107. How many have been killed by conventional bombs compared to nuclear? |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 03:55 AM Response to Reply #107 |
114. No, what you said actually makes no sense. What I said does. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 05:28 AM Response to Reply #114 |
126. Does it really? |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 03:18 AM Response to Original message |
108. Propaganda, found where you least expect it....... |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 03:59 AM Response to Reply #108 |
117. You know, your words are painfully true to me. |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 09:59 AM Response to Reply #117 |
132. You confuse anti-science with sensible science. |
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meow mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 04:11 AM Response to Reply #108 |
119. +1000 |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 07:47 PM Response to Reply #119 |
166. This bullshit is still going too! |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 03:21 AM Response to Original message |
109. Unrec because I positively HATE artificial grass. |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 03:24 AM Response to Original message |
110. Yeah, I'm watching it be all safe and shit. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 03:55 AM Response to Reply #110 |
115. Deleted message |
Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 01:19 PM Response to Reply #115 |
137. self delete. |
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meow mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 11:29 AM Response to Reply #110 |
136. +1000 |
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Vanje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 01:07 PM Response to Reply #110 |
180. +++++++++++++++ nt |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 03:27 AM Response to Original message |
111. unRec |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 03:56 AM Response to Reply #111 |
116. I actually agree. Now was not a good time to start trashing nuclear power. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 04:06 AM Response to Reply #116 |
118. People didn't start 'trashing' it |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 04:13 AM Response to Reply #118 |
121. I'm glad you brought up that analogy. |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 04:16 AM Response to Reply #116 |
123. You mean you're countering reality on the ground with facts? |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 04:24 AM Response to Reply #123 |
124. This is a photo of Palo Verde nuclear power generating station... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 04:13 AM Response to Original message |
120. Deleted message |
Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 04:15 AM Response to Reply #120 |
122. Do you think you could stop with the personal attacks? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 06:12 AM Response to Original message |
127. Three words for you: Until it's not. |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 06:38 AM Response to Original message |
128. When they are working properly.. |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
129. HAHAHAHAHAHA! |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
130. Which energy source is safest in an Tsu-quakey? Please display the tables and charts for that! |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
131. Not true! |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
135. Deleted message |
FormerDittoHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 01:49 PM Response to Reply #135 |
140. This is an interesting article (DailyKOS) |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 01:37 PM Response to Original message |
138. the nuclear lobby is out in droves with their spin. |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 01:49 PM Response to Reply #138 |
141. This OP presents hard data. Numbers DO matter. That salon article, on the other hand, is pure fluff. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 01:53 PM Response to Reply #141 |
142. Wrong.... |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 02:45 PM Response to Reply #142 |
143. I read every single word of the Salon article. And apparently my post was over your head. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 02:58 PM Response to Reply #143 |
146. I don't respond to those using strawmen & I certainly don't those who insult.. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 04:47 PM Response to Reply #146 |
155. Deleted message |
pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 07:56 PM Response to Reply #141 |
169. this OP presents lies and claims it's hard data |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
139. Totally bogus. Waste to Energy is the only SANE solution. It is a local energy source |
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LAGC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 06:33 PM Response to Reply #139 |
158. Kitty, you keep repeating that meme, but logistics don't back you up. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 07:27 PM Response to Reply #158 |
161. actually, they do. waste keeps happening. you apparently haven't observed nature. |
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LAGC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 07:31 PM Response to Reply #161 |
162. Yes it does, but do you realize the sheer amount of waste you would need to power New York City? |
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Bluerthanblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
144. until it isn't- then it's more dangerous and life killing than |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
145. until it goes wrong. and where the fuck do you store the waste....bullshit |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 03:02 PM Response to Reply #145 |
147. + 1,000,000 nt |
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ROFF (122 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 06:22 PM Response to Reply #145 |
156. Check out "dry cask" |
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dkofos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
150. Until the unforseen disaster happens, and the meltdown begins. |
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SnakeEyes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 03:19 PM Response to Reply #150 |
153. Hopefully, |
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dkofos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 03:57 PM Response to Reply #153 |
154. I bet the nuke industry has their fingers crossed. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 07:36 PM Response to Original message |
163. Deleted message |
HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
164. First, I'm not convinced that your thesis is correct. |
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jannyk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
165. ...And the Titantic won't ever sink! 'nough said. Unrec |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
167. why do we tolerate these lies? way more than 2 major accidents |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
168. I am proud to have unreced this thread even though it kicked |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
170. ................. |
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LAGC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
171. Don't go confusing everyone with facts. |
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meow mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
172. trash thread. and offensive considering the ongoing disaster. |
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rustydog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
173. 3-mile island...chernobyl? |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
174. Um, seriously? |
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LAGC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 08:55 PM Response to Reply #174 |
175. I'm sure a few people have died falling off of roof-tops installing solar panels. |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 09:04 PM Response to Reply #175 |
177. Maybe, but that was personal liability. |
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PufPuf23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-13-11 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
176. The odds of a state of the art nuclear reactor suffering from damage are 1 in 1,000,000 years. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
178. So, Paradoxical... Still want to engage us alll.... |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
181. After every major airplane crash, I vow never to fly again. |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
182. yeah I believe that |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
183. Don't take the bait |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-15-11 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
184. Bollocks. |
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