Comments on: Obama, nuclear power, and freedom of speech http://www.scpronet.com/wordpress/2007/12/10/obama-nuclear-power-and-freedom-of-speech/ SC Progressive Network news and views Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:01:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Leslie http://www.scpronet.com/wordpress/2007/12/10/obama-nuclear-power-and-freedom-of-speech/comment-page-1/#comment-3976 Leslie Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:07:38 +0000 http://www.scpronet.com/wordpress/2007/12/10/obama-nuclear-power-and-freedom-of-speech/#comment-3976 OBAMA CAMPAIGN RESPONSE TO ANTI NUKE CRITICISM :"He has consistently said that the solution will be based on sound science and will be developed in a politically open process that develops national consensus and doesn't force any one state to accept nuclear materials it doesn't want." " and we should select permanent solutions through a process that develops national consensus." ********** Let me translate that for ya'll. "Sound science" means research, which he supports at DOE's Argonne Labs. That research is all about Global Nuclear Energy Partnership and Reprocessing. "National consensus" means the chump state that considers handling the nation's, and even the world's, nuke spent fuel as a jobs program will be gladly dumped on by the 49 others. Hmmmm... Nevada has Harry Reid, we have little Lindsey who did us the favor of legally changing the definition of nuclear waste. If it comes to a "national consensus", with the politicians SC has, we're screwed. "Permanent solutions" means Yucca? Well, Obama has CLEARLY stated that he doesn't support Yucca. What are the other permanent solution choices? Send it all on a rocket to the sun?? We've asked for a clear statement on reprocessing and GNEP and I think this is the best we're going to get. As Jeannine pointed out, Obamam (and Hillary too, I believe) takes $$ from Exelon, one of the nations largest nuclear power plant operators. Figuring out how much money isn't easy. During his tenure as senator, Frank Clark, the chairman or Exelon's Commonwealth Edison utility noted that "Senator Obama has all the necessary leadership skills required to be president,'' If Frank Clark is cheering for Obama, I as a long time anti-nuker, am going to support a different team. As I already pointed out, the "Clean Coal" people, who were handing out literature, got to stay at the rally. There were people with "global warming" signs at the Obama/Oprah rally in NH. The only people shoved off of the rally grounds were 3 people with cardboard signs asking a questions about Obama's stance on reprocessing. They told us to go to the "free speech zone", 3 blocks away, near the Budweiser sign. Turns out there isn't even a sidewalk by the Budweiser sign. So what they were really telling us was to go play in the street. Is it just me, or do you get the impression that they don't want to talk about reprocessing or GNEP with us? Leslie OBAMA CAMPAIGN RESPONSE TO ANTI NUKE CRITICISM :”He has consistently said that the solution will be based on sound science and will be developed in a politically open process that develops national consensus and doesn’t force any one state to accept nuclear materials it doesn’t want.” “ and we should select permanent solutions through a process that develops national consensus.”

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Let me translate that for ya’ll. “Sound science” means research, which he supports at DOE’s Argonne Labs. That research is all about Global Nuclear Energy Partnership and Reprocessing. “National consensus” means the chump state that considers handling the nation’s, and even the world’s, nuke spent fuel as a jobs program will be gladly dumped on by the 49 others. Hmmmm… Nevada has Harry Reid, we have little Lindsey who did us the favor of legally changing the definition of nuclear waste. If it comes to a “national consensus”, with the politicians SC has, we’re screwed. “Permanent solutions” means Yucca? Well, Obama has CLEARLY stated that he doesn’t support Yucca. What are the other permanent solution choices? Send it all on a rocket to the sun?? We’ve asked for a clear statement on reprocessing and GNEP and I think this is the best we’re going to get.

As Jeannine pointed out, Obamam (and Hillary too, I believe) takes $$ from Exelon, one of the nations largest nuclear power plant operators. Figuring out how much money isn’t easy. During his tenure as senator, Frank Clark, the chairman or Exelon’s Commonwealth Edison utility noted that “Senator Obama has all the necessary leadership skills required to be president,” If Frank Clark is cheering for Obama, I as a long time anti-nuker, am going to support a different team.

As I already pointed out, the “Clean Coal” people, who were handing out literature, got to stay at the rally. There were people with “global warming” signs at the Obama/Oprah rally in NH. The only people shoved off of the rally grounds were 3 people with cardboard signs asking a questions about Obama’s stance on reprocessing. They told us to go to the “free speech zone”, 3 blocks away, near the Budweiser sign. Turns out there isn’t even a sidewalk by the Budweiser sign. So what they were really telling us was to go play in the street.

Is it just me, or do you get the impression that they don’t want to talk about reprocessing or GNEP with us?

Leslie

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