Obama, Reid block solution to nuke-waste issue
Here’s an area in which President Obama and his fellow Democrats, led by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, have allowed local partisan politics to override the clear national interest.
Unfortunately, it’s also an issue on which Mitt Romney has tried to avoid taking any position whatsoever.
The debate is over the use of Yucca Mountain, a vast piece of federal property deep in the Nevada desert, as a repository for the nation’s growing stockpiles of high-level nuclear waste generated by power plants. Since the early ’80s, the Department of Energy has spent almost $15 billion studying and preparing the Yucca Mountain site to store such waste, but because of opposition from the Obama administration and Reid, Nevada’s senior senator, those efforts have been abandoned.
Yucca Mountain may not be a perfectly safe solution to handling nuclear waste for the thousands of years necessary. Given the immense time frames involved, a perfectly safe solution probably does not exist. But Yucca is clearly the best and safest option that we have available. Wisely or not, we are creating more and more such waste all the time, and we have an obligation not just to our species but to the planet to handle it as responsibly as we can.
However, 30 years ago, as editorial page editor of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, I learned firsthand how deep the opposition in Nevada runs to serving as the nation’s nuclear-waste dump. That opposition was compounded by the state’s experience serving as the site of above-ground nuclear tests during the ’50s and early ’60s, when federal officials repeatedly lied to local residents about the amount of radiation being released and its potential health effects.
Maybe it’s opportunistic politics for Reid. Maybe his opposition is sincere, a product of growing up in Nevada during the above-ground testing era. Whatever the cause, Reid has bitterly opposed the Yucca Mountain repository throughout his career. In the 2008 election, Obama echoed that opposition, helping him to carry the state.
Four years later, Romney has real hopes of reversing that outcome in Nevada, which has a large and influential Mormon population. As Humberto Sanchez reports in Roll Call, the former Massachusetts governor has expressed sympathy for Nevada’s situation but has made no promises about continuing to block progress on the repository.
The issue is also testament to the advantages and drawbacks of the electoral college system. In a presidential campaign decided by popular vote, Nevada would have very little leverage on candidates. Under the current system, as a potential swing state it can demand that its wishes be respected, even if by doing so the overall national interest is damaged.
– Jay Bookman
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Lord Help Us
August 9th, 2012
4:53 pm
Meanwhile, spent nuclear fuel continues to be stored in increasingly overcrowded conditions with varying levels of security in dozens of locations all over the US (100’s if not thousands all over the world).
And people wonder why the Nuclear Electric industry is declining…
Granny Godzilla - Union Thugette
August 9th, 2012
4:55 pm
The clear national interest is NO NUKES.
A perfectly safe solution does not exist and we knew that when this all started.
Not in my backyard, not in anybodies back yard.
Perhaps the waste should be stored in the basement of the US Capital.
Lord Help Us
August 9th, 2012
4:57 pm
Start an initiative to build a nuclear waste repository in Georgia and this state would turn into a bunch of ‘environmentalist whackos’ real quick…
getalife
August 9th, 2012
4:58 pm
Not in my State.
Store it at the nuclear sites.
Lord Help Us
August 9th, 2012
5:00 pm
However, if people knew what was buried across the river from Plant Vogtle at the Savannah River Site near Aiken, SC, they would probably get a bit nauseous…
Don’t let the tritium in the ground water worry your pretty little heads…
Lord Help Us
August 9th, 2012
5:01 pm
‘Not in my State.
Store it at the nuclear sites’
Tons of it stored in GA at Plant Hatch and Plant Vogtle…has been for decades…
Jay
August 9th, 2012
5:02 pm
“Store it at the nuclear sites.”
That simply is not a long-term — as in thousands of years — solution.
Woodstock Mike
August 9th, 2012
5:02 pm
Way to go Obama, exploit a dead woman for political gain and completely lie about Mitt Romney’s involvement.
Wow, and the Democrats keep on supporting him, you guys must be proud…
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
August 9th, 2012
5:04 pm
Wisely or not, we are creating more and more such waste all the time, and we have an obligation not just to our species but to the planet to handle it as responsibly as we can.
One of the reasons that I am conflicted with nuclear reaction for electricity. A nuclear reactor is merely a water heater.
getalife
August 9th, 2012
5:04 pm
“Tons of it stored in GA at Plant Hatch and Plant Vogtle…has been for decades…”
Problem solved.
Joe Hussein Mama
August 9th, 2012
5:04 pm
Been here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnston_Atoll
Which was the site of this:
Between 1958 and 1975, several scientific sounding rockets were launched from Johnston Island. There were also several nuclear test missiles that were launched from Johnston Island in 1962 during the “Operation Dominic” series of nuclear tests, from a launchpad at WikiMiniAtlas
16°44′13″N 169°31′26″W / 16.7370°N 169.5240°W / 16.7370; -169.5240. Twelve thermonuclear warheads were exploded in all, one of which was deliberately disrupted when the PGM-17 Thor carrying it failed to launch scattering plutonium debris over the island. Afterwards, the radioactive debris and soils were placed in a 25 acres (100,000 m2) landfill on the island, along with residue from Agent Orange containers returned from Southeast Asia after the Vietnam War, PCBs, PAHs, dioxins, and sarin nerve gas from the Soviet Union and East Germany.
Emphasis mine.
They told me it was safe; hope they weren’t telling me a story.
b-troll
August 9th, 2012
5:04 pm
I struggle to find the good things Obama has done in his tenure. He should return to being a professor.
josef
August 9th, 2012
5:06 pm
K’CHAK
It worked!
ON TOPIC
If nuclear power is such a good idea…
curious
August 9th, 2012
5:08 pm
Doesn’t sound like anyone wants this “hot” potato.
Afghanistan would be a good place, though.
josef
August 9th, 2012
5:08 pm
AGAIN
As the Japanese tourist remarked at Hanford when the guide was giving the spiel about storing it under government supervision for x thousand years…
“What makes you think this government will last that long…?”
b-troll
August 9th, 2012
5:12 pm
“The clear national interest is NO NUKES.”
Only if you’re pro global warming.
barking frog
August 9th, 2012
5:12 pm
Hopefully one day nuclear
waste will be recyclable or
launchable into the sun.
Steve-USA "None of the Above"
August 9th, 2012
5:12 pm
Jay – You seem to be thinking with great clarity since your trip. I guess it was because the river flowed left and right.
b-troll
August 9th, 2012
5:13 pm
American schools stink
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/08/opinion/friedman-average-is-over-part-ii-.html
That Black Guy
August 9th, 2012
5:13 pm
Woodstock Mike
August 9th, 2012
5:02 pm
Way to go Obama, exploit a dead woman for political gain and completely lie about Mitt Romney’s involvement.
Wow, and the Democrats keep on supporting him, you guys must be proud
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W. Mike, if you use the down escalator you will notice it being discussed there.
This floor is the nooklur floor.
Joe Hussein Mama
August 9th, 2012
5:15 pm
TBG — “This floor is the nooklur floor.”
“It’s pronounced nu-cu-ler.’
–Homer Simpson
That Black Guy
August 9th, 2012
5:17 pm
Joe Hussein Mama
August 9th, 2012
5:15 pm
TBG — “This floor is the nooklur floor.”
“It’s pronounced nu-cu-ler.’
–Homer Simpson
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Jeffrey
August 9th, 2012
5:19 pm
If newt were president we would put it in the flux capacitors in the cars that take us to the moon state.
josef
August 9th, 2012
5:20 pm
b-troll
“American schools stink”
Reckon maybe it might have something to do with the society/homes sending in the raw product? That would be YOU and your fellow Americans…
markie mark
August 9th, 2012
5:21 pm
Since most of Europe uses nuclear (particularly France) I wonder where/how they store their waste? I always thought the moon would be a great repository, but there is that little issue of transport….(not in my space !!)
b-troll
August 9th, 2012
5:21 pm
“raw product”
buck passing.
make lemonade out of lemons.
The Fresh Prince of Bill Ayers
August 9th, 2012
5:23 pm
josef
August 9th, 2012
5:06 pm
K’CHAK
It worked!
ON TOPIC
If nuclear power is such a good idea…
Which would you prefer…coal?middle east oil? natural gas? Or some undeveloped cronyist product that is years away from being tangible???
The Fresh Prince of Bill Ayers
August 9th, 2012
5:24 pm
Maybe you libs would like all of us flipping buffalo chips in a fire..
josef
August 9th, 2012
5:24 pm
b troll
Lemonade out of lemons? That may be possible, but no silk purses out of sows’ ears!
josef
August 9th, 2012
5:27 pm
FRESH PRINCE
In a choice between coal.natural gas and nuclear, I’ll take the former. When M-ther N–ture does decide to go into a snit or homo sapiens f’s up, the recuperation time will be less…
The Fresh Prince of Bill Ayers
August 9th, 2012
5:29 pm
josef
August 9th, 2012
5:27 pm
FRESH PRINCE
In a choice between coal.natural gas and nuclear, I’ll take the former. When M-ther N–ture does decide to go into a snit or homo sapiens f’s up, the recuperation time will be less…
Thanks for the transparency (schnirt)
jconservative
August 9th, 2012
5:31 pm
Put it in a rocket and shoot it toward Regal.
Daedalus
August 9th, 2012
5:33 pm
Well, there is always Plan B for nuke plant operators. Sue the feds for the cost of storage:
http://bangordailynews.com/2012/05/22/news/midcoast/maine-yankee-wins-81-69m-lawsuit-against-federal-government/
Soothsayer
August 9th, 2012
5:48 pm
I say we need to dig a big ol’ hole in the ground right across the street from Kayaker’s house down there in Macon. That’s as good a place as any.
Or, we could ship to Newt’s moon base.
Thomas Heyward Jr.
August 9th, 2012
5:51 pm
from Dr Kelvin Kemm, Silver Protea Nuclear Consortium,..a NUKLEAR scientist———
“It is instructive to ponder the volumes of nuclear waste. If a typical family of four used only nuclear generated electricity over a biblical lifetime of three score and ten years, which is a 70 year period, the family would produce about 2 kilograms of high level nuclear waste which is about the size of an orange. For a town of 100 000 families, or about 400 000 people, 70 years worth of nuclear waste will fit into a garden shed.
Nuclear wastes are 3,5 million times smaller in volume than fossil fuel wastes resulting from the production of the same amount of electricity. Also, the high-level wastes, which actually make up 99% of the total radiation hazard, are only 1% of the volume. Nuclear waste is the first type of waste in the history of mankind that can be completely removed from the biosphere.
Technologically speaking the long-term storage of high-level nuclear waste is not a problem. It can easily be kept in underground vaults.It is the PUBLIC POLITICS of nuclear waste that keeps newspapers telling the public that there is no solution to the nuclear waste problem.
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Progs have to make EVERYTHING difficult.
Fedup
August 9th, 2012
5:53 pm
I’ll if you hire Bain Capital they will come up with a excellent solution that Willard will be proud of.
Moderate Line
August 9th, 2012
5:54 pm
The issue is also testament to the advantages and drawbacks of the electoral college system.
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It also is an example of how one Senator can block the resolution of one issue. Now, I can’t really blame Harry Reid because I can’t imagine anybody getting elected Senator in Nevada who would allow this action.
The Fresh Prince of Bill Ayers
August 9th, 2012
5:55 pm
Daedalus
August 9th, 2012
5:33 pm
Well, there is always Plan B for nuke plant operators. Sue the feds for the cost of storage:
http://bangordailynews.com/2012/05/22/news/midcoast/maine-yankee-wins-81-69m-lawsuit-against-federal-government/
B
O
O
M
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The good ole bloated turd called the U.S. government!
Keep Up the Good Fight!
August 9th, 2012
5:56 pm
Well shouldn’t we just quit all that oppressive govt regulation of the nuclear industry…. just let them figure it out. Why that is what capitalism is all about. I am sure that they’ll properly assess the risk and price accordingly and not just take the money and tank the company leaving the govt holding the bag. Free enterprise would never do something like that.
Palouse Guy
August 9th, 2012
5:57 pm
Yucca Mountain is the best bet for current waste. We can then discuss further waste generation (i.e., new nuclear power plants). However, the current situation — storage of spent fuel in on-site pools — is foolhardy (see Fukushima Daiichi).
Soothsayer
August 9th, 2012
5:58 pm
OK. How about this. What if we tunnel underneath Stone Mountain and carved out an enormous cavern under there and stored it there.
I think everyone here would be OK with that, don’t you?
If it ever blew up, we would have a new “Stone Mountain” on the moon. What do you think?
Fedup
August 9th, 2012
5:59 pm
Give the spent fuel rods to the red states. They don’t believe in science. Put it in the basement of the folks who think Gore is an idiot. A little radiation does hurt which is cured easily by inbridding.
getalife
August 9th, 2012
6:01 pm
Sorry cons, you use it your State you keep the waste in your State.
I am a Yankee born in Vegas and I say not in my State.
This is Reid’s issue and as long as he is still serving, it will not happen.
That Black Guy
August 9th, 2012
6:03 pm
Fedup
August 9th, 2012
5:59 pm
__________________
After reading your posts, I assume “school” is what you were fedup with.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
August 9th, 2012
6:03 pm
Well sure we can store that thar orange sized nuclear waste in crates in mines underground… in the same areas that fraking is causing earthquakes. It’s these kind of ideas that work. Thar ain’t nothing to worry about. Its all safe. Just ask the people that used to live at Love Canal before its clean up.
massachusetts refugee
August 9th, 2012
6:03 pm
Shoot it into the sun…
They BOTH suck
August 9th, 2012
6:04 pm
TBG
Moderate Line
August 9th, 2012
6:04 pm
According to politfact:
Obama has told 111 Mostly false, false or pants on fire statements at 29% of statements and ads evaluated.
Romney has told 65 Mostly false, false or pants on fire statements at 43% of statements and ads evaluated.
What is interesting in this day and age I wonder if these false ads do not have as much negative impact on the candidate presenting them as they do on the opposing candidates. In the past when a candidate made false statements there was not the general uproar there is now.
How many people would hire either one of these guys considering how much they make false negative statements about the other person?
getalife
August 9th, 2012
6:05 pm
I don’t think we should be polluting the sun but we could store it on Mars.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
August 9th, 2012
6:09 pm
How many people would hire either one of these guys…
False comparison.
Government does not equal business.
Eventually we have to move to Solar power.
August 9th, 2012
6:13 pm
Germany has shut down several nuke plans already and the rest will be shut down within 10 years. They are getting out of the nuke business entirely. Fukishima was the last straw for them.
Several weeks ago German SOLAR power plants produced a world record 22 gigawatts of electricity per hour, Basically half of the country’s daytime power needs. Impressive! . And they are just getting started..
The Germans will develop and own this technology in the coming years. Their president Merkel is 100% behind developing solar power technology
Not bad for a country in northern Europe with virtually no oil or gas reserves.
Peadawg
August 9th, 2012
6:14 pm
“How many people would hire either one of these guys considering how much they make false negative statements about the other person?”
I know I won’t vote for either one of them in November unless something reeeeeeeaaaaaaaaally drastic happens. I don’t think Obama’s done a good job and I don’t trust Romney.
F. Sinkwich
August 9th, 2012
6:14 pm
I think we should deactivate all nuke plants then install solar panel, wind farm, and bio-fuel plants in their footprints.
Also, since O’bozo necessarily killed the coal industry, he should use that template to destroy any enterprise that has anything to do with fossil fuels.
I am a watermelon — green on the outside, red on the inside.
Doggone/GA
August 9th, 2012
6:17 pm
“I don’t think we should be polluting the sun but we could store it on Mars”
But that leaves the little problem that rockets don’t always work as advertised. Given our proximity to Cape Canaveral, do you really want to take a chance on the possiblitiy of nuclear material raining down on us should a rocket come apart before it leaves earth’s gravity field?
bman
August 9th, 2012
6:17 pm
Peadawg……but you trust Obama?
getalife
August 9th, 2012
6:21 pm
Poor drudgey, desperately slinging poo trying to get something to stick. Sad.
Anyhoo, I trust our President will not collapse the global economy or start two losing occupations.
Peadawg
August 9th, 2012
6:21 pm
“Peadawg……but you trust Obama?”
He hasn’t flip flopped near as much as Romney. He’s stayed the course for the most part…which really isn’t saying much.
josef
August 9th, 2012
6:22 pm
EVENTUALLY
@ 6:13
Say whatever else you will about the Darn Tootins, when they set their minds to getting something done, they’ve got the know how to get the know how…
josef
August 9th, 2012
6:24 pm
SINKWICH
“I am a watermelon — green on the outside, red on the inside.”
Okay, points for wordsmithery on that one…
Soothsayer
August 9th, 2012
6:24 pm
The bumper sticker on the beat-up pickup truck read: “Friends don’t let friends vote Democrat.”
The driver was obviously not affluent. Yet, despite all the news about mega-trillion dollar bankster bailouts, mega-million dollar bonuses for financial crooks, and unimaginable compensation packages for corporate CEOs who have moved middle class jobs out of America, something made the down-and-out pickup truck driver associate with the political party of the super-rich.
As I wondered at this strange alliance of the dirt poor with the mega-rich, I remembered that in 2004 Thomas Frank wondered about how the Republicans had managed to convince the poor to vote against their best interests. Frank’s answer, or part of his answer, is that the Republicans use “social issues,” such as gay marriage and Janet Jackson’s exposed nipple to work up indignation over the threat to moral values posed by liberal Democrats.
The working poor have been convinced by Republican propaganda that voting Democrat means giving the working poor’s tax dollars to the non-working poor, to providing medical care and schooling for illegal aliens, and being soft on terrorism.
To the pick-up truck driver, standing up for America means standing up for bankster bailouts and the military/security complex’s multi-trillion dollar wars.
Couldn’t have said it any better myself.
Dave
August 9th, 2012
6:25 pm
Enter your comments here
F. Sinkwich
August 9th, 2012
6:25 pm
I just saw that ad with the guy who proved that Romney killed his wife. How could Romney do such a thing???
He killed someone!!!!
He should be brought up on murder charges!
Keep Up the Good Fight!
August 9th, 2012
6:25 pm
It would be nice if GA overrode subdivision covenants that preclude solar as has been done with satellite dishes.
Dave
August 9th, 2012
6:27 pm
I hate clicking the wrong icon. Anyway. Not to offend you, if you were an editor 30 years ago with the LVRJ, you either need a new more current picture or need to apply to replace Dick Clark.
The Fresh Prince of Bill Ayers
August 9th, 2012
6:27 pm
Eventually we have to move to Solar power.
August 9th, 2012
6:13 pm
Germany has shut down several nuke plans already and the rest will be shut down within 10 years. They are getting out of the nuke business entirely. Fukishima was the last straw for them.
Several weeks ago German SOLAR power plants produced a world record 22 gigawatts of electricity per hour, Basically half of the country’s daytime power needs. Impressive! . And they are just getting started..
The Germans will develop and own this technology in the coming years. Their president Merkel is 100% behind developing solar power technology
Not bad for a country in northern Europe with virtually no oil or gas reserves.
We will be paying the Germans for their engineering and problem solving abilities because our education system is too busy teaching our kids African American history, home ec, arts, history and other u$el$$ $hit thanks to the fed outline for education….
Doggone/GA
August 9th, 2012
6:28 pm
“I just saw that ad with the guy who proved that Romney killed his wife”
Last I saw, Romney’s wife was still alive and kicking.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
August 9th, 2012
6:29 pm
I am a watermelon — green on the outside, red on the inside.
I have this image of a two-legged watermelon being relentlessly chased by the comedian Gallagher wielding a wooden mallet.
getalife
August 9th, 2012
6:30 pm
Doggone/GA ,
On second thought, bury it under the Capital building in DC.
F. Sinkwich
August 9th, 2012
6:30 pm
“It would be nice if GA overrode subdivision covenants that preclude solar as has been done with satellite dishes.”
Windmills too!!!
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
August 9th, 2012
6:32 pm
I could think of many things to associate with Janet Jackson’s nipple, but “threat” isn’t one of them.
josef
August 9th, 2012
6:32 pm
FRESH PRINCE
You don’t know a lot about the German educational system…they emphasize the humanities on an equal par with the scientific and technological…they know better than us the importance of the balance between the two and are in no frame of mind to repeat the error of placing the former above the latter…
saywhat?
August 9th, 2012
6:33 pm
We will be paying the Germans for their engineering and problem solving abilities because our education system is too busy teaching our kids African American history, home ec, arts, history and other u$el$$ $hit thanks to the fed outline for education….
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Don’t forget about teaching our kids that man made global warming is a fraud perpetrated by most of the worlds scientists with the intention of making Al Gore rich, evolution is “just a theory”, and Adam and Eve rode dinosaurs. With the scientific minds that develop under that kind of tutelage, I’m sure we will give those German engineers a run for their money.
josef
August 9th, 2012
6:33 pm
K’CHAK
@ 6:29
The Fresh Prince of Bill Ayers
August 9th, 2012
6:34 pm
getalife
August 9th, 2012
6:21 pm
Poor drudgey, desperately slinging poo trying to get something to stick. Sad.
Anyhoo, I trust our President will not collapse the global economy or start two losing occupations.
Nope, don’t worry about him doing anything but kissing academia butt for votes and golfing. Don’t even worry about him meeting with his jobs czar or anything, he’s golfing and making plans for his troll wife’s next taxpayer vacation with 40 something assistants!
Jay
August 9th, 2012
6:36 pm
Dave, both things can be true. I do need a new picture, but I was a bit of a child editor at the RJ.
The Fresh Prince of Bill Ayers
August 9th, 2012
6:36 pm
josef
August 9th, 2012
6:32 pm
FRESH PRINCE
You don’t know a lot about the German educational system…they emphasize the humanities on an equal par with the scientific and technological…they know better than us the importance of the balance between the two and are in no frame of mind to repeat the error of placing the former above the latter…
Oh i do, and they cull out the non higher education qualifiers and give them trade schools! Spank!
Jack
August 9th, 2012
6:37 pm
Holding Reid’s feet to the fire is a refreshing topic.
Ayn Rant
August 9th, 2012
6:37 pm
France sends it on barges to Third World countries that appreciate the business (and don’t know nuthin’ about “half-life”). All Europe would be willing to dump on Nevada or Utah if the price is right.
Has anyone thought about the hazard of transporting nuclear waste to a central site? Would you really like to have tractor-trailers full of the stuff careening around our interstate highways?
Doggone/GA
August 9th, 2012
6:39 pm
“Has anyone thought about the hazard of transporting nuclear waste to a central site? Would you really like to have tractor-trailers full of the stuff careening around our interstate highways?”
That’s one of the reasons it’s been successfully blocked for so long. It isn’t just Nevada that doesn’t want it around.
F. Sinkwich
August 9th, 2012
6:40 pm
“Germany has shut down several nuke plans already and the rest will be shut down within 10 years. They are getting out of the nuke business entirely”
I love it when y’all point out how much smarter the Europeans are than we are. Our Preezy does that every chance he gets!
All hail Europe, the model of our future !!!
Dave
August 9th, 2012
6:40 pm
More power to you then Jay.
Tealiban Party
August 9th, 2012
6:44 pm
Fox News poll: Obama’s lead grows as Romney’s support slips
Mitt Romney has had a tough couple of weeks on the campaign trail — and it shows in the latest Fox News poll.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/08/09/fox-news-poll-obama-lead-grows-as-romney-support-slips/
JKL2
August 9th, 2012
6:47 pm
My understanding is that if we let the energy companies recycle the fuel rods, we would produce enough waste to fill a five gallon bucket. Since we don’t let them recycle, we get 10,000 tons instead.
Call me crazy, by I think we could find a place in yucca mountain to store a 5 gallon bucket.
Fred ™
August 9th, 2012
6:47 pm
OFF TOPIC:
josef: you ever heard of purple tomatoes? The place near the Dillard house siad they were Cherokee.
Kam: how about them wimmins? Hope was awesome today. Nowthey are done I don’t care about the Olympics anymore lol.
Thomas Heyward Jr.
August 9th, 2012
6:48 pm
Progressives gave us the “corn/food-to-ethanol” solution.
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And way back then , they probably gave Easter Island their awsome Logging solution.
josef
August 9th, 2012
6:48 pm
FRESH PRINCE
Have you actually looked at the curriculum in what you call “trade” schools in schools operating under the German model?
getalife
August 9th, 2012
6:50 pm
Jack,
Reid said his source is a repub..
Georgia, " The New Mississippi "
August 9th, 2012
6:50 pm
Bring it to Georgia. Monroe County Georgia and put the dump site beside Plant Scherer. They can dump the nuke-waste into the coal ash pond. This plant is world renown as the biggest polluter in the United States of America. Our Johnny Reb Republicans should be all over this job creating gift from the federal govt.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
August 9th, 2012
6:51 pm
Progressives gave us the “corn/food-to-ethanol” solution
Progressives did that? was that after that WI wedding party drone attack. Why I do believe it was morely likely ADM and other big ag companies. But I am sure you would not make that kind of claim without a link to support it, right Heyward? Maybe the Onion?
JKL2
August 9th, 2012
6:53 pm
fresh prince- They are getting out of the nuke business entirely
Let’s get this straight. You want them to get rid of nukes, the president is doing his best to eliminate coal, the Democrats are firmly against natural gas and oil. Where exactly are you planning on plugging in your ipad?
Better star thooking up your hampster wheel to a generator…
Erwin's cat
August 9th, 2012
6:53 pm
green energy ain’t all it’s cracked up to be is it?
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
August 9th, 2012
6:54 pm
Fred
I don’t have NBCS so I didn’t get to see it.
Fred ™
August 9th, 2012
6:54 pm
Let’s get this straight. You want them to get rid of nukes, the president is doing his best to eliminate coal, the Democrats are firmly against natural gas and oil. Where exactly are you planning on plugging in your ipad?
You got facts other than Rush told you so? I didn’t think so. Do you ever get tired of lying? Again, I didn’t think so.
josef
August 9th, 2012
6:55 pm
FRED
I’ve had them…they look pretty, but taste pretty much just like your garden variety red…several nightshades have a purple fruit…
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Looks like the ignorant-ass tagger’s back, being cutesy….
stands for decibels
August 9th, 2012
6:56 pm
Yeah, I think, based on all I’ve heard over the years, that Yucca Mountain is the logical place to store this stuff, and it’s kind of ridiculous that the Feds haven’t been able to assert control after so many billions of dollars put into this. but obviously that’s easier said than accomplished, politically.
Perhaps the waste should be stored in the basement of the US Capital.
Funny, I distinctly coming up with that exact same solution when I first learned of this storage problem… when I was a smart-alec 13-year-old, if I recall correctly.
Granted, it does have some appeal to me, still.
Thomas Heyward Jr.
August 9th, 2012
6:57 pm
Keep Up the Good Fight!
August 9th, 2012
6:51 pm
Progressives gave us the “corn/food-to-ethanol” solution
Progressives did that? was that after that WI wedding party drone attack. Why I do believe it was morely likely ADM and other big ag companies. But I am sure you would not make that kind of claim without a link to support it, right Heyward? Maybe the Onion?
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Yes dude………….Progressives “did that”, regardless of what silly letter is behind their name.
No links necessary……………………It’s self-evident.
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Own it..live it…………….and Pay for it.
Bernanke can’t print British Thermal Units.
JamVet
August 9th, 2012
6:58 pm
…the president is doing his best to eliminate coal…
Fact free nonsense.
But hey, what else is new?
Fred ™
August 9th, 2012
6:59 pm
Kam: You don’t have a computer? They streamed it. Carly stole a goal from Abie at 8 minutes lo, and then Hope fought of an onslaught for 3000 minutes. Carly struck again at (co-incidentally) 8 minutes in the second half. The Japanese finally struck at about 63 minutes and fought like hell til the final whistle. Hope was awesome along with help from her defense. It was truly a Gold Medal match.
LOL I made sure we left Pigeon Forge early enough that I would be able to watch the game. It was epic. Can’t wait til Saturday and Mexico/Brazil. I’m rooting for Mexico in honor of all my illegal alien Mexican buddies and to whiz off the Republicans lol.
JKL2
August 9th, 2012
7:01 pm
Fred- You got facts other than Rush told you so? I didn’t think so.
Link please.
(I understand you got nothing. Just go Democrat 101 and start the character assassination)
Fred ™
August 9th, 2012
7:01 pm
josef: Thanks. I got some and tried them and my assessment was the same as yours. They were the same price as the red so no harm done. I like trying new stuff.
Who is the tagger? I haven’t read enough to see.