Clinton Pulls the Trigger on Minority Community Okays Sending Radioactive Waste to Texas

[Catherina]

The *discussion* blaming Bernie Sanders for taking Texas up on its offer to dispose of hazardous waste for Vermont and Maine since it can't safely be disposed of in those 2 states, is calculatingly dishonest.

That Nuclear Dump project was approved by Gov. Ann Richards (D) for the states of Maine, Vermont, and Texas and then approved by the US Congress a year later, in 1994. It had been planned since the 1980s.

It was signed into law by none other than Bill Clinton who was also the first to authorize interstate transportation of nuclear waste.

It's funny watching people blame Bernie Sanders for something Bill Clinton signed into law


http://amarillo.com/stories/101298/new_LD0616.001.shtml

Those of you around at the time should remember how angry environmentalists were over the possibility of serious trucking accidents on the interstates en route to various dumps around the country.

It should also be noted that the tiny town of Sierra Blanca (population under 600) had already been a toxic waste dump for the state of NY (at a rate of over 200 tons a day) and is poisoned for generations.

The site was eventually *dumped* for nuclear waste disposal because Texas and the town of Sierra Blanca had failed to disclose that there was a an earthquake fault directly below the designated site and that there had been over 60 earthquakes in the vicinity in the last 70 years.

Nuclear Information and Resource Service

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 22, 1998


CONTACT
Bill Addington, Save Sierra Blanca 915-369-2541
Diane D'Arrigo, NIRS 301-270-6477 16
Erin Rogers, Sierra Blanca Legal Defense Fund 512-472-0855

President Clinton Pulls the Trigger on Minority Community
Okays Sending Radioactive Waste to Texas Border Town

Wash., D.C. -- On September 20, President Clinton violated the very spirit and letter of his own 1994 Executive order on Environmental Justice by signing the Texas/Maine/Vermont Radioactive Waste dump Compact (HR 629) into law. His signature traded the civil rights of the low-income, Mexican American people of Sierra Blanca, Texas for the nuclear power industry.

"The radioactive waste gun was pointed, loaded and the trigger cocked. Clinton's signature effectively pulls the federal trigger, Okaying sending radioactive to West Texas, and making it orders of magnitude harder for the local residents to fight it," stated Diane D'Arrigo of Nuclear Information and Resource Service. "But fight it they will, with growing local, national and international support and concern."

The town, located on the Texas Mexico border would receive the decommissioned nuclear power reactors and deadly radioactive wastes from Maine and Vermont and else!QW! perhaps as early as 1999. Nearly 40% of the people in this West Texas region live below the poverty line; 70% are Hispanic. The President signed the nuclear power bill despite:

1. clear evidence that the low-income, Mexican American community does not have the political or economic power to refuse the dangerous atomic waste,

2. that the community is already receiving hazardous, industrial NYC sewage sludge,

3. the fact that his signature violates his own Environmental Justice order prohibiting federal agencies from supporting projects that result in discrimination. The US Department of Energy, Environmental Protection Agency and Nuclear Regulatory Commission have been involved in this discriminatory project. President Clinton's signature, in addition to granting broad powers favoring the nuclear power industry, releases $55 million to dig the atomic dump in Texas's most active earthquake zone. The trenches would be directly above a geological fault line.

President Clinton's action flies in the face of opposition from nearly 200 national, international and local organizations including religious, civil rights, Hispanic, environmental and economic justice groups on record denouncing the dump and Compact. It flaunts the unanimous opposition of the Mexican federal Congress and five Mexican states.

The radioactive waste, which President Clinton and Congress are now pushing on Sierra Blanca, is by no means "low risk." Mainly resulting from nuclear power, it includes plutonium (hazardous for 1/2 million years), radioiodines (some hazardous for 320 million years), strontium-90 (a bone-seeker which causes bone cancer and leukemia, hazardous for 560 years) and other intensely radioactive elements.

"Clinton is now an accomplice to the racist government of Texas," charged Richard Boren, coordinator of Southwest Toxic Watch. "Now the US government has given the green light to send nuclear waste from primarily white states like Maine and Vermont to the Texas Border region that is over 70% Mexican American."

The Compact also opens the door to Texas becoming the nation's next national nuclear power dump. President Clinton's signature ratifies a law which omits amendments originally passed in the House and Senate which would have protected Texas from becoming a national dump-state and giving the local community a right to challenge discrimination.

Bill Addington, businessman and rancher from Sierra Blanca, responded to news of the president's signing, "President Clinton's 1984 Executive order on Environmental Justice isn't worth the paper it's printed on." He stated that "This environmental injustice in Sierra Blanca threatens environmental justice throughout the US."
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http://www.nirs.org/press/09-22-1998/1

Yeah it sucks but it part of a much larger issue no one ever addresses here. It's not like Bernie Sanders just picked that place out of a hat.

The US has a habit of illegally dumping its toxic trash in poor countries of really Black people like Haiti and no one complains, except the poor natives as in the case of the Khian Sea that illegally dumped 4,000 tons of Philadelphia's toxic waste in Haiti, include radioactive & contaminated hospital waste, and another 10,000 in the ocean.

Let's not even get started on what's in our weapons.

While I was looking for Howard Dean's quote on this, google turned up an old DU thread started by a vocal Clinton supporter who's no fonder of Sanders than he was of Dean. "This is not a big issue" - Howard Dean on Sierra Blanca nuclear waste"

Sierra Blanca was used back then to attack Dean and now it's being used to attack Sanders.

What. a. surprise. NOT.

[arcane1]

1. What a shock, to find a dishonest attack coming from the Clinton side.

[JaneyVee]

25. A dishonest attack?

http://archives.texasobserver.org/issue/1998/09/11#page=11

Seems NY stopped under Senator Clinton's tenure. It was veto-proof under Bill.

[Bluenorthwest]

86. NY stopped shipping sewage to Sierra Blanca due to the indictment of the company's owners....

that had run the whole scheme....

"The contract with New York City was terminated in June of 2001 (two of the company's owners were found guilty of bribing New York mafia bosses in the hope of influencing union officials), and the sludge ranch - one of the largest in the world - now sits idle. Merco filed for bankruptcy in 2002, resulting in the state of Texas purchasing the site from them."
http://clui.org/ludb/site/sierra-blanca-sludge-ranch

[villager]

81. The relentless dishonesty of their side's talking points makes it harder to muster any enthusiasm

...for their possible eventual nominee.

[arcane1]

100. Indeed, for a guy who "Can't Win" there's a lot of effort to find creative ways to shit on him.

Then, of course, there's the fact that the front-runner keeping stealing his ideas a week after he expresses them

[villager]

116. you have to Borg the "outlying" ideas to keep everyone in line, que no?

[AgingAmerican]

2. "It's funny watching people blame Bernie Sanders for something Bill Clinton signed into law"

Indeed it is very hypocritical.

[randys1]

4. "It's funny watching people blame Hillary Clinton for something Bill Clinton signed into law"

[AgingAmerican]

8. Please link to the OP that blames Hillary for this?

Man, you guys just DON'T GET IT.

[randys1]

10. Actually I got it completely, which is why you are so quick to respond.

Dont worry, I will work 24/7 registering people to vote and when necessary advise them on the ILLEGAL requirements for ID so that they can vote.

I will work as hard as I can to get as many people voting against the terrorist organization aka American Taliban aka Teaparty.

[bvar22]

49. You failed to post a link to where a Bernie supporter blamed Hillary,

though she WAS the "co-president" at the time.
You remember their campaign...."Two for the Price of One"?

[randys1]

50. Like you just said? LOL you folks are quite amazing. Problem is you are on the WRONG message

board!!!!

[sulphurdunn]

97. That is not a rebuttal.

It's a dismissal.

[sabrina 1]

82. That's what I've been doing. And my candidate is easy to 'sell'. Even in a fairly red part of the

country. Already got non voters registered in NY by the 9th who haven't before. Bernie is a benefit to the Dem party. Their memberships was down by 10% but with new people registering as Dems to get Bernie elected, that should help boost the membership of the party again.

[frylock]

17. It's funny that people list First lady as being one of the qualifications for being President..

but don't hold her responsible for policies enacted by her husband that she is on record as having supported.

[randys1]

18. As funny as pictures of Black people being hosed down by the authorities?

[frylock]

22. I didn't post that for laughs..

but I do appreciate the non-sequitur.

[randys1]

24. You posted it more to piss Black people off, one Black person in particular.

[frylock]

26. I posted it to highlight the hypocrisy of DU's favorite so-called SJW..

But let's try and stay on topic here and maybe answer the question I posed to you.

[randys1]

28. My topic are fake liberals posting on a liberal message board.

[frylock]

39. Who is the fake liberal in this scenario?

The person who's views haven't changed from 1/19/2009 to today, or the person who's views shift to rationalize their candidate favoring conservative policy?

[TheBlackAdder]

52. Oh, snap! nt

[luvspeas]

36. What's and SJW?...

Say it like you said it to me.

[randys1]

41. ...

[emulatorloo]

85. Social Justice Warrior. Pejorative term used to denigrate activists who fight for civil rights.

[awoke_in_2003]

91. And that such a long time member

is using that term sickens me. It is a dog whistle term.

[emulatorloo]

95. I guess some people will do or say anything to "win"

[rbrnmw]

58. So you admit to doing things to hurt a DUer

You should apologize that was the wrong thing to do. Do you understand what that image means? I think it was a mean thing to do. It hurt a lot of people.

[frylock]

67. No, thanks.

[emulatorloo]

84. So you used images of violent attacks on African Americans teens from Birmingham 1963 to score points?

in a personal internet feud?

You posted a picture of Alabama whites using high-pressure >>fire hoses<< to attack African American high-school students cuz you haz a sad?

Maybe next time you can find some pictures of the police using police dogs to attack black men, women and children from the Birmingham campaign. Those would probably very effective in settling scores with African American DU'ers. <sarcasm>

[Agschmid]

96. I saw some pictures like that the other day...

Hey wait a minute...

Oh.

[frylock]

110. That post was hidden.

[emulatorloo]

114. Still there, not hidden at all. Link here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=747698

[frylock]

115. There were two posts, one of which was hidden.

[luvspeas]

35. randy randy randy!

[randys1]

38. And if you are not paying attention, sometimes I ROLL too!

[sabrina 1]

92. Do you have anything to say about the topic of the OP? Any comment on what is an important issue

and has been, for Democrats anyhow, for a long time?

How about Ann Richards, Bill Clinton's part in this? Any objection, any support, anythng?

[luvspeas]

103. When someone posts pictures of black people being tortured specifically to offend

A self-identified person of color who is also a member of this group, I'd say that's pretty fucking important. One picture was hidden but the other was not. I sent a message to skinner about it but I do not know what else to do.

[luvspeas]

106. From Dus Terms of Service:

Do not post bigotry based on someone's race or ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion or lack thereof, disability, or other comparable personal characteristic. To be clear: This includes any post which states opposition to full equal rights for gays and lesbians; it also includes any post asserting disloyalty by Jewish Americans, claiming nefarious influence by Jews/Zionists/Israel, advocating the destruction of the state of Israel, or arguing that Holocaust deniers are just misunderstood. In determining what constitutes bigotry, please be aware that we cannot know what is in anyone's heart, and we will give members the benefit of the doubt, when — and only when — such doubt exists.

Frylock just stated that he posted those pictures to teach Bravenak a lesson and included his little SJW insult in the process. It's right here in the thread in black and white. If somebody doesn't do something them this place is pure hate top to bottom.

[Fairgo]

119. You are talking to the metaphorical chess playing pigeon

Don't expect anything but burbling noises, head bobbing, guano, and a victory dance.

[arcane1]

37. First Lady experience only counts if it's something positive that the president did.

Funny how that works.

[Doctor_J]

59. yeah she was co-president for the economy, but not for doma or dadt or the welfare deform

Or this. Funny how that works

[Phlem]

76. You're killing me!

I love it.

[Nitram]

129. Guess you're not familiar with the phrase about where the buck stops, Fry.

Can you cite one iota of evidence that Hillary Clinton had any role in Bill Clinton's decision to sign the bill? If not, you're just looking for cheap shots.

[frylock]

130. Looking over my post, I don't see where I said she had signed anything.

I said she SUPPORTED Bill's policies, and very publicly. In any case, should her tenure as First Lady be used to tout her qualifications as president or not?

[Nitram]

133. Being FLOTUS is obviously useful experience and would give a candidate a leg up on taking office.

That said, you can't turn it around and assume FLOTUS supported every bill her husband signed. Your really stretching this one, Fry.

[frylock]

134. I can assume she supported every bill her husband signed that she is on record as supporting..

why do Hillary supporters continue to gloss over her record?

[Nitram]

135. You've clearly done more research than I have. I didn't know Clinton expressed support for....

...sending radioactive waste to Texas. Where did you find that?

[frylock]

136. You're correct in that it is not applicable in this instance..

my original post, admittedly, was more of a comment in general to that poster, i.e. welfare reform, NAFTA, tough-on-crime bills, etc.

[Nitram]

137. So you never had a point that related to the OP?

Jut blowing smoke up our butts again. Lame Fry, really lame.

[frylock]

139. Yes, shame on me.

[Bluenorthwest]

87. Last week Hillary excused Bill for DOMA when she did not sign it. She really fictionalized the whole

thing on his behalf, having not signed it herself. Cake, then eat it too.

[Aerows]

113. New talking point, different day.

When Bill Clinton did something good, Hillary takes credit for it. When Bill Clinton did something bad, it was totally not her fault.

[randys1]

124. Whatever you say! You betcha! You wont get no sass talk from me!

[onenote]

9. I don't think its funny, but it is misleading to cite Bill Clinton for signing a law

without mentioning that it passed by a veto-proof margin.

[AgingAmerican]

11. He is not required to sign it

Same with Glass Steagall. He didn't have to sign it. Presidents sign laws they agree with.

[arcane1]

43. Why does that justify signing it? Why not Do the Right Thing instead?

If it's going to pass no matter what, why take their side and go down in history as supporting it? That's basically saying "So many republicans approve of this bill that I have no choice but to sign it" which is bullshit.

I'd prefer a president who lets principles decide whether a bills deserves to be signed.

[Enthusiast]

54. +1 a whole bunch!

[onenote]

61. For whatever reason, Presidents rarely if ever exercise that option any more

What they do -- and what Clinton did -- is not hold a signing ceremony or do anything to draw attention to or signify support for a bill that they don't necessarily support. The reasons for this are varied. If the bill has divided the President's own party, it is one way to split the difference.

In this case, it wasn't that "so many republicans supported it" -- it was that there was a split with more Democrats (plus Bernie) supporting it than opposing it.

[arcane1]

99. Thanks! That sucks but at least it makes a little more sense n/t

[bvar22]

71. By signing, Bill endorsed it.

His name will be on it forever as a signer.

[stillwaiting]

120. Why can't elected Democrats throw the Republicans an anchor on occasion?

Let Republicans OWN the really bad things.

Democrats don't have to be so bipartisan all of the time (even on the really bad things).

Let Republicans override the veto and OWN IT!

Elected Democrats should do that EVERY SINGLE TIME there is legislation pending that isn't good for the nation and that their supporters/base do not support. Doing this will give people the notion that they are fighting for us no matter what, and that is something that has been missing from the Democratic Party for decades now.

[LiberalArkie]

12. And it is funny because Texas was lobbying for the waste site to be in Texas.

[HassleCat]

23. It's a tradition

The location was to be in a poor community where most of the people have limited English skills, and cannot understand what's being done to them. That's Texas in a nut shell.

[LiberalArkie]

30. Arkansas used to be that way with a VX and Sarin nerve gas plant and toxic waste

disposal plants.

[HassleCat]

32. I'm being somewhat unfair to Texas

They will pull this crap almost anywhere people have little political power, and need jobs. Prisons, waste dumps, fertilizer plants... whatever nobody else wants in their back yard.

[wendylaroux]

3. Catherina, you go girl!!!! nt

[luvspeas]

40. yeah...go. n/t

[wendylaroux]

68. that's not very nice

-maybe your sugar is low.

[luvspeas]

70. You're right.

[Dr. Doolittle]

5. At the end, the people will vote for the best candidate

and hopefully it will be Bernie. It's not over, not by a long shot.

[Cleita]

6. K&R

[onenote]

7. Why are we discussing something BILL Clinton did?

I have a suggestion: when posting in the primaries forum, be specific as to whether you're posting about Bill Clinton or Hillary Clinton.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

13. This is about NOT blaming Sanders for something he's being blamed for elsewhere.

That's why it's in GD : P.

[onenote]

19. Not exactly responsive to my point.

Which is that OPs in the primaries forum should distinguish between Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton since one is a candidate in the primaries, and one isnt.

[sabrina 1]

31. The OP is addressing the latest daily attempt to smear BERNIE. It is doing what we must do

with these Corporate Funded talking points so we don't get anymore Swift Boating of good Democratic candidates.

If absolutely belongs here, it is about BERNIE and Bill who apparently signed the bill and Ann Richards.

This ought to end this particular attempt at a smear.

But tomorrow no doubt there will be another. And we will be ready to correct the record AGAIN.

[onenote]

65. I'm a Bernie supporter but I would never post an OP with such a misleading title.

First, by referring to Clinton, it creates the impression that it is about Hillary Clinton not Bill.
Second, it reinforces that misimpression by being stated in the present tense when its discussing something that occurred 18 years ago (which is why I don't find it particularly relevant as to either Bernie's campaign or H.Clinton's campaign).

[ljm2002]

125. Well although it is from 18 years ago...

...it is relevant to the campaign because Hillary Clinton supporters have used it to smear Sanders. Had they not done so, it would not have been discussed in the first place.

Clinton supporters do not get to say "oh that's not relevant" after they brought it to our attention in the first place.

No I am not addressing you with that statement -- you say you are a Bernie supporter and I take you at your word. But you seem a bit confused as to the sequence of events regarding this topic.

[onenote]

132. It has nothing to do with the sequence of events

I know the sequence of events and I know why the OP was posted and don't have any objection to it being posted. I just think, as a matter of accuracy and clarity, that titling the OP as "Bill Clinton Pulled the Trigger on Minority Community Okays Sending Radioactive Waste to Texas" would have been more appropriate. (Frankly, if I had been the one writing the OP, I probably would have simply titled it "Bill Clinton Signed the Law on Clearing the Way for the Construction of the Nuclear Waste Dump in Sierra Bianca)."

[A Simple Game]

83. Funny it was a Buy One Get One sale last time, but not this time? n/t

[progressoid]

20. The OP is about Bernie and Bill.

Not Hillary and Bill.

[Fred Sanders]

27. Which means it is in the wrong forum as well as being intentionally misleading.

[progressoid]

46. Bernie is in the Primaries.

This is in response to an issue raised in the primary campaign and discussed in GD-P. Seems pretty straight forward.

[WillyT]

14. K & R !!!

[HassleCat]

15. Some irony here

As mentioned in the first paragraph, Bill Clinton issued an executive order that allows people in minority communities to challenge the EPA permit process if the permit is being granted without adequate consideration of issues like forcing polluting industries onto poor and minority communities. I'm not sure if the "environmental justice" executive order can be used to challenge Sierra Blanca, since it would be DOE, not EPA, doing the permit. I will try to find some more info.

On edit: There appears to be no formal appeal under Clinton's executive order. Senator Paul Wellstone is a hero of the struggle, something I did not find surprising. The state gave up on the Sierra Blanc site, and is looking at another location. The University of Michigan law school has a synopsis of the case here: http://www.umich.edu/~snre492/blanca.html

[Catherina]

42. Thank you for the additional information n/t

[sabrina 1]

16. Oops!! Using old talking points is not wise. I guess they were trying to be frugal

with all the Corporate money that is flowing into the Super Pacs that do the dirty work of trying, and it's hard work re Bernie, to land a blow to one of the best candidates we've had in a long time.

Great post, thanks for setting the record straight.

[SidDithers]

21. You absolutely shouldn't vote for Bill Clinton, then...nt

Sid

[Renew Deal]

29. Hillary Clinton is not Bill Clinton

Some people struggle with that concept. Also, people here don't have a problem blaming the Iraq War on Hillary. There is a bit of hypocrisy in your post.

[JoePhilly]

78. Sadly some are not able to handle Hillary being a full person on her own.

[jeff47]

105. And some people struggle with basic reading comprehension

The claim from your side is Sanders inflicted radioactive waste on poor Latinos.

Problem is, it was their governor who was asking for the waste. Which was conveniently left out of the attacks on Sanders.

Guess what? It doesn't have to be Hillary Clinton's actions to make the attack false.

[Renew Deal]

108. Indeed

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=760771

I haven't taken sides and did not claim "Sanders inflicted radioactive waste on poor Latinos."

I pointed out hypocrisy of the OP on other matters.

[kelliekat44]

33. Still throwing Clinton stuff against the wall to see what sticks on Hillary. nt

[SoapBox]

47. No...but trying to say Bernie was pushing nuclear waste on poor Hispanics

and Latinos, is a big fat lie, being pushed, pushed, pushed by HRC supporters.

[MisterP]

34. but Dick Taverne, Vilsack, and Kevin Folta said ...

[azurnoir]

44. geebus and here I've been blaming the Texas state government

[Cosmic Kitten]

45. Mendacity

[Politicub]

48. It's funny to learn that Hillary has no mind of her own

Good thing she has a strong man like Bill to do all of the thinking for her.

Unless it's something that Bill did that we don't like, then it's the woman's fault.

Thanks for clearing that up, OP.

[Scootaloo]

53. The OP doesn't say a thing about Sec. Clinton.

It's about clearing the record on a smear on Sanders posted (and hidden) earlier.

[AlbertCat]

60. It's funny to learn that Hillary has no mind of her own

True.

But Hillary has so little political experience that it's almost impossible to find things she had much to do with.

Still, it's good idea to blast lies about Sanders and get the record straight.

[mcar]

98. ..

[randys1]

51. You should provide this to the people at Free Republic and Hannity.com, just in case there were

any cons thinking of voting for Hillary.

Put an end to that right quick!

The agenda to destroy the Democratic Party's leading candidate is CLEAR.

[Fumesucker]

112. Maybe it was a mistake for the HRC camp to bring up the issue in the first place?

Expecting candidate supporters to roll over while their candidate is unfairly trashed isn't particularly rational.

[JDPriestly]

55. Let's just stop using nuclear energy all together. That's the only way to reduce the amount of

nuclear waste we have to dispose of.

Here is another interesting item on Hillary and nuclear energy.


The US agreed to build two nuclear power stations and supply sophisticated weaponry to India when Hillary Clinton visited New Delhi.

. . . .

But the deal focuses on defence and civil nuclear energy agreements which could be worth more than $40 billion to American companies.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/5872836/Hillary-Clinton-US-to-build-nuclear-plants-in-India.

And then there is the Russian uranium deal that Hillary signed off on while in the State Department. Coincidentally, money flowed into the Clinton Foundation, . . . . . . . . well, I'll let you read it for yourselves. Here is just a tidbit:

At the heart of the tale are several men, leaders of the Canadian mining industry, who have been major donors to the charitable endeavors of former President Bill Clinton and his family. Members of that group built, financed and eventually sold off to the Russians a company that would become known as Uranium One.

Beyond mines in Kazakhstan that are among the most lucrative in the world, the sale gave the Russians control of one-fifth of all uranium production capacity in the United States. Since uranium is considered a strategic asset, with implications for national security, the deal had to be approved by a committee composed of representatives from a number of United States government agencies. Among the agencies that eventually signed off was the State Department, then headed by Mr. Clinton’s wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton.

As the Russians gradually assumed control of Uranium One in three separate transactions from 2009 to 2013, Canadian records show, a flow of cash made its way to the Clinton Foundation. Uranium One’s chairman used his family foundation to make four donations totaling $2.35 million. Those contributions were not publicly disclosed by the Clintons, despite an agreement Mrs. Clinton had struck with the Obama White House to publicly identify all donors. Other people with ties to the company made donations as well.

. . . .

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/24/us/cash-flowed-to-clinton-foundation-as-russians-pressed-for-control-of-uranium-company.html?_r=0


Who really thinks that Hillary is more electable than Bernie?

Cause if you do, I've got a foundation I would like to show you.

[Catherina]

93. Thanks for mentioning this. It never ends

I blush to remember there was a time I vehemently defended the Clintons, long before, during and long after the Lewinski affair. How naive I was.

[JDPriestly]

111. Me too. I absolutely will never vote for Hillary Clinton. Never.

[Uncle Joe]

56. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, Catherina.

[NCTraveler]

57. President Clinton.

Has a nice ring to it in your op. Many have warm feeling when thinking about the Big Dog.

[AzDar]

62. K & R

[NCTraveler]

63. This is by the book "passing the buck."

And wasn't Sanders wife appointed to this commission?

[valerief]

64. But...but nuclear energy is clean...like coal.

[riversedge]

66. So, the Clinton in your nasty head line is Bill. Nothing to do with Hillary. move along.

[Rose Siding]

90. Since it was WJC, the president, I do sort of follow the logic

If a member of congress votes for something, say an IWR (in order to strengthen our position at the UN, say), then the president flaunts the UN and invades a country anyway, is it fair to say the Senator was responsible for the war? -At the least, no more responsible than Bernie was for voting to send toxic waste to a TX community of color, right?

Following that logic, maybe it's fair to let Bernie skate on this one.

[Truprogressive85]

69. the shade that being thrown i love it

So let me guess was the veto proof like Doma was there a fear of constitutional amendment and he was forced to sign it ? lol

Thank you for bringing up Haiti, Bill Clinton destroyed the livelihood of farmers, since( HRC supporters will say he not running) HRC during her tenure as SOS, pushed Haiti to keep their minimum wage low so American corporations could benefit ( think about that you next time you wear your Levis jeans)

[Catherina]

89. Role of Hillary Clinton’s brother in Haiti gold mine raises eyebrows

Role of Hillary Clinton’s brother in Haiti gold mine raises eyebrows

Yeah, that same sleazy brother with a long history of selling his connection.


Tony's the more svelte one in green. The other brother is Hugh

If it's not Hugh Rodham pocketing $400,000 selling presidential pardons, it's Tony and the gold mines stolen from the starving Haitian people through the Clinton Foundation.

More here: Role of Hillary Clinton’s brother in Haiti gold mine raises eyebrows

What the Clintons did in Haiti is a black stain on America, from the rice war to the sweatshop factories, to manipulating the elections to install a compliant cocaine-addict as President.

Yes sir,

the "same old neo-liberal formula of promoting tourism, sweatshops, natural resource extraction, and cash crop exports. As secretary of state, Hillary Clinton promoted this very policy, demonstrated particularly in the imposition of Michel Martelly as president."

http://sfbayview.com/2015/08/plan-lanmo-the-death-plan-the-clintons-foreign-aid-and-ngos-in-haiti/

Just feel the love for Black people.

[polly7]

94. +1,000,000 nt.

[Truprogressive85]

104. hot seat

Haiti has became a neo-liberal experiment where the very very small portion of the population controls all buddies with the Clinton (mevs, Bulous, Apaid, Baker )

All Haiti got from the Clinton foundation was a freakin luxury hotel where only a few lucky few benefit

[840high]

72. k/r

[Phlem]

73. Excellent post.

You know, the more you show facts they go tone deaf and blind right.

Thank You for the post.

[Autumn]

74. Well bless their hearts, they try so hard.

Boom and out come the rest of the story.

[upaloopa]

75. Bill Clinton is not running for President

Bernie is.
Hillary is not Bill

[riversedge]

101. Wonder what this post has to do with any of Hillary's policies. It is a joke.

[jeff47]

107. Then why'd you bring her up?

This post is about a story being used to smear Sanders. Turns out the people posting the story left out a lot of important details. As usual.

[cantbeserious]

77. Thank You For Setting The Record Straight

eom

[JoePhilly]

79. A woman is little more than what her husband is, or was ...

... is that your point?

[leftofcool]

131. Evidently.

Because you know the little lady doesn't have a mind of her own. These sexist post are starting to get annoying.

[CharlotteVale]

80. Another day, another oops!

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

102. Have I said yet today how much i hate these people?

[L0oniX]

109. K & R

[Major Hogwash]

117. This doesn't surprise me. They'll probably claim later that Bernie wears a toupee, and is a member .

. . . of some men's hair club.

[Catherina]

123. Coming soon ;) n/t

[eridani]

118. The underlying issue here is which candidate is in favor or creating more nuclear waste

That would be Clinton.

[Catherina]

122. Yes. In short, backers like Westinghouse and GE need it badly n/t

[kelliekat44]

121. The OP is very misleading and should be deleted. nt

[JustAnotherGen]

127. +1 - it's in GDP - Bill isn't running n/t

[djean111]

128. Really? Refuting a smear against Bernie is not allowed?

What is misleading is the bullshit claiming that Bernie wanted to dump waste on Hispanics. Will you ask for that bullshit to be deleted?

[Autumn]

126. Kick!

[artislife]

138. Every week, I feel worse about voting for Bill....nt

[Catherina]

140. I'm angry I ever defended him

but back then I was very young, politically uniformed and thought they were the good guys because the other guys were so obviously bad. How foolish I was.

[artislife]

141. Live and learn, live and learn.