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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 06:31 PM Original message |
Obama Steps Toward More Nukes to Win Senate Votes on Climate Bill |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
1. Nooooo, don't use natural earth technologies! |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
2. This was one of my biggest fears with Obama: |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
3. This post should be locked. The title is misleading and has nothing to do with "nukes". |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 07:33 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Nuclear power plants are "nukes" |
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tkmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 07:37 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Colloquially, "nukes" are nuclear weapons |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 09:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. "weapons grade nuclear materials"...huh. |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 09:30 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Calling nuke power "clean energy" is like calling Hitler Obama |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 09:37 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Godwin to start. Nice. |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 09:42 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Radioactive dirt is deadly. Nukes are mass killers |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 09:45 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Tell me where to find non-radioactive dirt. |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 09:49 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Man made radiation in nukes vs. naturally occurring radiation in clean dirt |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 10:00 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. "Man made"? Not "Human made"? |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 12:06 AM Response to Reply #27 |
40. I don't see many women running nuke plants like Cheney and Bush |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 09:47 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Godwin's law and the proper use of Nazi analogies |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 12:25 AM Response to Reply #3 |
47. I build nuclear power plants. They're nukes. |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 12:42 AM Response to Reply #47 |
49. thanks - see what I have to put up with? |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 12:48 AM Response to Reply #49 |
53. Oh, HELL no, I wouldn't go within a mile of one of those filthy things once they're running! |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 12:56 AM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Funny WHY? Tell the people why, bro |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 01:00 AM Response to Reply #54 |
55. First of all, I'm a Union Ironworker, any company that might be listening can kiss my ass. |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 01:06 AM Response to Reply #55 |
57. what you said was funny but tell the people WHY you wouldn't go near a nuke plant after u build it |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 01:08 AM Response to Reply #57 |
59. Ohhhh, okay. They just give me the creeps! |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
5. Ah. Nuclear power, not nuclear weapons (as the "nukes" is typically used). Fascinating. |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 08:08 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Where ya been? Nukes have referred to nuke reactors forever |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
7. "No Nukes" on Wikipedia from M.U.S.E. (This is how I know this) |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 10:45 PM Response to Reply #7 |
33. wikipedia. how droll. |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 01:04 AM Response to Reply #33 |
56. Wiki is about as "common" a usage as I can find. |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
8. THIS thread will be a perfect example of how pronukers |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 08:14 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. It's certainly a perfect example of something. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 09:20 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Their opinion is just as valid as yours. |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 09:25 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. And more procorporate |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 09:27 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Actually, I do. |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 09:35 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. You really can't avoid an ad hominem attack |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 09:30 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Bo knows. eom |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 09:55 PM Response to Reply #14 |
26. Generating electricity is a "procorporate" idea now? |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 10:18 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Oh, you haven't heard about natural living? |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 10:39 PM Response to Reply #14 |
32. You're position is procorporate too... pro Big Oil and pro Big Coal |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 12:00 AM Response to Reply #32 |
39. Anti petroleum and antiCoal. prosolar and renewables |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 11:01 PM Response to Reply #8 |
34. yes, the nuclear lobby influences DU. and, I ride a unicorn to work. |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
11. Good for Obama.... America can begin to get off fossil fuels by focusing on nuclear power |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 09:23 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Well, not quite |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 09:31 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Are you crazy? No emissions? Radioactive emissions some from nuke plants |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 10:09 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. Biggest emission source of the plants: Concrete cooling towers. |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 10:15 PM Response to Reply #19 |
29. I've worked in the nuclear field for 20 years, honey. You are clueless and have no idea what you |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 10:26 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. +1. You deserve your own thread of recs. n/t |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 11:35 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. If you've worked in the field for 20 years... |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 11:47 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. I'm not a physicist, I worked in environmental medicine and research |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 11:54 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. The world is radioactive. |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 12:09 AM Response to Reply #37 |
41. But nuke plants produce deadly isotopes which are man made (or human made) |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 12:12 AM Response to Reply #37 |
42. delete error |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 12:12 AM Response to Reply #37 |
43. delete error |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 12:20 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Congrats on the triple post. |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 12:39 AM Response to Reply #44 |
48. somebody musta been messin' wit me |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 11:58 PM Response to Reply #29 |
38. Baloney : Nuke plant emissions are DEADLY and DIFFERENT from background radiation |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 12:22 AM Response to Reply #38 |
45. Sleep. eom |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 12:46 AM Response to Reply #45 |
51. g'night boppers sleep tight |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
46. Finally, some good news. About time he created some jobs. |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 12:45 AM Response to Reply #46 |
50. Since you work for the industry |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 12:47 AM Response to Reply #50 |
52. That's quite alright, I don't need you to see it at all. |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 01:08 AM Response to Reply #52 |
58. and that is because...? |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 01:09 AM Response to Reply #58 |
60. One word: |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 12:18 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. You get your overtime and then you run from the plant? |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 12:41 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. I doubt it, but I'll consider the possibility. |
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