Dump Oil and Nuclear Waste at Sea, Proposed Oregon GOP Congressional Candidate

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MAY 18th -
Republican voters of Oregon District 4 have chosen Dr. Art Robinson to represent them in the November 2010 Congressional race against Democrat Peter DeFazio. With 70% of votes counted as of 8:54 pm, Art currently has 80% of the total.
http://www.artrobinsonforcongress.com/index.html

Amidst growing national outrage as oil from BP's deep-sea oil well blowout spreads across the Gulf of Mexico and has just reached the delicate Louisiana coastline, what's noteworthy about Arthur B. Robinson, running on the GOP ticket this year for Oregon's 4th Congressional District, is his stated support for disposing of oil and nuclear waste at sea which, according to Robinson, is the safest place in the world to dispose of certain types of industrial waste material.

In 2004, Robinson's "Access To Energy" newsletter contained a column titled, "OCEAN DUMPING? YES!" which declared,

"Wastes dumped into the deep ocean will soon reach the bottom, where they are less hazardous than nearly any other place on Earth. Most materials will remain there: marine organisms are rare in the deep ocean, food chains are long, and few materials will be carried back to mankind. And that is what waste disposal is all about...
...The oil companies' reckless greed, we are told, has devastated the oceans with their oil spills.

Baloney."

But Robinson then went even further, claiming that the Earth's oceans are "starved for" crude oil,

"As for oil spills in the open and deep ocean, they amount to far less than natural seeps and river runoff, and any unbiased oceanographer will confirm that they are a boon to marine life, inflicting damage mainly on the oil and shipping companies. For crude oil is a natural, organic, biodegradable product of the earth's ancient plant and animal life, and it is this type of hydrocarbon that marine life in the open and deep ocean is starved for."
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There is so much more about this loon: http://www.talk2action.org/story/2010/5/24/103731/266

He has connections to Bob Jones University, G.A.Henty who wrote racist books, the anti-evolution movement, and the founder of the Christian Reconstructionism movement Rousas J. Rushdoony who has some very scary views.

And he is well ahead of the Democratic incumbent. I hope the Democratic candidate knows about this and uses it. They have literally reached the bottom by nominating him. If he is elected, maybe Grayson or Weiner will smack him.

[gratuitous]

1. Fortunately, he's running against Peter DeFazio

So Artie doesn't stand a chance. He'll be lucky to poll above 20%

[jaksavage]

2. How do these crazies

make into positions of power. Even to run takes power, I sure hope he gets whooped.

[Yavin4]

3. Isn't That How Godzilla Was Created? n/t

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[Confusious]

4. I guess I have to say

As someone who is for nuclear power, that's just WACK.

Most of the used fuel can be reused and the waste can burned for energy also.

[greencharlie]

5. 8th grade science class idea? nt