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POLITICS of nuclear power, meltdown, and disaster.

I just don't get all the fear of nuclear power and paranoia about the crippled Japanese nuclear power plant. My basic conclusion is: if a power plant can endure such a powerful natural disaster and not immediately collapse and explode, then I consider it a pretty safe technology. We need more nuclear power, not less.

I came across this slashdot comment that sums it up rather well using known facts in comparison to the Deep Water Horizon explosion:

http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2037094&cid=35487630

Deepwater Horizon - caused by cost cutting and ignoring safeguards.

2010 Election Endorsements (New York State)

Governor and Lieutenant Governor: Carl P. PALADIO & Gregory J. EDWARDS

Comptoller: Harry WILSON

Attorney Generay: Carl E. PERSON

United States Senator (6 year - Full Term) : Randy A. CREDICO

United States Senator (2 Year - Unexpired Term): John CLIFTON

Representative in Congress: Theodore J. DANZ, JR.

State Senator: Timothy D. KLINT

Member of Assembly: Timothy D. KLINT

Surrogate Court Judge: Frederick W. KILLEEN

Family Court Judge: Christine M. CLARK

County Clerk: John J. WOODWARD

Member of Council: Patricia E. ZOLLINGER

Pot POLITICS: what if Obama legalizes marijuana?

Consider the following scenario:

  • The 2010 elections are a giant referendum on the Obama administration. Democrats are thrown out of power and Republicans/ Libertarians have a solid majority in the house and a slim majority in the senate.
  • Mountaintop Revival

    Mountain Top Revival
    or Why I Love Renee

    Sorry for not posting more...

    Perhaps I am indeed, the least interesting man in the world.

    sp_getNothing

    shamelessly lifted from http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/sp_getNothing.aspx:

    "I was working on cleaning up some old code from a system I inherited," writes Anthony Mattas, "the system is an old ASP.NET application that has been around for a while, but won’t be replaced because it generates the staff meeting template for our CEOs weekly leadership meeting."

    i saw it on the interblags!

    I heard about 6th Street Radio on the INTERBLAGS!

    http://xkcd.com/181/

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