Re[2]: Christie Brinkley on Fox News Network tonight

[Vincent.King@DOEGJPO.COM (Vincent King)]

     Radsafers,
     
     I'm afraid that 'concentrating on excellence and avoiding screwups' 
     pretty much summarizes what we have done historically, with little 
     effect on improving our image.
     
     I don't advocate playing dirty, attacking the messenger rather than 
     the message, or deliberate misrepresentations (even though we are 
     regularly on the 'receiving' end of those approaches).  But it is 
     NOT wrong on our part to point out baloney when we see it.
     
     By the way, after the recent postings discussing the origin of the 
     'too cheap to meter' line, I think the more important point that 
     Mike Stabin made was lost.  Look at the quote again:
     
     ``This industry promised us energy that was too cheap to meter, 
     but instead it has produced a mountain of waste that is too 
     expensive to clean up. ... We must insist that the nuclear industry 
     take responsibility for the legacy of toxic garbage that it has 
     produced,''
     
     Mike pointed out how the criticism of nuclear power being too 
     costly comes from those whose stated intent is to throw every 
     cost-creating delay and roadblock into its path. Along those lines, 
     how honest is it to 'insist that the nuclear industry take 
     responsiblity for the legacy of toxic garbage that it has produced' 
     while applauding the veto that blocks such an effort?
     
     And what about opposing the bill because it would launch launching 
     "the largest nuclear waste shipping campaign in the history of the 
     world"? So what?  Are they proposing a waste disposal method that 
     will NOT involve transportation?  (Or maybe they're suggesting 
     storing everything in place?  Hey, guess what? That can be 
     technologically feasible, too.)
     
     In short, I see nothing immoral about our pointing out how nuclear 
     critics play both sides of these issues or in calling their 
     objections nonsense when they are nonsense.  No need to get nasty 
     or personal, just insist on real-world facts.
     
     Vincent King
     vincent.king@doegjpo.com
     
     
     
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     Subject: Re: Christie Brinkley on Fox News Network tonight
     Author:  William V Lipton <liptonw@dteenergy.com> at Internet
     Date:    4/26/00 10:08 AM
     
     
     My philosophy:  If you can't win, don't play.  We should 
     concentrate our efforts
     on
     technical excellence and avoiding screwups.  I.E., don't swing at 
     that pitch if
     it's in
     the dirt.
     
     The opinions expressed are strictly mine.
     It's not about dose, it's about trust.
     
     Bill Lipton
     liptonw@dteenergy.com
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