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John,
I think that the observation Ruth
is trying to convey is -- Once ideas such as "deadly
radiation" and "no safe level" become embedded in the mind of those running the
news media, it is almost impossible to dislodge them.
Use of facts and logic seems futile when confronted
by spin, hype, and ballyhoo.
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Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 9:18 AM
Subject: RE: Deadly Waste
Ruth,
Are
you saying that voting for President is like gambling in Las Vegas? Boy,
that explains everything.
-- John
John Jacobus, MS
Certified Health Physicist
3050
Traymore Lane
Bowie, MD 20715-2024
E-mail: jenday1@email.msn.com
(H)
The speculation about Yucca Mountain resulting in
fewer casino customers in Las Vegas is reminiscent of the quote from
reporter Fletcher Knebel (as quoted in David McCullough's biography of Harry
Truman) on the prediction that Truman would lose the 1948 election to
Dewey, Speaking of the crowds that greeted Truman's train during hie
"whistlestop" campaign, Knebel wrote "Of course, we experts in the press car
talked about the crowd, and we finally decided it didn't mean a damned
thing. Anybody will come out to see [the] President of the United
States....But that doesn't mean they'd vote for Harry Truman. He was
going to lose. We believed it because we wrote it every day."
Ruth
Ruth Weiner, Ph. D.
ruthweiner@aol.com
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