RE: Deadly Waste

["Jacobus, John (OD/ORS)" <jacobusj@ors.od.nih.gov>]

Jerry,

I was taking about the political selection of the President.  But I guess

you are too.



-- John 

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Subject: Re: Deadly Waste





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. 

----- Original Message ----- 

From: Jacobus, John (OD/ORS) 

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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)      

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Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 9:06 AM

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Subject: Re: Deadly Waste





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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