Re: WIPP shipment through Albq. NM

[John Jacobus <crispy_bird@YAHOO.COM>]

Boy, and I thought I was cynical.



--- Gerry Blackwood <gpblackwood@justice.com> wrote:

> "Does "democracy" mean we have to make public policy

> decisions based on palpable falsehoods about

> radioactivity?"

> 

> Public policy is based on public perceptions and who

> can scream louder with the bigger wallet. Not on any

> sound basis in fact or majority rule. I personally

> believe that the WIPP issues are going no where, and

> I

> am really not up to speed on all the issues. But I

> believe that the government is boxed in and the

> options

> are very few and far between at this point. So the

> anti-crowd can crow all it wants. If the USG stamps

> it

> a national security issue we can all crow all we

> want

> then. Fighting the anti-crowd head on is in my

> humble

> opinion a waste of time and can cause high blood

> pressure. You take these guys on using back door

> politics, a check book and a real good lobbyists

> with

> sound facts. It does more damage and the risks of

> mind

> meltdown are lessened.  

> 

> Just my 2 cents.

> 

> Gerry Blackwood

> 

> 

> 

> On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 05:19:26 -0800 (PST), John

> Jacobus

> wrote:

> 

> > 

> > So, what do you propose?  Not having public

> meetings? 

> > The requirement that attendants have a high school

> > education?  The requirement that certain documents

> be

> > read prior to attending the meetings?

> > 

> > I do not think many of the readers on this list

> are

> > anti-nuclear, and abhore the bias they possess. 

> > However, what is the alternative?

> > 

. . .



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"I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man."

Thomas Jefferson



-- John

John Jacobus, MS

Certified Health Physicist

e-mail:  crispy_bird@yahoo.com



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