Re[2]: Anti-nuke funding

[Ruth Weiner <rfweine@sandia.gov>]

     I really sympathize and empathize with Sandy.  Her postings get 
     misinterpreted too.
     
     
I did not imply, nor did I mean to imply, and I certainly didn't explicitly say,
that the W. Alton Jones Foundation gives ONLY to anti-nuclear groups, or that 
all their recipients are fringe groups.  Far from it..  There are many 
recipients of their funds who are  truly charitable organizations, as well as 
non-profit research organizations doing excellent work.  Among them is National 
Public Radio, of which I am a dedicated listener.  The same can be said, by the 
way, of other foundations -- information also available on the web.  The 
Rockefeller charities certainly give to many other organizations besides NIRS.  
I continue to be puzzled, in fact, by foundation support of organizations like 
NIRS, NRDC, etc. Just to head off the apparent need of some RADSAFErs to read 
hidden meanings into postings, I am not being sarcastic.  I am really really 
puzzled., The recipient organizations make no secret of their goals, they are 
not charities, they do not really serve a function that helps society (as, for 
example, the Audubon Society does).  Southwest Research and Information Center 
of Albuquerque is dedicated primarily to keeping the WIPP from opening and to 
harassing Sandia and Los Alamos, for example. Although one may agree with such a
goal, it is certainly not charitable and does not appear to serve a societal 
function.  The organization does not do objective research, its name 
notwithstanding. The question is: why does this activity merit foundation 
support?  

This is not to say that all foundations should all support the same 
organizations -- certainly no one expects them to.    I would really like to 
know WHY these major foundations give up to millions to anti-nuclear groups. By 
the way, these are tax deductible as well as tax-exempt millions. 

Clearly only my own opinion.

Ruth Weiner
rfweine@sandia.gov  
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Subject: Re: Anti-nuke funding
Author:  GACMail98@AOL.COM at hubsmtp
Date:    7/31/98 5:30 PM


In a message dated 98-07-30 18:39:17 EDT, rruss@stanford.edu (Ray Russ) 
writes:
     
<
<I found that most beneficiaries of WAJ funding seem to be focused more 
<on weapons (nuke and non-nuke) non-proliferation.
<
     
Among Ms. Weiner's lunatic fringe who received grants from the WAJ 
Foundation is:
     
Battelle, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory * Nov 1996 - $125,000 
Advanced International Studies Unit, Washington, DC
     
To protect the environment and reduce the risk of nuclear proliferation 
by encouraging the use of alternative energy sources in China and 
discouraging the use of nuclear and coal-fired power.
     
<
<I do find it curious that as someone who has worked in the arena of 
<health physics/radiological controls for 15+ years, that my own 
<vociferous support of weapons non-proliferation suggests-
<by some accounts-that I too am (or might be) 'anti-nuke.' 
<
     
"Love me; love my nuclear weapons."  Or is it simply "the enemy of my friend 
is my enemy"?
     
Glenn
GACMail98@aol.com
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