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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=mgriffwzef@comcast.net href="mailto:mgriffwzef@comcast.net">Mike</A>
</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=i2cc4c@yahoo.ca href="mailto:i2cc4c@yahoo.ca">Chris
Christersen</A> ; <A title=mrdoda@mchsi.com
href="mailto:mrdoda@mchsi.com">Dwayne Abney</A> ; <A
title=scaflcio@bellsouth.net href="mailto:scaflcio@bellsouth.net">Donna
DeWitt</A> ; <A title=mike.elk@gmail.com href="mailto:mike.elk@gmail.com">Mike
Elk</A> ; <A title=englando@bellsouth.net
href="mailto:englando@bellsouth.net">Ozzie England</A> ; <A
title=mfroemke1@aol.com href="mailto:mfroemke1@aol.com">Mark Froemke</A> ; <A
title=indpol@igc.org href="mailto:indpol@igc.org">Ted Glick</A> ; <A
title=cloggingj@comcast.net href="mailto:cloggingj@comcast.net">Jan Griffin</A>
; <A title=deegarygriffin@msn.com href="mailto:deegarygriffin@msn.com">Gary
Griffin</A> ; <A title=Donhudson@cwlp.com href="mailto:Donhudson@cwlp.com">Don
Hudson</A> ; <A title=john.vellardita@gmail.com
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title=dlj725@hughes.net href="mailto:dlj725@hughes.net">David Johnson</A> ; <A
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; <A title=kellycm2@bellsouth.net href="mailto:kellycm2@bellsouth.net">Chuck
Kelly</A> ; <A title=nea.peter.miller@gmail.com
href="mailto:nea.peter.miller@gmail.com">peter miller</A> ; <A
title=agitate@frontiernet.net href="mailto:agitate@frontiernet.net">John
Newell</A> ; <A title=duckpondchuck@aol.com
href="mailto:duckpondchuck@aol.com">Chuck Shaw</A> ; <A
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href="mailto:Newdem@aol.com">Dave Strattman</A> ; <A
title=nursedebbie1@comcast.net href="mailto:nursedebbie1@comcast.net">Debbie
Swink</A> ; <A title=alanwasdahl@sbcglobal.net
href="mailto:alanwasdahl@sbcglobal.net">Alan Wasdahl</A> ; <A
title=lvpsf@igc.org href="mailto:lvpsf@igc.org">steve zeltzer</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, April 20, 2011 6:47 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Finished Draft</DIV></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">US</SPAN></B></st1:country-region></st1:place><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"> Nuclear
Storm Brewing<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></FONT></P>
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</SPAN>When the catastrophe in <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Japan</st1:country-region> turned its focus from the massive deaths
caused by the Tsunami to the damaged nuclear reactors, everyone began a massive
cover-up, including the owners of the Japanese power plants and the government
in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Japan</st1:place></st1:country-region> as well. </FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Efforts to
regain control of run-away reactors had decidedly one aim.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>That aim was to save the investment of
the owners and salvage a lucrative cash cow for the elite business men backed by
the extremely corporate friendly Japanese government with little or no regard
for the affected public. That is bolstered by the facts that the public was
consistently lied to by the owners and the government and the government’s
refusal to evacuate a much wider area even though it would have saved many more
lives and future hardships by those exposed to excessive radiation. If that
response sounds familiar; it is. It is a mirror image of owner and government
response at Three Mile Island in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">Pennsylvania</st1:State></st1:place>. </FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>As the nuclear event unfolded in <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Japan</st1:country-region>, US nuclear industry lobbyists literally
pounced on <st1:City w:st="on">Washington</st1:City> <st1:State
w:st="on">DC</st1:State> to make sure it would remain “business as usual” in the
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United
States</st1:place></st1:country-region>. Their biggest fear is the loss of
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region>’s faith in and political
support of nuclear power. Where is the representation for the people of
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region>?<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The solemn truth is that there is none.
It’s about money, corporate power and control and both sides of the aisle are
committed to maintaining business as usual. </FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>Within days, President Obama in the ultimate act of “street theatre”
assured a concerned nation that our industry would undergo a comprehensive
evaluation. That will not happen! A commission will be formed made up of
industry insiders, Obama’s elite powerbroker allies and business friendly
Nuclear Regulatory Commission [NRC] hacks and the dog and pony show will begin.
In this endeavor, Obama will finally get wide-spread bipartisan support.
</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>Under the guise of “downsizing government” during every Republican
administration since Ronald Regan, every federal agency charged with regulating
industry, protecting workers and the public and our environment have been
stripped of funding. It was a cleverly designed and successful scheme to make
those agencies ineffective. </FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>Looking at a campaign fund expecting to exceed a billion dollars for
Obama in the next presidential election, Obama is not about to throw a turd in
the Corporate Punch Bowl. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
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</SPAN>The death toll from the Japanese government’s fraudulent efforts will be
substantial. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The most sensible
action would have been to pump huge amounts of concrete around the damaged
reactors and spent fuel pools for shielding, but the genie is out of the bottle.
Future birth defects, cancer and radiation related diseases, will haunt ordinary
working people<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>for decades.
This event is a mirror to our future unless real change is
made.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>It is noteworthy that workers battling to regain control of the damaged
nuclear reactors do not include Corporate Executives from the owners or ranking
members of the Japanese government. In <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Japan</st1:country-region>, archaic culture requires ordinary working
people to fall on their swords and sacrifice their lives for the good of the
corporation; a system the corporate elite in <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region> are
getting dangerously close to achieving.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
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</SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In the past five years
American industry leaders have submitted a number of requests for licenses for
additional nuclear plants and additions to existing plants. Events in
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Japan</st1:place></st1:country-region> has sparked fears in the
American public, shaken public confidence in the industry and exposed the
reality that nuclear disaster is incredibly difficult to control. Given the
culture of good old American Corporate Greed and politically contaminated
government oversight, those fears are well founded.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>As a union Millwright, I worked in the nuclear industry for more than 12
years. Changes in the industry are troubling. Re-fuelling and repair shutdowns,
referred to as outages, have been reduced from 7 to 8 months 20 years ago to as
little as 11 days a year ago when I retired. Repairs 20 years ago were
comprehensive, required a lot of skilled manpower and kept the nuclear fleet in
top shape. Now it’s a race to get back online in the time the fuel exchange
takes and get the profits rolling in. Often, scheduled work gets canceled.
Common sense dictates that you cannot get 8 months of repairs in 11 days and it
makes sense that an aging fleet designed for 40 years of service is becoming
more vulnerable to failure ; possibly catastrophic failure. </FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>Most <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region> plants were built in the sixties
and early seventies and are well beyond life expectancy. Long-term radiation
exposure deteriorates metal reinforcing and reactor components. At an <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Ohio</st1:State></st1:place> plant, a reactor
head which covers the vessel containing the fuel rods was found to have a huge
crack. </FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>The race to limit downtime during outages and cut labor costs is a major
problem. Our nuclear fleet has become a cash cow for the greedy and
devious.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The demand for excessive
profits is putting the welfare of the public at risk in spite of the fact that
nuclear power is extremely profitable. On a chart at one nuclear plant, costs to
produce a kilowatt hour of electricity were listed as follows. Natural gas-85
cents, fuel oil-35 cents, coal-18 cents, and nuclear power- 4 cents per kilowatt
hour.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>In the last decade, the power generation industry allegedly morphed into
two separate entities; producers and distributors. In many cases, production and
distribution is owned by the same corporation through the creation of “Holding”
companies or “Limited Liability Company” [LLC]. What those terms really boil
down to is; they rake in the profits and the ratepayers and tax payers absorb
the costs. All across <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">America</st1:country-region></st1:place>, smaller regional utilities
have been gobbled up into mega- corporations who now control the markets and
have the power to operate any way they choose.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
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</SPAN>One such holding company, Exelon, operates 10 nuclear power plants
including the Clinton Nuclear Power Station in central <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Illinois</st1:place></st1:State>.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The youngest plant in the fleet, Clinton
Nuclear Power Station, was built by Illinois Power Company for a cost to
ratepayers of several billion dollars. When Exelon was formed, with Commonwealth
Edison a major player, <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Clinton</st1:place></st1:City> was purchased for a mere 22 million.
The property and lake alone is worth many times that amount but somehow the
rate-payers, who absorbed billions in construction costs, never saw a
penny.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
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</SPAN>When this aging fleet has to be dismantled the costs will be astronomical
and guess who will be footing the bill?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>I’m betting it will be no different than the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Love</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Canal</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> or the subsidence created by the
mining industry that walked away with all the profits and none of the costs for
the damage. We taxpayers won’t be singing “ All praises to the
LLC”.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In southern California,
during the man-made rolling blackouts in 2000 and 2001 hundreds of millions were
owed to rate and tax payers by Southern California Edison [SCE] and Pacific Gas
and Electric [PG&E]. In spite of cost of the blackouts, 40 to 45 billion,
then Governor Grey Davis wiped the slate clean and put the fox in the henhouse
by appointing the CEO of Southern California Edison to the Public Utility Board
which is supposed to protect consumers from the industry. </FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>Energy companies, mainly the infamous ENRON, manipulated the markets and
created shortages that drove energy costs up 400 percent. They took power plants
off line and by creating shortages, drove up the prices. This was possible by a
partial deregulation created by Grey’s predecessor, Governor Pete Wilson.
Because of caps on prices PG&E went bankrupt and Southern California Edison
nearly did. Grey Davis bailed them out with taxpayer money. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Obviously, we cannot trust the industry
to operate honestly, safely, or transparently. SCE operates the San Onofre
Nuclear Power Station and PG&E operates Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power
Station.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>The nuclear power industry has been quick to use the Homeland Security
Act, the NRC, and its political clout to avoid transparency and keep the media
at bay on events that happen in the nuclear plants. At every outage during
initial access training, it is stressed to every contractor and in-house
employee that any statements to the press will come from their Public
Information Officer. Failure to comply will mean immediate termination and you
can be banned from working at any nuclear facility. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Security is another issue
that should concern government oversight.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>In simulated assaults on nuclear facilities, forces were able on several
occasions to gain access to nuclear plants. Three years ago, a non-union
painting contractor was caught using illegal aliens on his crew at a nuclear
facility in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Florida</st1:place></st1:State>. It never made the news and it was
never disclosed what penalties were levied. More than likely the contractor
received a slap on the wrist but would have meant serious jail time if an
ordinary worker had committed the offense.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>It was lack of transparency that escalated the risk at Three Mile Island
in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Pennsylvania</st1:place></st1:State> a few decades ago. The operator
lied about conditions in the plant, kept critical information from local, state
and federal agencies and failed to implement emergency plans that could have
saved tens of thousands of lives had the situation worsened. A large portion of
the reactor core melted and was dangerously close to disaster on a scale this
country has never seen. No-one was ever held accountable. </FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>In a wise move after recognizing the industry could not be trusted,
President Jimmy Carter ordered the placement of NRC Officers in-house at every
nuclear power plant. The wisdom of that choice has long since been neutralized
by political compromise .That unit is sitting there emitting radiation and will
do so for centuries. It should serve as a national reminder that until we can
actually control nuclear energy in all its phases and deal with the waste, we
should count our blessings and put future nuclear plants on
hold.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>A number of our plants are located dangerously close to sea level and
could be affected by a Tsunami. San Onofre has the Pacific Ocean on one side and
the <st1:place w:st="on">San Andreas Fault</st1:place> on the other. That fault
eventually tails out into the ocean and has the ability to create two disasters.
Oyster Creek in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New
Jersey</st1:place></st1:State> is just a few feet above sea level as are several
more. Peach Bottom and Three Mile are just above the water line in the
Susquehanna basin in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Pennsylvania</st1:place></st1:State> which has a history of flooding.
Our nuclear fleet is not as failsafe as the NRC and industry leaders would like
you to believe.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>It is not hard to see disaster on the horizon with Republicans and their
alter-ego “tea baggers” demanding deregulation in spite of the disastrous
results in <st1:place w:st="on">Southern California</st1:place>. Even more
compelling is the cozy relationship between these mega-giants and the White
House. It comes as no surprise given the vetting process Obama went through in
2003 when he met with <st1:City w:st="on">Vernon</st1:City> <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Jordan</st1:place></st1:country-region> and his
powerful playmates in corporate lawyer circles. After assurances Obama would not
make any major changes in corporate policy they waved their magic wands, ponied
up the cash and gave their blessing to his campaign. The same players that made
it possible for George Bush to become President, made it possible for Barrack
Obama and they both sold the Public’s interests. This is why the Obama
administration has been unable to muster the testicle fortitude to stand their
ground on any issues that benefit ordinary Americans. </FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>For Obama compromise means join the right wing and give them twice what
they are demanding. This double talking clown has a worse rollover record than a
1947 Willeys Jeep. Other than a minority of progressive Democrats and Senator
Bernie Sanders, the independent from <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">Vermont</st1:State></st1:place>, there is no “Government of the
People” and public safety will not take precedence over
profit.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>Obama is the perfect “Trojan Horse”, pretending to be the agent of
change. Each time he appears to be standing for issues that benefit ordinary
Americans, he flips and gives in to the right wing in the name of compromise. He
is the right wing in sheep’s clothing and nothing more than a dishonest shill
for the elite who have destroyed real democracy in <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region>.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>A good example is the 11.8 million fine given Honeywell Corporation in
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Metropolis</st1:City> <st1:State
w:st="on">IL</st1:State></st1:place> by the Environmental Protection Agency
[EPA]. Honeywell, a megabuck defense contractor, pled guilty to one “felony”
count of illegally storing and releasing radioactive waste into the community.
The fine was a mere slap on the wrist to the giant Honeywell Corporation.
Honeywell operates an NRC licensed facility that takes raw uranium and makes
products that go into the fuel rods for nuclear reactors.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>Honeywell CEO David Kote was warned about the violation in 2007 at a town
hall meeting by union workers from the plant but responded by cutting the
meeting short. The EPA raided the plant in 2009 and found 7500 open drums of
illegally stored radioactive sludge. The former safety Director for the plant
has testified that some of the waste has seeped into the <st1:place
w:st="on">Ohio River</st1:place>.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In June of 2010, Honeywell
locked the union out and brought in untrained scabs to run the plant. No charges
were ever filed by the NRC in spite of a felony violation that the CEO had first
hand knowledge of.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>Honeywell has increased its campaign donations to the Democrats 400% in
the last year and Kote accompanied Obama on a tour of <st1:State
w:st="on">Indiana</st1:State> and a trip to <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region> during
trade talks.Obama rewarded Kote with a position on the deficit reduction
committee. In spite of his criminal behavior, instead of a trip to the “big
house”, he has an open door to the Whitehouse. </FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>There are a few brave souls
in the Democratic Party that are calling for a hold on nuclear plants but not
enough to stop it. Those speaking out will be chastised by the corporate media,
demonized by their Republican counterparts, and isolated by fellow Democrats who
take the same money and run. The public will be reminded, “this industry
provides jobs”. It is that mantra that will be forced down the throats of the
American public in spite of the fact that it is Corporate America who betrayed
this nation by shipping the majority of our manufacturing jobs out of the
country in search of slave labor and the right to pollute at will. In this
political climate it is insane to even consider stepping up nuclear
power.</FONT></FONT></P>
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