The American Press is mostly a mouthpiece for the two major parties. It is very rare to find a good, objective article in most of the newspapers or on the TV.
I'm not at all suprised that newspapers would lift the text directly from the DNC website, after all, they've been lifting text from the Bush Administration for the last 3 years, the Clinton Administration before that, etc.
The water is absolutely NOT radioactive and it in fact vents off into the atmosphere.
No, you're wrong. Water which touches the Uranium is radioactive, and it is NOT vented into the atmosphere because it is highly toxic.
Nuclear rods heat the water or another fluid. The fluid travels down pipes to a heat exchange mechanism, where it heats water in a SECOND set of tubes and then circulates back to the nuclear fuel. The water in the SECOND set of tubes powers the turbines.
The vapor coming from the giant cooling towers is from the SECOND set of tubes, and is not contaminated.
Here is a diagram (Flash required). Notice the orange/red line is contaminated, the blue line is not.
"The uranium bundle acts as an extremely high-energy source of heat. It heats the water and turns it to steam. The steam drives a steam turbine, which spins a generator to produce power. In some reactors, the steam from the reactor goes through a secondary, intermediate heat exchanger to convert another loop of water to steam, which drives the turbine. The advantage to this design is that the radioactive water/steam never contacts the turbine. Also, in some reactors, the coolant fluid in contact with the reactor core is gas (carbon dioxide) or liquid metal (sodium, potassium); these types of reactors allow the core to be operated at higher temperatures. "
I don't think San Francisco City/County government has the authority to change how presidential votes are counted.
The Green Party did very well in the San Francisco and many other Bay Area elections; and actually beat the Republicans in many districts (including my own).
I had a hard time believing that 98 senators would send such a letter, so Looked it up. I learned something today:
"Although the United States signed the Kyoto Protocol, the treaty has not been ratified by the U.S. Senate. In July 1999, the United States Senate voted 95-0 to pass a resolution co-sponsored by Sen. Byrd (D-W.Va.) and Sen. Hagel (R-Neb.), which stated the Senate would not ratify the Protocol unless rapidly developing countries such as China were included in its requirements to reduce greenhouse gases. The Clinton Administration announced it would not send the treaty to the Senate for ratification."
Eventually, hopefully they will gain this ability.
However, an election in January does not mean that Iraq is suddenly a soverign nation.
The US will have a very strong presence behind the scenes during the January election. The US will work again candidates who are strongly anti-American.
all pay outrageously high taxes and have our lives controlled by the government.
Bush wants to "define marriage" in a Constitutional Amendment. It's hard to get more controlling then that.
Bush wants big tax breaks for the rich. He wants the middle class to foot the bill.
I saved $40 fucking dollars thanks to the elimination of the capital gains tax. Big fucking whoop. Of course, with that comes with a $500 Billion deficit that I will be paying off for the rest of my life.
That's not fiscal conservatism. The President is a lier.
Actually I take that back. Let's look at your sig, shall we?
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This desginates you as a #1, a fool.
We know you are a fool because you advertise a pyramid scam which promotes junk mail and spam in your sig. Tell me, what do your friends think of you once you sell their information to the marketers?
Why don't you understand that there is no such thing as a free lunch?
1. The Fool - People who are too gullible to realize that Bush has lied.
2. The Coward - People who are too scared to vote for anyone else.
3. The Codependent - People who enjoy being lied too and live in a fantasy world put forth by the President, where America is still noble, secure and respected around the world.
4. The Pig - People who agree with the lie and who want to continue the lie for their own nefarious purposes.
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"Can Coal Be Green?" misses the point.
Coal can still be "Green" by some standards and yet still be a horrible source of pollution.
The question should be "Can coal be green enough that we should choose it over other 'green' technologies?'
GlobalWarming.org is a site dedicated to educating people about what is really going on and who is pulling the strings.
Gee, lets skim through some of the headlines at GlobalWarming.org:
Kyoto protocol will cool the global economy
The uberhysteria over climate change
Why the United States should remove its signature from the Kyoto Protocol
The site is a one sided beast. To present it simply as an objective Educational site" is like saying Democrats.org or RNC.com are un-biased sites.
The American Press is mostly a mouthpiece for the two major parties. It is very rare to find a good, objective article in most of the newspapers or on the TV.
I'm not at all suprised that newspapers would lift the text directly from the DNC website, after all, they've been lifting text from the Bush Administration for the last 3 years, the Clinton Administration before that, etc.
Well if the government takes away your rights in order to fight terrorism, then the terrorists are obviously on top.
I didn't say Fissionable H20. I said the water is radioactive (Because it holds little bits of radioactive particles), and therefore toxic.
Would you drink the water used to contain the fuel rods?
This lie is way worse then most political lies.
The Bush Administration lied and then killed thousands of people.
No, hemp wallets are cool because they support a libertarian and environmentally-safer agricultural product in the face of draconian drug laws.
But isn't the coolant possibly contaminated with little bits of Uranium, which is toxic?
And wasn't the problem with Three Mile Island that it leaked the steam from the contaminated coolant?
I can't find a good source for this sort of information.
Oh that Richard Clark, he was just a disgruntled middle manager. No way should you trust what he says in front of congress ... he's craaaaaazyy...
I still don't think that the coolant water is nearly as toxic as the other wastes
And I agree with you. The coolant water (in the cooling towers) isn't toxic.
The water is absolutely NOT radioactive and it in fact vents off into the atmosphere.
No, you're wrong. Water which touches the Uranium is radioactive, and it is NOT vented into the atmosphere because it is highly toxic.
Nuclear rods heat the water or another fluid. The fluid travels down pipes to a heat exchange mechanism, where it heats water in a SECOND set of tubes and then circulates back to the nuclear fuel. The water in the SECOND set of tubes powers the turbines.
The vapor coming from the giant cooling towers is from the SECOND set of tubes, and is not contaminated.
Here is a diagram (Flash required). Notice the orange/red line is contaminated, the blue line is not.
"The uranium bundle acts as an extremely high-energy source of heat. It heats the water and turns it to steam. The steam drives a steam turbine, which spins a generator to produce power. In some reactors, the steam from the reactor goes through a secondary, intermediate heat exchanger to convert another loop of water to steam, which drives the turbine. The advantage to this design is that the radioactive water/steam never contacts the turbine. Also, in some reactors, the coolant fluid in contact with the reactor core is gas (carbon dioxide) or liquid metal (sodium, potassium); these types of reactors allow the core to be operated at higher temperatures. "
Local elections.
I don't think San Francisco City/County government has the authority to change how presidential votes are counted.
The Green Party did very well in the San Francisco and many other Bay Area elections; and actually beat the Republicans in many districts (including my own).
During the 2000 Governer Elections, the Greens beat the Republicans
I believe these elections were a large motivator in the IRV movement in San Francisco.
I wanted to play the Bush National Air Guard game. I ordered the game a year ago but it still hasn't shown up.
It's well within the 3% margin of error :)
I had a hard time believing that 98 senators would send such a letter, so Looked it up. I learned something today:
"Although the United States signed the Kyoto Protocol, the treaty has not been ratified by the U.S. Senate. In July 1999, the United States Senate voted 95-0 to pass a resolution co-sponsored by Sen. Byrd (D-W.Va.) and Sen. Hagel (R-Neb.), which stated the Senate would not ratify the Protocol unless rapidly developing countries such as China were included in its requirements to reduce greenhouse gases. The Clinton Administration announced it would not send the treaty to the Senate for ratification."
Hey, you clicked on the link and read the story.
If you were truely a nerd, and smart, politics would matter to you.
We wouldn't be here if it wasn't for some smart nerds back 225+ years ago.
Oh... right, the conquest, slavery, and facade of Democracy.
The decline and fall...
effect the policy they desire
Eventually, hopefully they will gain this ability.
However, an election in January does not mean that Iraq is suddenly a soverign nation.
The US will have a very strong presence behind the scenes during the January election. The US will work again candidates who are strongly anti-American.
all pay outrageously high taxes and have our lives controlled by the government.
Bush wants to "define marriage" in a Constitutional Amendment. It's hard to get more controlling then that.
Bush wants big tax breaks for the rich. He wants the middle class to foot the bill.
I saved $40 fucking dollars thanks to the elimination of the capital gains tax. Big fucking whoop. Of course, with that comes with a $500 Billion deficit that I will be paying off for the rest of my life.
That's not fiscal conservatism. The President is a lier.
I am smart, but I don't talk down to those who are less intelligent than myself.
Yes you do. Quit lying.
In this post you claim to be more intelligent them me AND you call me kiddo. I think that qualifies.
" I can almost guarantee I am more educated than you (you know nothing about me, kiddo). That being... oh well."
I call it the "Rupert Rule".
Whenever anyone says anything you disagree with, point out that you are better educated.
Bonus points for calling them "Kid".
Actually I take that back. Let's look at your sig, shall we?
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This desginates you as a #1, a fool.
We know you are a fool because you advertise a pyramid scam which promotes junk mail and spam in your sig. Tell me, what do your friends think of you once you sell their information to the marketers?
Why don't you understand that there is no such thing as a free lunch?
You are a big idiot, and you support Bush.
If you are truly educated, then it means you are #4, a Pig, -- you see the obvious lies and agree with them because they support your own goals.
Were the people who voted for Clinton because he was "cute" uneducated?
Yes. Who is arguing otherwise?
There are four kinds of people who support Bush:
1. The Fool - People who are too gullible to realize that Bush has lied.
2. The Coward - People who are too scared to vote for anyone else.
3. The Codependent - People who enjoy being lied too and live in a fantasy world put forth by the President, where America is still noble, secure and respected around the world.
4. The Pig - People who agree with the lie and who want to continue the lie for their own nefarious purposes.
What kind are you?