Beam me to Planet Gore !
Posted on 03/13/2011 11:04:38 AM PDT by Nachum
In the aftermath of Japan's devastation, Conn. Sen. says it's time for temporary moratorium on building new nuclear plants
(CBS News)
Independent Sen. Joe Lieberman on Sunday called for a temporary moratorium on the construction of nuclear power plants in the U.S. in the aftermath of Japan's devastating earthquake and tsunami, which damaged two reactors at a nuclear facility in the country's northeast.
"The reality is that we're watching something unfold," he said in an interview for CBS' "Face the Nation." "We don't know where it's going with regard to the nuclear power plants in Japan right now. I think it calls on us here in the U.S. - naturally not to stop building nuclear power plants, but to put the brakes on right now until we understand the ramifications of what's happened in Japan."
Japan, which was ravaged by an 8.9 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami last week, is now struggling with a growing nuclear crisis as a partial meltdown is already likely under way at one nuclear reactor, and operators are frantically trying to prevent the disaster from growing worse.
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So France can power its country with nuclear plants for decades, but we can’t build any here if Japan is hit by a tsunami?
Just wait until one of the wind turbines flies off and kills people in a passing car...THEN WHAT???
Hallelujah, Sister!!!
They will call it the cost of doing business, and build more.
Problem is that there is no place to go with the power they do generate. Some months ago, when there was a lot of wind and the generating capacity was there, they couldn't even give the power away to Kalifornia.
I say it's high time to outlaw earthquakes and tsunamis. Stop blaming the nuclear power plants!
Don't forget their secondary function:
Shredded poultry for the starving victims of the Baraqqi Depression.
“That was predictable, sadly”
You knew it had to happen.
These dam fools. Islam is responsible for more lives lost than will ultimately be tallied here. Why not stop them, too?
How can we ‘stop’ what isn’t moving?
The reasoning that because of damage to the nuke plant and possible loss of life the US should stop (building) nuke power plants is horrible reasoning.
If above is true, then we must stop building trains, cars, houses, etc. because of all the people killed in the trains, cars, houses, etc.
But Senator Joe is not alone, the Democrats seem to joined at the foot in mouth.
For the House. A limit of three consecutive terms of two years each. No more than 12 two year terms allowed per lifetime.
Limit sessions too Ten working days per month for 12 months. Require all of both houses to reside within their permanent residence in their home state and return to home state during non session times for their permenant residency. In fairness to them a per diem paid to cover commercial coach air fare or within 250 miles public transportation fare such as commuter train fare to and from Washington DC for the ten day session per month. Require members of congress to submit to all standard TSA searches & scans for boarding air craft. No special considerations granted.
Rent for them rather than pay a housing allowance several basic tourist class motels {Motel Six, Super 8, Days Inn Etc} at a corporate rate for the members to reside in while they are in session. Make them in seperate parts of DC and outlying cities for security reasons. In other words treat them as commoners.
well said...are there enough prayers for our country to turn it around? I’m not sure anymore...
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