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on What's the Most Popular Vote?
thank you!!!
posted 4 years ago
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on What's the Most Popular Vote?
would anyone happen to know the name of the music interval that was just played at 9:10 am? i realize this is not on topic but was hoping perhaps others may know or may also be wondering... thank you...
posted 4 years ago
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on As We Are: Addicted
i just tuned in late, and do not know the name of the guest who just spoke and said something to the effect of, 'i had to learn to dress my mind as well as my body...because it should be just as beautiful' (wish i knew his exact quote)
i'd like to say to the guest...
it's clear from hearing you speak why the counselor could so easily love you, you are beautiful :)
not sure if you'd ever considered this, but with your voice and your beautiful way with words, you seem to be somebody that would appeal to folks 'out there' and you may have another calling, like radio perhaps? LOL maybe touring and sharing your story...
all the best to everyone
ps - i love you OPB and think out loud, you're easy to love too :)
posted 4 years, 2 months ago
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on Nuclear Northwest
I don't mean this as a confrontation, and I respect your right to your feelings, views, beliefs and thoughts... but I'd like to share if it's okay, that I strongly disagree with your assessment of not only this particular show, but the entire program in general. I find it an amazing show and actually began to be disappointed today in that I thought all the guests were going to be proponents...
Representatives of the nuclear industry are actually taught to be softspoken and non-threatening in voice and appearance. They have to be, because when we stop to consider the enormous threats we are faced with, on many levels, they know we need to be 'lulled' into a false sense of security. And they know it works. It's like any kind of marketing I suppose.
Yes it's true that Greg's voice and demeanor did not match that of the proponents, but why is that so wrong?
It does seem unfair to think we should not respect a person for showing feeling and emotion about a subject that is deeply and profoundly emotional for many... but in all reality, should be for most all of us... especially those who have been harmed by the industry and for those whose lands and resources continue to be under threat to 'fuel' those industries...
In some ways, we all breathe the same air and drink the same water and in a sense, we are all downwinders... what happens to others should be of concern to all of us, because it will eventually in some way effect us all...
The fact that a person presents as more emotional or upset doesn't necessarily make their voice any less valid...
Just a final thought which is somewhat related; a degreed or experienced mild mannered expert 'in the industry does not ensure either the truth or our safety... the internet is a beautiful thing, we are free to see the very real devastations due to this or any other industry for ourselves, if we are willing to, that is...
I hope we can consider ourselves in this together, because in the end I care as much about your life as mine and the lives of our children now and into the future...
posted 4 years, 3 months ago
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on Nuclear Northwest
I greatly appreciate the presence of Greg Kafoury in this discussion... (thank goodness for a voice of reason in this conv ersation, I was getting a little upset before he was introduced)
Talk focusing primarily on cost, building and 'carbon footprint' detracts from the enormous and true costs to envrionmental and human health in just the BUILDING of nuclear facilities alone...
Then there are the costs that come into play once this monster is brought into reality... What does it take before we learn?
There is NO SAFE STORAGE, during use or afterward.
I very much resent the deception of Jeff King. The nuclear industry intentionally chooses what appear to be 'soft spoken' and 'non-threatening' individuals who could sound like anyones own father... I urge everyone to look into the cost to the Dineh (Navajo) and Hopi nations. Why don't we ever talk about the cost to the Native American Nations, where almost ALL toxic dumps and mining operations are proposed. Researching the environmental destruction and poisoning of the people on reservation lands is how I first became familiar with the intentionally deceptive tactics of the mining and nuclear industry.
Does anyone wish to address the heartbreaking cost to our precious and dwindling water supplies?
In some ways, it's as though we haven't moved forward as intelligent and thinking human beings at all sometimes. I realize we have in many ways of course; that we are not hearing an indigenous voice in this show does suggest we are not living as we could.
LOL I just heard Greg say, "...the best place for uranium is left in the ground."
Thank you again for having him on, I was really just going to turn off my radio, which I rarely do, because I couldn't believe there was going to be such a one-sided conversation on such an enormously, life-threatening, subject. My husband just said I should have known Think Out Loud wouldn't do that :)
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