Within 6 hours of signing on air March 31, the Air America Radio network had three of the four 2000 major party candidates for president--all except President George W. Bush.
Scheduled guest Ralph Nader spoke to afternoon drivetime host Randi Rhodes, on her program The Randi Rhodes Show. After a particularly heated exchange, which included Rhodes telling Nader that Americans can't afford him running for president in 2004, Nader hung up her.
Later in the program, Rhodes spoke to 2000 Reform Party presidential candidate Pat Buchanan.
Earlier in the day on The O'Franken Factor, former Vice President Al Gore called into the show to speak to co-hosts Al Franken and Katherine Lanpher.
If you're sad to see NPR drop Bob Edwards from Morning Edition you can sign the Save Bob Edwards Petition ...or tune in to Air America Radio on-line.
Thursday, April 01, 2004
Elena loves motorcycles. She lives in Russia, rides a Kawasaki Ninja and enjoys riding alone in places where there are, "no stoplights, no police, no danger of hitting any living thing." Her favorite place to ride is in the "Dead Zone"... Chernobyl. She writes very well in English, and shares her photos and stories on-line in an ongoing narrative called Ghost Town.
In Wisconsin, a state law prohibits the construction of any more nuclear plants until Yucca Mountain is licensed and until nuclear plants are economical. Rep. Mike Huebsch (R-West Salem) has introduced AB 555, a bill to overturn the state ban. But Federal law limits the capacity of the proposed Yucca Mountain repository to 70,000 metric tons of nuclear waste. When Yucca Mountain is full and another storage facility is needed, guess where the federal government thinks is 2nd best place to store nuclear waste?
Right here in Wisconsin in the Wolf River Batholith.
"If AB 555 leads to the building of new nuclear power plants ... we will have a hard time objecting to having the waste repository sited in our state," says Alfred Meyer, executive director of the Madison chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR).
According to PSR, 46,000 tons are currently being held in short-term storage at commercial nuclear facilities. However, by 2036, when Yucca is projected to be operational, an additional 68,000 tons of waste is projected to be produced, leaving an overflow of 46,000 tons of radioactive waste.
Clean Wisconsin (formerly Wisconsin?s Environmental Decade) released a report called Perspectives for a High-Level
Nuclear Waste Facility in Wisconsin, which examines the environmental impacts of such a facility in Wisconsin.
"During the 5 months I investigated the possibility of a high-level nuclear waste repository in Wisconsin, I became increasingly concerned about our state's groundwater," says Tammy Rauen, author of the report and geology student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The Wolf River Batholith - which includes land in Langlade, Shawano, Waupaca, Menomonee, Portage, Marathon, and Oconto Counties - acts as a groundwater source under certain circumstances and has potential for radioactive leaks into groundwater. The groundwater in the Batholith discharges into the Wolf River. From the Wolf River, contaminated water could continue into the Fox River, and ultimately contaminate Green Bay and Lake Michigan.
Meanwhile... last month we note the 25th anniversary of a near-catastrophic failure of a nuclear power plant that took place at Three Mile Island in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Thanks Elena, and stick to the center of the pavement... where the radiation levels are the lowest.
enuf4now,
steph
In Wisconsin, a state law prohibits the construction of any more nuclear plants until Yucca Mountain is licensed and until nuclear plants are economical. Rep. Mike Huebsch (R-West Salem) has introduced AB 555, a bill to overturn the state ban. But Federal law limits the capacity of the proposed Yucca Mountain repository to 70,000 metric tons of nuclear waste. When Yucca Mountain is full and another storage facility is needed, guess where the federal government thinks is 2nd best place to store nuclear waste?
Right here in Wisconsin in the Wolf River Batholith.
"If AB 555 leads to the building of new nuclear power plants ... we will have a hard time objecting to having the waste repository sited in our state," says Alfred Meyer, executive director of the Madison chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR).
According to PSR, 46,000 tons are currently being held in short-term storage at commercial nuclear facilities. However, by 2036, when Yucca is projected to be operational, an additional 68,000 tons of waste is projected to be produced, leaving an overflow of 46,000 tons of radioactive waste.
Clean Wisconsin (formerly Wisconsin?s Environmental Decade) released a report called Perspectives for a High-Level
Nuclear Waste Facility in Wisconsin, which examines the environmental impacts of such a facility in Wisconsin.
"During the 5 months I investigated the possibility of a high-level nuclear waste repository in Wisconsin, I became increasingly concerned about our state's groundwater," says Tammy Rauen, author of the report and geology student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The Wolf River Batholith - which includes land in Langlade, Shawano, Waupaca, Menomonee, Portage, Marathon, and Oconto Counties - acts as a groundwater source under certain circumstances and has potential for radioactive leaks into groundwater. The groundwater in the Batholith discharges into the Wolf River. From the Wolf River, contaminated water could continue into the Fox River, and ultimately contaminate Green Bay and Lake Michigan.
Meanwhile... last month we note the 25th anniversary of a near-catastrophic failure of a nuclear power plant that took place at Three Mile Island in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Thanks Elena, and stick to the center of the pavement... where the radiation levels are the lowest.
enuf4now,
steph
Sunday, March 28, 2004
Letters to the Editor from the right and from the left include one from my conservative friend Mike Taylor, Principal of Saints Peter and Paul School about school kids going to Appleton to see the President... and one from my progressive friend Mark Turcotte, Native American poet who details the President's achievements. Somehow the two messages go nicely together:
CLASSROOM WITH PRES. BUSH AS TEACHER?
Saints Peter & Paul 6-8th Graders Will Go to “Class” in Appleton – and Have President Bush as “Teacher”
INSTITUTE – Students, chaperones and staff from Saints Peter and Paul School will experience a new classroom environment Tuesday – when they travel to downtown Appleton to hear President Bush speak.
On Tuesday, March 30 at 7:30am students in grades 6-8 – accompanied by some of their teachers and parent chaperones - will travel to Appleton. To date the group from Saints Peter and Paul School is not aware of the exact location of the President’s speech in downtown Appleton, but will know more details when they receive tickets and necessary credentials Monday evening from Congressman Mark Green’s Green Bay office.
“Our entire school community at Saints Peter and Paul is very excited to hear President Bush speak Tuesday in Appleton. We hope this experience will advance further one of our primary goals at Saints Peter and Paul School – to be active Christian citizens,” says Saints Peter and Paul principal and social studies teacher Mike Taylor.
Here are some of the President’s outstanding achievements that students may wish to consider as they see him in person:
He attacked and took over 2 countries.
He spent the U.S. surplus and bankrupted the US Treasury.
He shattered the record for the biggest annual deficit in history (not easy!).
He set an economic record for the most personal bankruptcies filed in any 12-month period.
He set all-time record for the biggest drop in the history of the stock market.
He is the first president in decades to execute a federal prisoner.
In his first year in office he set the all-time record for most days on vacation by any president in US history (tough to beat his dad's, but he did). After taking the entire month of August off for vacation, he presided over the worst security failure in US history.
He set the record for most campaign fund raising trips by any president in US history.
In his first two years in office over 2 million Americans lost their jobs.
He cut unemployment benefits for more out-of-work Americans than any other president in US history.
He set the all-time record for most real estate foreclosures in a 12-month period.
He appointed more convicted criminals to administration positions than any president in US history.
He set the record for the fewest press conferences of any president, since the advent of TV.
He signed more laws and executive orders amending the Constitution than any other US president in history.
He presided over the biggest energy crises in US history and refused to intervene when corruption was revealed.
He cut health care benefits for war veterans.
He set the all-time record for most people worldwide to simultaneously take to the streets to protest him (15 million people), shattering the record for protest against any person in the history of mankind.
He dissolved more international treaties than any president in US history.
He's made his presidency the most secretive and unaccountable of any in US history.
Members of his cabinet are the richest of any administration in US history. (The poorest multimillionaire, Condoleeza Rice, has a Chevron oil tanker named after her.)
He is the first president in US history to have all 50 states of the Union simultaneously struggle against bankruptcy.
He presided over the biggest corporate stock market fraud in any market in any country in the history of the world.
He is the first president in US history to order a US attack AND military occupation of a sovereign nation, and he did so against the will of the United Nations and the vast majority of the international community.
He has created the largest government department bureaucracy in the history of the United States, called the "Bureau of Homeland Security"(only one letter away from BS).
He set the all-time record for biggest annual budget spending increases, more than any other president in US history (Ronnie was tough to beat, but GW did it!!).
He is the first president in US history to compel the United Nations remove the US from the Human Rights Commission.
He is the first president in US history to have the United Nations remove the US from the Elections Monitoring Board.
He removed more checks and balances, and have the least amount of congressional oversight than any presidential administration in US history.
He rendered the entire United Nations irrelevant. He withdrew from the World Court of Law.
He refused to allow inspectors access to US prisoners of war and by default no longer abide by the Geneva Conventions.
He is the first president in US history to refuse United Nations election inspectors access during the 2002 US elections.
He is the all-time US (and world) record holder for most corporate campaign donations. The biggest lifetime contributor to his campaign, who is also one of his best friends, presided over one of the largest corporate bankruptcy frauds in world history (Kenneth Lay, former CEO of Enron Corporation).
He spent more money on polls and focus groups than any president in US history.
He is the first president to run and hide when the US came under attack (and then lied, saying the enemy had the code to Air Force 1)
He is the first US president to establish a secret shadow government.
He took the world's sympathy for the US after 9/11, and in less than a year made the US the most resented country in the world (possibly the biggest diplomatic failure in US and world history).
He is the first US president in history to have a majority of the people of Europe (71%) view his presidency as the biggest threat to world peace and stability.
He changed US policy to allow convicted criminals to be awarded government contracts.
He set the all-time record for the number of administration appointees who violated US law by not selling their huge investments in corporations bidding for gov't contracts.
He has removed more freedoms and civil liberties for Americans than any other president in US history.
He entered office with the strongest economy in US history and in less than two years turned every single economic category heading straight down.
RECORDS AND REFERENCES:
He has at least one conviction for drunk driving in Maine (Texas driving record has been erased and is not available).
He was AWOL from the National Guard and deserted the military during time of war.
He refused to take a drug test or even answer any questions about drug use.
All records of his tenure as governor of Texas have been spirited away to his father’s library, sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public view.
All records of any SEC investigations into his insider trading or bankrupt companies are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public view.
All minutes of meetings of any public corporation for which he served on the board are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public view.
Any records or minutes from meetings he (or his VP) attended regarding public energy policy are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public review.
Note: this information should be useful to voters in the 2004 election.
enuf4now,
steph
CLASSROOM WITH PRES. BUSH AS TEACHER?
Saints Peter & Paul 6-8th Graders Will Go to “Class” in Appleton – and Have President Bush as “Teacher”
INSTITUTE – Students, chaperones and staff from Saints Peter and Paul School will experience a new classroom environment Tuesday – when they travel to downtown Appleton to hear President Bush speak.
On Tuesday, March 30 at 7:30am students in grades 6-8 – accompanied by some of their teachers and parent chaperones - will travel to Appleton. To date the group from Saints Peter and Paul School is not aware of the exact location of the President’s speech in downtown Appleton, but will know more details when they receive tickets and necessary credentials Monday evening from Congressman Mark Green’s Green Bay office.
“Our entire school community at Saints Peter and Paul is very excited to hear President Bush speak Tuesday in Appleton. We hope this experience will advance further one of our primary goals at Saints Peter and Paul School – to be active Christian citizens,” says Saints Peter and Paul principal and social studies teacher Mike Taylor.
Here are some of the President’s outstanding achievements that students may wish to consider as they see him in person:
He attacked and took over 2 countries.
He spent the U.S. surplus and bankrupted the US Treasury.
He shattered the record for the biggest annual deficit in history (not easy!).
He set an economic record for the most personal bankruptcies filed in any 12-month period.
He set all-time record for the biggest drop in the history of the stock market.
He is the first president in decades to execute a federal prisoner.
In his first year in office he set the all-time record for most days on vacation by any president in US history (tough to beat his dad's, but he did). After taking the entire month of August off for vacation, he presided over the worst security failure in US history.
He set the record for most campaign fund raising trips by any president in US history.
In his first two years in office over 2 million Americans lost their jobs.
He cut unemployment benefits for more out-of-work Americans than any other president in US history.
He set the all-time record for most real estate foreclosures in a 12-month period.
He appointed more convicted criminals to administration positions than any president in US history.
He set the record for the fewest press conferences of any president, since the advent of TV.
He signed more laws and executive orders amending the Constitution than any other US president in history.
He presided over the biggest energy crises in US history and refused to intervene when corruption was revealed.
He cut health care benefits for war veterans.
He set the all-time record for most people worldwide to simultaneously take to the streets to protest him (15 million people), shattering the record for protest against any person in the history of mankind.
He dissolved more international treaties than any president in US history.
He's made his presidency the most secretive and unaccountable of any in US history.
Members of his cabinet are the richest of any administration in US history. (The poorest multimillionaire, Condoleeza Rice, has a Chevron oil tanker named after her.)
He is the first president in US history to have all 50 states of the Union simultaneously struggle against bankruptcy.
He presided over the biggest corporate stock market fraud in any market in any country in the history of the world.
He is the first president in US history to order a US attack AND military occupation of a sovereign nation, and he did so against the will of the United Nations and the vast majority of the international community.
He has created the largest government department bureaucracy in the history of the United States, called the "Bureau of Homeland Security"(only one letter away from BS).
He set the all-time record for biggest annual budget spending increases, more than any other president in US history (Ronnie was tough to beat, but GW did it!!).
He is the first president in US history to compel the United Nations remove the US from the Human Rights Commission.
He is the first president in US history to have the United Nations remove the US from the Elections Monitoring Board.
He removed more checks and balances, and have the least amount of congressional oversight than any presidential administration in US history.
He rendered the entire United Nations irrelevant. He withdrew from the World Court of Law.
He refused to allow inspectors access to US prisoners of war and by default no longer abide by the Geneva Conventions.
He is the first president in US history to refuse United Nations election inspectors access during the 2002 US elections.
He is the all-time US (and world) record holder for most corporate campaign donations. The biggest lifetime contributor to his campaign, who is also one of his best friends, presided over one of the largest corporate bankruptcy frauds in world history (Kenneth Lay, former CEO of Enron Corporation).
He spent more money on polls and focus groups than any president in US history.
He is the first president to run and hide when the US came under attack (and then lied, saying the enemy had the code to Air Force 1)
He is the first US president to establish a secret shadow government.
He took the world's sympathy for the US after 9/11, and in less than a year made the US the most resented country in the world (possibly the biggest diplomatic failure in US and world history).
He is the first US president in history to have a majority of the people of Europe (71%) view his presidency as the biggest threat to world peace and stability.
He changed US policy to allow convicted criminals to be awarded government contracts.
He set the all-time record for the number of administration appointees who violated US law by not selling their huge investments in corporations bidding for gov't contracts.
He has removed more freedoms and civil liberties for Americans than any other president in US history.
He entered office with the strongest economy in US history and in less than two years turned every single economic category heading straight down.
RECORDS AND REFERENCES:
He has at least one conviction for drunk driving in Maine (Texas driving record has been erased and is not available).
He was AWOL from the National Guard and deserted the military during time of war.
He refused to take a drug test or even answer any questions about drug use.
All records of his tenure as governor of Texas have been spirited away to his father’s library, sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public view.
All records of any SEC investigations into his insider trading or bankrupt companies are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public view.
All minutes of meetings of any public corporation for which he served on the board are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public view.
Any records or minutes from meetings he (or his VP) attended regarding public energy policy are sealed in secrecy and unavailable for public review.
Note: this information should be useful to voters in the 2004 election.
enuf4now,
steph
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