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  Nuclear needs to die

  There is no way to ensure that falliable, corruptible humans can handle nuclear waste products responsibly.  Nuclear isn't profitable unless they dodge safety regulations, and the industry does not deserve our trust.

  People need to dismiss nuclear entirely-- we can't do it.On A salient point in the nuclear debate. posted 4 years, 5 months ago 3 Responses

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  oh yeah, I didn't even see the ToraBora stuff

  Way off topic, but our "contributor" seems to enjoy insulting fact-free rants.

  Rush Limbaugh avoided the draft with haemmorhoids, Dick Cheney got his wife pregnant, Tom Delay let the minorities do it, and of course Dubya just didn't show up.  Where is the evidence that conservatives want to fight more than liberals?  Oh, and who opposed declaring war after Pearl Harbor anyway?

  I know some soldiers and they think Rumsfeld is a hack and the whole war on terror is being completely mismanaged.  They are not monolithically conservative at all, especially not the enlisted guys.  I wonder how many of the ToraBora crew JC actually knows.

  Besides, comparing the soldiers of a draft war with a volunteer war is interesting rhetoric but kind of dishonest.  When push comes to shove you think liberals wouldn't fight to save America?  They're the ones who always have.
  On Environmentalism and liberalism shouldn't be joined at the hip. posted 4 years, 5 months ago 61 Responses

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  Who's caricaturing whom?

  If you want "liberal" to mean Ted Rall, then you can't use "conservative" to mean Edmund Burke-- it means Rush Limbaugh.  If you want "conservative" to mean Edmund Burke, then "liberal" is Thomas Jefferson.  

  After all, fair is fair ;-)On Environmentalism and liberalism shouldn't be joined at the hip. posted 4 years, 5 months ago 61 Responses

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  what he said

  bart, that was the sort of writing I come to Grist for-- if "contributor" were meritocratically assigned, you'd be posting in Jeremy's place!On Environmentalism and liberalism shouldn't be joined at the hip. posted 4 years, 5 months ago 61 Responses

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  What enviro-conservatives can do

  Instead of berating liberals for their "ignorance" and poor strategy, enviro-conservatives can do something a lot more painful and difficult but also a lot more effective: talk to other conservatives.

  If all enviro-conservatives self-identified themselves to other conservatives and pushed for a pro-environmental agenda to be adopted by conservative organizations such as the RNC, that would be real progress.  They'd also be more effective, as they'd be dealing with people who agree with them on just about everything.

  Bottom line: if you want to unhitch environmentalism from liberalism, work on the conservatives-- they're the ones who need to be convinced that the environment requires care and attention.
  On Environmentalism and liberalism shouldn't be joined at the hip. posted 4 years, 5 months ago 61 Responses