Simply say "NO" to Nuclear Power

The radioactive waste from nuclear power stays dangerous for thousands of years. I assume the vast majority of people know about the dangers of radioactive waste. However, do we really think about the risk of storing this dangerous, life-threatening, toxic material? How long have people been able to keep anything in good repair?

The levees along the Mississippi River were built by the Army Corp of Engineers. Their engineering feat was truly remarkable. At the time they were so confident in their engineering that homes and entire towns were built in floodplains previously considered unsafe because of dangerous flooding. The levees were built 80 years ago. BUT several years they failed. We saw pictures of towns underwater. What happened? The levees were NOT MAINTAINED. As tax laws changed over time and government entities had less money they did not spend the money to complete the maintenance and repairs needed for the levee system. The richest, most advance nation on Earth did not keep their great engineering accomplishment in good shape. The levees failed because of our neglect.

Maybe the private sector could do a better job?! The objective of the private sector, i.e. businesses is to make a profit. There is incentive to cut corners to reduce costs. By cutting costs you can make more money. The mining disaster last week is the most recent of numerous examples of the race to maximize profits leading to people dieing. The mining company had a history of safety violations.

I see no evidence that our society has evolved to point that it can keep even our best engineered projects safe for 80 years, therefore, I have NO CONFIDENCE that we can keep radioactive waste safely contained for 1000's of years!

We must simply say, "NO" to Nuclear Power!!!

Anti-public option Blasts

Since Congress is going on vacation WITHOUT acting on healthcare the industry will blast their multi-million dollar campaigns of lies into homes across the country. They know that money does BUY votes and enough airtime to repeat lies until they are percieved as truth.

During August we need grassroots actions:
1. Contact Progressive Caucus and tell them NOT to BACK DOWN on their demand for PUBLIC OPTION
Link to list of members http://cpc.grijalva.house.gov/index.cfm?SectionID=4&ParentID=0&SectionTypeID=2&SectionTree=4

2. Contact Blue Dog Democrats and tell them you know that they are taking millions of $$$ from the healthcare and they NEED to vote for a ROBUST PUBLIC OPTION.
Link to list of members http://www.house.gov/melancon/BlueDogs/Member%20Page.html

3. Coordinate Grassroots Education. We need to expose the lies from the upcoming healthcare industry campaign.
* Distribute fact sheet with the $ amount that members of Congress are getting from the healthcare industry on one side of the fact sheet. On side two of fact sheet counter the messages being blasted by the industry.