Comments on: On being too clever by half. http://scottdiatribe.gluemeat.com/2008/01/29/on-being-too-clever-by-half/ My personal opinions on social and political issues from a progressive standpoint. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:50:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Blackstar http://scottdiatribe.gluemeat.com/2008/01/29/on-being-too-clever-by-half/#comment-12861 Blackstar Thu, 31 Jan 2008 02:51:48 +0000 http://scottdiatribe.gluemeat.com/2008/01/29/on-being-too-clever-by-half/#comment-12861 Health and safety re: isotopes for people who are terminally ill???  And this trumps the health and safety of the entire nation???? Excuse me, if a nuclear anything is not compliant for even five minutes, I want it shut down and I want it to stay shut down. Does anyone talk about whether these issues with Chalk River are being addressed? Anyone? I shudder at the thought of what these people will do... privatized, unregulated and subsidized, corporate nuclear - that is what they want.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('12861','Blackstar'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('12861','Blackstar','Health and safety re: isotopes for people who are terminally ill???  And this trumps the health and safety of the entire nation???? Excuse me, if a nuclear anything is not compliant for even five minutes, I want it shut down and I want it to stay shut down. Does anyone talk about whether these issues with Chalk River are being addressed? Anyone? I shudder at the thought of what these people will do... privatized, unregulated and subsidized, corporate nuclear - that is what they want.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Health and safety re: isotopes for people who are terminally ill???  And this trumps the health and safety of the entire nation???? Excuse me, if a nuclear anything is not compliant for even five minutes, I want it shut down and I want it to stay shut down. Does anyone talk about whether these issues with Chalk River are being addressed? Anyone? I shudder at the thought of what these people will do… privatized, unregulated and subsidized, corporate nuclear - that is what they want.
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]]> By: quaietur http://scottdiatribe.gluemeat.com/2008/01/29/on-being-too-clever-by-half/#comment-12820 quaietur Tue, 29 Jan 2008 23:26:24 +0000 http://scottdiatribe.gluemeat.com/2008/01/29/on-being-too-clever-by-half/#comment-12820 The gov. alleges that Keen's mandate calls for her to be responsible for the health and safety of Canadians.  Surely that would be implicitly understood, even if not specifically stated in the mandate, to mean as it relates to nuclear safety, nuclear waste management, etc.  If she were responsible for the overall health and safety of Canadians, then surely she would be in conflict because she would have the power to ignore nuclear health and safety issues for the sake of overall health and safety ones, or vice versa.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('12820','quaietur'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('12820','quaietur','The gov. alleges that Keen\'s mandate calls for her to be responsible for the health and safety of Canadians.  Surely that would be implicitly understood, even if not specifically stated in the mandate, to mean as it relates to nuclear safety, nuclear waste management, etc.  If she were responsible for the overall health and safety of Canadians, then surely she would be in conflict because she would have the power to ignore nuclear health and safety issues for the sake of overall health and safety ones, or vice versa.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> The gov. alleges that Keen’s mandate calls for her to be responsible for the health and safety of Canadians.  Surely that would be implicitly understood, even if not specifically stated in the mandate, to mean as it relates to nuclear safety, nuclear waste management, etc.  If she were responsible for the overall health and safety of Canadians, then surely she would be in conflict because she would have the power to ignore nuclear health and safety issues for the sake of overall health and safety ones, or vice versa.
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