There's something REALLY scalding Kelso's Nuts this morning and it's not the rash (which seems to be abating some). It's the Department of Energy's plan to create a nuclear waste disposal site at Yucca Mountain in Nevada. First of all, the waste can only be carried by road or rail making a constantly inviting terrorist target, never mind that one flat tire and it's all-over. Kelso used to be a terrorist skeptic but as he has come around to believing the 9/11 conspiracy theories, and has noted the Bush administration's continued weak response to 9/11, he is very worried about something REALLY, REALLY bad happening.
To go off on a tangent here, Kelso believes that the administration knew about the attacks in advance just didn't think the devastation would be so massive. Everybody has heard all the arguments; Kelso will not rehash, but will only add that the effort to catch bin Laden has been cursory at best. Why? Because the administration is scared shitless of Saudi Arabia AND bin Laden makes an such an excellent bogeyman. Enough about that tired subject.
But leaving aside the terrorist threat and the threat of accident, why have they chosen to move the nuclear waste through a major metropolitan center -- Clark County -- which is also home to the USA if not the world's greatest tourist destination, Las Vegas, which also happens to be one of the USA's fastest-growing cities?
The answer they like to give is that the waste must be stored in the desert far away from any aquifer. Fine. Two questions? 1) Why then near such a significant area? 2) Why do they intend a facility that allows for REPROCESSING of waste?
This has to be the single STUPIDEST IDEA these foul people have come up with yet in a sea of stupid ideas. One accident and Iraq will seem like a minor skirmish in the Crimean War and trillions of dollars will go up in a cloud of hazardous waste. And anti-abortion Nevada senators, Ensign and Reid will have great fun watching as a veritable freak show of deformed children pop out, crawling along Las Vegas Boulevard. Bet they change their tune on abortion (and especially "late-term" abortion) real quick.
Here's Kelso's suggestion. Put the goddamned thing in the desert in an unpopulated region of Texas. Perfect.
Kelso's Nuts also note this morning that the FDA has delayed its decision on over-the-counter sales of Plan B on the grounds that they still haven't come up with a way to prevent "young teenagers" from purchasing it. The common English translation of this is that they haven't figured out a way of preventing women from wanting sex. None of this is surprising. We all know that a fascist theocracy -- with ALL U CAN EAT gay sex allowed for Rove, McLellan, Mehlman, etc. -- is their dream. What's new is: guess who (besides Patty Murray of Washington State) called for a congressional inquiry into the delay? Why it's the latest convert to the Christian Cause, HILLARY CLINTON! Guess she got Kelso's memo about who fills the Democratic coffers and it ain't Newt Gingrich or the DLC.
And if one woman writes to Kelso with chapter-and-verse about how "great" Hillary has been on "women's issues", Kelso will not delete the post because he doesn't believe in censorship, but he will respond with many Anglo-Saxon oaths. Hillary Clinton is a right-winger. By comparison, Kerry is Paul Wellstone and Gore is Angela Davis.
And on to sports...Kelso is very concerned about Rich Harden's ouchiness with important series coming up against the Los Angeles Angels of The Magic Kingdom of The Mexican Section of Anaheim and against Rudy Giuliani's Girls of New York. If Harden is not available and they can't juggle the rotation to skip him twice keeping everyone on their rest, which seems impossible, Kelso thinks the right move is to bring Juan Cruz up from Sacramento and just give him what would have been Harden's starts. Beane has been planning for this all year given how they've been using Cruz in Sacramento and Kelso can't think of a better time to pull the trigger. If they go with Etherton, Kelso will be very cross.
Note to Theo Epstein and Terry Francona. Please tell Curt Schilling to shut the fuck up about matters that don't concern him and concentrate on getting his fastball over.
Kelso's Nuts love you velly, velly much and most of all Billy Beane.
4 comments:
Kelso, Yucca Mountain has been in the headlines since the 1970's. I don't understand why we are still talking about this. Every time I hear about it I want to cringe. My understanding is that not only is the transport of the nuclear materials HIGHLY problemmatic (to say the least) but what HAS been covered up for decades (or, more likely, once again, people have not been paying attention --- fucking "citizens" ... ha!!), is that no one has provided any scientific proof that the Yucca Mountain "vaults" will not, at some point, be infiltrated by the underground water. There is absolutely NO guarantee on that issue. Yucca Mountain is just the better of the worst possible solutions to the matter of the containment of spent nuclear waste. But, really, are there any "best" or even "good" solutions??? I doubt that very much. I hate even thinking about it. It makes me sick. Excuse me while I go vomit.
(Sorry for the rant, I go ballistic on this issue.)
G:
I understand your frustration...some of the more enlightened LV boyz have actually discussed going up there with supplies and all the opiates and dope we can do (ha-ha) and try to bring more attention to this while it's still in the courts The way Kelso reads the cases, however, it's more about allowing the DOE to not have to do anything about nuclear waste or about stopping the REPROCESSING plans and plant than it is cleaning the whole vile thing up.
There is no way this plan is going to end in anything but tragedy. If you are a human being, think about what this means in terms of your life; if you are a fascist think about how much money will be lost if any of these scenarios come to pass: terrorism, an accident, or as G sez plain old leakage into the ground water.
So far, Kelso understands only state and local Nevada polticians have opposed the plan. Ensign and Reid are all for it. Greater Clark County is in the top 20 metropolitan areas right now and will crack the top 10 in 5 years.
What hath God wrought? No God Kelso is familiar with.
--Kelso
I personally do not believe that the "morning after" pill should be sold over the counter. I absolutely feel it should be legal, but I also feel that it is something that requires supervision by a doctor or other medical professional. My biggest concern is for teenagers ... I am not convinced that the average young person is able to weigh the (granted, relatively few) risks inherent in Plan B. But there is the chance of ectopic pregnancy, and that would require immediate intervention that a young girl, who is already scared out of her mind, may not seek. I also fear the mis-use of Plan B, the potential for a person to say, hey, there's always Plan B, and thus not take the time to learn about the safer and more effective means of birth control.
G:
All good point re:plab-b...In liue of statistically significant studies of your points, Kelso's taking the position that more contraception is better than less.
If you have studies of the negative knock-on effects of plan-b, please post. This is a very important issue and your insights would be very valuable.
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