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Old 19-09-2004, 05:48 PM
Betsy
 
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I tuned in to the radio on Thursday and heard a guy with a raspy voice being
interviewed. No, it wasn't PBS, my normal station, but that TV station that
rebroadcasts on the radio (I never can remember its call letters!), and they
allow all types on the air.

Anyway, it was Robert F. Kennedy Jr. I didn't know that, at first, and
listened very critically. I am definitely very "green" but I am also very
wary and never ever accept anything on first hearing.

I had heard about the mercury problem in Japan many years ago. I thought,
erroneously, that this was being handled carefully for the protection of the
American public, and would have been warned these last 30 years if we were
in danger. Now I realize my VERY serious error in this.

Kennedy has written a book in which he talks about the environmental impact
of the Bush administration, which got a lot of press at first, but then 9/11
came along and everyone forgot the foolhardy things Bush was doing because
they felt guilty and felt they needed to be "patriotic". Foolishly, I
thought maybe some of the problems were solved!

Not at all. Look what Bush did in his first months of office:

"The Clinton administration was prosecuting 51 power plants on their
violations of the Clean Air Act. But the coal industry and the coal-burning
utilities gave $4.8 million to President Bush during the 2000 election. When
Bush came in, he repaid the favor by ordering the Justice Department and the
EPA to drop all those lawsuits. We've never seen anything like that in
American history before -- where a president comes in having accepted
political contributions from criminals and then orders the prosecutions
dropped against them."

The name of the book is "Crimes Against Natu How George W. Bush and His
Corporate Pals Are Plundering the Country and Hijacking Our Democracy". I
urge everyone who is of like mind, and anybody on the fence, to get it and
read it and VOTE THE JERK OUT OF OFFICE! Anybody would be better. Even
Kerry

"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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"Bill" wrote in message
news:bR93d.68804$MQ5.37181@attbi_s52...
I posted the reference and part of the article for information only!

You and idiot Doug, seem to think that you can make up people's mind for
them.

The Hawke


Holy smokes. Are you a dumb phuque, or WHAT? Ever heard of the Minimata
disaster, 50 years ago in Japan? A real mercury picnic. The first link is
probbly the goodest 4 u kuz it has a pikture first, showing wut merkry kin
do to a kid.

http://www.ecosuperior.com/pages/minimata.htm

http://www.mindfully.org/Pesticide/M...ry-Victims.htm

http://www.tekran.com/phpcode/Mina_main.php

http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/1.../feature2.html