Fukushima is a world Problem

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Tuesday October 29, 2013 · 5:05 PM PDT

2013/10/29 · 17:05

I think we -> WE, ALL OF US, cannot sit back and watch Japan dig its grave. We, ALL the PEOPLE, must step up and do the job of protecting the Pacific Ocean and the West Coast of North America and beyond. We ->ALL OF US, must contain the disaster in so many tons of concrete that we may not have enough concrete to build our tall buildings. WE -> ALL OF US, must build a system so that the rods stay cool and not explode and not spill into the ocean. Then, when we have finished, we, ALL OF US, must hold those who bungled, fudged, ignored, grabbed as much money as they could, accountable.

We can go to the United Nations but the US must step up first.

Then, we should never go "here" again.

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Friday June 07, 2013 · 12:24 PM PDT

2013/06/07 · 12:24

I read from The Guardian (an English News Agency) that you guys are digging through our phone conversations, our notes to each other, our messages on Facebook, listening to our Verizon phone conversations and other telecom metadata…..

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Sunday September 04, 2011 · 3:26 PM PDT

2011/09/04 · 15:26

This is a tough diary for me to write. I am disgusted at what is flying out of the mouthes of the Republicans and their poorly educated offspring, the Tea Baggers. And worse, I am horrified at what is/and is not happening in the White House.

There are lots books written about the disparities between the rich and poor. I have been worrying about the "deepest cut" our leaders wish to slice, now, today, this minute, to protect (??? fill in this space ie. Banks, Debt etc.) which is really a red herring but will further lower the standards of a life of the majority (I am including the poor with the middle class). All the political posturing/falderal seems to hide the real end product; the top few are 'saved' from taxes (and such) so they can avoid their responsibility for the good life they lead. This is appalling. I learned a long time ago that taxes pay for our good life - health, food, education, security. What do the Republicans and the Tea Party people think will come after the hacking off what makes our society worth living? And why would anyone in the White House consider the ideas of the insane?

There are also volumes published on the environmental toxins that overwhelmingly effect the poor (and middle class) because the poor (and middle class) cannot afford to live away from freeways, highways, spillways. The children of the "95%" breath, drink, and play in the effluent of industrial waste. We have Three Mile Island and the burning waterways of the Love Canal and other industrial catastrophes to prove that without rules/laws/punishment industry does not care.

I linked to many articles, below. What they say says it all.

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Saturday September 04, 2010 · 7:55 PM PDT

2010/09/04 · 19:55

First, let me say that I am writing this because ...... I...uh... just don't know how this happened. I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND! With so many millions of dollars of public funds sunk into this project ...and just to get to this point... paying the consultants... the board members (LA County Public Works, Metropolitan Water district, the Californian State Conservancy - RMC, the various water agencies in the San Gabriel Valley) sit on the Boards ....many of whom gave more money from their Agencies. I went to meetings and witnessed these people reviewing all of the documents, AND designs, ...even rubber stamping paying LOTS of money for public relations for this project.... Why did no one ask the question of the basic design ....WHAT ARE YOU THINKING???? I also would like to know how the County Supervisors and the Congress people ... past and present, let this question be unasked.

You see.... let's take this slow....

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Thursday October 29, 2009 · 7:50 PM PDT

2009/10/29 · 19:50

I have written to my Senator, Barbara Boxer, and to the FTC, and now, I thought I would bring this up with you.

Another DailyKos author, flyonthewall, has written about this issue this year. I didn't read it BUT what happened to flyonthwall happened to my mother. SEE how important it is to read the DailyKos! I have the flyonthewall's link near the end where it fits with my questions.

I really hate it when Corporations and those with more money then Gaud screw the little people. Pisses me off!!! The Health Care stuff and Net Neutrality.... it's enough to start a Common Citizen's Union and MARCH!

My story and it's supporting links are below. It is all about how AT&T screws the old and infirm using scammers and crammers to add 'ghost products' on their phone bills. YES! Do watch over your phone bills, but watch over your prescriptions, your food, your water, your children and poopties!!!! Oh, yes, each other, too.

Here is what I wrote to Barbara Boxer and the FTC.

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Saturday December 13, 2008 · 9:58 PM PST

2008/12/13 · 21:58

I donno.... I mean this is just too obvious. SURELY SOMEBODY ELSE sees this???!!!

With all of the bank closures, all of the bank bailouts, all of the jobs being lost... and then a Governor says he will suspend all his dealing with THE bank, Bank of AMERICA, until there is a resolution to the stand off is concluded to protect the workers ...

"Roughly 200 employees of a shuttered Chicago factory who refuse to leave their jobs continued getting some high-profile help Monday, but discussions to end the four-day sit-in ended without resolution."

Then the Governor says he will have the state's agencies stop working with the Bank of America (the Bank involved) until the workers are paid... THEN...

Bank of America, that got SO MUCH of our hard earned tax money by simply squeezing out ONE TEAR>>>> then BANGO!!!! the Governor is in a mess up to his ears!!!

You know what I say,.... "HA!" That guy tread on some toes and tampered with someone's money." This time the stories are TOO close together.... they just did not let it touch the ground.

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Tuesday November 18, 2008 · 2:51 PM PST

2008/11/18 · 14:51

Bush leaves the Office of President and, by his hands, this country is left in an economic chaos not seen in generations. He gives us two horrible wars raging without end, and perhaps by the Red Cross estimates - killed over a million Iraqis - and has raped our Federal coffers and given our tax money to his "Rich Base". And all, for as far as I can tell, for what??? a lark?? Such evil!! I see his smirk as he tries to plunge us further into....where? You see, there is this other monstrous rule that will devastate our health system - he wants to protect health providers if they wish to deny care because of religious and/or 'moral' reasons.

There is no such thing as a 'moral reason' to deny care.

We have witnessed in this election season, that religion very much can be the leader in amoral and immoral acts. -> Denying the rights of others is immoral. period.

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Tuesday September 23, 2008 · 9:18 PM PDT

2008/09/23 · 21:18

It's not as if the United States has not been in this type of economic mess a few times before. It's not as if WE could not predict the housing bubble was about to burst... The word itself, "bubble," was everywhere in the media. But, when you put together 1) a desperate population which has not had a decent pay raise for about 20 years (inflation, increased costs of doing business, taxes, changes in technologies, etc.) 2) a degrading health care system, 3) failing retirement choices,4) education system with constant cost increases and fewer quality teachers and programs 5) high living expenses in transportation and few choices in commodities (how many companies do we really buy from these days?)... if the middle working class had an opportunity to better themselves by buying a house to hope to flip it for a little piece of heaven, THEY WOULD BE STUPID IF THEY DIDN'T TRY.

So I say... this situation was an opportunity for some serious fraud by some really horrible predators. Should I say it?... by those folks in Washington. BUT... I think it is important to put pieces together. I have a few... and I bet YOU have more.

This diary is for all of us to clear out the garbage from the gold. Can we do it?

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Tuesday July 08, 2008 · 6:18 PM PDT

2008/07/08 · 18:18

Why in the world would a Californian environmental preservation, governmental entity, supported by the likes of the Sierra Club, the Metropolitan Water District, funded by billions of tax dollars, want to destroy the environment? Maybe that is a stupid question. This 'agency' is powered by people without ANY science background or have mis-matched backgrounds for the job. You ask, how much damage can an ‘environmental agency’ with people filled with 'ideals' (perhaps, ambition) but, with no oversight, do?

There are three projects in Southern California of similar focus, supporters, design, two of which have been massive financial failures. Two projects are associated with dams in L.A. All three projects are FOR THE CHILDREN. Two are about water and all were supported by the water agencies and governmental environmental groups. One related project, a colossal reservoir built by one of the agencies, may negatively impact S. California’s water supply in this drought emergency. One project is in the planning and public relations stage where disaster can still be averted. All of the projects are museums, one in Hemet, one in Sunland and one in Whittier Narrows.

The lesson - where there is lots of money and no oversight, things go very badly – like Katrina.

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Friday May 02, 2008 · 11:13 PM PDT

2008/05/02 · 23:13

Mr. Olbermann, you asked, 'How do we raise the temperature of anger to stop this war?' (I am paraphrasing)

You want the average person to stand up or poke his/her head out the window and say, "I AM NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE!"

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Friday January 11, 2008 · 10:40 AM PST

2008/01/11 · 10:40

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/...

From The Times
January 10, 2008
Dog retrieves his best friend - a cat buried in the garden
Russell Jenkins

A pet dog missed the family’s dead cat so much that he dug up his grave and brought the body back into the house.

When Oscar’s owners woke up the next morning they discovered the dog curled up beside Arthur, the late cat, in his basket.

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Sunday October 07, 2007 · 12:15 PM PDT

2007/10/07 · 12:15

This story just gets me boiling! This story just set me a'flyin'!!!

Washington Post, 'An Exit Toward Soul-Searching
As Bush Staffers Leave, Questions About Legacy Abound'

If you work for a crook and lie, and steal, and kill (yourself or at someone else's hands).... you are a crook, too. If you come crying to the public (and your lawyer) saying that, "... he made me do it!" Well, pooie on you! You deserve a good romp in the hoosegow! How in the world can these 'Embittered' Bush aids expect us to react when we read "... that you just didn't know what you were doing and that bad man in the White House ... blah blah blah..." And as the numbers of people who work in the White House with Dick and George dwindle down to the few poop scoopers, ... man, this is just making my stomach turn.... there are a few 'special people' who cover for this criminal crew... (I am breathing in... with my nostrils flaring!!!) Maybe, we ought to take note of all who are still there... telling us about the terrorists, and our glorious economy, and strong healthy nation with working workers who live in houses... I am sorry. Genuflect all you like, they are just as evil.

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