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In trying to be focused within the topic, I wanted to expand some issues of Government "propoganda" as it related to democracy, freedom, but also of safety and the right to know. An issue that is coming to light again is President Bush's push to store nuclear waste in Yucca Mt. I had thought I heard inklings of this years ago, but it is again making the news. This is the faulty and fraudulent practices of at least one USGS employee who had conducted or assisted in research on the safety of Yucca Mt. for waste storage. While this might not fall under "fake news" used by the government I think it does indicate what I think is an attempt by our government and more recently this administration, to manipulate facts regardless of the safety of the U.S. public, for their own interest. This most certainly, in my view, is another sign of the erosion of our basic rights, as citizens of a democracy. While President Bush may not be directly involved in this blatant fraud, I personally think he is at the very least complacent in the happenings. He desires to have Yucca Mt. finalized as a storage sight and i'm sure there is a puch down the chain of command to "get it done." (I would add that there is probably a not so subtle "at any cost.") This fake or fraudelent information then doesn't just concern dealing in Iraq, or Social Security, or even Abstinence Programs, but issues at the heart of the safety of all generations. If we can expect that for the sake of national security certain rights are withdrawn or suppressed, is it that much difficult to expect our safety and the safety of future generations to be excluded for the same sake?
Here is a news report regarding
Yucca Mt.
A democracy whose population is ignorant through complacencey or because of their government is no longer a democracy. The population that doesn't hold the government accountable for its actions loses it's right to belong to a democracy. (Paraphrase of a statement by Thomas Jefferson)
This message has been edited by DBlevins, 04-06-2005 05:55 AM
This message has been edited by Adminnemooseus, 04-06-2005 02:51 PM
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