tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post6022391543680052375..comments2023-04-07T05:19:44.951-04:00Comments on Yes Vermont Yankee: Russia. Yucca Mountain. Serious Subjects. Silly Videos.Meredith Angwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02737538041807740424noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-49346103826134712312010-12-02T13:23:33.178-05:002010-12-02T13:23:33.178-05:00I'd just like to say that, personally, I find ...I'd just like to say that, personally, I find Mr. Putin to be a kind of scary figure, and I don't really look to him on energy policy. I'm pretty sure that Mr. Putin is most concerned with what's best for Mr. Putin, Russia and its closest allies.<br /><br /> Still, I agree it is humorous. I just wish you had a clip from a different source making that comment, so I'd feel more comfortable sending other people to it. Wouldn't want people thinking Putin is one of my heroes hehe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-59722937125519963342010-12-02T08:38:35.217-05:002010-12-02T08:38:35.217-05:00Thank you for the comment. I agree on preferring ...Thank you for the comment. I agree on preferring print media...I blog, after all! However, though videos distort reality, any abstraction from reality distorts it somewhat. Any abstraction: an article, blog post, letter to the editor, cartoon. <br /><br />Also, I didn't mean these videos as a basis for serious decision making. The videos are amusing and thought-provoking. There are many reliable sources about Russian/European energy issues and about Yucca Mountain. These videos are not those sources.Meredith Angwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02737538041807740424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-1651094160980805842010-12-01T18:23:39.503-05:002010-12-01T18:23:39.503-05:00I am strongly anti-video, when it comes to serious...I am strongly anti-video, when it comes to serious decision making.<br /><br />Any video, by its very nature, misrepresents reality, and gives it's absolutely passive viewers scant room to accept/deny/reject/destroy the bogus "content" supposedly transmitted by the video.<br /><br />Only print media, attached firmly to a responsible auteur, can avert the "Assange Effect"....(persons of no knowlege, no merit, inserting themselves by terrorist action, into supposedly "Serious" media discussion.)FEED BURNERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12801933848163990121noreply@blogger.com