tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post6526782079336223707..comments2023-04-07T05:19:44.951-04:00Comments on Yes Vermont Yankee: Challenging Those Who Celebrate Vermont Yankee's ClosingMeredith Angwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02737538041807740424noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-25906304231356706472013-10-12T09:50:58.199-04:002013-10-12T09:50:58.199-04:00James
I heard that some teachers in the area used ...James<br />I heard that some teachers in the area used class time to tell the classes how GREAT it was that VY was closing. I am sure they did, and they made some of their students very uncomfortable. We all (quite rightly) have huge regard for the wonderful teachers in our lives. We have to acknowledge, however, that some teachers see their classes as a captive audience for their own views and who is to stop them? I have only anecdotal evidence of this, however.<br /><br />Tom<br />GE is a big company, and many areas are no doubt constantly at cross purposes. So there you are. <br /><br />Also, once someone is "unique"..star status....it would be very hard to tell them what to do. A chemist (like me) can be swapped-out for another chemist, if I worked for a big company and got out of line. A TV star...not so easy to swap!Meredith Angwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02737538041807740424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-27178682468058018272013-10-05T13:19:03.619-04:002013-10-05T13:19:03.619-04:00Hi Meredith, I know this is kind of off the subjec...Hi Meredith, I know this is kind of off the subject but this I thought was the best post to put this on. This confuses me. I was on the NEI web site and came across a post about Alec Baldwin doing a dinner fund raiser for Joe Mangano better know en for the tooth fairy project. What really gets to me is this. Now Alec Baldwin is a big star on 30 Rock. 30 Rock is on NBC. NBC is owned by GE, The same GE that makes BWR power plants, and supplies them with fuel and other things. So how come GE doesn't pull the plug on this BUM. Tom Cleggnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-52562431889539883412013-10-03T20:50:44.244-04:002013-10-03T20:50:44.244-04:00James
Schools are not joining in the celebration ...James<br /><br />Schools are not joining in the celebration as a school, but some individual teachers are certainly celebrating and telling their classes how happy they are that the plant is closing. (anecdotal evidence only, I'm afraid). <br /><br />You remember this incorrect AP story about iodine pills. This was a rumor that may have been started by a teacher who is opposed to Vermont Yankee. <br /><br />http://yesvy.blogspot.com/2012/04/ap-retraction-no-iodine-pills-no.htmlMeredith Angwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02737538041807740424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-32686918179578946232013-09-30T13:34:32.471-04:002013-09-30T13:34:32.471-04:00I'd like someone in Vermont to confirm this of...I'd like someone in Vermont to confirm this off the social nets, but if it's true that schools there are joining in the "celebration" in mentions of relief about the issue, then this is very wrong. I know the media was in the antis' pocket from the get-go (and shouldn't wiggle off the hook for bias either), but to have schools insinuate that nuclear power was a monster lurking behind the hills ready to pounce them is a corruption of fair and accurate education and fair-minded information. Sadly, outside a White House executive order declaring nuclear reactors a vital global-warming curbing asset, nothing can assuage the more enlightened VY residents but our sympathies and prayer, but perhaps there's a way they can contribute to supporting and advising other beleagued VYs in the making to help socially and politically head off the antis and FUD and media at the pass. VY's painful lessons must not be lost and best be passed on to help buttress us all from the madness of ignorance and fear.<br /><br />James Greenidge<br />Queens NYjimwghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06964988758509076556noreply@blogger.com