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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: SiouxPal who wrote (42160)	8/11/2004 1:32:44 PM
From: Patricia Trinchero	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

That means there's a 50/50 chance of more voter fraud! I think there are many people across the country that would volunteer to come to Fla and monitor the polls.

To: SiouxPal who wrote (42160)	8/11/2004 2:01:58 PM
From: Patricia Trinchero	Respond to of 81568

Kerry Vows to Keep Nuclear Waste Out of Nevada Tue Aug 10, 2004 05:22 PM ET Printer Friendly \| Email Article \| Reprints \| RSS By Patricia Wilson LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry on Tuesday accused the Bush administration of recklessly putting politics above science and vowed to prevent Nevada from becoming America's nuclear waste dump. The state's Yucca Mountain -- which President Bush approved as a burial site for radioactive refuse from nuclear power plants and weapons -- has become a centerpiece of the closely contested Nov. 2 White House race in Nevada. Kerry said Bush had broken his promise as a candidate in 2000 to base his decision on "sound science, not politics" and cited a slew of skeptical studies from the U.S. government's General Accounting Office, the National Academy of Sciences and other bodies. "When John Kerry is president, there's going to be no nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain, period," the Massachusetts senator told invited guests at the Ralph Cadwallader Middle School, about 90 miles from the site. While the issue is largely local, it could help determine the presidential race. Nevada is a key battleground state that Bush won in 2000 and without its five electoral votes would not be in the White House. He will visit Las Vegas on Thursday. "This administration has pursued a relentless, purposeful policy to push the science no matter what the science says, to push the rules, no matter what the rules do, to push common sense no matter how much it speaks to the other side, in order to put that nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain," Kerry said. "The United States deserves a president who believes in science." Bush and his Republican allies say they were relying on years of study by the Energy Department and that they believe scientific concerns will be answered either by the courts or by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in its licensing of the project. Bush campaign spokesman Steve Schmidt pointed out that Kerry had voted for the 1987 Nuclear Waste Policy Act Amendments, known in the state as the "screw Nevada bill" which was tacked onto budget legislation. "When it has counted -- on real votes to say no to Yucca mountain I voted no," Kerry said. His vice presidential running mate John Edwards, a senator from North Carolina, voted in 2002 for the Yucca plan but campaign aides said he and Kerry were now on the same page. The school where Kerry spoke sits near the route nuclear waste would travel to the repository, just like many other schools and communities in 44 states. The so called "mobile Chernobyls" would pass through many communities that Kerry said were ill-equipped to respond to a nuclear accident, posing a risk to the more than 50 million Americans along the way. He also pointed out that the Yucca Mountain area was earthquake prone and home to aquifers that provided surrounding areas with water. Kerry said the United States needed a Manhattan Project "to tame the negative consequences of the power of the atom" and pledged to set up a panel of the world's best scientists to study how to deal with nuclear storage and waste. "Yucca Mountain to me is a symbol of the recklessness and the arrogance with which they are willing to proceed with respect to the safety issues and concerns of the American people," he said. In February 2002, Bush announced that five decades worth of nuclear waste should be buried in the Nevada desert, declaring that an end to the search for a place to isolate the radioactive debris was necessary to "protect public safety, health and the nation's security." © Reuters 2004. All Rights Reserved. reuters.com