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Article #523Re: We NEED a blackout!
From: Bruce Linley
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 17:57
Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 17:57
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In ye olden post GeneK <gene@genek_hates_spammers.com> spake... >Milton, John, Kleim, "Jr." wrote: >> >> Humans don't learn until it's "in their face." And even then, they >> sometimes don't learn. But a blackout would be a good "warning shot." > >Oh sure, and after a few of those that "carefree and/or foolish" public >flock to the polls to elect candidates who promise to push through every >new power plant proposed, regardless of how well or badly planned, its >effects on the environment, energy policy, whatever. "The public" is not >a captive population you can "force" to "learn," it has the power to throw >out virtually every impediment to getting what it wants if it is so >motivated. Gee, I wonder what areas will be chosen for the blackouts? Residential or business? Rich areas or poor areas? -- Bruce James Robert Linley | +---+---+--_ | "Ocha tte nigai demo... hito no chi linley at megami dot org | | |NV | UT | wa atatakakute tottemo amai no" Programmer, Fortunet Inc. | \ CA \ |___ | "Tea is always bitter... but blood Las Vegas, Nevada, USA ---------> \*| AZ | is warm and sweet" - Miyu
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f824f,3b53df08b51ad601 X-Google-Attributes: gidf824f,public X-Google-Thread: 107d03,3b53df08b51ad601 X-Google-Attributes: gid107d03,public X-Google-Thread: f6597,3b53df08b51ad601 X-Google-Attributes: gidf6597,public X-Google-Thread: 10a89e,3b53df08b51ad601 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a89e,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-01-06 09:58:00 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!localhost!not-for-mail From: linley@megami.org (Bruce Linley) Newsgroups: sac.general,ba.general,la.general,sd.general Subject: Re: We NEED a blackout! Date: 6 Jan 2001 09:57:03 -0800 Organization: Megami no Belldandy-sama no deshi Message-ID: <937m9f$j5s$1@megami.org> References: <937h80$qcu$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <3A55FCED.B84BA969@genek_hates_spammers.com> X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com Lines: 25