Comments on: Guilty! http://blog.dickharper.com/2010/02/22/guilty/ Most excellent shines and whines Sat, 19 May 2012 15:19:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Dick http://blog.dickharper.com/2010/02/22/guilty/#comment-10412 Dick Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:00:38 +0000 http://blog.dickharper.com/2010/02/22/guilty/#comment-10412 Now that Albert Perry has retired, I believe there is not one single solitary nuclear engineer in the Vermont Legislature. Not one. Even if they had the final reports about nuclear power safety, there is not one single solitary Vermont Legislator qualified to make decisions about Vermont Yankee. Not one. <strong>Nonetheless, 26 of 30 Vermont Senators took their thimbleful of scientific experience and voted for political theater.</strong> To paraphrase a former President, <em>the trouble with our legislative friends is not that they’re ignorant; it’s just that they know so much that isn’t so.</em> Now that Albert Perry has retired, I believe there is not one single solitary nuclear engineer in the Vermont Legislature. Not one. Even if they had the final reports about nuclear power safety, there is not one single solitary Vermont Legislator qualified to make decisions about Vermont Yankee. Not one. Nonetheless, 26 of 30 Vermont Senators took their thimbleful of scientific experience and voted for political theater.

To paraphrase a former President, the trouble with our legislative friends is not that they’re ignorant; it’s just that they know so much that isn’t so.

]]> By: George Poleczech http://blog.dickharper.com/2010/02/22/guilty/#comment-10341 George Poleczech Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:54:05 +0000 http://blog.dickharper.com/2010/02/22/guilty/#comment-10341 In spite of our Constitutional proclamations of *innocent until proved guilty*, the demand for bail posting belies our opinon that the accused is innocent. Doesn't it? And in cases where sex and children are spoken of in the same document of accusation, we are conditioned (by media perhaps) to believe the child -- even though it has been shown many times to be unreliable, either on purpose by the child or from manipulation by an overly eager and avid advocate professional. Assuming the coach and the corrections officer were/are one in the same, I would not have envied Ms Ace's job in making a decision; and I bet she caught flack from both sides. But in my opinion, he should have been replaced as soon as he was found to be leaking Tritium. -- George In spite of our Constitutional proclamations of *innocent until proved guilty*, the demand for bail posting belies our opinon that the accused is innocent. Doesn’t it?

And in cases where sex and children are spoken of in the same document of accusation, we are conditioned (by media perhaps) to believe the child — even though it has been shown many times to be unreliable, either on purpose by the child or from manipulation by an overly eager and avid advocate professional.

Assuming the coach and the corrections officer were/are one in the same, I would not have envied Ms Ace’s job in making a decision; and I bet she caught flack from both sides. But in my opinion, he should have been replaced as soon as he was found to be leaking Tritium.

— George

]]> By: Bob Post http://blog.dickharper.com/2010/02/22/guilty/#comment-10319 Bob Post Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:34:21 +0000 http://blog.dickharper.com/2010/02/22/guilty/#comment-10319 I suspected Lorraine was a liar. But it was purely that: suspicion, and I held that clearly in mind until convincing evidence one way or the other was available. I suspect Vermont Yankee needs a lot of work, as old as it is. I suspect Vermonters are SCREWED if it doesn't get that work and then remain online. I KNOW they would deserve every bit of the screwing they will surely get if they let a bunch of self-serving politicians and "environmentalists" make the decision to shut down a potentially perfectly good power plant (assuming it is such.) But I hope they pull it off --- might be a good object lesson for other states in the Union. I suspected Lorraine was a liar. But it was purely that: suspicion, and I held that clearly in mind until convincing evidence one way or the other was available.

I suspect Vermont Yankee needs a lot of work, as old as it is. I suspect Vermonters are SCREWED if it doesn’t get that work and then remain online. I KNOW they would deserve every bit of the screwing they will surely get if they let a bunch of self-serving politicians and “environmentalists” make the decision to shut down a potentially perfectly good power plant (assuming it is such.) But I hope they pull it off — might be a good object lesson for other states in the Union.

]]>