like anyone thought he wouldn't??

[Guest guest]

its funny that they didn't even bring up that the site is on an active

faultline, in a dormant volcano, and is within the watershed of the colorado

river...

 

t r u t h o u t | Friday, February 15, 2002

Statement Senator Harry Reid on President Bush's Yucca Mountain Decision.

 

" Today President Bush has betrayed our trust and endangered the American

public by deciding to ship 77,000 tons of nuclear waste across the entire

country and store it at Yucca Mountain, Nevada.

 

As a candidate for President, George W. Bush declared, " I believe sound

science not politics, must prevail in the designation of any high-level

nuclear waste repository. As President, I would not sign legislation that

would send nuclear waste to any proposed site unless it's been deemed

scientifically safe. "

 

He said this while campaigning in Nevada in May of 2000. He didn't ask us to

read his lips, but he asked us to believe him. Nevadans did, and George W.

Bush would not be President without having received Nevada's votes in the

Electoral College.

 

The President just last week in a meeting with Senator Ensign, Governor Guinn

and me at the White House again vowed to wait until he received and reviewed

all of the scientific evidence on Yucca Mountain.

 

Today President Bush has broken his promise.

 

All Americans should be concerned, not just because he lied to me or the

people of Nevada and indeed all Americans, but because the President's

decision threatens American lives.

 

Let's be clear: Before getting on a plane to fly over to Asia, President Bush

has dropped the equivalent of 100,000 dirty bombs on America.

 

I say this because to carry out President Bush's plan would require shipment

of nuclear waste on 100,000 trucks or 20,000 rail cars through 43 states.

 

The President has created 100,000 targets of opportunity for terrorists who

have proven their capability of hitting targets far less vulnerable than a

truck on the open highway.

 

President Bush wants to bury toxic waste in Nevada, but he will not be able

to bury the problem of nuclear waste or hide the dangers of transporting it

from the American public.

 

Coming soon to a highway near you...the deadliest substance known to

humankind! It sounds like a Hollywood thriller, but this is not just a plot

for a scary movie. This is President Bush's plan ñ one that could feed plots

for terrorists hell-bent on destroying America.

 

Just a day after Valentine's Day, the President has given the Osama bin

Ladens of the world a big box of chocolates and a bouquet of roses. He has

given the American people some empty wrappers and a handful of thorns.

 

This day will be remembered for a long time as a tragic day in American

history. Some people think intelligence failures allowed September 11; others

say we couldn't have known or been prepared. Nobody will be able to say that

should a terrorist get hold of just one of the hundred thousand shipments or

if just one of the containers leaks following an accident. "