Can You Say "Nuclear?"

Dennis Kucinich was screwed this week.

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It's worth listening to Dennis to hear his thoughts on why.

I learned a lot from this short clip ---about General Electric, the parent company of NBC --who excluded him from the Democratic debate in Nevada. They don't just make light bulbs. (Maybe it was in their best interest to take back the Anti-nuke candidate's invitation to the debate...... Which is what they did..... Because they can.)

General Electric owns NBC, and General Electric is one of the largest nuclear power contractors in the world. They build nuclear power plants, and they also, of course, want to make sure that Yucca Mountain in Nevada remains a site for the dumping of nuclear waste, so that they have a place to put the waste that is created by the plants that they want to build.

GE also owns Raytheon, which is a major defense contractor, and, of course, they benefit and profit from war. That they have a major network in their portfolio only gives them an opportunity to enhance their power, being able to promote war - even one that was based on lies a few years ago - and being able to promote an energy policy that has been proven to be very expensive, and has cost us alot of jobs, particularly in the Industrial Northeast.

Now, I think that it should be of interest to the general public that GE, Raytheon and NBC have also contributed to candidates who are in the debate today. So they have an interest in excluding someone who disagrees with the promotion of war, and the promotion of nuclear power, and they have an interest in narrowing the field to those who believe in their policies.

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I believe it serves the process of election to be able to at least hear other candidates who have an important viewpoint, but that's just me.
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Right now big corporations control whose voice is heard on the networks and sadly, we have come to simply accept this in America. It is often said, people get the government they deserve.

I disagree. We get the government that is bought by and beholden to corporate America.