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November, 2003 Vol.4. NO.11...........................................................Pages 8and 9
OLD PATCHED HIGHWAYS by Dale Jungk In a summer afternoon when the sun
hits just right on the dry buttes and clay banks
along these old patched highways and back roads, my thoughts about
this and that, of what was, what could have been, what was real,
what were dreams fade in the reflections of the
windshield. I cut across the varicose blue and red lines on
an unfolded map that score these great plains with
asphalt and gravel to where the wood lily and wavyleaf
thistle sow their wild gardens with the sunflower and sage. I can
let it all go driving into the sun across the
grazing lands, past John Deere treading faithfully in the wheat
fields, past the grain elevators standing lonely in the distance past the town of four hundred and
twenty with a wide main street, a friendly filling station guy, a
general store with an old red pop machine kids in 4H hanging out in muscle
cars, folks in from stock sales, talking about the jamboree over
coffee, and the red, white, and blue waving calmly from shop to shop. I
disconnect shift gears, the cool air on my arm,
country songs on the radio, the sound of my wheels unwinding the
miles across the prairie through the shadowy gorges and
sawtooth ridges jutting into the horizon, up to the gaps and great hills of
the pronghorn and the buffalo, over these back roads and patched
highways fossilizing as sure as the sediments and shale
beneath them, past yesterdays gone in copper sunsets, along the
wind that weaves the spirit drumming of the Great
Lakota Nation into the tapestry of the land their ancient songs echoing through
the hills and fords chiseled in time. Here, I can forget, let it all go
into the sun, sinking into the glittering twilight of Polaris and Dragon turning
overhead the mysteries of eternity over sorrow, the withering of the
heart, a candle lit in a window. Down old patched highways and back
roads, I can let it all go. (Dale
Jungk is a poet, author, editor and artist. EARLY WARNING:
A Radioactive Río Grande
Study
confirms radioactive cesium-137 seeping from LANL into
the Río Grande. SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO - Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety (CCNS) and The RadioActivist Campaign recently reported that low levels of radioactivity are already leaking into the Río Grande. That contamination is seeping from Los Alamos National Laboratory on the Pajarito Plateau in New Mexico, into the river below the nuclear weapons site. CCNS cites evidence from different types of samples collected from two locations in Pajarito Stream that flows into the Río Grande. Norm Buske, Director of The RadioActivist Campaign (TRAC) and author of the report, “Early Warning: A Radioactive Río Grande” said he has found cesium-137 at levels of 0.01 to 6 picocuries. Cesium-137 is a by-product of nuclear fission and is known to cause cancer. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has an exposure goal of zero for radioactivity from cesium-137. The enforceable maximum limit for cesium-137 is 200 picocuries. Joni Arends, Executive Director of Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety (CCNS), said: "This independent study reveals contaminated groundwater from LANL seeping into the Río Grande. Despite its monitoring programs and public assurances, LANL has failed to report this growing problem. The Río Grande is the vital water supply for ten million people." CCNS will use the scientific report and an accompanying video to spearhead CCNS's educational campaign – “The Río Grande Watershed Initiative” - to stop new sources of pollution and to force clean-up of existing contamination. CCNS is a non-profit organization that seeks to protect all living beings and the environment from the effects of radioactive and other highly hazardous materials, now and in the future. CCNS, founded in 1988, is based in Santa Fe. See www.nuclearactive.org. The RadioActivist Campaign measures radioactivity around nuclear facilities in the United States and abroad and reports the results and implications to the public. TRAC, founded in 1983, is based in Belfair, Washington. TRAC's report, "Early Warning: A Radioactive Río Grande," has been posted at www.radioactivist.org/new.html. To obtain an embargoed PDF copy of "Early Warning: A Radioactive Río Grande" contact Moon Callison at mooncal@tscnet.com. : PARK AVENUE CLEANERS 720 St. Michael's Dr. Suite K. Sante Fe, NM Hours: Mon-Fri.......7am-6pm...Sat...9am-6pm
EVERYDAY LOW PRE-PAID PRICE: $2.35 ENERGY BILL WON'T INCLUDE RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARD WASHINGTON - As the dedication of the PNM Wind Energy Center took place recently in House, New Mexico, U.S. Representative Tom Udall, D-N.M., who feels renewable energy has economic benefits for New Mexico, expressed his regret that an emerging national energy bill will not include a standard that would have required an increasing amount of electricity to be generated from renewable sources. An energy bill that included a "renewable portfolio standard" requiring 10 percent of electricity to be generated from renewable sources, such as wind, solar, geothermal and biomass, by 2020 passed in the Senate in the 107th Congress, which ended last year. That same bill, authored by New Mexico Senator Jeff Bingaman, passed the Senate again this year. Udall, a strong proponent of renewable energy, spearheaded a letter last month to the energy bill conference committee leadership urging them to retain the renewable portfolio standard section. Udall's letter was signed by 77 members of the House. A similar letter was recently signed by 53 senators. Unfortunately, the lead negotiators on the bill have announced that the final agreement will strip the renewable provision. "It is disappointing to me that on the same day we are opening the third-largest wind farm in North America, a national energy policy is being developed that will suppress more development of this clean energy," Udall said. "If there truly is commitment to creating energy security in the United States, enacting federal renewable standards will reduce the vulnerability of our energy system. Eliminating the modest renewable portfolio standard is a major step backward." Earlier this year, Udall introduced legislation (H.R. 1294) to mandate that by the year 2025, 20 percent of U.S. electricity production shall come from renewable resources. Despite bipartisan support for the legislation, the House Rules Committee would not allow an up-or-down vote on the bill as an amendment to the House version of the energy bill. Less than two percent of the electricity in the United States today is produced by clean, renewable sources like wind, solar and geothermal energy. Using more renewable energy resources would reduce harmful air and water pollution, provide a sustainable, secure energy supply now, and create new investment, income and jobs in communities, especially in rural areas. Udall said relying on renewable resources is also a matter of national security. In 2001, 55 percent of the U.S. total demand was met by oil from abroad, up from 37 percent in 1980. By 2025, that number will jump to a projected 70 percent without action. Among the experts calling for a federal renewable portfolio standard to increase energy security are James Woolsey, former head of the CIA, Robert McFarland, former national security advisor to President Reagan, and Admiral Thomas Moorer, former head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Renewable energy standards have already been adopted in twelve states: Arizona, Connecticut, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Texas and Wisconsin. Last year, the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (PRC) adopted an expansive new energy rule requiring electric utilities in New Mexico to use renewable energies as part of their electricity portfolio. Ten percent of a utility's electricity would have to come from renewable technologies. The rule took effect July 1, but utilities have until 2011 to reach the 10 percent level. Udall reiterated that a renewable portfolio standard would have no negative impact on New Mexico's oil, natural gas, and coal industries. "While states are making some moderate progress on renewable energy, it will require a national blueprint to really jumpstart this untapped economic engine. Getting a renewable portfolio standard signed into law is critical to the development of an effective response to this year's natural gas crisis and the ongoing 'eggs in one basket' approach to power generation in the United States. I am going to continue to do everything possible to advance this form of energy," Udall concluded. Udall has served on the House Committee on Resources since 1999.
EARLY WARNING:A Radioactive Río Grande Study confirms radioactive cesium-137 seeping from LANL into the Río Grande. SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO - Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety (CCNS) and The RadioActivist Campaign recently reported that low levels of radioactivity are already leaking into the Río Grande. That contamination is seeping from Los Alamos National Laboratory on the Pajarito Plateau in New Mexico, into the river below the nuclear weapons site. CCNS cites evidence from different types of samples collected from two locations in Pajarito Stream that flows into the Río Grande. Norm Buske, Director of The RadioActivist Campaign (TRAC) and author of the report, “Early Warning: A Radioactive Río Grande” said he has found cesium-137 at levels of 0.01 to 6 picocuries. Cesium-137 is a by-product of nuclear fission and is known to cause cancer. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has an exposure goal of zero for radioactivity from cesium-137. The enforceable maximum limit for cesium-137 is 200 picocuries. Joni Arends, Executive Director of Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety (CCNS), said: "This independent study reveals contaminated groundwater from LANL seeping into the Río Grande. Despite its monitoring programs and public assurances, LANL has failed to report this growing problem. The Río Grande is the vital water supply for ten million people." CCNS will use the scientific report and an accompanying video to spearhead CCNS's educational campaign – “The Río Grande Watershed Initiative” - to stop new sources of pollution and to force clean-up of existing contamination. CCNS is a non-profit organization that seeks to protect all living beings and the environment from the effects of radioactive and other highly hazardous materials, now and in the future. CCNS, founded in 1988, is based in Santa Fe. See www.nuclearactive.org. The RadioActivist Campaign measures radioactivity around nuclear facilities in the United States and abroad and reports the results and implications to the public. TRAC, founded in 1983, is based in Belfair, Washington. TRAC's report, "Early Warning: A Radioactive Río Grande," has been posted at www.radioactivist.org/new.html. To obtain an embargoed PDF copy of "Early Warning: A Radioactive Río Grande" contact Moon Callison at mooncal@tscnet.com. Disorder in the American
Courts These are from a book called Disorder in the American Courts, and are things people actually said in court, word for word, taken down and now published by court reporters who had the torment of staying calm while these exchanges were actually taking place. Q: Are you sexually active? A: No, I just lie there. __________________________________ Q: What is your date of birth? A: July 15th. Q: What year? A: Every year. ______________________________________ Q: What gear were you in at the moment of the impact? A: Gucci sweats and Reeboks. ______________________________________ Q: This myasthenia gravis, does it affect your memory at all? A: Yes. Q: And in what ways does it affect your memory? A: I forget. Q: You forget? Can you give us an example of something that you've forgotten? _____________________________________ Q: How old is your son, the one living with you? A: Thirty-eight or thirty-five, I can't remember which. Q: How long has he lived with you? A: Forty-five years. _____________________________________ Q: What was the first thing your husband said to you when he woke up that morning? A: He said, "Where am I, Cathy?" Q: And why did that upset you? A: My name is Susan. ______________________________________ Q: Do you know if your daughter has ever been involved in voodoo or the occult? A: We both do. Q: Voodoo? A: We do. Q: You do? A: Yes, voodoo. ______________________________________ Q: Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesn't know about it until the next morning? A: Did you actually pass the bar exam? ___________________________________ Q: The youngest son, the twenty-year-old, how old is he? _____________________________________ Q: Were you present when your picture was taken? ______________________________________ Q: So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th? A: Yes. Q: And what were you doing at that time? ______________________________________ Q: She had three children, right? A: Yes. Q: How many were boys? A: None. Q: Were there any girls? ______________________________________ Q: How was your first marriage terminated? A: By death. Q: And by whose death was it terminated? ______________________________________ Q: Can you describe the individual? A: He was about medium height and had a beard. Q: Was this a male, or a female? ______________________________________ Q: Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a deposition notice which I sent to your attorney? A: No, this is how I dress when I go to work. ______________________________________ Q: Doctor, how many autopsies have you performed on dead people? A: All my autopsies are performed on dead people. ______________________________________ Q: ALL your responses MUST be oral, OK? What school did you go to? A: Oral. ______________________________________ Q: Do you recall the time that you examined the body? A: The autopsy started around 8:30 p.m. Q: And Mr. Dennington was dead at the time? A: No, he was sitting on the table wondering why I was doing an autopsy. ______________________________________ Q: Are you qualified to give a urine sample? ______________________________________ Q: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse? A: No. Q: Did you check for blood pressure? A: No. Q: Did you check for breathing? A: No. Q: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy? A: No. Q: How can you be so sure, Doctor? A: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar. Q: But could the patient have still been alive, nevertheless?
A: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law so
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