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Jo u gf OPINIOI00.
Words to live by aRcadefs'
Lost our
You only go around once in this old life, so you should
try to make it more than one big cliche.
Grab life by the throat, give it the big try and wrestle it
into submission by cutting the cloth to fit the mold that
best suits the cloak of existence you know the good Lord
wanted you to don when he plopped you into a world not
of your own making but yours to conquer.
ltere are some words of wisdom to help you on your
journey.
Great oafs Dom little adolescents grow.
Old goats seldom appreciate the real ewe.
No man stands so tall as when he is accused of stooping
low to attain high office.
Inflation is God's way of keeping the poor humble.
A penny saved is a down payment on a licorice whip.
Original sin isn't what it used to be.
Rorschach had a spotty career.
He who lies down with dogs, gets up with unlimited
campaign funds.
One swallow does not a bummer make.
When the going gets tough, the tough steal.
If God had wanted women to take karate lessons, He
wouldn't have invented the double standard.
Two heads are better than one for a dope dealer.
Mutants will need energy, too.
If you would understand why Congressmen support
wedlock, consider their love for bribes and goons.
A quarterback and his shoulder are soon separated.
Show me a woman dressed in leather who is
entertaining a Greek shipping magnate's moneylender and
I'll show you a tanker banker spanker.
Television was better before it bad pictures and sound.
Where there's life, there's still a chance for one more
medical bill.
When the roll is called up yonder, Billy Graham will be
playing golf with his banker and accountant.
Give a man enough rope and he'll fill the whole damn
house with potted plants in hideous macrame hangers.
If you wish a long life, always go hunting with your
insurance agent.
A good supply of nuclear weapons and nerve gas is
better than no foreign policy at all.
Jesus never had to meet a payroll.
If you would iove a
swim.
de,'you must first learn to
Only three things are certain in this life: taxes, death
and taxes.
C__apitol aDome:
Legislative committees rest until December
By ROBERT C. CUMMINGS
Now that the election is
over, House Democrats will take
a "breather" before they prenare
for the next legislative session.
At a recent meeting, the
Executive Rules Committee
voted to deny most requests for
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Mack McGinnis'
Comedy"00'Comment
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Ray Mellana found this cynical sign of the times on the wall of
the county clerk's office over in Martinez: "The key to success is
sincerity. Once you can fake that, you've got it made."
(Herb Caen in San Francisco Chronicle)
Comedian Rodney Dangerfield is credited with the line, "l went
to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out."
(Terry Flynn in Cincinnati Enquirer)
I have it on good authority that a boss here in town, not known for
his sweet disposition or equable temperament, recently waved
year. He found: onbis desk wh.ea he came in Xhat
package taged "Happy Igrthday from Your
Employes)" r A fearless fellow, he ripped it open. Inside was a
handsomely framed photograph of a dog. It was inscribed: "With
Love, From Mother." (The package is now being checked for
fingerprints. )
(James Dent in Charleston Gazette)
The nuclear myth
average require only $19,500 of
investment per job. Most
alternative energy industries are
in this range. Other related
industries require even less
capital. For example, the
installation of solar water heaters
creates one job for every $4,000
of investment.
A proposal sent to President
Carter last year by the Senate
Commerce Sub-committee Staff
described how an investment of
$1.65 billion in an energy
conservation program would
create 100,400 jobs. This kind of
program would focus on
retrofitting schools, colleges,
hospitals, and federal buildings,
the weatherizing and installation
of solar water heaters in
HUD-owned single family houses,
and construction of bicycle
paths.
A detailed study by Marc H.
Ross of the University of
Michigan and Robert Williams of
Princeton, published in 1977 in
Technology Review,
demonstrated that a kilowatt of
energy can be produced or saved
for only $120 by converting to
heat pumps for heating and air
conditioning. An investment of
$450 in home insulation, or
$100 in waste-heat recovery, will
also produce a kilowatt of
By DOUGLAS LA FOLLETTE
Wisconsin Secretary of State
The controversy over nuclear
power involves not only the
question of how we want to
generate power, but how we
want to organize our economy
and society. In spite of all the
risks and health dangers of
nuclear power, its proponents
maintain that nuclear power is
necessary because it is the only
means we have available to meet
our future energy needs. They
also emphasize the jobs that
building huge nuclear plants
would provide.
Unfortunately, nuclear power
is too expensive and too
capital-intensive a form of energy
to meet these goals. The
cost-benefit analysis of nuclear
power, in comparison to other
energy options, shows that it is
in fact the worst possible way to
invest our scarce energy-pro-
duction dollars.
Alternative forms of energy
and energy conservation cost
less, are safer than nuclear
power, and produce more jobs
per dollar of investment. In the
utilities industry, it takes over
$I00,000 of capital investment to
provide one job. Manufacturing
industries, such as solar energy
and home insulation, on the
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energy. Contrast these cost
figures to the $800 to $1000 per
kilowatt it costs us to build a
nuclear-power plant.
The opportunity for
utilization of conservation and
alternative energy systems exists
today. A recent study
commissioned for the Federal
Energy Administration concluded
that cheap solar electricity could
be available in five years, if the
government only spent $440
million on purchasing solar
electricity production equipment
(less than one-half the cost of a
single nuclear-power plant). This
would be enough to get the solar
industry going and allow it to
achieve economies of scale. In
five years, the price of solar
power cells would be brought
down from the present cost of
$15 per watt of peak generating
capacity to 75 cents or less. In
addition, half a million jobs
would be created, two and a half
times as many as nuclear power
for the same amount of energy
produced. '
We already have the
technology for wind power. It
could easily be revitalized to
provide us with 20 percent of
our electricity needs by 1990.
Wind energy, like solar
electricity, is currently quite
expensive, but a small investment
to begin mass production will
result in a dramatic reduction in
costs. A comparative job study
done last year concluded that
the operation and maintenance
of a large wind system would
require a labor force
two-to-four-times greater than an
equivalent nuclear-power plant.
Another form of energy that
is also based on a simple,
labor-intensive technology is that
of converting manure and crop
residues into methane gas; an
ideal energy source for the
agriculture sector. Here again,
this energy source would require
a comparatively small initial
9, 1978
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investment to achieve economies
of scale.
There is another cost factor
of nuclear power which has not
yet been fully assessed. Nuclear
power is a relatively recent
energy source and we are just
beginning to face the problem of
how to dispose of the nuclear
plants themselves. (This is
separate from the problem of the
2500 metric tons of high-level
radioactive wastes we already
have in this country and don't
know what to do with.) A
nuclear power plant has a life
span of only 30 to 40 years.
Then the entire plant must
somehow be disposed of, or
"decommissioned." Present
proposals are to bury or entomb
the entire radioactive plant for
100 years. Then it would be
dismantled by remote control,
and its component parts buried
in as yet undeveloped storage
sites.
One of the first large-sclae
commercial nuclear-power plants
to be shut down will be the
Oyster Creek plant in New
Jersey. Decommissioning is
scheduled for the year 2003, and
the currently projected cost is
$35 million (in 1976 dollars).
Not surprisingly, the power
company is asking for an
electricity rate increase to cover
this future expense. It has been
estimated that the average cost
for decommissioning may be
over $100 million per reactor.
This is another cost of nuclear
power to be borne by the
consumer which will provide
very few jobs, and no additional
energy.
The fact is that nuclearl
power is a poor bargain. Only
when people realize that the
nuclear-power option produces
both less energy and fewer jobs
than the alternatives, can we
make true progress in dealing
with the twin problems of
energy scarcity and
unenlployment.
committee sessions during the
balance of this month.
Only exceptions were those
on which fmal action on certain
pieces of legislation was
scheduled. There are a few of
these, but very few.
No Lame Ducks
The reasoning behind the
decision was that, if committee
meetings were approved in
advance of the election, there
wouldn't be any way of
determining their effectiveness.
It was recognized that the
election could leave some "lame
ducks" in its wake, and if these
failed to show up, various
committees might lack quorums.
This possibility became
apparent at last month's
weekend of committee sessions
on October 6 and 7.
While only one member,
Cathy Pearsall (D., Tacoma),
defeated in the September
primaries, and she showed up,
several other members who
hadn't filed for reelection were
absent.
Big Weekend Ahead
So most standing committees
are deferring their remaining
business to the next full
weekend of committee sessions,
which has been scheduled for
December 1 and 2.
By then, the House majority
hopes to have completed its
committee assignments for the
Forty-sixth Legislature, so that
measures approved in December
can be prefiled for introduction
in January as committee bills.
The December weekend also
will serve the dual purpose of an
orientation session for new
members, who will be getting
their first taste of committee
work.
No Problem for Senate
The election isn't such a big
deal, however, for the Senate, as
only half of its members are up
for reelection this time.
Among the latter, six of the
nominees, including four
Democrats and two Republicans,
were unopposed in the finals.
About another dozen
appeared reasonably certain of
election, reducing the number of
probable changes to six, and
possibly less.
Business as Usual
So the Senate is doing
business as usual this month. As
usual, it hasn't scheduled as
many committee sessions as the
House usually does, under
normal conditions.
It has scheduled nine
committee and subcommittee
sessions for the balance of this
month including four full
committee meetings.
It even went so far as to
schedule two for December 1,
which will be the start of the
full weekend for virtually all
committees of both houses.
Liquor, Up or Down?
The number of Class H
liquor (cocktail) licenses
permitted in this state was on
the agenda of the Senate
Commerce Committee at a
meeting scheduled for November
9, just two days after the
election.
The law legalizing sale of
liquor by the drink, which was
enacted by initiative thirty years
ago, limits the issuance of Class
H licenses to a ratio of one to
each 1,500 of population, based
on the most recent federal
census.
Based on the 1970 census,
the most recent, the Liquor
Control Board is authorized to
issue a maximum of 2,276, and
to date has granted 2,034.
Long Time Between Drinks?
That leaves just 242 licenses
available between now and the
next federal census.
Last year, the board issued
116 new licenses, so at that rate,
it could be fresh out before it
gets the 1980 census figures
some time in 1981.
The Senate committee
doesn't plan to take any action
on the subject at this time, but
members decided the issue
probably would be up next
session, so it would be a good
idea to be well versed on the
subject in advance.
Junk Food Ban Unlikely
. The Sienate Education
Committee will air proposed
amendments to the basic
education act at a 7 p.m. hearing
in the University of Washington's
HUB November 13.
But as a result of a recent
meeting, it will probably shelve
proposed legislation to prohibit
vending machines in public
schools.
There had been numerous
complaints that many students
were spending their money on
candy and socalled "junk" food
instead of buying nutritional
lunches from school cafeterias.
Voluntary Remedies
Preferred
But committee members
learned that Seattle School
District solved the problem by
obtaining agreements from
vending machine operators to
dispense only items of proven
nutritional value in machines
located in school buildings.
The lawmakers decided it
would be better to encourage
other school districts to
negotiate similar agreements than
to add another law to the statute
books.
Editor, The Journal: the TV station
Your article on the spitting that it was
championships was excellent. We hope
We had just settled down for with anothe!
an entertaining evening watching subject jl
the big-time baseball while playoffto
having dinner. The spitting got to be a
so bad that we lost our appetites spitting conteSL
and did not complete our dinner.
While I headed for the
bathroom. Mrs. Abrams called
Get on the stick
Editor, The Journal:
Wake up, commissioners. I,
as a registered voter of Mason
County and a member of the
Mason County Search and
Rescue Council, am wondering
why our county commissioners
haven't been able to make a
decision on who to appoint as
director of Emergency Services.
When George Doak left, he
recommended Merle McNeil. I
don't know of anyone more
qualified to hold the position
than Merle. At least she doesn't
ask how many days a year she
will get off or how much it pays.
I think our commissioners
would have to look a long time
to find a director as interested
and competent as Merle. Having
worked under her on many
searches in the county over the
years, I would sleep better at
night knowing we had someone
in that office who knew what
she was doing.
sleep better
our loved ones
hunting, or
had someone
prompx as Merle t0
If your
or four days,
to call about
recharged`/ Don
who sold yoU
could care less.
the Valley in
a boat rental
five and aren
weekends.
And I don't t
call on o
commissioners,
take them too
their minds as to !
I close in
commissioners.
to vote for
A plan of action
Editor, The Journal:
Grandpappy and Portagee
Joe said the state should have
the names of all commercial
fishermen and their boats; also
what place and towns they have
their boats moored, including all
fish buyers and the wholesalers
they work for.
Now instead of running all
over Puget Sound with the state
fish patrol boats to run down
,.illegal commercial fishermen,
they could have their fish
warden, sport fishermen and
other people who believe in the
laws of the state, check when
the boats leave to go fishing,
when they
fish and what
sell to.
The
and the
up to laws
illegal fishing,
the state stop
The state
their phone
and who theY
report.
Grand
Joe says we
preserve our
means of food.
Merle can do it
Editor, The Journal:
The director of Emergency
Services retired over a month ago
and we would like to know why
a new director has not been
appointed.
Merle McNeil holds the
position of deputy director and
has for a number of years. She is
very knowledgeable and capable
of holding the office of Director.
She has been recommended by
many in the county as well as by
George Doak, the past director.
Many of our county residents
will ask "What is the Department
of Emergency Services, what
does it do?" Many of us feel
that it is a very important part
of our existence. If we were to
have, here in Mason County, a
disaster of any type, be it
earthquake,
power outage
your freezers
a lost hunter,
hiker, lost
senior
of Emer
would
organize and
needed in a
takes know-hOW"
Would
in that
hadn't been
to take care
Would you put
of a loved one
that
have the
No real action on inflation
Editor, The Journal: days and it would automatically Jimmy Carter,
This letter concerns the go into effect, the cust
battle on inflation. I mentioned to a number of promises.
In a couple of recent friends that here was an h took of fice
headlines in the Longview Daily opportunity for Nixon, upon at the sourCe'/
News I note that Senator taking offee, to include in his two
Jackson "eyes price and wage first message to the joint session bill
controls," to battle inflation, of Congress, a statement to the they couldn't
President Carter wants time effect of these words: "Boys, we floor for a
on T.V. to submit his voluntary came here on the promise to have, of
controls "Phase Two" in his fight inflation; let's show the true opiniOrt:
battle against inflation, nation we mean business; let's Con
Inflation has been around a start right here and turn this was their
long time, but I am going to raise down. ''• What actually about
bring up the present and past happened?- they took the raise chance
administrations' actions against and imposed an ineffective price Congress,
inflation in order to make my and wage control, majority
point as non-partisan as possible. Jackson, Magnuson, and initiate Phase
When ex-President Nixon perhaps 90% of the present way, I seem to
campaigned for office, his two Congressmen were there. They I wonder
big issues were: get out of Viet could have brought a bill before ManagemeJ
Nam - and hold down or stop the House rejecting the raise in if the
inflation. At this time, a large the name of inflation. Did they country
inflationary increase in the dose?NO, battle aga
salaries of the President and all A similar program was controlling
Congressmen and certain established during the Ford wasteful
appointees was set up in such a administration; raises to the think they
manner by the Johnson amount of $12,000 annually plus colors in
administration that Congress other fringe benefits to the same GREEN and
didn't have to vote for it, but group.
they had the option of voting No one creamed louder
against it or ignoring it for 60 about inflation than candidate