Tag Archives: Harvey Wasserman

Harvey Wasserman : Nukes ‘Don’t Need No Stinking Fire Protection’

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Indian Point nuclear power plant on the Hudson River in New York.Nukes to America:‘We don’t need no stinking fire protection’ By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / June 13, 2011 At the end of John Huston’s 1948 classic Treasure … Continue reading →

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Harvey Wasserman : Let’s Join Japan in Junking New Nukes

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Workers cycle past a nuclear power plant on a tricycle cart in Changchun, in northeast China’s Jilin province, Dec. 17, 2010. Japan and Germany are limiting or phasing out reliance on nuclear power after the Fukushima accident. Photo from AP.We’re … Continue reading →

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Harvey Wasserman : After Fukushima: A Nuclear Industry Meltdown?

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

A home in Glen Rose, Texas, with the Comanche Peak nuclear power plant hovering behind. Photo from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.After the Fukushima nightmare:Will the nuclear power industry melt down? By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / May 2, … Continue reading →

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Harvey Wasserman : End Nuclear Power Before It Ends Us

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Environmental activists, wearing ghost masks to symbolize victims of a nuclear meltdown, demonstrate near the Presidential Palace in Manila, Philippines, Tuesday March 15, 2011. Photo from AP.End nuclear power before it ends us For 25 years the nuclear industry has … Continue reading →

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Harvey Wasserman : California Quake Hit Could Irradiate Entire Country

Posted on March 11, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

The Fukushima No. 1 power plant of Tokyo Electric Power at Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, northern Japan, shown in a photograph from October 2008. Japan has issued a state of emergency at the nuclear power plant after its cooling system failed. … Continue reading →

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Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman : First Blood in Ohio

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Thorne Dreyer

Ohio firefighters join thousands of demonstrators in opposing Senate Bill 5 that takes away collective bargaining rights from public workers. Photo from Cleveland Leader.Senate Bill 5 squeaks by in Columbus:Corporate union busters draw first blood in Ohio By Bob Fitrakis … Continue reading →

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Harvey Wasserman : Our Gay Commander-in-Chief

Posted on December 20, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

President James Buchanan. Image from Encyclopedia Dickensonia.‘Mister Fancy’ James Buchanan:Our gay Commander-in-Chief By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / December 20, 2010 As “conservatives” scream and yell about gays in the military, they might remember that in all likelihood … Continue reading →

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Harvey Wasserman : $7 Billion Nuke Attack

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Graphic from Southern Energy NetworkRadioactive boondoggle:$7 billion new nuke attack By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / December 9, 2010 Journalist and environmental activist Harvey Wasserman will be Thorne Dreyer’s guest on Rag Radio, Friday, Dec. 10, 2010, 2-3 … Continue reading →

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Harvey Wasserman : Afghanistan and Orwell’s Perpetual War

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from Opinione.Keeps the wheels of industry turning:Afghanistan is about perpetual war By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / November 28, 2010 The war in Afghanistan is about perpetual war, not Afghanistan. It’s about preventing democracy in the United … Continue reading →

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Harvey Wasserman : It’s High Time to End Marijuana Prohibition

Posted on November 1, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Brian and Stewie campaign to legalize marijuana. Image from Family Guy.It’s time to end prohibition:Legal marijuana or bust!!! By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / November 1, 2010 The simple truth about America’s marijuana prohibition: any law that allows … Continue reading →

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Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman : Rove Served for Election Theft

Posted on October 26, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Danse Macabre: MC Karl Rove, choreographer of election theft. Photo from AP.Facing the nation:Karl Rove deposed for election fraud By Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / October 26, 2010 Election woes got you down? Imagine the … Continue reading →

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Harvey Wasserman : Hemp Is no Paper Tiger

Posted on October 18, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from Hemp & Chocolat.California’s Prop. 19:With legal pot comes legal hemp,history’s most profitable industrial crop By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / October 18, 2010 Hemp is the far bigger economic issue hiding behind legal marijuana. If the … Continue reading →

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