What I Had to Say 30 Years Ago

30 years.  Jeez.

Ran across this "memory lane" item while going through some papers. Thought it might amuse a few folks.

At the time, I was one nervous twenty-four year old who had no public speaking experiences to speak of and I was invited to speak on a panel with the heavy hitters of the day . It was a rather large crowd that filled a ballroom at the one of the very nice hotels that D.C. has downtown.

I, however, stayed at the home of an FBI agent who also happened to be my former neighbor out on the farm when we were both a lot younger. One morning he was off to a stakeout of some Black Panther-like group and I was off to the wind energy conference.

Maybe things haven't changed all that much over time.

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Concluding Panel Discussion
Third Wind Energy Workshop, Volume 2, September 7, 1977, Washington D.C.

( My bit of panel discussion )

What I Had to Say 30 Years Ago

30 years.  Jeez.

Ran across this "memory lane" item while going through some papers. Thought it might amuse a few folks.

At the time, I was one nervous twenty-four year old who had no public speaking experiences to speak of and I was invited to speak on a panel with the heavy hitters of the day . It was a rather large crowd that filled a ballroom at the one of the very nice hotels that D.C. has downtown.

I, however, stayed at the home of an FBI agent who also happened to be my former neighbor out on the farm when we were both a lot younger. One morning he was off to a stakeout of some Black Panther-like group and I was off to the wind energy conference.

Maybe things haven't changed all that much over time.

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Concluding Panel Discussion
Third Wind Energy Workshop, Volume 2, September 7, 1977, Washington D.C.

( My bit of panel discussion )

"The Simpsons" as Documentary

Gotta love the whiplash action one of the Wackenhut guards demonstrates in the video. 

Exclusive: Nuclear Plant Guards Asleep On The Job - CBS 2 - 25 Sept 07

"The video shows the inside of the nation's largest nuclear facilities. There are images of security officers responsible for protecting the plant against a terrorist attack, an attack that could kill or injure tens of thousands, including people here in our area. But instead of being alert and prepared for anything, the officers are asleep and unaware a fellow guard is videotaping these disturbing images shot at different times of the day.

The officers work at Peach Bottom Nuclear Plant just outside of Philadelphia. Although it may seem they're on break, the reality is they're all on duty, carrying guns, wearing flak jackets and sitting in what's called a ready room, which is named that because it's just steps from the nuclear reactors."

"Exelon is the billion dollar company which owns Peach Bottom and other nuclear power plants across the country. The security officers shown on the video are all employees of Wackenhut, a security firm that is contracted out to manage the guards. Wackenhut also provides security for major federal agencies including NASA and the Army. It also serves more than half of the country's commercial nuclear power plants."

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"Fission energy is safe only if a number of critical devices work as they should, if a number of people in key positions follow all their instructions, if there is no sabotage, no hijacking of the transports, if no reactor fuel processing plant or reprocessing plant or repository anywhere in the world is situated in a region of riots or guerrilla activity, and no revolution or war -- even a 'conventional one' -- takes place in those regions. The enormous quantities of extremely dangerous material must not get into the hands of ignorant people or desperados. No acts of God can be permitted." - Dr. Hannes Alfven, Nobel Laureate in Physics, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, May 1972.

"The Simpsons" as Documentary

Gotta love the whiplash action one of the Wackenhut guards demonstrates in the video. 

Exclusive: Nuclear Plant Guards Asleep On The Job - CBS 2 - 25 Sept 07

"The video shows the inside of the nation's largest nuclear facilities. There are images of security officers responsible for protecting the plant against a terrorist attack, an attack that could kill or injure tens of thousands, including people here in our area. But instead of being alert and prepared for anything, the officers are asleep and unaware a fellow guard is videotaping these disturbing images shot at different times of the day.

The officers work at Peach Bottom Nuclear Plant just outside of Philadelphia. Although it may seem they're on break, the reality is they're all on duty, carrying guns, wearing flak jackets and sitting in what's called a ready room, which is named that because it's just steps from the nuclear reactors."

"Exelon is the billion dollar company which owns Peach Bottom and other nuclear power plants across the country. The security officers shown on the video are all employees of Wackenhut, a security firm that is contracted out to manage the guards. Wackenhut also provides security for major federal agencies including NASA and the Army. It also serves more than half of the country's commercial nuclear power plants."

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"Fission energy is safe only if a number of critical devices work as they should, if a number of people in key positions follow all their instructions, if there is no sabotage, no hijacking of the transports, if no reactor fuel processing plant or reprocessing plant or repository anywhere in the world is situated in a region of riots or guerrilla activity, and no revolution or war -- even a 'conventional one' -- takes place in those regions. The enormous quantities of extremely dangerous material must not get into the hands of ignorant people or desperados. No acts of God can be permitted." - Dr. Hannes Alfven, Nobel Laureate in Physics, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, May 1972.