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Followup on Alec Baldwin and the Oyster Creek "Symposium"

By Eric McErlain
Some of our friends from around the Blogosphere have picked up on our story from Friday on Alec Baldwin's participation in a symposium organized by anti-nuclear activists who want to close the Oyster Creek Nuclear Power Plant in New Jersey.

Over at We Support Lee, Ruth Sponsler is wondering why the Rutgers School of Law is involved in such a partisan exercise.

Carter Wood at NAM Blog has a slightly different take:
Despite the paucity of facts in Baldwin's opposition to clean and safe nuclear energy, it's wrong to make fun of him. After all, unlike most actors, he has first-hand experience with nuclear power, safely shepherding a defecting Soviet nuclear sub into American control back in 1984. That's an insight few of us can bring to the debate.
Indeed.

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Anonymous said…
A bit off topic, but some readers may want to chime in to the current discussion at

www.willyoujoinus.com

cheers
December 11, 2006 at 3:06 PM
Anonymous said…
How could Rutgers legally exclude anyone or any group from a symposium at a taxpayer-supported institution?
December 12, 2006 at 12:06 PM
Anonymous said…
A better question might be whether Rutgers Law Clinic was in violation of the DMCA by showing those Simpsons clips at their event without permission from 20th century Fox, or for that matter, why they chose to show those clips in the first place?
December 14, 2006 at 9:23 PM
Anonymous said…
LMAO at Carter's comment -- perfect.
December 14, 2006 at 9:24 PM
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