News today NPR 2/17/05

Just a few tidbits from Morning Edition. Little people are sick like dogs here, so this will be brief...

Negroponte has been named national intelligence director by Bush. He claims the guy will be great because of his recent experience in Iraq. I suppose we will just have to wait and see on this one.

Well, he filled that one, but there are still lots of vacancies in the Bush white house.

Interesting story on Chernobyl -- where that major nuke accident happened. Interviews with people there say it is an abandoned city, but that people are beinning to come back, despite warnings that it is still not safe there. Why come back? A few high risk jobs that pay better than anything else. Sounds familiar.... fix bad places by poisoning the poor. Works every time.