It is now over two months since the beginning of the Fukushima disaster on March 11th. Rarely a day goes by that does not involve new revelations of the magnitude of the unfolding disaster but for most of the media and therefore most of the people, Fukushima is yesterday's news.
It is now 25 years since Chernobyl. The latest translation of Russian language reports suggest nearly one million deaths directly attributable to Chernobyl. The official number is less than one hundred.
I am sixty five years old and likely to die in the next twenty years. My concern is for my children and grandchildren and all the other people in the world who were hoping to live to a ripe old age, enjoying a reasonable, cancer-free life.
It is clear that the managers of TEPCO are incompetent yet the Japanese government has no immediate plan to nationalize the company or take over the direct management of the crisis. The failure to direct the world's most competent resources toward Fukushima will result in the world's most competent not living to enjoy their pensions.
Japan is in imminent danger. Asia is in imminent danger. The northern hemisphere is in imminent danger. There is no one who is not in imminent danger.
Are we going to wait until we seen a dramatic increase in birth defects before we take action? Are we going to wait until the Japanese healthcare system is overwhelmed?
This is a planet earth crisis happening before our eyes. This is worse than global warming. This is as bad as nuclear war.
The crisis in Japan is more important than the price of gas; more important than the unemployment problems; more important than the rocketing increases in the cost of living; more important than the Arab Spring; more important than the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan or Libya.
When are we going to see through the smoke and mirrors? Japan's problem is our problem.
The national debate needs to be about how we commit our finest resources to solving the Fukushima problems. This is a crisis which needs our attention in the "national interest"!
What is the point of being the most powerful and advanced nation in the world if we sit back and wait for everyone we know and love, to be poisoned?
The only possible explanation for the failure to act must be that Fukushima is the long sought-for answer to the population problem. The billionaires that invest their wealth in population control have been handed a solution that simply requires a failure to act. Most of them are old men anyway and they can afford to take precautions that are unavailable to us useless eaters.
God help us. We are going to let evil have its way without a fight. Perhaps we deserve nothing better?
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Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Denial Revisted
On January 3rd, I blogged on the subject of denial. It had little to do with the Great Monarch directly but more to do with the events leading up to his appearance. In that blog I mentioned the economic crisis that has begun in France, suggesting that the crisis would not be confined just to France.
Well the crisis is much broader in just three months but denial continues to hinder our ability to see it. One aspect of the crisis involves the ongoing pollution of the Gulf of Mexico and the impact on the Gulf Stream.
A second aspect involves the nuclear disaster in Japan which threatens the lives of every person living in Japan and the surrounding countries.
In denial we have turned our back on the continuing problems in the Gulf and soon the media will remove the Japan story from page one.
It is twenty five years since Chernobyl. Current estimates suggest that nearly one million people have already died as a result of the Chernobyl accident. Despite the Cherobyl warning, we continue to build nuclear reactors because they are good business for General Electric and TEPCO, and a handful of other companies that are major campaign contributors.
In twenty five more years, when we are looking at ten or one hundred million dead from the Fukushima accident, will we still be in denial that what is good for business is not necessarily good for people?
In our hearts we know that we are all going to be affected by the Fukushima accident, some more than others, yet there is no public outcry.
Japan has one of the largest economies in the world. At this moment the Japanese economy is badly broken. Before the year is out all economies are going to feel the effect of the destruction of Japan. Can we not see that? Is the denial so great?
The Japanese problem is not just about what color you can order a Toyota. Japan is a key economy. One cannot pull the plug on Japan without the interlocking economies feeling it. Japan has experienced a serious population decline for decades. In the light of the Fukushima situation it may not be an exaggeration to say that Japan may be finished as a "first world" nation.
Is this an opportunity for the people of Japan to find God? Prosperity seems to be inversely correlated with belief in God. As the economic disaster deepens in Japan, it is possible that more people will turn to God looking for answers. Or will denial reign?
Well the crisis is much broader in just three months but denial continues to hinder our ability to see it. One aspect of the crisis involves the ongoing pollution of the Gulf of Mexico and the impact on the Gulf Stream.
A second aspect involves the nuclear disaster in Japan which threatens the lives of every person living in Japan and the surrounding countries.
In denial we have turned our back on the continuing problems in the Gulf and soon the media will remove the Japan story from page one.
It is twenty five years since Chernobyl. Current estimates suggest that nearly one million people have already died as a result of the Chernobyl accident. Despite the Cherobyl warning, we continue to build nuclear reactors because they are good business for General Electric and TEPCO, and a handful of other companies that are major campaign contributors.
In twenty five more years, when we are looking at ten or one hundred million dead from the Fukushima accident, will we still be in denial that what is good for business is not necessarily good for people?
In our hearts we know that we are all going to be affected by the Fukushima accident, some more than others, yet there is no public outcry.
Japan has one of the largest economies in the world. At this moment the Japanese economy is badly broken. Before the year is out all economies are going to feel the effect of the destruction of Japan. Can we not see that? Is the denial so great?
The Japanese problem is not just about what color you can order a Toyota. Japan is a key economy. One cannot pull the plug on Japan without the interlocking economies feeling it. Japan has experienced a serious population decline for decades. In the light of the Fukushima situation it may not be an exaggeration to say that Japan may be finished as a "first world" nation.
Is this an opportunity for the people of Japan to find God? Prosperity seems to be inversely correlated with belief in God. As the economic disaster deepens in Japan, it is possible that more people will turn to God looking for answers. Or will denial reign?
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