Our corporate-sponsored president is nowhere to be seen in the fight against toxic nuclear power. Even as other nations are taking a short break from promoting and approving new plants, our lovely corporate nation continues its path of destruction through nuclear power. President Obama never looked very good to me, and I've yet to read anything that changes my mind about this issue. I have come to believe that no matter which president would be elected, the nuclear approval process and loan deals to companies to build new reactors would have just gone on and on.
And if the kind of tragedy that is happening right now in Japan can possibly happen anywhere there are plants (and it could - flooding, massive earthquakes near population centers, catastrophic power outages, etc.), every single person and official who signed the OK, approved the loan, built the plants, covered up leaks and violations of operational safety, and made a profit off of them is personally responsible. Every. Single. One. A bureaucracy is only as strong as its participants.
Because this tragedy is corporate, not natural. People decided to ignore safety warnings and approve the plants in Japan. The cost is homicide - of all the inhabitants and pets around the plant who will die and suffer from cancers, their children, the ocean life contaminated with radiation, and all the workers. The depth of my grief is vast; I have cried almost every day as the true damage continues to grow and be exposed. But while we mourn we must also nurture our righteous anger for those who continue to bargain their profits against the sacred. This anger is what will move us toward each other, which will ultimately be the only real weapon we have against the overwhelming power of american nuclear advocates. Until that time I will continue share my outrage, insights and information as I can. Because people, I am hella pissed.
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