Intro: "More signs of serious radiation contamination in and near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant were detected Thursday, with the latest data finding groundwater containing radioactive iodine 10,000 times the legal threshold and the concentration of radioactive iodine-131 in nearby seawater rising to the highest level yet."
Workers brave high radiation levels in an attempt to salvage the situation at the stricken Fukushima plant. (photo: Getty Images)
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At least in the old USSR someone was ostensibly at the top of the system and (at least de jure) accountable.
WHO IS ACCOUNTABLE in Japan, these days? Anyone who knows the system knows its not the PM. Are they waiting for a classic "unanimous consensus" from all the (capitalist) stakeholders involved?
Don't hold your breath for that.
Do you know how long it took them to corral an "unanimous consensus" of bigwigs to simply say sorry to China for WWII? Yes, that's right. NEVER.
This crisis is revealling that Japan- when something unexpected hits- is no more capable of safeguarding public health & safety than the poorest tin pot 3rd world country.
If it had happened in Cambodia or Congo, the reactors would've been capped by now.
We'd better wake up and smell the coffee:
Might DOESN'T Make Right, and
(fiat money) Rich DOESN'T Make Wise
Maybe they have "10,000 times" a normal and safe level of trust in their government and its coporate cartel leaders?
I hope that they, and ultimately all of us, don't have to find out the hard way that that trust and complacency was seriously misplaced.
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