July 22, 2008

In March 1979, America found out what what the term "China Syndrome" meant, thanks to Jack Lemmon, Jane Fonda, Michael Douglas and the producers at Three Mile Island. 

From the 1979 trailer of The China Syndrome: "Today only a handful of people know what it really means and they are scared.. Soon, you will know."  And they did, but they didn't need a movie to tell them.  The Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant almost went into meltdown, contaminating large sections of Pennslyvania and causing serious health problems for the people of that state.

Today, neither Pennslyvania nor the U.S. Government has learned.  Three Mile Island is still open and dangerous. It's not alone.  The Northeast contains lots of Chernobyl-style nuclear reactors.  Many of them, particularly those in New York State, the second most toxically-radioactive state in America, have leaked dangerous amounts of radiation into the air and water supply.  Swimmers in Lake Ontario need to worry about the health effects of falling into that lake or of eating or drinking anything made with water from Lake Ontario.  Some of America's worst leaking reactors are leaking directly into it.  New York has no qualms about putting the power plants into the big cities.  Check out the power plant in Yonkers.

More than half a million individuals (mainly children) died as a result of 1986 the Chernobyl disaster.  The Soviet Government kept the melt-down a secret, resulting in observers of a parade in nearby Kiev to be be "nuked."  Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama have openly supported nuclear power and are in tight with the manufacturers of the next Chernobyl.  Excellon is a top donor to Barack Obama and he has changed a nuclear waste bill to make it easier for nuclear power plants to dump their waste on unsuspecting constituents in secret.  Would Obama fail to notify Americans of a melt-down on American soil?

The one official candidate who is disconnected from the nuclear industry is Green Party nominee Cynthia McKinney.  She has a history of standing up for the environment, safe energy and peace.  Obama and McCain appear to believe that money and publicity will outdo any interest in safety and peace. If the mass media has its way, some voters will first learn that McKinney is running for President from looking at the ballot.  Of course, with the major party choices, many potential voters may stay home and never learn what the mass media won't tell them.

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