JAPANESE NUCLEAR PROBLEM WORSENS

Reuters is reporting that Japanese engineers are struggling to pump radioactive water from a crippled nuclear power station after radiation levels soared in seawater near the plant. Tests on Friday showed iodine 131 levels in seawater 30 km (19 miles) from the coastal nuclear complex had spiked 1,250 times higher than normal but it was not considered a threat to marine life or food safety, the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said.  "Ocean currents will disperse radiation particles and so it will be very diluted by the time it gets consumed by fish and seaweed," said Hidehiko Nishiyama, a senior agency official.  

COMMENTS:

This is misleading. The closer the fish are to the plant, the more radiation they will consume. Fish swim, often great distances. Radioactive fish could be miles from the site by now, already. Evidently, the Japanese government has the same opinion of plain, ordinary people that our government does; they think we’re stupid.

TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:

Q. With all of the fears about Japan’s nuclear radiation reaching the United States, now comes the word that a lot of U.S. radiation monitoring sites are not working. What in the hell is going on? (Hank ~ Port Angeles, WA)
A. Out of 124 monitors, 20 were not operating last week. That sounds dangerous, but it also means that 104 were operating. The real question I have is, how reliable are they? They’ve been outside, exposed to the weather, for at least ten years depending on where they are located. How often are they calibrated? Still, if there was danger, at least one of them would show it, and that’s not the case so far. However, the BIG radiation has just been leaking a couple of days and it takes five days to get here.

Q. I cannot believe that Bill Maher lowered himself and his network enough to call Sarah Palin the “C” word during a live broadcast. (Jan ~ Sepulveda, CA)
A. Some people in this world are not only disgustingly vile; they seem to wallow in it. It's a shame that a network like HBO carries his show. 

Q. Supposing, with all of the unrest and riots and protests in the Middle East, radical Islam actually takes over. Is there really a possibility that radical Islamists within the U.S. would try to start a coordinated uprising here? (Don ~ Chester, CA)
A. Yes.

TODAY’S QUOTE:

“You people are telling me what you think I want to know. I want to know what is actually happening.” ~ Creighton Abrams

TODAY’S VIDEO:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6ZhL-96uOQ