The Furious Spinner

In times of old, The Furies protected Mother Right. If a mother (or any woman) was harmed, The Furies swooped down and took their vengeance. They were one of the last vestiges of a world that existed before the patriarchy. When we feel righteous anger, it is The Furies who are calling out to us to make what is wrong right again.

Friday, August 31, 2007

When Governments Don't Care

"If only there had been no bombs, I could have been equal to every one else." Biken, Kazakh woman who was born two years after nuclear testing began in the region

This is what happens when governments don't care about their citizens. Governments are made up of people, so how do things like this continue to happen?

Those of us who live in the West are familiar with being the dumping ground for the rest of the country. Got some nuclear waste? Send it out West. Wanna test some nuclear bombs? Do it out West. Want to make plutonium? Do it out West where apparently no one lives—at least no one of value. All this renewed talk about using nuclear weapons has made us nervous for a number of reasons: First, it's horrible; second, they test those monsters out here. In fact, Mario and I were driving through Nevada one day when they were testing a nuclear bomb, and we didn't know it. Had our windows wide open! (And this renewed interest in nuclear power is quite distressing to us. We know they will put all the waste out here in the West. I'm surprised so many so-called environmentalists are on board with nuclear power; it's not sustainable.) These people in Kazakhstan were exposed to the nightmare of nuclear testing.

What has happened to these people should be remembered, especially by all of those in Washington (and around the world) who deal in war.

I'm tired of warmongers. You?

All you peacemongers out there: Stand up and say "Yes! I'm involved until it's solved!"

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