THINGS HAVE TO CHANGE

[Matariki]

The other night I found myself weeping as I read about Japan dumping radioactive water into the sea. I thought about the huge dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico and what the oil spill is doing to the environment and the health of the folks living there. A small handful of insane, greedy people are making decisions that are destroying our lives and the lives of everything on the planet.

The following day my sister sent me this article. She was diagnosed with thyroid cancer, had to have her thyroid removed and is recovering from the surgery. Her boss sent her this article about the EPIDEMIC of thyroid cancer in Eastern Pennsylvania (where she has lived all her life) - linked to radiation from nuclear power plants. Pennsylvania has the highest rate of thyroid cancer in the US. (http://www.radiation.org/press/pressreleaseThyroid100121.htm)

Yesterday I listened to the news about Republican efforts to cut back Medicare. THE VERY SAME DAMNED PEOPLE responsible for creating a toxic and cancerous environment are the ones cutting off access to health care or making it completely unaffordable.

I am more furious than I have ever been in my entire life. But what to do? I can't think of a single thing more important than making sure we have a LIVABLE planet. NOTHING matters more than that because if all the fish in the sea die or our very drinking water gives us cancer - NOTHING else matters. Nothing.

Who are these evil people? Are they just short sighted and greedy or are they freaking demons or space aliens or something. And WHEN are we going to get together and stop them?