OK, I'll be the first one to admit that what has happened in Japan is a disaster. The loss of human life alone is terrible and my prayers do go out to those who were affected by the earthquake. That having been said...it's Japan's problem. We already rebuilt the country after World War II. A country we were at war with at the time (yeah, that one boggles the mind). We have enough philanthropic endeavors already going on throughout the world, not to mention the laundry list of issues going on in our own country to deal with, to assist one of the most technologically advanced countries in the world to rebuild.
You know what, scratch that. Sure, let the USA help them out. But don't offer this help until 4/11/2011. Why wait a month UA? That was how long it took Japan to offer assistance after the BP Oil Spill in 2010. This was help that was ultimately declined, but it still took them a month to offer that assistance, long enough to damage our already hurting economy just a little bit more. Am I an Angry American? You bet your ass I am!
They MUST be rebuilt...again....I mean, look at all the cool crap they make for us to buy! What am I going to do when my $50 playstation controller breaks?!
ReplyDeleteor for real, there's 3 nuclear power plants that are melting down as we speak, and all they can do is pump sea water on the cores in hopes that they will cool down...and at the same time, when they vent these cores, they're releasing radio-active gases into the jet stream...which dumps right here in North America...
Seriously, who builds a nuclear power plant on a fault line anyway?! That doesn't make sense...
or does it California?
http://marinadelrey.patch.com/articles/japanese-earthquake-prompts-questions-about-californias-nuclear-power-plants-3
I am an Angry American too!
I'd expect nothing less of people who live in Cali, Dan, no matter which side of the political wall they are on, they are just some odd damn people (almost as bad as Oregonians).
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