More Fallout (no pun intended) about the Unfolding Nuclear Disaster in Japan

Events are moving swiftly in Japan and the conclusion has not been written.

Or has it?

Jerry Mander wrote a terrific book entitled The Absence of the Sacred which deals with, among other things, the long term consequences of nuclear power and the modern state. In short, Mander claims that nuclear power requires a strong, centralized government to effectively control it. Mander calls that centralized governing body a "priesthood" because of the power it wields. It's a fascinating read and quite prescient for having been written in 1989. It's also a powerful condemnation of nuclear power in the 21st century.

In the mean time, the dialogue about nuclear churns into high gear in the good ole U.S.A.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marvin-resnikoff/fukushima-nuclear-meltdown-japan_b_835932.html

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/03/15/nuclear_power_on_the_brink_109224.html

http://www.democracynow.org/2011/3/15/this_could_become_chernobyl_on_steroids

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12738459

Finally it is with some irony that Japan's relationship with all things nuclear so closely resembles the bookends of the world's dance with destruction: Hiroshima and Nagasaki, August 1945 begins the nuclear age. Could Fukushima meltdown March 2011 end it?