The other day I wrote about about the strange lights in the sky and it turns out that I wasnt that far from the truth. Ok, those particular lights werent from a nuclear explosion ( they were friek aurora borealis, we have been having them lately. ), but there actually is a nother zernobyl wating to happen very close to the Finnish borders.
The other night on the news there was a repport about this nuclear plant, and they were interwieing this russian man who had been working in it for years. This man proved that the plant was very un safe, he had risced his life collecting evidence against his work place and ofcourse by comming forward lost his livelyhood and gained a lot of dangerous enemies. Still knowing all this he did what, sadly most wouldnt have done.
He was visiting Finland and showing all this evidence, and they also interwied a finnish ”expert” that had a few years before in cooperation of the russians declared this plant safe.
Allthough knowing all this evidence the russian nuclearplant is propably allowed to continue in to its sad end, but at least its not a secret anymore.
Finland is building a new nuclearplant, allthough we know that there are better options. Yes the electric bill would have risen a few euros, but they would have gone down again. I think the politicions are afraid to make ”radical” desicions, because they are afraid they will be remembered as the person that cost the taxpayers money, they arent able to think further than the next election.
Still finnish politics is cuite down to earth and close to people, but americanism is approaching fast. Alredy one is not able to trust that one will get deasent medical care in healthcenters, if you want to be sure trust only the privat sectors or go strait to a big university hospital. Im not even going to mentione the social security or the taxing that is driving all the young educated people abroad.
But there is still a few things Im proud of in Finland, one for example Finland ( according to www.rsf.org pressfreedom ranking 2003 ) is the leading country, the number one country in pressfreedom. :)The UK is number 27 and the United States of America is number 32.
Take a look where your country is, you mite be shocked.