YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING

POST # 87

Earlier this week, I believe it was Monday, news came to the world that Tokyo has been chosen as the venue for the 2020 Olympic games. These days, I don't have any interest in the Olympics, and the only reason I mention them is because of the location.

Couple this with the fact that Japan has suffered the worst nuclear meltdown in history, with quite a few knowledgable people suggesting that at some point in the future, Tokyo may have to be evacuated. Now of course you won't get this in the mainstream media, but the information is out there for anyone willing to take the time to look.

Of course, by choosing Tokyo, it helps to give the appearance at least on the surface that everything in Japan is A-OK and nothing could be further from the truth. Conditions at Fukushima continue to deteriorate, and so far at least it seems that no one has a handle on coming up with a fix for this mess.

I can imagine that the talking heads in the press will continue to gloss over the nuclear situation in favour of promotion of the 2020 Olympics until possibly a time may come when an evacuation is necessary. How will they spin the story then? How about this? We need to move all these people in order to make room for a large Olympic village and for all of the people who want to visit Tokyo. Absurd as that sounds, it wouldn't surprise me at all.

We now live in a world where there seems to be two realities, the one in which all is well, business as usual, and everyone lives happily ever after, and the other where things aren't quite as good as they seem on the surface. I can understand how humans would want to believe in the former view, however by doing so we have neglected to "look under the carpet" as it were and find some of the nasty things hidden there. Perhaps if we would have done some looking way back when, we might not have found ourselves in this situation in the first place. But it's much too late for that now.

I will watch with interest how this story unfolds, both stories that is. My guess is that the "official" good news story will continue to dominate the airwaves, at least until we perhaps see scores of individuals booking one-way flights to anywhere away from Japan. That hasn't happened yet, and it may not happen at all, but if it does, the talking heads will have to be extremely creative in crafting a story line that the public will accept.

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AND IN OTHER NEWS CLOSER TO HOME


So my final days are winding down here on Vancouver island and by early next week I'll be back on the mainland for at least a while. The time here has been very relaxed and peaceful, and somehow I even managed to co-exist with two teenage boys. It's a big house and we seem to have been able to do our own thing with no conflict, so I am happy about that.
Perhaps in the future I can add teenage boys to my list of "pets" however if the truth be known, I sill prefer the four legged kind.

Happy trails

Paul

The Thoughtful Wanderer