DOUCEHBAG OF THE WEEK: TEPCO

With Japanese radiation continuing to rise unabated, there was little question who was the winner this week. Let's look at those runner ups.

1)Republicans- With the release of Atlas Shrugged this week in select theaters, conservatives went into a frenzy about this awful awful movie. Basically a philosophy 50 years out of date about how the rich are great and the poor are parasites, we can truly see how evil the Republican party has become with the Tea Party as pitbulls. These wrong beliefs are by people who are basically the poor parasites she criticizes. Unbelievable, It's like Jews for Nazis signs. The GOP loves this stuff and their latest budget shows it. Wake up people.

2)Mother Nature- This week Mother nature must have had PMS something fierce because the largest group of tornadoes ever hit the south and east with NC taking the brunt. Dozens are dead. Almost 300 tornadoes touched down with two or three circling around each other at one time, an occurrence called unheard of by scientists. Floods have also taken their toll in Maryland and high flood stages in New England. All that rain has also bought untold radiation levels courtesy of Japan.

3)Oil Companies- With major oil suppliers like Saudi Arabia cutting back on their oil supply because of oversupply against demand, we have to wonder why prices are so high. It's simple: oil company greed and speculators. We are paying higher costs to fund their lifestyle. Swell.

4)TEPCO- With the US unable to get any kind of reasonable explanation about radiation levels, panic is starting to ensue. Morgan Stanley has committed the biggest default in Japanese history of 3.3 billion dollars after basically abandoning their new HQ in Tokyo. Who can blame them? Would you stay in an area that is being bombarded with lethal doses of radiation? Other companies are following and there is the possibility that the northern part of Japan may be uninhabitable for 14,000 years. TEPCO says it will only take 6 to nine months to fix the problem. Wow, is that all? And I thought we were in trouble. Chernobyl lasted 10 days. We are in week fifteen with no end in sight. Birth defects will be the first sign that everything is going to hell. If that occurs on a world wide significant basis, we are so screwed. Stock up on water because soon there may not be any that is not contaminated. West Coast people should avoid things like milk and leafy vegetables. Bathe only when necessary. East coast may be soon having similar problems as water in Philadelphia is testing higher than just about anywhere else. Remember that no amount of radiation is safe but we shouldn't panic yet as levels are still below dangerous levels. When the first two headed baby is born in Boston then we may have a reason to panic. So thanks TEPCO, you are douchebag of the week.