Saturday, April 13, 2013

Anti-Nuclear March

3-10-13
At Leona’s suggestion, believe it or not, we walked in an anti-nuclear march on the Westside yesterday. It was another surprising development in our lives here. I have wanted to get more involved and Leona heard me. She kept saying how it wasn’t political but an action for all the people of Taiwan, especially after the tsunami disaster at the Fukoshima nuclear power plant a few years ago. Taiwan has three reactors and is about to complete the fourth and put it on line. Our 5.4 earthquake last week is an example of the reasons why nuclear energy in Taiwan isn’t a good idea for the people’s safety though, like other places in the world, the ruling class wants it to keep their investments tight. Leona rode us on the scooter to a staging point and we walked with perhaps 20,000 other people down the service road of Taichung Port Road to the new City Hall where there was a concert and rally planned for 4:30pm. We left before the rally and walked back to the staging area to get the scooter and ride home. I was going to make chicken Marsala with portabella mushrooms for dinner, which is what I did.

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