these poor people. i feel bad for them.

the wolf

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080604/ts_nm/myanmar_cyclone_dc


the Myanmar cyclone relief by U.S. REFUSED!!

haffajappa

i remember reading a couple weeks ago the 3 of 4 (or was it 2 of 3?) UN aid carriers were seized by the same people, and the last one denied... so they kept all of it and none of the poor people who are in need are getting any aid...

what a horrible situation.
i bet it'll be a movie in 5 to 6 years... it sounds like one of those crazy movies anyways.

the wolf

doin'the-evolution wrote:

i remember reading a couple weeks ago the 3 of 4 (or was it 2 of 3?) UN aid carriers were seized by the same people, and the last one denied... so they kept all of it and none of the poor people who are in need are getting any aid...

what a horrible situation.
i bet it'll be a movie in 5 to 6 years... it sounds like one of those crazy movies anyways.

yeah, this has Hollywood sad movie with hot movie stars written all over it.

it is a very , very horrible situation.

this world is fucked up.

vedder_soup

the wolf wrote:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080604/ts_nm/myanmar_cyclone_dc


the Myanmar cyclone relief by U.S. REFUSED!!

This is the same country who, 5 days after the cyclone, had an election, and their people voted the military government back in with a resounding majority!
The same country where the leader of the oppisition political party has been under house arrest for 11 years or so!

you cannot expect much from the military reigeme running the place there, they want to look big and strong to their people, like they don't need outside help, and they are stockpiling all aid and handing it out themselves, making them look like the good guys!

As bad as it may sound, i will not be donating any money to some form of aid for this disaster, as i know, until the UN or some of the large charity and aid orginisations are running relief efforts on the ground, my donation will not go where it needs to be going!

the wolf

vedder_soup wrote:

This is the same country who, 5 days after the cyclone, had an election, and their people voted the military government back in with a resounding majority!
The same country where the leader of the oppisition political party has been under house arrest for 11 years or so!

you cannot expect much from the military reigeme running the place there, they want to look big and strong to their people, like they don't need outside help, and they are stockpiling all aid and handing it out themselves, making them look like the good guys!

As bad as it may sound, i will not be donating any money to some form of aid for this disaster, as i know, until the UN or some of the large charity and aid orginisations are running relief efforts on the ground, my donation will not go where it needs to be going!

im with ya on the donation thing. as it stands now, the money would not go to where it is needed.
which makes it even more fucked up.

vedder_soup

the wolf wrote:

im with ya on the donation thing. as it stands now, the money would not go to where it is needed.
which makes it even more fucked up.

sad but true unfortunatly!