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BURMA DEMOCRATIC CONCERN LAUNCHES NEW SITES
Jul 2, 2009
BURMA DEMOCRATIC CONCERN LAUNCHES NEW SITES

Posted in AsiaBDC, BDC web sites, Burma Democratic Concern on July 2, 2009 by buffalohair with tags
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Burma Democratic Concern has launched 10 new foreign language sites to accommodate readers across Europe and Asia. Each site is groomed for the reader’s convenience.
  • No more need for translations.

  • Read up to the minute current affairs and important information directly from Burma Democratic Concern and stay informed.

  • Hard hitting news directly from our sources within Burma and much more.

  • Participate in the cause for democracy and the release of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.

  Here are the latest international sites;

 French http://birmanie-dmocratique-concern.blogspot.com/
German http://birma-demokratischen-konzern.blogspot.com/
Chinese http://bdc-cn.blogspot.com/
Russian http://russiasupports-burmademocracy.blogspot.com/
Norwegian http://burmademokratiskbekymring.blogspot.com/
Spanish http://birmaniademocraticaconsidera.blogspot.com/
Hindi/ India http://burmademocraticconcern.blogspot.com/ Portuguese http://birmnia-democrtica-preocupao.blogspot.com/
Italian http://birmania-democratica-preoccupazione.blogspot.com/
Dutch http://bdcburmadeutsch.wordpress.com/

For more information on how you can participate in Burma’s struggle for democracy or other queries contact;   Burma Democratic Concern

Myo Thein 2nd Floor
145-157,
St John Street,
EC1V 4PY
London

United Kingdom Telephone:
00-44 208 493 9137
00-44 787 788 2386

Fax No:+44 208 626 9045 Khin Maung Win 415 – S Vancouver St
#B Kennewick Washington State
WA – 99336

USA Telephone:
001- 941-961-2622

 Kyaw Lin Oo Telephone:
00-66-410-79352

E-mail: info@bdcburma.org
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Buffalohair: Earth Fails H1N1 Flu Litmus Test
Jul 2, 2009
Earth Fails H1N1 Flu Litmus Test

Posted in Reflets Sombres with tags H1N1 Virus, Indigenous People, Pandemic, Prevention, Time of Change, WHO on July 2, 2009 by buffalohair

H1N1 INFLUENZA VIRUSH1N1 INFLUENZA VIRUS

Apparently the relatively benign h1n1 flu virus has only killed thousands and not millions as once feared, thus far. Granted there are new cases popping up everyday around the world regardless of efforts to isolate this virus. Kudo’s to the World Health Organization who always maintained vigilance with this pandemic while others criticized them for overreacting. The death toll is still rising but who cares, people die all the time right?


Regardless of the virulence of the H1N1 virus this exercise or pandemic has shown how futile man’s efforts are to stop it whence disease reaches epidemic proportions. By the time vaccinations are finally produced to combat this strain it will have already mutated only providing a deterrent to the original strain. This is the scenario we will have when a much deadlier virus breaks out in the future. When we realize how deadly the next virus is it will be too late since we only pay attention after the fact. Prevention is considered overreacting these days as people and organizations are debased for their efforts to warn the public.


For the people who’ve lost family members from this strain it was just as devastating to them as the Black Plague or the 1918 pandemic that killed millions around the world. I lost a cousin and an aunt to another flu strain in years past with little fanfare so I’m vigilant regardless of the purported virulence of these civilized diseases. Pandemics and biological warfare have already devastated populations. Whether intentional or not the arrival of Europeans to the America’s killed off millions of Native’s do to the diseases they brought. Later cholera infested blankets devastated Indigenous tribes during conquest according to our oral history. With biological weapons in the arsenals of many nations this is a weapon of mass destruction (WMD) equal to or more then a thermal nuclear device.


The only real deterrent to the spread of disease is vigilance from the public at large and on an individual basis. We need to be more responsible and take some simple precautions. Man’s indifference to the cries of hungry and impoverished people has made the Earth a petri dish of new diseases. With famine on the rise it is guaranteed we will face much more virulent disease in the near future. Call it the domino effect for starvation breeds pestilence and pestilence breeds pandemics. It’s sad to note that profitability is the first priority when facing environmental and humanitarian issues. Small wonder many people will not survive the time of change. But I’ll bet they will have a nice portfolio and be fashionable dead.


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Burma VJ, Special Screening
Jun 30, 2009
Posted in Europe with tags Burma Democratic Concern, Burma VJ, sasana Moli on June 30, 2009 by buffalohair


BurmaVJ – Reporting from a Closed Country In collaboration with Sasana Moli (UK) & Burma Democratic Concern (BDC)

burma_Vj_pic_2 copy “ A unique insight into high-risk journalism and dissidence in a police state, while at the same time providing a thorough documentation of the historical and dramatic days of September 2007, when the Buddhist monks started marching – the Burmese condition is made tangible to a global audience so we can understand it, feel it, and smell it…”

A Special Screening Date:

 11:45 am on July 19 (Burma’s National Martyrs’ Day) Venue: ICA, the Mall, London (Tube: Charing Cross / Picadilly Circus)

 Tickets:  £8/ Booked through www.ica.org.uk or Tel: 0207 930 3647


 For More Information, please contact Burma Democratic Concern (BDC) at; UK; 07877882386,  07727236419,  07883692755, 07882244819,  02084939137,  07748271904

http://www.bdcburma.org,

http://www.bdc-burma.blogspot.com ,

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=104749641770

http://www.burmavjmovie.com
Other information on the film and the UK premier:
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People Power For Freeing Burma Shareholder Power! Or the almighty Dollar Power!
Jun 26, 2009

People Power For Freeing Burma Shareholder Power! Or the almighty Dollar Power!

So, I ask again, is there nothing you or I can do?

Yes, there is.

Find out if any of the Corporations in which you own shares does business with Burma. Let me know if you find this connection and, together, we’ll make sure the world knows about it. That will be start of a campaign to mobilize shareholders around the world.

If you feel strongly on this subject and support the strategy I’ve suggested and let’s see how many follow us. The Free Burma movement has adopted an old Ethiopian proverb which seems very appropriate:
:

“When spiders unite they can tie down a lion!”

We could paraphrase this to our rallying cry:

“When shareholders unite they can depose dictators!”

Having read this, I hope the answer to the question I posed at the beginning is “yes”. Please discuss this with your friends, tell them about this, for dumping all these company shares you may own.


Use your Shareholder Power. You have it in your own hands to depose Dictators to

help free Burma


Thank you on behalf of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the courageous members of her party, the National League for Democracy, and the peoples of every ethnic group in Burma.

Global forces shape Orange County’s apparel industry.

Ron Jon Surfwear at The Block in Orange brims with thousands of pants, shorts and shirts, including a blue hooded sweatshirt with the logo of Irvine-based Gotcha stitched across the chest. Along with washing instructions, the label says: “Made in Myanmar.” Myanmar has one of the world’s most questionable human-rights records, but the drive to produce low-cost clothing has compelled some Orange County apparel makers to do business there and elsewhere overseas. “It becomes a numbers game,” said Steve Gould, who has helped arrange overseas manufacturing for such local firms as Gotcha, Quiksilver and Pacific Sunwear.

“People seem happy,” Gotcha surfwear Chairman Marvin Winkler said of the workers he has seen overseas. “They have their standards, and we have ours.”

So there it is. “People seem happy, They have their standards, and we have ours.” This must be the the ultimate in dismissive remarks by an industrialist who does not care what happens to folk as long as the bottom line of his business remains healthy.

Here is how it works with any Company that is giving to Junta or making Blood Money in Burma. See how it is done?

Sample Remember this?

WHERE TO BUY YOUR USA-GAS

WHERE TO BUY YOUR USA-GAS, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW. READ ON--

I thought it might be interesting for you to know which oil companies are the best to buy gas from and which major companies import Middle Eastern oil .

BOY COT These COMPANIES And Watch Gas Prices Fall/ONT>


These companies import Middle Eastern oil :
Shell........................... 205,742,000 barrels
Chevron/Texaco......... 144,332,000 barrels
Exxon /Mobil............... 130,082,000 barrels
Marathon/Speedway... 117,740,000 barrels
Amoco............................62,231,000 barrels

Citgo.......from South America , from a Dictator who hates Americans


If you do the math at $30/barrel, these imports amount to over $18 BILLION! (oil is now over $90 a barrel and heading to $100.00/)

Here are some large companies that do not import Middle Eastern oil:


Sunoco................0 barrels
Conoco................0 barrels
Sinclair.................0 barrels
BP / Phillips.........0 barrels
Hess.....................0 barrels
ARC0....................0 barrels

All of this information is available from the Department of Energy and each is required to state where they get their oil and how much they are importig.
But to have an impact, we need to reach literally millions of gas buyers. It's really simple to do.

Now, don't wimp out at this point.... keep reading and I'll explain how simple it is to reach millions of people!!

I'm sending this note to about thirty people .
If each of you s end it to at least ten more (30 x 10 = 300)... and

those 300 send it to at least ten more (300 x 10 = 3,000) . and so on, by the time the message reaches the sixth generation of people,

we will have reached over THREE MILLION consumers !!!!!!!

If those three million get excited and pass this on to ten friends each, then 30 million people will have been contacted!

I f it goes one level further, you guessed it .... THREE HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE!!!


Again, all you have to do is send this to 10 people. How long would all that take?


If each of us sends this e-mail out to ten more people within one day, all 300 MILLION people could conceivably be contacted within the next eight days !
At Twitter:
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Dirty List: http://bit.ly/mdERw But one by one each day so you can see them better!


Who is on the Clean List of Business that has nothing to do with Burma! http://bit.ly/UbMVs

Look what Junta were killing and raping for! 8:45 PM

KNU Headquarters Overrun: Now What?
 After a long offensive, the Burmese army and its ceasefire militia, the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA), has overrun the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) Brigade 7 headquarters.

The question now is: What’s next?


Karen sources and analysts said the fighting will continue as the joint Burmese army and DKBA troops focus their attacks toward the KNLA Brigade 6 area.

Analysts said powerful business interests are supporting the offensive. (Graphic:
The Irrawaddy) The Burmese regime’s goal is to control all of central Karen State, where the Karen National Union’s KNLA Brigade 7 and 6 are now located, in order to dominate the business and border trade activity with Thailand, said one DKBA businessman who asked for anonymity.

 Once dominated, many industries, companies and infrastructure will be improved and supported by the Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry, said the businessman.

 Important activities will include logging and mining natural resources, including zinc, he said.

He said the Burmese authorities and DKBA troops will construct roads to connect between army headquarters in Myaing Gyi Ngu and border areas.


Once the clashes end, the relationship between the DKBA and local Thai authorities and businessmen in Mae Sot will expand when compared to the past, businessmen said.


During the recent fighting, a KNU leader said two DKBA leaders were spotted in a car traveling with Thai police near the border where Karen refugees have sought shelter in Tha Song Yang District in Tak Province.

Analysts also said the situation will be more dangerous for the KNU and Burmese opposition groups in exile when the border area is controlled by DKBA troops.


Maj Hla Ngwe, the joint secretary (1) of the KNU, said the loss of KNLA Brigade 7 headquarters could affect the work of Burmese opposition organizations based in Mae Sot.


“The opposition movement will be limited. They might not launch campaigns as they did before,” said Hla Ngwe.


Border sources also say more assassinations could be expected in the border area, where many Burmese and ethnic opposition groups are based.


In February 2008, the KNU’s late general secretary, Mahn Sha, was gun down by two DKBA members at his home near the center of Mae Sot.


Many sources claimed the assassination also involved Thai border police.

Border sources said that DKBA members will have easy access to Mae Sot once the relationship between the DKBA and Thai border authorities is established.


A sign of the evolving transition in the power center, said the businessman, is that DKBA soldiers are now receiving medical care in Mae Sot.  What’s happening is “very obvious,” he said.


The DKBA plans to expand its troops from 6,000 to 9,000 in preparation for its transformation to become a border guard force under the Burmese army. The  DKBA split from it mother organization, the KNU, and signed a ceasefire agreement with the Burmese regime in 1995.


By SAW YAN NAING Thursday, June 25, 2009 at Irrawaddy
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    Buffalohair:Kim Jong II and a Hill of Beans
    Jun 24, 2009
    Buffalohair:Kim Jong II and a Hill of Beans June 24, 2009
    Kim Jong II and a Hill of Beans Posted in Asia with tags Aung San Suu Kyi, Ban Ki-moon, Burma 2010 Election, China, Daewoo, Iran, Kim Jong II, Russia, Than Shwe on June 24, 2009 by buffalohair
    Kim and Burma North Koreas alliance with the criminal dictator of Burma, Than Shwe, has been known in circles in Burma for years. Only now is it becoming apparent to the rest of the world. Than Shwe’s alliances go much deeper as people begin to follow the money as China, Russia and other “secret allies” begin to surface. By all rights Russia and China should have recused themselves from voting on UN Sanctions pertaining to Burma because of their blatant conflict of interest. They are deeply involved financially and have everything to gain by the criminality perpetrated by Than Shwe’s criminal regime. The scuttlebutt over North Korea’s acts of stupidity by both Russia and China is nothing more the lip service and nothing more.


    It was only obvious North Korea offered Burma the critical distraction they needed. The A-Bomb/bottle rocket scare was deliberate to mask the Aung San Suu Kyi disaster that back fired on Than Shwe. It also hid the fact the military regime has launched a new offensive on the ethnic minorities throughout the region, the Karen being one of them. His offensive has also targeted ceasefire groups who opposed the liquidation of their sovereignties and converting them into nothing more than border guards. Now Kachin State is being fortified by *Burmese troops in preparation for war. Ironically Burma and the Kachin were still trying to hammer out a deal. Apparently the junta already made their decision while using the negotiations as a smoke screen to build its troop strength in the region.


    Also masked by Kim Jongs nonsense is the fact the Burmese military has increased its recruitment drive of **child soldiers throughout the region. And the United Nations response is to send the corrupt Ibrahim Gambari back to Burma after his disastrous self serving visitations in the past. Likened to a vacation Gambari will most likely enjoy the company of another Burmese starlet to pass the time with while recieving another priceless ruby, according to sources who’ve witnessed this in the past.


    While these calculated distractions take hold, left in obscurity is the trial of Daw Aung Suu Kyi and all the criminality that goes with this sham of a trial. The reality is the UN as well as the well intended nations of the world have become partners with Than Shwe as they inadvertently condone the illegal sham election in 2010. The notion that there could be reconciliation or even a fair election is preposterous to say the least. The fact Than Shwe’s Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA) has already begun the process of buying ***votes should be an indicator the election will be rigged at the very least.


    Arrests of Daw Aung San Suu Kui and celebrants of her birthday continue under the smoke screen of Korea’s distract-a-news. Paranoid Than Shwe has further disrupted his upper echelon by shifting his generals around in a feeble attempt to have the most loyal next to him when he dies. Ironically his attempts will be futile since destiny can not be altered and he is on course to meet his fate for he only alienated some of his staunchest supporters. Soon Burma will have their “Night of the Long Knives” a befitting demise of Than Shwe if cancer does not take him out first.


    Like they say, “Three strikes and you’re out”. With three Pagodas mired in unprecedented loss of life and the collapse of one, Than Shwe secured his fate. He will be the talk of the town during Taungbyone Nat or Spirit Festival in August. Taungbyone is a paranormal event where soothsayers and mediums come together. If only his astrologer would have told him of the price one pays for petitioning forces of the spirit world to retain power for payment is due. Adolf Hitler as well as Pol Pot learned the hard way. Soon Than Shwe will join their ranks as they enjoy the fruits of their genocide as revenge from their victims reigns for an eternity.


    With all the discussion over the Iranian election and the voice of the people by the world over you’d think this would offer focus on Burma. After all it was a clear majority that voted for Daw Aung Suu Kyi. With the Muslim clerics fully supporting President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from the very beginning it was clear he won. When you consider the fact Iran is a radical Muslim state followers vote accordingly and Mir Hossein Mousavi was out of the loop, plain and simple. So I question if this is yet another distraction of some kind so the world does not have to deal with Burma and its flagrant acts of criminality. It would appear the world is full of words and is easily misguided. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon should take a stand and not cower behind the sofa or is the UN part of the money laundering operation of Burma as well?


    Burma’s junta continues to rape and murder in their blatant acts of genocide as Daw Aung Suu Kyi faces trial for winning the hearts of a nation. On the bright since, international corporations continue to invest in Asia while divesting in the parent nations they once resided. Soon Than Shwe will be sporting a Humvee, GM will be selling cars from China and Daewoo will continue to fill shelves with electronic goodies we don’t need. After all, it’s all about the money and the corporate bottom line. By our ambivalence to the cries of the Burmese people we will in essence seal out fate as we empower financial concerns over humanity.


    * http://www.kachinnews.com/index.php/news/925-junta-deploys-fresh-troops-secretly-in-kachin-state-.html


    ** http://www.kachinnews.com/index.php/articleopinion/341-burmas-children-still-forced-into-army-.html


    *** http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=16147


    Your Devil’s Advocate Buffalohair
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    Earth Changes, Earth Quakes, Global Warming TV 2
    Jun 21, 2009
    Earth Changes, Earth Quakes, Global Warming TV 2

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    Green TV Videos To View

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    World Natural Disasters

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    Wow! News at Little Homestead feed!

    A ‘time bomb’ for world wheat crop  (LA TIMES )

    Crop scientists fear the Ug99 fungus could wipe out more than 80% of worldwide wheat crops as it spreads from eastern Africa. It has already jumped the Red Sea and traveled as far as Iran. Experts say it is poised to enter the breadbasket of northern India and Pakistan, and the wind will inevitably carry it to Russia, China and even North America — if it doesn’t hitch a ride with people first.


    Planet in Peril

    http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2008/planet.in.peril/

    http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/category/planet-in-peril/


    The Big Picture -- News Stories in Photographs

    http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/disaster/

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    Small Earthquakes Rattle Yellowstone and Its Volcano

    Dec 30, 2008 … Some scientists are speculating that a cluster of more than 200 small earthquakes felt in Yellowstone National Park over the weekend may …
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    Published April 24th, 2009 in Climate & Weather, Earth, Global Warming, Human World, Plants, … Something similar appears to be happening here. …
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    Posted: Jun 21, 2009 6:04pm
    KEO Statement
    Jun 18, 2009
    KEO Statement

    -KEOhome

    Kachin Environmental Organization

     Statement of KEO

    Date: June 5, 2009 world environment day

    As the world knows, Kachin state is rich with natural resources in Burma.  Kachin state has beautiful land covered with different natural resources such as jade and gold, different wild life species, and beautiful forestry.  Unfortunately, today Burma is under the control of the military regime, and the people from Burma are living in an endangered society.

    Today is world environment day; we, KEO, would like to let the world know of the tremendous damages to the environment caused by natural resources investment in Burma, which benefits only the military regime.  There are tremendous impacts on the Kachin environment, including local climate change, social impacts, natural resources waste, and a tremendous impact on the Kachin people’s livelihood in the state.

    Large scale logging, jade mining, gold mining and hydro power projects in Kachin state are financed by the military regime and neighboring countries, and natural resources investment under the regime government has become increasingly corrupt and helps to support the regime and prolong its existence in the country.

    There have been increases in drug addiction, trafficking and prostitution among teenagers in Kachin state in areas where natural resource investments are controlled by the military regime.  Natural resource investment often results in increased militarization, as the regime brings more soldiers into the investment areas.  These soldiers sometimes rape local Kachin women and use forced labor.

    Corrupt natural resources investment agreements between the military regime and foreign investors often lead to increases in human trafficking for prostitution among Kachin adolescents.  This benefits the regime, which fears that a new generation of healthy and well-educated Kachin teenagers might threaten the strength of the military regime. SPDC knows that Kachin people depend on natural resources and forests for their livelihood and intends to destroy all the natural resources in Kachin state so that it will become a dry land, with no more beautiful land and no more natural resources.  SPDC also encourages marriages between military Burman soldiers and ethnic Kachin girls because they believe it will strengthen and prolong the regime.

    Kachin Organizations  
    • All Kachin Youth Union
    • Kachin Women’s Association Thailand (KWAT)
    • Kachin Environmental Organization (KEO)
    • Kachin National Organization
    • Kachin Independence Organization
    • New Democratic Army (Kachin)
    • Kachin Development Group (KDG)
    • Pan Kachin Development Society
    • Kachin State constitutional drafting committee (KCDC )
    • All Kachin students and Youth Union
    • Kachin Youth Network Group
    • Kachin Youth Organization (Shan State)
    • Kachin Civil Societies Groups
    • Kachin Development Network Group (KDNG)
    • Kachin Youth Development Organization (KYDO)

      Contact person:

     Mr. Yaw Na     Executive director; KEO Tell: + 66846135838

    Email: keo21vision@yahoo.com  

         Kb-JHON Program coordinator;

    KEO     Email: kb_yorna@yahoo.com
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    Posted: Jun 18, 2009 6:49am
    : fwd: PLZ Fwd: > DOS - Denial of Service Cyberattack on Care2 Information:
    Jun 16, 2009
    : Tuesday, June 16, 2009, 9:29 PM
    fwd: PLZ Fwd: > DOS - Denial of Service Cyberattack on Care2 Information:
     



    Original Message:
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    June 16th 2009

    > INFORMATION

    Submitted By:  Nyack C.

    Title:  "DOS (Denial Of Service)"
     
    Message:  Randy let us know - there are some very dark computer geeks out there, trying to shut Care2 down.  Obviously we are doing the right thing.  The main attack is aimed at the petition site of Care2.  Now I wonder whose 'feathers' we have ruffled so badlly that they need to go to these lengths....  The Tech team at Care2 is still working on the problems.

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    Buffalohair: Than Shwe Panhandles Than Shwe Panhandles Posted in Asia with tags Burma, Than Shwe, North Korea, Aung San Suu Kyi, People Power on June 12, 2009 by buffalohair

    THAN CASH Finding allies who would support his cowardly acts of rape and genocide is becoming a very real issue for Than Shwe of Burma. Now that his regime of death is under the microscope from all quarters of the world population he and his minions are more of a pariah than world figures. Like a beggar he is pandering for support and funding to combat the will of his people in a desperate attempt to maintain control. His spin doctors are polluting the government controlled press with lies and rhetoric in an effort to stem the tide of truth about his sham trial of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.


    Any street kid can see that Than Shwe is on the run, so to speak. He dishonored his allies with his bold attack on Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and he grossly underestimated the response from the world at large. The only positive response he received was from Kim Jong II with Jong’s nuclear threat scam. So Jong popped off a few bottle rockets and plans to detonate another impotent bomb. It’s all a convenient distraction and frankly Jong showed himself to be a nuisance. Fact is, Than Shwe managed to place North Korea under the microscope like never before and this is bad for commerce. N. Korea was vying for world power status. Now they share the limelight with Than Shwe and his merry band of criminals. His feeble pandering of China had the same negative effect. Now the world marketplace has China under the microscope for their horrific torture, rape and murder of the Falun Gong sect as well as the on going atrocities in Tibet. Dare I mention the conflicts in South America and Africa spawned by Chinese industries and the indigenous people?


    China has a lot to hide from the consumer world as US and European industries relocate to Chinese soil. I’m still amazed that General Motors closed shop in the US and Canada only to build new plants in China. Are they going to capitalize on the 80 million slaves in China’s secretive Gulag System? Maybe it’s just the fact China has no labor or environmental regulations. Laughable they plan to build and send cars to the US and Canadian markets. Oh well, to bad, so sad after all its all about the corporate bottom line. I would not have noticed this tidbit if it were not for Than Shwe’s pandering. Thanks Than Shwe for the focus on China.


    Than Shwe would find it impossible to find allies in Somalia. Even the warlords would not want the heat Than Shwe would give them. On the streets people would say that Than Shwe and his thugs are “Jonesing” for allies but the word is out on his regime now. Clearly he is not using the best judgment, even for a military dictator. Strategically speaking he has managed to alienate himself on all fronts and placed his regime in the crosshairs of worldwide public opinion.


    It was said in many visions that Burma’s criminal regime would be toppled from within his own ranks. Little did we know this would happen by Than Shwe’s very hand and you got to love the irony of it all. Like a Greek tragedy Than Shwe shot himself in the foot with his over zealous attempt to silence the voice of democracy. Now he will take down everyone who sided with him including corporations who’ve financed genocide.


    A sane person would not continue acts of barbarism while pandering for support. On the contrary, and true to form, Than Shwe has escalated his campaign of death and murder on the *ethnic populations within Burma. How far beyond stupid has he become or is cancer eating at his brain? Now like never before data is streaming out of Burma as rape and murder takes center stage in the press around the world. It is heartening to note that web sites are getting more queries about Than Shwe’s legacy of death and people are totally shocked at what they are discovering.


    Myo Thein, Director of Burma Democratic Concern, calls it “People Power” and now the people of the world are becoming aware of the power they truly possess. It is called the all mighty dollar or purchasing power. More and more people are paying attention to labels and are beginning to exclude items from corporations who have allied themselves with criminals such as Than Shwe. Though India’s media has been artificially silent about Daw Anug San Suu Kyi’s bogus trial word has gotten out. A multitude of the members of parliament are urging their leadership to take a stand and soon questions will be asked by the people why India has sided with tyranny.


    Its people power at its best and it is the people of the world who are influencing their leadership with demands that something be done in Burma. And if politicians want to keep their high paying job they will act on the will of their constituents. Corporations beware for your Achilles tendon has been reveled. One day corporate goons will also face the microscope of public opinion. This will directly influence their corporate bottom line and depending on the extent of corporate involvement they will stand trial along side Than Shwe’s generals.


    And then there is United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon who seems to have difficulty finding airfare. He should use Ibrahim Gambari’s frequent flyer miles, less the million dollar ruby of course. Eventually people power will force him out from under the sofa and onto an airplane for Burma. He is starting to sound like a broken record with all his lame excuses. Maybe it is time for a new Secretary General that does more than fire off useless sanctions. Small wonder Burma and North Korea thumbs their noses at the UN.


    * http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=15941


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