Vagabonding begins!

I have to give the Myanmar regime (Junta) in Burma credit….every time I start to think that they couldn’t get more blatantly, disgustingly evil, they find a way to prove me wrong.

If you didn’t hear, the recent cyclone that hit Myanmar has killed an estimated 60,000….most of which are still lying around contaminating the remaining food and water. Educated men are guessing that 100K people will be dead in a month because of no clean food/water.

The US and UN have both sent people and supplies - crates of high energy “biscuits” that allow people enough calories to survive on a couple a day….like something from Star Trek. So what did the regime do? They seized the supplies!

They took the loot, turned around the aid workers (by saying that the paperwork for their visas didn’t come through!!), and pretty much said “we’ve got it covered from here…but send more goodies”. You’ve got to be kidding. Every leader in the world knows that these bastards intend to distribute the food only to government/military and their families first. Meanwhile, the average person in Myanmar is screwed.

These lying sacks of shite have done it before, so the world responded by haulting planeloads of food - after all, why give high-tech food supplies to Myanmar’s 500,000 strong standing army? They maintain the largest and most brutal army in Southeast Asia, and even have some love from China - frightening.

Somehow, we’ve got to get these guys out of there. That is exactly why I just launched the site http://www.peacbookings.com. The money goes to raise awareness and to put pressure on our political leaders to keep Burma in the spotlight. I know it isn’t much, but its better than nothing.

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