Military forces seize bottled water from
a supply plane from Thailand.
Everyone seems to think that Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, is preventing international aid workers from entering the country because its military dictatorship is incredibly paranoid that the international community, namely the United States, will use it as a cover to create pro-democracy terrorist and reformist cells in their country.
While there might be some truth to that, it’s hardly the whole story. The junta is incredibly paranoid, but as we saw with their treatment of the Buddhist monks last year, they have no problem handling insurrections and rebellions.
Instead, the motive of Myanmar is far more cynical, resembling political genocide more than simple paranoia of outsiders.
The junta has its most solid control in the central and more urbanized areas of Myanmar. While they can claim control of the rural and farming communities, and they have the capability of just rolling in and surpressing the people, they have a much more difficult time controlling them. As luck would have it, it was the rural and farming communities that were hit hardest. While Myanmar’s economy does rely on the rice yields every year, which in turn relies on the rice farmers - the fields are completely destroyed. The next logical step for these rural families will be to migrate to the urban areas where the junta has complete control.
But with the migration comes not just the despair, famine, and poverty of these homeless citizens, but also their democratic ideologies and revolution tendencies. Controlling the urban and central land will be far more difficult with the influx of reformers. And when the Myanmar government is forced to spread their already limited resources thinner among a larger population - it exponentially increases the risk of turmoil in their strongholds.
Simply put, the junta in Myanmar NEEDS these people to die if they want to stay in power.
Political Genocide.
If the governments of the international community (especially including the United States) had any courage to speak of, they would just violate the Myanmar’s airspace and drop aid packages into communities that need help. Going into the country legally has proven unproductive since the limited aid shipments have been stopped and seized by the military. That aid will only make its way to the people who live in government strongholds. In all reality, this is the perfect time for the world powers to overthrow the junta and establish a democracy. Food is an incredible weapon.
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Well, as many of you know, I’ve been in the process of remodeling my office, which has forced me to work in other locations. The reason for the remodel was due to a carpet far older than I am that was filled with years of mold, which I discovered was the primary cause of my seasonal allergies.
For a long time, I’ve been using Over-the-Counter allergy pills to control the symptoms, but I discovered a cure all for allergy suffers when my father and I began removing the carpeting in my office a couple days ago…
This is actually one of the gas masked issued to the general population in Israel during the initial phases of Operation Iraqi Freedom in early 2003 when the governments of the world feared Saddam Hussein would launch chemical and biological weapons into Israeli territory. Obviously, it never happened and the people, knowing full well they would be issued new masks if a new threat arose, pawned this things off.
Many of the filters had already been opened (which means they probably aren’t good), but I was lucky enough to find one still in mint condition in 2005. When we started removing the mold filled carpet, I saw it as the perfect oppertunity to pull out the mask and see if the $20 I spent on it was a worthwhile investment.
Not only has it kept my allergy symptoms at bay (sneezing, running nose, dry and itchy eyes, difficulty breathing), but it’s also blocking the smell of the oil based paint I put on the cement floor this evening. Granted, it’s one size smaller than I would have been issued in the military and it’s forced me to shave my beard… but it’s completely worth it.
If you suffer from allergies at all, I highly suggest picking one of these up. Best of all, once you buy the mask, you never have to get rid of it, just change out the filter (that green thing hanging off my chin). New filters have a black rubber plug smack dab in the center of them - if they’re already opened, you may very easily be wasting your money. Ideally, you’ll find them wrapped tightly in paper, but that black rubber plug is what you want to look for. The filters are one size fits all, so even if you don’t have the same mask as me, the filters are almost always interchangeable.
There’s just one problem…
I have an itch on my nose. Whoever is thinking of me, STOP IT!!!
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We found her to be less consistently conservative and more prone to support tax increases and government spending.
Now, I’ve done quite a bit of research on Gayle Harrell before endorsing her with this blog. I don’t just throw my support around willy-nilly. So here’s Harrell’s record on taxes in Florida.
Harrell has voted for a total of $28 Billion in tax cuts during her time in the Florida legislature. There are Republicans already in Washington who have been in office for twice as long as Harrell who can’t even say that.
She was one of only two Republicans to vote against the largest property tax hike in Florida’s history, which shows that she’s not only committed to low taxes, but she’s incredibly courageous in her approach to keeping taxes low.
She’s supported every sales tax holiday that came to a vote in Florida, which spurred the state’s economy. It’s important to remember that Florida is one of less than a handful of states to have no income tax.
Speaking of no income taxes, Harrell has vowed to not just support the Fair Tax, but to co-sponsor the Fair Tax legislation introduced by Representative Linder of Georgia (who is backed by HuckPAC). Harrell has also said she would vote for the optional flat tax proposal as well.
While I’m supporting Bob Barr for the Libertarian nomination, he’s not the only guy running for that nomination. Former Democratic candidate Mike Gravel, who did impress me a LOT from his few debate performances, is among them. Anyway, he’s made quite a few comedic online campaign ads and the latest one features ObamaGirl.
Although a sense of humor goes a long way with me, it’s important for conservatives to have an alternative to John McCain this year and they won’t have it if the Libertarian Party goes with Mike Gravel of Alaska.
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Charles Barkley has got to be the most hated heterosexual man in many of these Christian Right / Family Values groups, especially now that he’s looking to run for Governor in Louisiana. But I simply can’t help but to like this guy. I’m surprised I didn’t get e-mails this morning upset about Barkley’s foul language on TNT last night… take a look for yourself.
I laughed so hard that my sinuses cleared momentarily. For that, I’ll always be thankful to Sir Charles. I’d love to see this guy as one of this country’s 50 Governors.
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History seems to suggest that John McCain has absolutely no backbone when it comes to putting conservative judges on the bench. Even in the long shot chance that he is elected President and he does nominate a conservative to the bench, as soon as the Democrats say no, McCain has proven that he will cave in to leftist pressure from the Senate in an instant.
But “a judge in the mold of Alito” doesn’t mean anything. Most Republicans seem to think they activist judges are all social liberals and that constructionist judges are all social conservatives. But having friends on both sides of the isle, I can tell you that liberals consider Alito and Roberts to be activists.
Believe it or not, but there’s a constructionist explanation for being pro-choice, pro-gay marriage, pro-gun control, pro-everything, pro-everything liberal. We too often make the mistake of assuming that the right has complete ownership of constitutional issues and we don’t. It’s a simply a matter of opinion and your own personal point of view.
So when John McCain vows to nominate constructionist judges, I have absolutely ZERO confidence that he’s talking about nominating judges with conservative values.
It’s like the amnesty thing. He said he learned his lesson… he’s either suffering from the onset of Alzheimers disease at his old age or he’s double-talked the American people and the Republican Party once again. Either way, it’s reason enough not to vote for this ill-tempered, dishonest liberal politician in November.
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Speaking of no income taxes, Harrell has vowed to not just support the Fair Tax, but to co-sponsor the Fair Tax legislation introduced by Representative Linder of Georgia (who is backed by HuckPAC). Harrell has also said she would vote for the optional flat tax proposal as well.
History seems to suggest that John McCain has absolutely no backbone when it comes to putting conservative judges on the bench. Even in the long shot chance that he is elected President and he does nominate a conservative to the bench, as soon as the Democrats say no, McCain has proven that he will cave in to leftist pressure from the Senate in an instant.
