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Oh my goodness,
Honduras is turning into a military dictatorship. The world rushes to
the United Nations crying and sniveling to Ban Ki-moon. Oh boy, that
will get a response. The world condemns the Honduras military with a
“scathing letter of rebuke and condemnation”. To top it off the UN
sends Ibrahim Gambari, that will show them. Yup, it will show them that
the impotent response from the free world and the UN are spineless and
nothing more than words. This is just like a broken record but is
anyone paying attention? I truly doubt it.
Yup, talk is cheap
and tin horn generals from around the world can’t extort money from the
world without a hostage. Learning lessons taught by N. Korea’s Kim Jong
II, Burma’s General Than Shwe an a multitude of leaders in Africa is
just the ammunition they need to wage war on their own citizens. Kim
Jong boldly threatened the US with a thermal nuclear strike and joined
hands with the criminal regime of Burma. Now there is a very real fear
that Burma will soon have weapons of mass destruction and there is no
doubt Honduras will gain access to this technology as well. Why,
because we let it happen.
Maybe if N. Korea
and Burma had more oil and gas we would have responded to the cries of
their people. Why wasn’t the clear victory in Burma’s election in 1990
truly supported? Kim Jong made a fortune off the US by saber rattling
while blasting bombs and popping off bottle rockets. In turn Than Shwe
has accelerated they war on its own citizens knowing nothing would
happen. African citizens are already under siege and we, the free
world, actually do nothing but offer lip service. And of course
Honduras has joined the ranks of budding military dictatorships. There
is an old saying, “Money talks and B.S. walks” and as far as I can see
the world over is doing a lot of walking. Don’t think for one second
that Honduras will be the last upstart military dictatorship for it’s
only the beginning for we’ve planted seeds of tyranny all over South
America. And soon we will reap what we’ve sown.
Barrick Gold’s
poster boys, George Bush senior and Billy Clinton’s policy of “Let’s
just ignore them and maybe they will go away” spawned a new generation
of dictators in Africa and South America. So did their corporate backed
legislation I might add. The US and the free world has partnered
themselves with China who continues to violate the basics of human
rights and continues to jail and murder it’s citizen. And politicians
sold their souls to the devil because of greed. In all actuality they
sold the citizens of their respective countries to the spineless New
World Order all for the sake of the corporate bottom line. Tony Blair
has been touring China promoting Chinese interests in Great Britain. He
left Gordon Brown holding the bag as industries sail out of the UK
bound for China. China’s ambassador and WalMarts matriarch Hillary
Clinton all but stated that human rights would not stand in the way of
economics when she was in China. After all we slave labor is not that
bad. And the World Trade Organization has continued to give it’s
blessings for the wholesale murder of African’s as international
corporations continue to rob the continent of its natural resources.
Now the cancer has spread in epic proportions.
Sadly the only
tough stance Barrack Obama has taken was against the population of the
United States while showing his soft underbelly to the rest of the
world. Once in power he has turned his back on the very constituents
who got him there. Only now are people waking up to this true agenda,
Globalization and the One World Order. Industries continue to move to
China and other third world nations whose competitive edge is the lack
of labor laws and environmental restrictions. And it is sickening to
learn that GM, after receiving all our tax payer dollars is building
facilities in China while closing plants in Canada and the US. It’s
even more outrageous they plan to sell cars manufactured in China back
to the US in a few years. Detroit and the other gutted industrial
states lay in ruin. Now Barrack plans to mow down our rusting
industrial sites further crippling our ability to be a self sufficient
nation.
Representative John
Boehner was quoted as saying about our first US bail out as nothing
more than a “Crap Sandwich”. Now with the help of all our politicians
we are being fed a banquet of crappola to suite the needs of
international corporations who hunger for natural resources around the
world. Corporation’s members of the house and congress are heavily
invested in by the way, remember AIG? Has anyone actually read any of
these free trade agreements? I doubt it for if you did you would
realize the fact we like other conscript nations have already lost our
sovereignty. The World Trade Organization is the new world capital you
know. Corporate thugs under the direction of the WTO continue to rob
third world nations at the expense of the indigenous populations.
Companies such as Barrick Gold continue to buy off politicians to steal
land from their citizens and it’s called globalization. Corporatism at
it’s best and we are asleep at the wheel.
The hatred being
spawned against the free world is not because who we are as a nation
but for the indifferent international corporate terrorists who’ve laid
siege on these indigenous populations. They glean a handsome profit
while silently murdering tribal chiefs who oppose these powerful
corporations. The corporations count their chips while leaving their
host nations holding the bag for crimes against humanity and it is our
kids who must die in the wars that ensue. Now we’ve set the stage for
an unexpected international show down and obviously this will put a
kink in the plans to globalize the free world into a New World Order.
Now third world
dictators will be popping up all over the place and they will soon have
a bomb to play the extortion game with. If only we snuffed out the
vermin in Burma when there was a clear majority vote against the
military dictatorship of Burma. If only we were true to our word. Soon
the America’s will enjoy the tyranny they spawned. But that’s OK; after
all it’s all about the corporate bottom line. Yup, it’s all about the
money paisan, it’s all about the money. So enjoy your crap sandwich
since there is no turning back the clock now. After all this is destiny
as prophesized by dogmas from around the world. And it’s a full meal
deal, lock stock and tomahawk. Now could you please pass the tobasco
sauce?
Your Devil’s Advocate
Buffalohair
http://buffalohair.wordpress.com/
June 24 Buffalohair:Kim Jong II and a Hill of Beans

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.
Your Devil’s Advocate
Buffalohair
June 18 fetching data...
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KEO Statement

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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June 13

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.
Your Devil’s Advocate
Buffalohair
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