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Tu_triky wrote:

And new a$$3s...... :hehe:

Triky beat me to the punch. I feel kinda old watching these shows... Argh.

Im having lunch at home...

True.

They accept aid, but not foreign aid workers tho. At least they have infrastructure to move the stuff.

tabana wrote:True.

They accept aid, but not foreign aid workers tho. At least they have infrastructure to move the stuff.

I was listening to NPR yesterday and they were having a one-on-one with Bill and MElinda Gates and the Microsoft Foundation... It's pretty crazy how much they're putting in various causes. They highlighted relief efforts in Myanmar and voicing out their frustration that the help is there but it's not getting to where it's supposed to go.

tabana wrote:True.

They accept aid, but not foreign aid workers tho. At least they have infrastructure to move the stuff.

u know
wow isnt that somthing
it makes you think

littlemissfab wrote:

I was listening to NPR yesterday and they were having a one-on-one with Bill and MElinda Gates and the Microsoft Foundation... It's pretty crazy how much they're putting in various causes. They highlighted relief efforts in Myanmar and voicing out their frustration that the help is there but it's not getting to where it's supposed to go.

Yeah, I heard that bit on All Things Considered, too.

The reporting that Melissa Block and Robert Siegel gave about China was absolutely heart-breaking too. Tears were streaming down my face on the way home from work listening to those segments.

My roommate asked me how my day was because he noticed I looked down when I got home. I was seriously affected by that.

I actually texted my ex-gf (she's from China) to wish my best to her family and friends (they're from Hunan, but she did spend some time growing up in Sichuan) and she didn't even know about it or seem to care much.

If you haven't heard the reporting that Melissa Block and Robert Siegel did from right afterwards, it's amazing:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90411524

The audio links are about halfway down in the World box. Those two are some amazing reporters.

phlargo wrote:

Yeah, I heard that bit on All Things Considered, too.

The reporting that Melissa Block and Robert Siegel gave about China was absolutely heart-breaking too. Tears were streaming down my face on the way home from work listening to those segments.

My roommate asked me how my day was because he noticed I looked down when I got home. I was seriously affected by that.

I actually texted my ex-gf (she's from China) to wish my best to her family and friends (they're from Hunan, but she did spend some time growing up in Sichuan) and she didn't even know about it or seem to care much.

If you haven't heard the reporting that Melissa Block and Robert Siegel did from right afterwards, it's amazing:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90411524

The audio links are about halfway down in the World box. Those two are some amazing reporters.

Re: Burma from article on Yahoo:

"A longtime foreign resident of Yangon told The Associated Press that angry government officials were complaining that high-energy biscuits rushed in on the World Food Program's first flights were sent to a military warehouse.

Those supplies were exchanged for what the officials described as "tasteless and low-quality" biscuits produced by the Industry Ministry to be handed out to cyclone victims, the resident said, speaking on condition of anonymity because identifying himself could jeopardize his safety."

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Fuggin' nuts....makes one boil with anger reading such savage disregard....ppl are dying daily and these stupid dicks are hoarding all the food for themselves....unbelievable....if they are not seriously considering air drops just go home and give up this relief effort...wtf is this turning into a foreign funded boon doggle to resupply the military junta?

Tu_triky wrote:
Fuggin' nuts....makes one boil with anger reading such savage disregard....ppl are dying daily and these stupid dicks are hoarding all the food for themselves....unbelievable....if they are not seriously considering air drops just go home and give up this relief effort...wtf is this turning into a foreign funded boon doggle to resupply the military junta?

That sucks badly in so many ways. I can just see Dubya organising an armed "intervention" any day now.

wait... does Burma have oil fields? No? well, scrap that idea.

Anime Dad wrote:wait... does Burma have oil fields? No? well, scrap that idea.

LOL.

Not like it would help drive down prices at the gas pump anyways...:grumble:

bmwracer wrote:
LOL.

Not like it would help drive down prices at the gas pump anyways...:grumble:

Don't get me started on gas prices. Our prices are pegged to prices overseas, even though 90% of crude is supplied from local fields :banghead:

Anime Dad wrote:Don't get me started on gas prices.

I hear ya.

I've mentioned it before, but if you watch the first Die Hard movie (1988), there's a scene at a gas station early in the movie: Regular is 88 cents a gallon. :sweat: :sweat: :sweat: :sweat: :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
I hear ya.

I've mentioned it before, but if you watch the first Die Hard movie (1988), there's a scene at a gas station early in the movie: Regular is 88 cents a gallon. :sweat: :sweat: :sweat: :sweat: :sweat:

I just pee in my tank now.....biodiesel.

Tu_triky wrote:

I just pee in my tank now.....biodiesel.

Most of your posts are full of corn, anyway....

You're a nation!!!

Tu_triky wrote:I just pee in my tank now.....biodiesel.

LOL, who needs ethanol? :hehe:

bmwracer wrote:
LOL, who needs ethanol? :hehe:

All kidding aside we're screwed anyway....the prices are only going to go up even higher because they have to roll out the summer gasoline formulations

runpup wrote:

Most of your posts are full of corn, anyway....

Yeah, I haven't been watching too many dramas lately...their formulaic nature begs a break from time to time...I'm sticking to Japanese movies and animes as of late.

Our gas hit 1.34 last week I believe. Freakin' scary. People were lining up when it fell to 1.18.

I remember when gas used to be .65. :shakehead:

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It's 1.40$ for a liter here. That's more than 5$ a gallon. A third of the price is just taxes, so they could lower it, but they won't. I wish I had filled a few 10 gallons last year. I'd be millionaire now. :beaten:

Tu_triky wrote:

Re: Burma from article on Yahoo:

"A longtime foreign resident of Yangon told The Associated Press that angry government officials were complaining that high-energy biscuits rushed in on the World Food Program's first flights were sent to a military warehouse.

Those supplies were exchanged for what the officials described as "tasteless and low-quality" biscuits produced by the Industry Ministry to be handed out to cyclone victims, the resident said, speaking on condition of anonymity because identifying himself could jeopardize his safety."

====================

Fuggin' nuts....makes one boil with anger reading such savage disregard....ppl are dying daily and these stupid dicks are hoarding all the food for themselves....unbelievable....if they are not seriously considering air drops just go home and give up this relief effort...wtf is this turning into a foreign funded boon doggle to resupply the military junta?

:shakehead:

And I'm not even surprised. I think they have over 125 000 dead and maybe a million starving. In 2 weeks, you'll only have the army left standing, while the rest of the population will have starve to death. It makes me sick.

tabana wrote:It's 1.40$ for a liter here. That's more than 5$ a gallon. A third of the price is just taxes, so they could lower it, but they won't. I wish I had filled a few 10 gallons last year. I'd be millionaire now. :beaten:

:shakehead:

And I'm not even surprised. I think they have over 125 000 dead and maybe a million starving. In 2 weeks, you'll only have the army left standing, while the rest of the population will have starve to death. It makes me sick.

Seriously...it's absolute madness.