Burma's tech test

Lynette, Wichita, KS — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 13:23:59 GMT

Thanks for posting all of this. All the links reinforced the news being broadcast on the radio and television. This is real horror being done to real people. I wish more Americans would take the time to look at this.

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Stan, OKC — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 17:46:11 GMT

Not to add to propaganda, and what's happening in Myanmar is indeed as monstrous as Darfur, but you really should check out this site:

http://www.youtube.com/user/Songunblog

North Korea's idea of propaganda. Brilliantly warped, to be sure

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John Doe, Millbrae, CA — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 21:01:09 GMT

What about Iraq? Alas, old news I guess. In our supposed free and democratic country, with more than 70% of the people calling for withdrawal, we still can't stop president Bush from prosecuting a war that has hundreds dying daily.

Darfur is old news. Yeah, Burma's ugly but it is just the latest in a seemingly never ending string of such incidents that the media and public get interested in for a short time until they move on to the next one.

Face it, humans like to kill each other. We particularly like to watch violence being done to others. Been that way throughout history. So there isn't any reason to believe that such incidents are suddenly going to stop, short of a mass global lobotomy administered perhaps by aliens. Anyway, these incidents help to slow down the population explosion a bit.

Next story...

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Randall K, St. Louis, MO — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 23:30:04 GMT

Awhile back I think a few of your loyal readers gave you a little guff for the lack timely updates. Only fair we give you high praise for a string of informative and substantive entries.

Kudos to you sir, and kudos again.

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mscsrrr.stumbleupon.com, New York City, NY — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 12:20:57 GMT

The UN response to what is going on in Myanmar (Burma) needs much to be desired. I am totally unimpressed and grossed out by lack of effective actions by UN at all the troubled spots all over the world. UN was created and charged with the task of settling disputes among nations of the world and promoting peace and the well- being of world citizens. So far, its record in these areas have been very depressing.

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scout29c — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 13:48:31 GMT

We got the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) that's causing all kinds of problems in Iraq. How about an Improvised Information Device (IID) that can be plugged in anywhere and it uses WiFi or radio or the power grid to get information out uncensored?

A self-contained bit of technology that sends local messages to a satellite or ship just off shore or a receiver just across the border that can be easily concealed, plugged into any power source, or battery powered – a whole bunch of them, so it wouldn't matter how many the authorities found, others would be getting the word and pics out.

And if they work in Burma, we send them to North Korea, Iran, China, and anywhere else tyrannical leaders haven't realized "1984" is so last century.

Blogs are the best thing to happen to journalism since the First Amendment.

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KW — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 20:03:21 GMT

Maybe it's just too early in this blog post, but it looks to me that where there is *real* suppression of free expression, the response is "ho-hum, next story". Where's the "Don't taser me, bro" outrage? I have no idea one way or the other but have there been many student protests (especially at UF) concerning the situation in Burma? I havent' seen any. Granted this fight is not happening in the US and yada-yada-yada, but also granted that these people are willing to fight, die, or be *actually* tortured in pursuit of their goal. Of course, they have no aspirations to be famous or hoping to increase their web site hits. But then again, I guess you just can't trust a Buddhist monks. Of course, assuming they really exist. Could be another false flag-type thing, doncha know...

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Dan T. — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 21:02:42 GMT

Somehow I think the people of Burma can revolt against soldiers wearing FLIP-FLOPS.

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jonbeme, Germany — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 05:42:26 GMT

Great info. Hope you don't mind if I use this article on my blog.
thanks and keep up the good work
JBM