Comments on: Evading the junta to witness Myanmar disaster http://inthefield.blogs.cnn.com/2008/07/15/anger-and-suffering-in-myanmar/ Hear from CNN reporters across the globe Sun, 03 Jan 2010 11:09:13 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: John Brackemyre http://inthefield.blogs.cnn.com/2008/07/15/anger-and-suffering-in-myanmar/#comment-5858 John Brackemyre Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:21:11 +0000 http://cnniinthefield.wordpress.com/?p=136#comment-5858 Today one of your weather reporters mad the statement that there is not sufficient data gatering of wind etc. in the gulf to accuratly predict stors like the one in Florida as I speak. He said there is a need but this is and ocean and there are no weather ballons to gather necessary data. If you investagate the vast numbers of oil platforms in the gulf of Mexico it seems these are locations in place to collect and report mass amoutns of data. It just take goverment will to fund this data collection. Thank you John Brackemyre Amateur Radio operator K7EFX Today one of your weather reporters mad the statement that there is not sufficient data gatering of wind etc. in the gulf to accuratly predict stors like the one in Florida as I speak. He said there is a need but this is and ocean and there are no weather ballons to gather necessary data. If you investagate the vast numbers of oil platforms in the gulf of Mexico it seems these are locations in place to collect and report mass amoutns of data. It just take goverment will to fund this data collection.
Thank you
John Brackemyre
Amateur Radio operator K7EFX

]]> By: WG http://inthefield.blogs.cnn.com/2008/07/15/anger-and-suffering-in-myanmar/#comment-5024 WG Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:29:19 +0000 http://cnniinthefield.wordpress.com/?p=136#comment-5024 To Jackie in Dallas: Of all the postings to this particular blog, I find your's to be the more refreshing, the more elegant. What you have written rings with both truth and conviction. One would have to own a very small heart to not feel your compassion. Compassion, in whatever form, SHOULD be the very least one human being offers another. I couldn't have said it better. To Jackie in Dallas: Of all the postings to this particular blog, I find your's to be the more refreshing, the more elegant. What you have written rings with both truth and conviction. One would have to own a very small heart to not feel your compassion. Compassion, in whatever form, SHOULD be the very least one human being offers another. I couldn't have said it better.

]]> By: Jackie in Dallas http://inthefield.blogs.cnn.com/2008/07/15/anger-and-suffering-in-myanmar/#comment-5004 Jackie in Dallas Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:45:54 +0000 http://cnniinthefield.wordpress.com/?p=136#comment-5004 I didn't say we have a duty to save the world, either as a nation or as individuals. I just think that we ought to consider the strife and agony of those who need us, no matter who or where they are, as equal. As for charity toward our own, I've been watching a fairly large outpouring of help to the areas that have flooded, just as a large number of individuals did enormous amounts to help the victims of Katrina and the other hurricanes long before the government stepped in. Just as we always have. America was based on the philosophy of helping our neighbors, and we still do. I donate blood on a regular basis, contribute to reputable charities, work to battle illiteracy, and still feel compassion and the need to help those with so much less than myself, who have lost more. My life isn't made up of country clubs, ladies lunches, or lots of money -- I'm a single working woman of middle age, just barely keeping my head above water. I'm no saint, and I waste resources that should go out to others on occasion, but that doesn't mean it is RIGHT, it just means I'm not perfect. I just feel it is wrong to think that just because there are poor and oppressed in this country, I should not feel compassion and the urge to help those in other countries - BECAUSE I'M ALREADY DOING WHAT I CAN TO HELP THOSE HERE. There are deserving poor everywhere, there are victims of oppression, catastrophe, disease and famine everywhere. Giving greater weight to those in this country just because they are here isn't right. Our deficit is the result of extremely poor political manuevering, a war that we are financing through our enemies, and our lack of proper use of our own resources, and has nothing to do with famine, catastrophes or disease. It is our own mismanagement. We shouldn't look for other countries to help us with that -- we should help ourselves by voting our convictions this November. But those who suffer through no fault of their own are owed -- at the least -- compassion. I didn't say we have a duty to save the world, either as a nation or as individuals. I just think that we ought to consider the strife and agony of those who need us, no matter who or where they are, as equal.

As for charity toward our own, I've been watching a fairly large outpouring of help to the areas that have flooded, just as a large number of individuals did enormous amounts to help the victims of Katrina and the other hurricanes long before the government stepped in. Just as we always have. America was based on the philosophy of helping our neighbors, and we still do. I donate blood on a regular basis, contribute to reputable charities, work to battle illiteracy, and still feel compassion and the need to help those with so much less than myself, who have lost more.

My life isn't made up of country clubs, ladies lunches, or lots of money - I'm a single working woman of middle age, just barely keeping my head above water. I'm no saint, and I waste resources that should go out to others on occasion, but that doesn't mean it is RIGHT, it just means I'm not perfect. I just feel it is wrong to think that just because there are poor and oppressed in this country, I should not feel compassion and the urge to help those in other countries – BECAUSE I'M ALREADY DOING WHAT I CAN TO HELP THOSE HERE.

There are deserving poor everywhere, there are victims of oppression, catastrophe, disease and famine everywhere. Giving greater weight to those in this country just because they are here isn't right.

Our deficit is the result of extremely poor political manuevering, a war that we are financing through our enemies, and our lack of proper use of our own resources, and has nothing to do with famine, catastrophes or disease. It is our own mismanagement. We shouldn't look for other countries to help us with that - we should help ourselves by voting our convictions this November. But those who suffer through no fault of their own are owed - at the least - compassion.

]]> By: jackie powers http://inthefield.blogs.cnn.com/2008/07/15/anger-and-suffering-in-myanmar/#comment-5001 jackie powers Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:20:44 +0000 http://cnniinthefield.wordpress.com/?p=136#comment-5001 Jackie In Dallas- I dont agree that we have a duty to save the world. And many Americans agree. That's why you dont see the flood of money coming from the average taxpayers to assist these nations as we have seen in the past. Devastation and Catastrophe is really a balance of nature. We cant bleed everytime the earth is balanced. These Nations must accept that we cant right every wrong and start done to them, they must start defending for themselves. We see often that many americans refuse to help their own neighbors so why should we get worked up about all these other nations wanting a handout. If you noticed yesterday CNN reported this nation is at a record deficit, how many nations is pooling their resources to help us pay down these debts. You may cry all you want about these other nations problems, but I still say let them help themselves, we have our own problems here. And to those here whose suffering, it just as bad or worse than the so-called depressed nations of the world. Jackie In Dallas- I dont agree that we have a duty to save the world. And many Americans agree. That's why you dont see the flood of money coming from the average taxpayers to assist these nations as we have seen in the past. Devastation and Catastrophe is really a balance of nature. We cant bleed everytime the earth is balanced. These Nations must accept that we cant right every wrong and start done to them, they must start defending for themselves. We see often that many americans refuse to help their own neighbors so why should we get worked up about all these other nations wanting a handout. If you noticed yesterday CNN reported this nation is at a record deficit, how many nations is pooling their resources to help us pay down these debts. You may cry all you want about these other nations problems, but I still say let them help themselves, we have our own problems here. And to those here whose suffering, it just as bad or worse than the so-called depressed nations of the world.

]]> By: Jackie in Dallas http://inthefield.blogs.cnn.com/2008/07/15/anger-and-suffering-in-myanmar/#comment-4989 Jackie in Dallas Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:24:18 +0000 http://cnniinthefield.wordpress.com/?p=136#comment-4989 To Jackie Powers, While I deplore your spelling and grammar, I also deplore your US-centrist belief that what is happening here is more important than what is happening elsewhere in the world. A long time ago, a famous man of God wrote "No man is an island, entire of itself...any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee." Soon, I agree, the bell will be tolling for the US because we have become so involved with ourselves, our cars, our coffee, our homes, our lives that we don't look outside of those limits. Yes, there is homelessness here. Yes, there is a lack of medical care here. Yes, there are people still struggling in New Orleans (including members of my own family). What, besides writing on a blog badly, have YOU done to remedy any of those things? Work in a literacy program? Donate blood? Donate food? Donate to the Red Cross? Donate to UNICEF? Many people think that charity begins at home, which is what I believe you are trying to say, but the planet Earth is home to us all, therefore all mankind is our responsbility...not just the US's responsibility, but every individual that has more than they need is responsible for making someone else's life better. Including you. And especially me. Because if we don't, as another blog stated, the next time a major catastrophe occurs here, the rest of the world will respond just like you. As to those who commented that Betty's "illegal" entry into Burma sets a bad example, the ruling junta is an illegal government, maintained by force and supported by China. I'm not sure of international law, but I do not think that rules and laws passed by an illegal government constitute binding law. Therefore, there is the contention here, then, that two "wrongs" make a right. I think so, in that she gave us a vivid glimse at something that illegal government does not want us to see. To Jackie Powers,

While I deplore your spelling and grammar, I also deplore your US-centrist belief that what is happening here is more important than what is happening elsewhere in the world. A long time ago, a famous man of God wrote "No man is an island, entire of itself...any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee."

Soon, I agree, the bell will be tolling for the US because we have become so involved with ourselves, our cars, our coffee, our homes, our lives that we don't look outside of those limits. Yes, there is homelessness here. Yes, there is a lack of medical care here. Yes, there are people still struggling in New Orleans (including members of my own family). What, besides writing on a blog badly, have YOU done to remedy any of those things? Work in a literacy program? Donate blood? Donate food? Donate to the Red Cross? Donate to UNICEF? Many people think that charity begins at home, which is what I believe you are trying to say, but the planet Earth is home to us all, therefore all mankind is our responsbility...not just the US's responsibility, but every individual that has more than they need is responsible for making someone else's life better. Including you. And especially me. Because if we don't, as another blog stated, the next time a major catastrophe occurs here, the rest of the world will respond just like you.

As to those who commented that Betty's "illegal" entry into Burma sets a bad example, the ruling junta is an illegal government, maintained by force and supported by China. I'm not sure of international law, but I do not think that rules and laws passed by an illegal government constitute binding law. Therefore, there is the contention here, then, that two "wrongs" make a right. I think so, in that she gave us a vivid glimse at something that illegal government does not want us to see.

]]> By: jackie powers http://inthefield.blogs.cnn.com/2008/07/15/anger-and-suffering-in-myanmar/#comment-4987 jackie powers Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:46:52 +0000 http://cnniinthefield.wordpress.com/?p=136#comment-4987 CNN had a real concerning documentary on Black In America with Soledad O'Brien. This is the type of show real americans want to see. It should be followed up with the plight about the many other americans who's lives is in ruins do to the state of the U.S. ecomomy. Like I said in previous other e-mails, stories about other nations hardship is falling on deaf ears here. Because americans have it's own problems. Ms.O'Brien should receive several major awards for her reporting. While most americans would not give two dead flys for the Burma's story. Sad but it's a fact. Regardless if we admit it or not. Many Americans could use a helping hand from many of these countries who's wanting money from the U.S. CNN had a real concerning documentary on Black In America with Soledad O'Brien. This is the type of show real americans want to see. It should be followed up with the plight about the many other americans who's lives is in ruins do to the state of the U.S. ecomomy. Like I said in previous other e-mails, stories about other nations hardship is falling on deaf ears here. Because americans have it's own problems. Ms.O'Brien should receive several major awards for her reporting. While most americans would not give two dead flys for the Burma's story. Sad but it's a fact. Regardless if we admit it or not. Many Americans could use a helping hand from many of these countries who's wanting money from the U.S.

]]> By: nnt http://inthefield.blogs.cnn.com/2008/07/15/anger-and-suffering-in-myanmar/#comment-4960 nnt Mon, 28 Jul 2008 05:05:59 +0000 http://cnniinthefield.wordpress.com/?p=136#comment-4960 I am a Burmese and I tend to agree with Kulit. Asean's policy of "non-interference" has no moral grounds, its designed to exploit weak neighbors, just as Kulit puts it Asean neighbors listen indifferently as a man beats his wife and rapes his daughters, looks the other way, fearing their investments might be if they intervened. why should they care? they would prefer Burma to be in shambles so its not a threat to them and so they could suck up all the resources while its weak. Burmese workers are expoilted in neighboring countries, they are paid a fraction of what they deserve, their bosses are protected by their governments. Betty's next assignment could be Burma's exploited workers. Anyway, Jackie Powers needs a crash course on basic morals and spelling and grammer. I am a Burmese and I tend to agree with Kulit. Asean's policy of "non-interference" has no moral grounds, its designed to exploit weak neighbors, just as Kulit puts it Asean neighbors listen indifferently as a man beats his wife and rapes his daughters, looks the other way, fearing their investments might be if they intervened.
why should they care? they would prefer Burma to be in shambles so its not a threat to them and so they could suck up all the resources while its weak.
Burmese workers are expoilted in neighboring countries, they are paid a fraction of what they deserve, their bosses are protected by their governments. Betty's next assignment could be Burma's exploited workers.
Anyway, Jackie Powers needs a crash course on basic morals and spelling and grammer.

]]> By: kulit http://inthefield.blogs.cnn.com/2008/07/15/anger-and-suffering-in-myanmar/#comment-4958 kulit Sun, 27 Jul 2008 23:26:56 +0000 http://cnniinthefield.wordpress.com/?p=136#comment-4958 burma's is not a natural disaster, its a disaster of indifference of the world especially of ASEAN, its a disaster of cowardice to act. when neighbors listen as a man beats his wife and rape his daughters and think it is none of their business ,......... that is what ASEAN is doing burma's is not a natural disaster, its a disaster of indifference of the world especially of ASEAN, its a disaster of cowardice to act.

when neighbors listen as a man beats his wife and rape his daughters and think it is none of their business ,......... that is what ASEAN is doing

]]> By: Tony Gledhill http://inthefield.blogs.cnn.com/2008/07/15/anger-and-suffering-in-myanmar/#comment-4942 Tony Gledhill Sat, 26 Jul 2008 11:05:19 +0000 http://cnniinthefield.wordpress.com/?p=136#comment-4942 PS - Great gutsy reporting Betty. Pity the politicians don't have the same guts to intervene in this ongoing disaster. PS – Great gutsy reporting Betty. Pity the politicians don't have the same guts to intervene in this ongoing disaster.

]]> By: Tony Gledhill http://inthefield.blogs.cnn.com/2008/07/15/anger-and-suffering-in-myanmar/#comment-4941 Tony Gledhill Sat, 26 Jul 2008 11:02:40 +0000 http://cnniinthefield.wordpress.com/?p=136#comment-4941 I was in USA on 9/11 and watch the world cry for America. Came home (Australia) and the news media was providing full coverage. Australian people were even raising money for 9/11 victim's families. I was in USA when the 2002 Bali bombing occurred and my experience is that most Americans are just like Jackie Powers. Nobody I met was interested in what had happened, from senior executives at a conference to hotel staff. Media ignored it after the first day's 5 second grabs. At that time I stopped feeling sorry for people affected by anything that occurs in the USA, whether it be the regular mass shootings or the impact of the financial greed of their fellow wealthy citizens. The USA is now starting to reap what it has sown and things are only going to get worse. The centre of power is moving to Asia, the Middle East and Russia driven by your greed for resources and in business. Enjoy it while you can folks! The people in Myanmar and other regions of the world will survive. They have the strength to do so. Will you? I was in USA on 9/11 and watch the world cry for America. Came home (Australia) and the news media was providing full coverage. Australian people were even raising money for 9/11 victim's families.

I was in USA when the 2002 Bali bombing occurred and my experience is that most Americans are just like Jackie Powers. Nobody I met was interested in what had happened, from senior executives at a conference to hotel staff. Media ignored it after the first day's 5 second grabs.

At that time I stopped feeling sorry for people affected by anything that occurs in the USA, whether it be the regular mass shootings or the impact of the financial greed of their fellow wealthy citizens.

The USA is now starting to reap what it has sown and things are only going to get worse. The centre of power is moving to Asia, the Middle East and Russia driven by your greed for resources and in business.

Enjoy it while you can folks! The people in Myanmar and other regions of the world will survive. They have the strength to do so. Will you?

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