Comments on: Grim Search For China Quake Survivors

More Than 12,000 Confirmed Dead, Thousands More Buried; Landslides, Rain Hinder Rescuers

[haoli25]

China is a beautiful ciuntry with wonderful people and a terrible government...kinda like the U.S.

[zorar-2009]

Hungchow(959723063) 12:11:00
Ni hao all, driving a Humvee hope to meet Yimeng.I''m nervous & hungry.
Hungchow(959723063) 12:12:00 smell egg rolls
Hungchow(959723063) 12:18:00 had to swerve fast d@mn panda ran onto the road!
Hungchow(959723063) 12:34:00 sign ahead "Wongs Road side Panda BBQ and Boiled Peanuts"
Hungchow(959723063) 12:36:00 got go see ya I''m going to try the sweet & sour panda w/cashews

[forthepeopl1]

DISGUSTING ISN%u2019T IT ??????????

ARABIC/ISLAMIC STATES VOTING RECORDS IN THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT AND UNITED NATIONS RECORDS, AGAINST THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

PERHAPS IT IS TIME TO GET OUT OF THE UNITED NATIONS, AND GIVE THE TAX SAVINGS BACK TO THE AMERICAN WORKERS WHO ARE HAVING TO SKIMP AND SACRIFICE TO PAY TAXES AND BUY GASOLINE AND THE HIGHEST PRICES OF FOOD THIS COUNTRY HAS SEEN IN CENTERY.

KUWAIT %u2013 VOTES AGAINST 67 % OF THE TIME
QATAR - VOTES AGAINST 67 % OF THE TIME
MOROCCO %u2013 VOTES AGAINST 70 % OF THE TIME
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES %u2013 70 % OF THE TIME
JORDAN - VOTE AGAINST 71 % OF THE TIME
TUNISIA %u2013 VOTES AGAINST 71 % OF THE TIME
SAUDI ARABIA %u2013 VOTES AGAINST 73 % OF THE TIME
YEMEN %u2013 VOTES AGAINST 74 % OF THE TIME
ALGERIA - VOTES AGAINST 74 % OF THE TIME
OMAN %u2013 VOTES AGAINST 74 % OF THE TIME
SUDAN - VOTES AGAINST 75 % OF THE TIME
PAKISTAN %u2013 VOTES AGAINST 75 % OF THE TIME
LIBYA - VOTES AGAINST 76 % OF THE TIME
EGYPT - VOTES AGAINST 79 % OF THE TIME
LEBANON %u2013 VOTES AGAINST 80 % OF THE TIME
INDIA %u2013 VOTES AGAINST 81 % OF THE TIME
SYRIA - VOTES AGAINST 84 % OF THE TIME
MAURITANIA - VOTES AGAINST 87 % OF THE TIME

SO WHY DOES OUR CONGRESS GIVE THESE COUNTRYS OUR TAX DOLLARS IN THE AMOUNT OF
OVER 50 BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR, IN FOREIGN AID,

[e-mail]
David a belanger,veteran u.s. army

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Yimeng(360327959) 11:11:00
Hi everyone, I am now in a military helicopter. First time in such a vehicle. Very nervous.
Yimeng(360327959) 11:12:51
I am now on board a helicopter. I think we can reach Shifang in about 1 hour
Yimeng(360327959) 11:34:40
Update: the communication signals from Yingxiu Town, Xuankuo Town, Wolong Town, all in Wenchuan, are very week, and we have not connected to them yet. We estimated about 20,000 people are stuck. There are aftershocks continuously, and the rain is very heavy. It is very difficult. We cannot determine the exact situations due to the very bad visibility. The General Staff has ordered that, when the parachute soldiers arrived Wenchuan, parachute by brutal force at all cost even if the condition does not allow it!
Yimeng(360327959) 11:36:38
Not yet. The copter is entering the lightning zone. I have to switch off. Will talk to you later.

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Yimeng(360327959) 10:42:16
I am now in the telecommunication tent
Yimeng(360327959) 10:43:54
Update about Wenchuan: the rain is getting lighter, the airborne materials have been dropped, and the parachute soldiers are boarding in an outside airport
Yimeng(360327959) 10:45:19
Now all the overseas reporters are focusing on the debut of the so called top special troop
Yimeng(360327959) 10:46:50
The Premier is giving a speech to the leaders of the boarding troop
Yimeng(360327959) 10:47:41
The Premier said, I have but one sentence to say, it is the people who feed you guys, and you guys decide what you need to do.

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Yimeng(360327959) 10:28:56
There are not plenty of troops yet
Yimeng(360327959) 10:29:07
The transportation is way too difficult
Yimeng(360327959) 10:29:42
Not sure at this moment. Looks alive, oxygen is used
Yimeng(360327959) 10:31:06
Ah, collapsed again
Yimeng(360327959) 10:31:28
A commando is buried into it
Yimeng(360327959) 10:31:40
Hold on, let me go ahead and take a look
Yimeng(360327959) 10:36:24
I am back. Rescued
Yimeng(360327959) 10:37:16
Most updated news: 100,000 people stuck in Pengzhou are in danger!!!
Yimeng(360327959) 10:38:49
Due to the heavy rain, the army corps of engineers failed several times to build a bridge. In nearby places the mud-rock flows are sliding. They are calling the Premier directly. It is extremely dangerous!!!
Yimeng(360327959) 10:39:19
Due to collapsed bridges, 100,000 people are stuck in mountains. The rescuing teams and materials could not enter. There have been signs of mud-rock flows
Yimeng(360327959) 10:41:11
The Premier shouted over the phone: I don%u2019t care how you guys are, I only want the 100,000 people to be rescue, this is order. He then threw away the phone
Yimeng(360327959) 10:41:33
First time saw this old man%u2019s strong temper
Yimeng(360327959) 10:41:54
We have not received order to head for Wenchuan. I guess it is not very good there

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Yimeng(360327959) 10:17:36
The airplanes have dropped materials in Wenchuan
Yimeng(360327959) 10:20:06
The more than 300 students buried under the rubbles are in great danger. Just now another round of rescue effort failed. The Premier is at the scene directing yet another rescue effort
Yimeng(360327959) 10:20:47
Oh the Premier fell
Yimeng(360327959) 10:21:35
I am sending pictures to Beijing. No publicizing of the pictures before censorship
Yimeng(360327959) 10:22:21
My colleagues and I have turned on 9 computers and all sending out information
Yimeng(360327959) 10:22:37
Sending information via QQ at this critical time is way too slow
Yimeng(360327959) 10:23:39
The commandos are up again
Yimeng(360327959) 10:25:04
You will cry immediately if you see the old man at this moment
Yimeng(360327959) 10:26:40
The old man%u2019s arm is wounded and bleeding, but he pushed away the medical personnel who wanted to bandage him
Yimeng(360327959) 10:27:09
Good news, a student is found
Yimeng(360327959) 10:28:00
The Premier ran to the collapsed spot, and is helping
Yimeng(360327959) 10:28:13
Xiang%u2019e Town Middle School
Yimeng(360327959) 10:28:33
Pulled out, and the doctors are giving emergency treatment

[redhoffer]

Somehow a nation like China manages to make the US look bad.
Here they have a natural disaster and it looks like they are doing all they can to help survivors. It seems so obvious.
But then you think about Katrina and how Bush somehow waited several days to days to do a *** thing, and then blamed all the residents of New Orleans for panicking when they were left with no help for days and days.
In China " Premier Wen Jiabao, who rushed to the area to oversee rescue efforts, said a push was on to clear roads and restore electricity as soon as possible."
Bush? He just let all those people suffer and then the evangelicals blamed the poor people stuck in that nightmare in N.O. when they freaked out.
It''s pathetic that the a man like Wen Jiabao is apparently a vastly more able leader than our own elected president. Maybe if most of the victims were black then Wen Jiabao would have abandoned them like Bush did in New Orleans. Hard to tell.
This isn''t "hate" for republicans and bush: but we have two similar incidents (except that Bush had warning about Katrina) and China is doing the obvious "right" thing and Bush somehow failed this easy test of leadership.
just send as much help as you can as quickly as possible. duh bush

[johncrane2]

After reviewing these comments, now I fully understand what does "red neck" and "white trash" really means.

[zorar-2009]

H@ll I just read again what I posted.."the leaders well that another story ..they rule by fear & right thinking or else!".. This could also be the modus operandi of the Bush administration

[jerr11]

This story is about the death in China but of course, no Democrat

Posted by demslie at 01:34 PM : May 13, 2008


This from a guy who has no problems killing thousands of innocent men and women in Iraq to justify a war for profit.

Typical compassionate neocons!

LOL

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A reporter broadcast at the earthquake rescue scene
Yimeng(360327959) 10:07:29
I cannot even watch the scene
Yimeng(360327959) 10:08:33
The Premier who%u2019s over 60 years old is in tears
Yimeng(360327959) 10:10:16
The place that was just dug out is collapsing again
Yimeng(360327959) 10:11:24
The *** weather it is still raining. The soldiers in the forefront have been sent the hard order: must rescue despite the rain
Yimeng(360327959) 10:11:30
I am in the scene now
Yimeng(360327959) 10:11:56
I am in Dujiangyan city
Yimeng(360327959) 10:13:24
The transportation has been paralyzed, and it is very hard for people and materials to reach there
Yimeng(360327959) 10:13:47
We are not allowed to go to Wenchuan yet
Yimeng(360327959) 10:15:21
The transportation of Wenchuan has been completely closed. I don%u2019t know what is happening there. But this morning the Premier has ordered that the army must enter Wenchuan at all cost
Yimeng(360327959) 10:16:03
*** weather, it is raining. For several times the airborne vehicles could not land. The parachute soldiers are taking off right away

[zorar-2009]

newsjunky5.."some in China credit Mao for ending mass starvation" I heard that also..I know if you knock off 70 million artists, intelectuals, and others who wouldn''t give into the revolution..makes the food they had then go father..If you went into a bookstore in Beijing in 1988 as I did..and try to find something on Tibetan people..I found a goverment book that said the Tibetans were "dirty canibals"..I wonder if they still seel books like that in Beijing..don''t get me wrong the average chinese person I found to be good person.. the leaders well that another story ..they rule by fear & right thinking or else!

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A reporter broadcast at the earthquake rescue scene
Yimeng(360327959) 10:07:29
I cannot even watch the scene
Yimeng(360327959) 10:08:33
The Premier who%u2019s over 60 years old is in tears
Yimeng(360327959) 10:10:16
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The place that was just dug out is collapsing again
Yimeng(360327959) 10:11:24
The *** weather it is still raining. The soldiers in the forefront have been sent the hard order: must rescue despite the rain
Yimeng(360327959) 10:11:30
I am in the scene now
Yimeng(360327959) 10:11:56
I am in Dujiangyan city
Yimeng(360327959) 10:13:24
The transportation has been paralyzed, and it is very hard for people and materials to reach there
Yimeng(360327959) 10:13:47
We are not allowed to go to Wenchuan yet
Yimeng(360327959) 10:15:21
The transportation of Wenchuan has been completely closed. I don%u2019t know what is happening there. But this morning the Premier has ordered that the army must enter Wenchuan at all cost
Yimeng(360327959) 10:16:03
*** weather, it is raining. For several times the airborne vehicles could not land. The parachute soldiers are taking off right away

[newsjunky5]

"Chinese government urged all Chinese media today to make as many reports on positive things relating to the earthquake as possible, and the government will severely punish those who spread rumors that will affect the stability of the society."
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Yeah, they do things that way. But to be fair, if you were so bold in a press conference as to ask our president a pointed question you will be excluded from asking anything in the future, which makes you of no use to your employing news agency, which gets you sidelined, if not fired. Not as bad as Chinese prison, but the same approach to criticism.

If we did jail journalists here for national security violation news reporting, you and I probably wouldn''t know about it. How many people do you know about who got a "National Security Letter?" which they are not allowed to reveal to you or even their lawyer, under threat of prison. Your librarian did.

[newsjunky5]

"I also saw the dill pickled Mao underglass in Tiananmen Square in 1988 do they still have that mass murderer on display there? That should enlighten the rest of the free world how the Chinese government really thinks..even the Germans know better than to display a mass murderer! "

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Yes, he, or a wax Mao were still there. No cameras allowed, file past quietly, about 20 feet from the casket. Guards stiffly at attention beside it, sea of yellow flowers (on sale outside) placed in front.
The young guide with us admitted other young people don''t like him, and she hadn''t been there, and had no desire to visit his mausoleum.

I believe they still display him because his revolution started the current government, more or less. Germany''s government under Hitler no longer exists, and they were overrun because of Hitler. Also, some in China credit Mao for ending mass starvation - I don''t know enough about that issue to weigh-in.
And finally, dill is mostly a northern European spice, I suspect rice vinegar, salt and ginger for Mao.
Where is Hitler buried anyway?

[zorar-2009]

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[zorar-2009]

newsjunky5...her''s how the commie propaganda machine works: "Chinese government urged all Chinese media today to make as many reports on positive things relating to the earthquake as possible, and the government will severely punish those who spread rumors that will affect the stability of the society." The mesage is true. It has appeared on Chinese official website-XINHUANEWS.NET:http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2008-05/13/content_8155498.htm

[newsjunky5]

"The Chinese government said it would welcome outside aid supplies, but not relief workers. "
and
"They probably wouldn''''t want the U.S. to help, for fear we would get a good look at the new secret nuclear submarine base they are building"
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This is because of the same problem Myanmar (Burma) is afraid of. Spies often take advantage of the group airline ticket rates that large numbers of relief workers get. But as long as one guy bent on espionage stops to pull one victim from the rubble, it''s all worth it.

[zorar-2009]

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