Shots Fired At Huge Myanmar Protest
Troops Appeared To Aim Above Crowd Of 70,000 Anti-Gov't Demonstrators
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Police in Yangon, Myanmar, Sept. 27, 2007, stand guard by a barbed wire blockade erected to crack down on tens of thousands of demonstrators - led by Buddhist monks - who have protesting the nation's military government. (AP/Mandalay Gazette/HO)
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Sydney, Australia, Sept. 27, 2007: marchers showing their solidarity with anti-government protesters in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, carried photos of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Sui Kyi. (AP)
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The resolve of Myanmar's Buddhist monks, seen here in Yangon on Sept. 25, 2007, has alarmed the government, which has imposed curfews and closed temples where demonstrators have been gathering. (AP)
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The monks' protests against Myanmar's military government, the largest anti-government demonstrations in 19 years, are steadily attracting more and more followers and have spread beyond the capital. Above: Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon, Sept. 25, 2007. (AP)
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Anti-government demonstrators in Yangon, continuing their marches in defiance of an order by the military government, have begun each day of protest with prayers at the Shwedagon Pagoda, seen here Sept. 25, 2007. (AP/Democratic Voice of Burma)
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Myanmar Violence Escalates
Police in Myanmar's capital, Yangon, fired shots to dispel more than 300 Buddhist monks who were protesting the ruling military junta's crackdown on dissent. Barry Petersen reports.
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Monk Protest Dispelled
"CBS News RAW": Police in riot gear fired warning shots to disperse a gathering of more than 300 Buddhist monks who were protesting a ban on assembly in Yangon, Myanmar.
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Myanmar Monks March
Buddhist monks and their supporters protest against military junta.
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See all 99 CommentsDemocracy is how you got the dictatorship in the first place. Perhaps you ment a Representative Republic or a Republic with citizen voting rights? Where people vote on whats best for everyone with in the bounds of their Constitution. Not on selfish political and personal views.
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Democracy makes many things possible-- including misjudgments. But a conveniently post-facto, armchair dismissal of democracy as the path to ruin, or an ill-advised sop to the rabble is the line taken by Louis XIV, and in latter days, certain GOPs who oppose making the vote widely available.
Bush, for example, is on record having charged voter registration groups in the Southwest with vote fraud. The charge was baseless and nothing came of it, but was a reminder sharing power with voters is the last thing a wannabe dictator wishes.
After all, Bush is the individual who, in November, 2005, facing an assembly of party members critical of his NSA spying program, bristled like a teenager caught drinking after curfew-- "Stop throwing the Constitution in my face!", he said. "It''s just a GD)((#@*! piece of paper!"
Posted by alphaa10 at 11:08 AM : Sep 25, 2007
And he had the nerve to say something what a joke he is.
Posted by clew37
If he did, you''d be screaming Imperalism. There have been countless speaches and long invocations for the U.N. to do something about the injustice in Dafur and now Burma. This body of worthless wonks do nothing. When it comes to genocide they just sit there and stare.
Posted by antoniof123
Then, please make sure you and the rest of the numbnuts stop b/itching about Dafur, too.
A military that is willing to shoot its own citizens. Weapons used on people carrying no weapons.
A small group of people holding the masses by fear.
Guns. Fear. Power.
And conservatives demonize liberals in this country for questioning the ethics and morals of its governing body?
The conservative element of our own citizenry want centralization of power within their own political party just like this. And does anyone believe that the GOP is so altruistic and humanitarian that gaining and keeping power for themselves will not result in similar circumstances as what is happening in Yangon today?
Bush and Co, themselves US citizens, have showed us their intent to tread on our Constitution and their desire to centralize power within the Republican party for their own benefit. This country is not immune to what is happening in Yangon, and if We, the People allow our constitution to be stomped on long enough, our situation as citizens will mirror Yangon very quickly.
The only centralizing of power that I see is the Congress trying to overpower the Executive. The fact that they want to centralize health care starting with Schip where in the State of New Jersey their Governor is attempting to put people into this program with an annual income of $72,225 per year and taking them off private insurance is what I call centralizing government. Please don''t accuse the Executive of stomping on the Constitution. The Dimnowits have continually done this and will continue to do so unless we stop them. There are three co-equal banches of government. Each has a responsibility. The Executive to defend the Constitution and this Country which Bush has done. The Congress to legislate and the Bench to ensure that these laws are interpreted not legislated. The fact that the people of Burma elected a Democratic run government that has been under house arrest for 19 years is a poor analogy to make. Bush stands before the U.N. and tells them to help the people of Burma and this body of wonks stares into space. I don''t understand this propensity to compare our country to the worst dictatorships in existence. What is wrong with the whole lot of you?
"Geez what happened?"
"Someones in ninja mode."
Posted by coffee_guy1
We''re talking mustaches on the O''Reilly site. Come on over. Burma is very troubling. I just hope the whole *** country revolts agasint this dictatorship. And I hope the world body sanctions this military junta to death.
Well first of all ya have to ask yerself the question: "Can I do something about it?" And thats a loaded question. It doesn''t just mean "are you capable", it means, do you have that mandate?
And secondly, use Iraq as an example. How much trouble was that place? Huh? How many different "heroes" are there? Some thieves, some perverts, some mass murderers. Its like chemotherapy.. the cure worse than the disease.
Posted by alphaa10 at 11:08 AM : Sep 25, 2007
And he had the nerve to say something what a joke he is.
Posted by antoniof123 at 09:06 PM : Sep 25, 2007
I know we all have ideas as to what we feel is right or wrong, but in my opinion this man, Pres. Bush has absolutely no idea what this country is all about. When I heard that the first year he was put into office by the Supreme Court, I thought how can this be? I heard yesterday one of the judges that had a hand in a ruling that sent the Gore Bush controversy to the Supreme court was Alito and he was rewarded with the supreme court justice and Scalia''s son was part of Bush''s law team. So when anyone says this man cares about America he cared very deeply to be Pres. enough so he is still manipulating the constitution and the Executive Branch.
Quit being our conscience. You''re numbing it. You''re destroying it. Let people be their own conscience.
I am not responsible for these things that happen 10,000 miles away. I can''t be. It is impossible. So separate that aspect of your thinking from my government. A government is not a thing of God.. It is a thing of simplicity and solutions. And very few things in this world have those.. Very few things.
Intervention is not an option.
Posted by coffee_guy1
Yeah, wasn''t it Hoover who wore a dress? I truly liked your bird cage analogy, however. If you leave the cage open you don''t have to clean up the *** now, right?
Posted by mudrose at 10:29 AM : Sep 26, 2007
I am sorry, Mudrose. I just somehow felt that safe-guarding our fragile democracy was better than head-stuck-in-the-sand denial.
You alone are right, and 71% of this nation''s citizenry is wrong. We will love Bush because you say he is good....we will love Bush because you say he is worthy....we will love Bush because of all the benefits he has rained on this country..........
And it is you, and the likes of you that will drive this country down the dictatorship hole because of your blind selfish loyalty to a twisted party and your bleating insistence that we all follow authority like a good sheep.
When a Democrat president gets in there, I will watch you jump the political fence and then we will see how loyal to an America POTUS you really are, and how far you allow authority to go when it doesn''t coincide with your personal politics.
Have a lovely Bush Day. :)
Eggzactly.. It''ll be somewhere ya won''t know, and ya won''t look fer it neither.
Have a lovely Bush Day. :)
Posted by AaaBee
Hey, lovie the Dimnowits that preceeded Bush gave away state secrets to China. Ever wonder how that satellite got shot out of space? You''re buddies the Clintoids gave away our secrets. What could be more harmful than an Executive like that? The SOBs did enough damage. The fact that this Executive wants to protect the country somehow offends you because you feel your liberties are being taken away. You are not that important as I am not that important. You live in an ideological state of mind and you think the Dimnowits are protecting your freedoms. Think again, they are gradually and steadily trying to take them away. But if that old socialist hag gets in, let''s see how you interpret freedom then. Open borders? Yeah, that''s freedom. Letting anybody into the country and calling them undocumented Americans? Yeah, that''s freedom. There''s your concept of freedom. Socialized Medicine. Oh yeah, that''s real freedom. Never taking any responsibility for your actions. Yup, right up there. Interesting what freedom means to the Dimnowits.
Posted by coffee_guy1
Providing those little birdies don''t have a hankering to settle in the trees in your back yard.
Love and happiness, ab, buttfukkks.
etececetera, etececetera..
Just so that ya know, muddy lady, my neighbor has a tomcat.
Posted by coffee_guy1
And I see your respect, freedom and responsibility have all been taken away. Where''s that wand? Is it in your back pocket or did you give it to Hillary so she can wave it across the land and make you all fee free from responsibilty.
"I can''t just show yaz whats going on. I have to be able to be the one who defines it with.. rhetoric."
I gave it to yer enemies. When I found out you were worse than he was.
"I can''''t just show yaz whats going on. I have to be able to be the one who defines it with.. rhetoric."
Posted by coffee_guy1
Yeah, perhaps you can tell it to the monks. However, they seem to show it...not with rhetoric but with their lives. Wave that magic wand.
Yawn....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!
"I can''''t just show yaz whats going on. I have to be able to be the one who defines it with.. rhetoric."
Posted by coffee_guy1 at 11:31 AM : Sep 26, 2007
And I appreciate it godd, bad, or otherwise I will try to be more humble in the future coffee guy.
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