This video from the USA is called John McCain’s Myanmar (Burma) Connection.
From The Independent weekly in the USA:
McCain Aides Forced to Quit over Ties to Burmese Military Junta
By Leonard Doyle, The Independent. Posted May 13, 2008.
The McCain campaign reeks of special interests.
Two top aides to the Republican presidential nominee John McCain have been forced to resign over their ties to the Burmese military junta, providing yet another embarrassment for Mr McCain who is trying to present himself as the scourge of special interests in Washington.
Douglas Goodyear, who had been chosen to run the 2008 Republican convention, said he was resigning “so as not to become a distraction in this campaign” after it was revealed he was connected to a lobbying firm that has represented Burma’s military leaders.
Newsweek reported at the weekend that the DCI Group, a lobbying firm, represented Burma until last year. Mr Goodyear, its chief executive, “was paid $348,000 in 2002 to represent Burma’s military junta, which had been strongly condemned by the State Department for its human-rights record and remains in power today,” the magazine said.
Mr Goodyear had been given the important task of running the Republican convention in Minneapolis this summer and the controversy threatened to highlight the role of lobbyists in Mr McCain’s campaign.
While Mr McCain publicly portrays himself as a crusader against special interests, many of his closest advisers are former or current lobbyists. Doug Davenport, another McCain aide and former DCI chief executive, has also quit.
Talking about natural disasters, like in Burma now: The tsunami in Sri Lanka: A case study in US humanitarian missions: here.
Top McCain Campaign Adviser Outsources U.S. Jobs: here.
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YANGON, Myanmar (CNN) — The death toll from the Myanmar cyclone is more than 10,000 people, Myanmar’s Foreign Ministry said Monday.
Survivors were facing their third night without electricity in the aftermath of the historic cyclone that also clogged roads with thousands of downed trees.
Diplomats were summoned to a government briefing Monday as the reclusive southeast Asian country’s ruling military junta issued a rare appeal for international assistance in the face of an escalating humanitarian crisis.
A state of emergency was declared across much of the country following the 10-hour storm that left swathes of destruction in its wake.
The staggering death toll would make the cyclone the deadliest natural disaster to hit Myanmar in recent history, according to figures compiled by a United Nations-funded disaster database.
The government of neighboring Thailand said Myanmar’s leaders had already requested food, medical supplies and construction equipment, AP reported. The first plane-load of supplies was due to arrive Tuesday, a Thai spokesman said.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a statement he was “deeply saddened by the loss of life and the destruction suffered by the people of Myanmar” and pledged to mobilize international aid and assistance as needed.
A United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination team is on stand-by to assist the government in responding to humanitarian needs if required, the statement said.
Scenes of the destruction showed extensive flooding, boats on their sides in Yangon harbor, roofs ripped off buildings, uprooted trees and downed power lines after cyclone Nargis battered the Irrawaddy delta with 150 mile (241 km) an hour winds throughout Friday night and Saturday morning, dumping 20 inches of rain.
Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/05/myanmar.cyclone/index.html
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Posted by: “Dave Pearson” dkl.pearson@gmail.com hohdave
Tue May 27, 2008 5:54 pm (PDT)
Massive nuclear giveaways in global warming legislation? *
*Dear Friend, *
*Comprehensive global warming legislation will likely be discussed and voted on next week in the Senate. Unfortunately, a bill that was already inadequate—and full of giveaways to fossil-fuel polluters—might get a whole lot worse. *
*Senators Lieberman and McCain have teamed up and are now pushing an amendment to add massive new subsidies for the nuclear industry into this bill—paid for by cutting support for truly renewable energy sources such as solar and wind. *
*Please click on the link below to read more and take action. *
http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/global_warming/?rc=paste_gw
http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=526&id=292-353171-x7KO80&t=2
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*Thanks! *
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