Walking 3000 miles from Portland to New York to Deliver Freedom and Liberty of Burma

Freedom and Liberty of Burma

 

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To:  United Nations

To: His Excellency Ban Ki-Moon
Secretary-General of the United Nations
New York, New York 10017

CC: Representatives of the United Nations Security Council

In 2007, monks and civilians took to Burma's streets demanding change, and were met with violence and intimidation. Thousands of monks have been arrested, tortured, or 'disappeared' by the ruling military junta. On August 8, 2008, China will celebrate the opening ceremony of the Beijing olympics - 20 years to the day that the Burmese military gunned down over 3,000 peaceful protesters in streets of Burma. As a symbol of peace and cooperation, it is ironic that the olympics will begin on such a tragic anniversary, when the people of Burma have had no chance to participate in the peaceful development enjoyed by China and other nations of the world.

An estimated 650,000 people have been displaced in Burma and 3,000 villages have been destroyed by the government. The military junta routinely commits human rights abuses such as forced labor, forced recruitment of child soldiers, land confiscations, and rape as a weapon of war. Ethnic minorities are targeted for assimilation and violence.

Burma has one of the world's largest militaries, but this force is only used against its own people. Still, Burma's neighbors continue to sell the SPDC weapons that perpetuate this violence, and continue to push development projects that will result in further human rights abuses. As the junta is preparing to consolidate its power through a new constitution and referendum that has been widely denounced by opposition groups, it is imperative that action be taken immediately to enact true democratic progress and national reconciliation in Burma.

We call on the SPDC to take the following steps:

1. Allow freedom of speech and respect the human rights of all Burma's citizens.
2. Release all political prisoners.
3. Cease fighting with ethnic minority groups along the border as well as all aggressive military activities in current ceasefire areas.
4. Transition to a civilian government and the democratically elected parties of the 1990 elections.

We urge the United Nations Security Council and all member countries of the United Nations to take the following steps to protect the people of Burma:

1. Impose a universal arms embargo on the Burmese military junta.
2. Impose sanctions on the financial transactions of Burma's ruling military elite.
3. Recognize the genocide being committed against Burma's ethnic minorities and take all necessary steps to save the lives of targeted civilians.
4. Hold the ruling military generals accountable for their crimes against humanity.

We are calling on the members of the United Nations to make peaceful political change and reconciliation in Burma a priority, and to take all necessary steps to protect the people of Burma from the oppression and violence of the military junta.

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

FWD: What is a BILLION?

Every North American should read this... The next time you hear a politician use the word "billion" in a casual manner, think about whether you want the "politicians" spending YOUR tax money.  A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but one advertising agency did a good job of putting that figure into some perspective.     A. A billion seconds ago it was 1959.  B. A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.  C. A billion hours ago our ancestors were living in the Stone Age.  D. A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet.  E.  A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, at the rate  our government is spending it.  While this thought is still fresh in our brain, let's take a look at New Orleans It's amazing what you can learn with some simple division  . .  Louisiana Senator, Mary Landrieu (D), is presently asking the Congress for $250 BILLION to rebuild New Orleans .  Interesting number, what does it mean?  A. Well, if you are one of 484,674 residents of New Orleans (every  man, woman, child), you each get $516,528.  B. Or, if you have one of the 188,251 homes in New Orleans , your home  gets $1,329,787.  C. Or, if you are a family of four, your family gets $2,066,012.   Washington , D.C .. HELLO!!! .. Are all your calculators broken??  Tax his land,  Tax his wage,  Tax his bed in which he lays.  Tax his tractor,  Tax his mule,  Teach him taxes is the rule.  Tax his cow,  Tax his goat,  Tax his pants,  Tax his coat.  Tax his ties,  Tax his shirts,  Tax his work,  Tax his dirt.  Tax his tobacco,  Tax his drink,  Tax him if he tries to think.  Tax his booze,  Tax his beers,  If he cries,  Tax his tears.  Tax his bills,  Tax his gas,  Tax his notes,  Tax his cash.  Tax him good and let him know  That after taxes, he has no dough.  If he hollers,  Tax him more,  Tax hi m! until h e's good and sore.  Tax his coffin,  Tax his grave,  Tax the sod in which he lays.  Put these words upon his tomb,  "Taxes drove me to my doom!"  And when he's gone, We won't relax,  We'll still be after the inheritance TAX!!  Accounts Receivable Tax  Building Permit Tax  CDL License Tax  Cigarette Tax  Corporate Income Tax  Dog License Tax  Federal Income Tax  Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)  Fishing License Tax  F ood License Tax  Fuel Perm it Tax  Gasoline Tax  Hunting License Tax  Inheritance Tax  Inventory Tax  IRS Interest Charges (tax on top of tax),  IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax),  Liquor Tax,  Luxury Tax,  Marriage License Tax,  Medicare Tax,  Property Tax,  Real Estate Tax,  Service charge taxes,  Social Security Tax,  Road Usage Tax (Truckers),  Sales Taxes,  Recreational Vehicle Tax,  School Tax,  State Income Tax,  State Unemployment Tax (SUTA),  Telephone Federal Excise Tax,  Telephone Federal Universal Service Fe e Tax,  Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Tax,  Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax,  Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax,  Telephone Stateand Local Tax,  Telephone Usage Charge Tax,  Utility Tax,  Vehicle License Registration Tax,  Vehicle Sales Tax,  Watercraft Registration Tax,  Well Permit Tax,  Workers Compensation Tax.  Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago, and our nation was the most prosperous in the world.  We had absolutely no national debt, had the largest middle class in the world, and Mom stayed home to raise the kids. What happened?  Can you spell 'politicians!'  And I still have to "press 1" for English. I hope this goes around THE USA at least 100 times  What the heck happened?????

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Buffalohair THE CHINA SYNDROME, Tibet or Bust

THE CHINA SYNDROME, Tibet or Bust

Expeditiously and stealthfully China brought troops into Tibet to “quell” the disturbance with them pesky Buddhist Monks. All news from Lhasa, Tibet has been silenced or severely muffled by Chinese censors. Official Chinese reports claim 13 to 24 casualties by the hand of angry mobs while many protesters surrendering to authorities. But eye witnesses, photos and video smuggled out of country already tell of over 100 deaths by the hand of Chinese Security Forces since the March 10th Offensive began. Authorities have been conducting house to house searches for demonstrators and dissidents then arresting them. And China’s true nature was reveled, again. But it was not the nature of the people; it was the nature of the regime.

The West looked to China for leadership and positive solutions for Darfur and Burma’s plight. But China dashed any hopes for peaceful intervention by introducing their own particular brand of inhumanity. They killed and incarcerated their way into the hearts of Tibetan’s during the past week. Only after the news blockade is lifted will the totality of China’s insurgency be known to the rest of the world. At present, reports from within Tibet are grim at best as security forces clamp down on civil liberties and human rights. It is a very uneasy time for western journalist within Tibet’s borders. The eye of the junta is on them and their every move. Some journalists have been detained while others found contact with the outside world difficult if not impossible at times. Monks and students fare a much darker fate indeed.

China has turned a deaf ear to the cries of human beings for the sake of natural resources in both Darfur and Burma. Ethnic cleansing has become an art form for both the Sudanese and Burmese military governments. Rape and murder as well as systematic genocide are their calling card. It is beyond obvious that China is their financier and silent partner. China has gleaned a handsome profit from their investment in death. With the prize of gas, oil, gold, emeralds, uranium, produce plus a myriad of textiles and other natural resources. Sudan and Burma are cash cows for the Corporate Communist Empire of China and it’s all about the money.





The Olympic Games and the very location of the arenas are drenched with human suffering and murder since 1.5 million people were displaced with no compensation. Some lost their lives in the process. Don’t you find it odd the U.S. Olympic Players will not be allowed to eat Chinese food or drink their water? But the general public in the U.S. must eat Chinese food; buy Chinese cloths and products in spite of all the recalls. How many infants’ toys need to be recalled before we figure it out? Gads, the children’s toy that produced the “date rape” drug when mixed with saliva was the one that really got my attention. How could that be an accident? The Olympics should be called the Corporate Games since it’s all about corporation’s world wide and not the nations that used to take precedent. Humanity and the “spirit of fair play” have disappeared for the sake of corporate profits at the expense of the voiceless villagers.

The Olympic Torch burns bright for China and there is good reason fore it is fueled from the rendered oil of human suffering.


Your Devil’s Advocate
Buffalohair
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2 COURAGEOUS STUDENTS WALK 3000 MILES FROM PORTLAND, TO NEW YORK, NY FOR FREEDOM OF BURMA

6 MONTHS JOURNEY ACROSS 3000 MILES FROM PORTLAND, OR TO NEW YORK, NY. THIS IS A GROUP TO SUPPORT THE 2 COURAGEOUS STUDENTS ATHEIN & ZAW HOLDING AN AMERICAN FLAG AND THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF DEMOCRACY FLAG WALKING ACROSS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THE FREEDOM OF BURMA....


On March, 2008, Athein stepped out from Portland, OR on a journey to New York, to raise awareness about the crisis in Burma. He'll walk over 3,000 miles to present a petition to the UN on August 8, 2008, the 20th anniversary of the 8-8-88 protests in Burma.
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***A MESSAGE FROM ATHEIN***

It was for so many reasons that I left my regiment and my friends, but this does not mean that I ran away from my country. I have always wanted to do something for my country, but I don't know what the right way is for me to do this. Before, I believed we needed international help for Burma, but I haven't seen any help from the world. There are only two choices left for every life in Burma, become a fugitive and rebel against their law, or obey their rules and stay with their ruling one-power government.

I already donated my life for my country, and now I have decided to do something that nobody else would do. Maybe someone has already done this, maybe this is the first time, but I am not crazy and I am going to do this until my job is done. I have decided to march to New York from my city.

I live in Portland, Oregon, about 2,500 miles east of New York by plane. Walking this journey will be at least 3,000 miles. It won't be easy to get there like sitting on a plane is, I know and understand that I will be walking for more than six months, and I don't know what I will have to face on my journey.

-Athein

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Athein and Zaw min htwe reached at 25 miles walked to Biggs Junction this evening at 7 PM ,they have already walked 160 miles in 6 days from Portland city to Biggs Junction. Tomorrow they will keep walking to Wallula city but between Biggs Junction and Wallula city they will have to sleep on the road because between these two city there 45 miles far way . They expected more than 25 miles tomorrow. Athein had a problem with his knee yesterday by walking so their marching slowed down yesterday afternoon, they will rest one day before they leave Hood river .

They were planning, in 20 days they are going to cross Oregon state to Idaho state in this month.


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Fast Facts about the conflict in Burma:
*GENOCIDE 400,000+

*3000 VILLAGES BURNED

*BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS

*2 MILLION +

I was just told via phone that, We are NOT Refugees!

So disregard this statement

*WORLD’S LARGEST RECRUITMENT OF CHILD SOLDIERS UNDER THE AGE OF 17 (70,000)

*SYSTEMATIC RAPE AND TORTURE OF YOUNG CHILDREN

*ONE OF THE WORLD’S LARGEST OUTBREAK AREA OF HIV AND AIDS WITH NEARLY NO TREATMENT FOR MOST OF THE INFECTED

*NO FREEDOM

*WORLD'S POLITICAL PRISONERS TORTURED DAILY

*WORLD'S ONLY NOBLE PEACE PRIZE WINNER DAW AUNG SAN SUU KYI JAILED FOR THE LAST 16 YEARS FOR SPEAKING OF DEMOCRACY AND FREEDOM




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                                      Savage Hurt!

 

    Sad the heart that reaches out only to find itself crushed by the weight of hatred,slow the journey has been toward the light of healing,and one more time to find the door is closed before there is an opening.

    Deep within my spirit cries as the drum is stilled in pain,hurt exploding in my mind as trust is again thrown back,how long must we crawl before it is seen we too are simply human?

    Prayers rise choked with sobs and tobacco is offered,please Creator why is this so my land so full of those who wish to kill us,no quarter offered no understanding as once more they flay us.

    Shaking now shoulders bowed the worlds weight is to heavy,blind and deaf they turn away and never see the other sides pain,we understood their need for freedom,but not their need to take ours.

    Mother Earth,Father Sky,Four winds,Creator, Seven is the Sacred number and seven times I beg you,to the Water I take this pain but Great Spirit it is still inside me crying for an answer.

    They came,they saw, they took,and now wish to be seen as victims,not good enough to kill our bodies they wish to kill our spirits,how I look forward to that last long journey.

    Night falls on your children their faces lifted to you always,was it wrong to defend our homes and protect our helpless children,has five hundred years not been enough for these others to learn the lesson?

    There is nothing more important than the peace and the healing,why can these brash and stunted young not find gentleness within them,why is taking all and crushing those they find before them so important?

    My hands tremble with the hurt of those proud of their destruction, they preen and coo about the victories against a People who trusted,sweet words they spoke to get their way then broke every single promise.

    Treaties made were empty words made by these guided by the coyote,oh,how they laughed as we died and only wished we suffered more and now brag about their glories.

    They cry and complain that their kind fell beneath the wrath of Earths protectors,if they had not come and told their lies they would still be living in Europe,and my People would have never needed to defend against them.

    Once here they gain the trust of those they needed to survive and then turned on them to slaughter,genocide most foul was their game Manifest Destiny their defense for their treachery.

    Now they are not satisfied and try to say they are us,they weep and moan and wish to own the whole earth and her Peoples,murder was not good enough and now they sell our Spirits!

 

When asked at the military inquiry why children had been killed, one of the soldiers quoted Chivington as saying, "NITS MAKE LICE." 

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Buffalohair BURMAS POLITICAL PRISONERS, DEAD MAN WALKING

BURMAS POLITICAL PRISONERS, DEAD MAN WALKING

Win Tin 30, (Annul), National League for Democracy, died from the ravages of Tuberculosis needlessly. He was left to fend for himself within the confines of Tharrawaddy Prison, Burma. Officials ignored pleas for medical assistance from him, his family and friends. Win slowly and painfully decomposed before their very eyes over a period of six years until his death on March 6, 2008. Known for his courage and his "afraid of nothing" attitude, Auunl died defiant but drowned in his own blood in the process. As horrific and isolated this case may seem it’s only a small glimpse into Burma’s Penal Chamber of Horrors.

 

Hkun Htun Oo 64, Leader of Shan Nationalities League for Democracy, is one of many other Shan leaders incarcerated in Putao Prison Northern Kachin State. His condition is grave fore he is rapidly dying from untreated diabetes. Along with his diabetes Hkun has developed a serious prostate condition. With the possibility of prostate cancer and knowing this disease will receive no medical attention either. The forecast for this noble champion of his people is bleak at best. A horrifically painful and morbidly cruel death will be Hkun’s final memory from his tenure on Earth. The Shan community world wide is vehemently requesting his release but their cries fall on ambivalent government ears. Mesmerized by morbid curiosity, the world observes in ghoulish pallor.

 

Throughout the Burmese prison system political prisoners are left to die from a host of conditions. From medical to mental disease political prisoners are denied the basics of care. They are ear marked for death in this ghoulish example of eugenics and biological warfare. It should be no surprise this regime use disease to its advantage. In essence it is a death sentence for anyone who dares to speak out. The Union Solidarity Development Association (USDA) is fast becoming the new face of the "Thought Police". It is gaining notoriety as a ruthless group of thugs who monitor all that is said. If you talk in your sleep, dreams will get you arrested. It is inevitable whence you become a political detainee in Burma’s prisons you will become a dead man walking.

 

Your Devil’s Advocate

Buffalohair

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 A Look Inside Burma and Thailand

Contributed by ron collins on Mon, 2008-03-10 18:45.

Buffalohair has contributed a ten part series providing a personal look inside Burma and its relations with Thailand, exposing the author's unique relationship with the Karen people.

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A Look Inside Burma and Thailand

Contributed by ron collins on Mon, 2008-03-10 18:45.

In sections:

• Burma
• Thailand
• Economics/Trade
• Imperialism
• Personal Experience
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Buffalohair has contributed a ten part series providing a personal look inside Burma and its relations with Thailand, exposing the author's unique relationship with the Karen people.

Ibrahim Gambari, the Contemporary Nevil Chamberland

Contributed by buffalohair on Tue, 2008-03-11 03:02.

Inadvertently the United Nations has qualified the criminal junta that has enslaved the nation of Burma. Liken to Nevil Chamberland and his association with Adolf Hitler, Gambari and the military junta have become bedfellows. This new so called “Constitution” is nothing more than criminality on paper and will one day be part an parcel evidence whence the criminals of “Crimes Against Humanity” come to trial.

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Burama's Monks Stand Defiant

Contributed by buffalohair on Mon, 2008-03-10 18:01.

Armed with nothing more than absolute faith, a robe and slippers Buddhist Monks have made their position known about the Constitutional Referendum. The stakes are very high. Knowing and surviving the consequences of September’s protest monks stand defiant and have gone on the offensive regardless of the risks.

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Strong Arm Constitution

Contributed by buffalohair on Mon, 2008-03-10 17:34.

As the citizenry of Burma brace for more friendly persuasion tactics by jovial junta officials. The clear need of UN Observers is plain to see. Fact is, there should be an army of observers at this time. It’s nothing short of strong arm politics as usual for the criminal military junta.

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NLD, Free Burma Lose Another Son

Contributed by buffalohair on Mon, 2008-03-10 17:33.

The National League for Democracy and the people of Burma lost another son this week. Annul (Win Tin), 30, NLD member and political prisoner died from treatable tuberculosis 8 years into his 24 year prison sentence.

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The Investors of Death and Human Rights Violations inf Burma

Contributed by buffalohair on Mon, 2008-03-10 17:11.

So yea want to do something for the suffering of Burma. Like I said, the most powerful tool we have is the all mighty dollar. This is only a small list but as you soon will see, it has many strange bedfellows. List provided by Burma: On line News and Analysis. Comentaries by moi.

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Surviving the American Experience

Contributed by buffalohair on Mon, 2008-03-10 16:59.

From the jungles of Burma to the concrete jungle of modern America has become a challenge for the new arrivals to say the very least. I spoke with a Karen refugee woman, through my interpretor, and I was saddened by what she told me. Though she survived the ethnic cleansing of the military junta in Burma and managed to survive 10 years of hardships in a refugee camp on the Thai border, she was hard pressed to survive in modern America.

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The Secretsof the Burmese Refugee

Contributed by buffalohair on Mon, 2008-03-10 16:54.

What started out as a vacation from my journalistic pursuits became a journey into a world many people never see. Their struggle, their stories and their plight, truly a walk through hell. I have become privy to the secrets from the jungles of Burma and Thailand. With the help of Burmese, Kachin and Karen friends plus refugee officials and missionaries I have become a welcome guest within the teaming refugee community here in America.

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The Thailand Odyssey

Contributed by buffalohair on Mon, 2008-03-10 16:46.

Burmese refugees fill refugee centers along the Burma/Thai border. Tired and hungry, they soon discover there is no food or supplies according to Karen Relief officials. The injured, though lucky to be alive, ponder their fate while the lack of medical attention takes its human toll. With a new Thai government taking control the refugees as well as migrant workers, approximately 1 million or so, fear for an unknown future.

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Horrific Reflections from Burma

Contributed by buffalohair on Tue, 2008-03-04 16:44.

As we languish over our plight, high oil prices and the political circus that is unfolding. It is hard to imagine people are running through the jungles of Burma trying to escape relocation and enslavement. Karen tribal refugees are making their way to the Burma/Thai border to find sanctuary through a barrage of gun fire and bursting bombs from government forces.

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Burma's Constitutional Contradiction

Contributed by buffalohair on Fri, 2008-02-29 16:36.

With the United Nations and the world abuzz about Burma’s Constitution you’d think positive change was afoot for this enslaved nation. But alas it is quite the contrary as the military junta imposes imprisonment and threatens student groups, opposition leaders and anyone who opposes the new Constitution. The ink isn't even dry on this so called piece of double speak and the iron fist of totalitarian rule has already begun.

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