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Burma's Rulers Appalling Lethargy

by SloshedAndVexed @ 2008-05-07 - 20:25:01

Can anyone explain why Burma's Military Rulers are being dithering and obstructive of accepting desperately needed and readily available foreign humanitarian  assistance , following the urgent and worsening catastrophe of  the  huge loss of life , and devastation of much of the south of their country , brought about by a cyclone , which , incidentally , they seem to have ignored warnings of , the other day ?
Yes  they are probably corrupt , caring nothing for their people and suspicious of foreigners , but is the reason for their lethargy in the face of this horrendously unfolding  crisis really as simple as that ?
I recall that even North Korea accepted outside help following , I think it was , an awful train crash there a while back .


 
 

How much is too much?

by trintrin1x @ 2008-05-07 - 12:04:54

Well i'm getting my moneys worth out of this group aren't i? :))

Seriously though, what i want to ask is how much Dig Money do u think i should take off my 16 year old daughter Natalie?
Thats her been working 13 weeks and i haven't charged her any yet.  I wasn't going to but someone said to me that is not going to teatch her anything in life, and when i thought about it, they were right.
She only works part time on average about 30 hours a week and gets on average about £120....What do u think is a fair amount?

When i started work at 16 i was on a YTS scheme and got £27.50 a week working full time, as soon as i had my first wage my dad was taking £10 a week off me!  I pay for her internet connection and i have to fight with her to get on the computer, the sooner she saves up for a laptop the better, she says she doesn't want to have any less than £300 in her acount, maybe she is just being good with money or maybe she is just as tight as a ducks arse! :)) x