Hmm, what about this:

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9400E4DB1130F936A2575AC0A9629C8B63&sec=travel&spon=&pagewanted=all

excerpt:
“Last summer a Polish artist, Agata Siwek, caused a sensation with an exhibition in the Netherlands of Auschwitz ’souvenirs’, including key chains and refrigerator magnets that visitors to the show could buy”

Seems it is all happening already.

theres acutally no significant difference in these visually different words. The Burma or Birma version refers to the people of Bamar which is the biggest ethnic group in Myanmar. Myanmar is the word the Bamar have for their people in their own language. In the Bamar language both expressions have the same meaning, they’re actually just differently written (”Bama” - “Myanma”) - it depends on how you close your lips while pronouncing the “B” and “M”.

great piece by Chomsky.
you quoted the most right-on, hit-you-on-the-head part:

“The terminology is accurate enough, according to the rules of Anglo-American discourse, which defines “the world” as the political class in Washington and London (and whoever happens to agree with them on specific matters).”

hope that puts things into perspective for people (though unfortunately, the ones that need that perspective are busy watching FOX News)

Canada has a situation that can give you a feel of what this is. The majority of your government is elected in the east. The industry in the east is crumbling while the west is booming. Then there’s Quebec.

Bolivians are not unlike Canadians in that there are large regional differences in how people think.

Now I agree that the riches of the Eastern Bolivian lowlands need to be spread to the benefit of the Andean west but many times when the government takes a dollar from the rich, less than a dime makes it to the poor.

What else is of note in this situation is that Venezuela is aiding Evo in building two major military bases on the border with Brazil and planeloads of what are thought to be weapons are flying from Venezuela into the Bolivian lowlands.

This alarms Bolivians in the east who, for many years PRIOR to Evo, have never trusted the government in the west.

Interesting that BBC and CBC use Burma, while Reuters and AP use Myanmar.

Real Classy.

It IS sick and let’s hope the supreme court stands up and defends these people against the military.

VERY sick!

I am thankful the US is so isolated geographically… I’d hate to see what they would be like if they were in Asia or Europe, on that continent.

I personally believe they are just trying to one-up the British, as we know the British was the dominant force controlling all over the globe in the 1800’s and 1900’s and now the US has decided to take that up a few notches.

Matt, as a historian, was the British government as bad in the past? As in, did the ignore their own people’s cries, do as they please to whomever despite the total detriment it is causing their own country?

The next government will have a HUGE mess to clean up, not just foreign-affairs wise, but domestically![/quote]
The British just thought they were out to tame and educate the illiterate, savage masses…
Some would argue that colonialism was the best thing to happen to India…

It IS sick and let’s hope the supreme court stands up and defends these people against the military.

VERY sick!

I am thankful the US is so isolated geographically… I’d hate to see what they would be like if they were in Asia or Europe, on that continent.

I personally believe they are just trying to one-up the British, as we know the British was the dominant force controlling all over the globe in the 1800’s and 1900’s and now the US has decided to take that up a few notches.

Matt, as a historian, was the British government as bad in the past? As in, did the ignore their own people’s cries, do as they please to whomever despite the total detriment it is causing their own country?

The next government will have a HUGE mess to clean up, not just foreign-affairs wise, but domestically!

From the article. “”US authorities are promoting the world’s most notorious prison camp as a cheap hideaway for American sun seekers”

Absolutely disgusting, once again I am greatly ashamed of my country because of the useless bastards who are in charge, who not only allow this prison of torture to continue, but promote it as a “Sunseekers Destination”.