Update on the Burma Protests

The situation in Burma is getting worse. The BBC reports that nine are confirmed dead, but diplomats believe the number is much higher. Eye witnesses claim that there are rows of dead bodies in the streets. A Japanese journalist has also been killed by the military, and now Japan is asking for accountability. And to top it off, the Burmese government has shut down all public internet access, so that no news can get out.

Violent Crack Down on Burmese Protests

The BBC World News report on the latest developments on the protests in Burma. The country's military leadership has turned its guns on the people.

According to a report on yesterday's Rachel Maddow radio show, similar events occurred 19 years ago when the people rose up against the government. Back then, the military disguised themselves as protesters and acted out violently, in order to legitimize a military backlash. This resulted in the slaughter of thousands of innocent people, and suppression of the revolution. Well, the dictatorship is at it again. According to sources, the military has recently invested in hundreds of monk's robes and encouraged soldiers to shave their heads, so that they can disguise themselves as protesting monks and repeat the violence of the past.

Meanwhile, Bush has been trying to stick his nose into the situation, because - ahem! - Burma has oil...

Buddhist Monks Lead Protest in Burma

Considered the nation's moral authority, Buddhist monks have lead a massive protest against the Burmese military dictatorship.

Bill Moyers - Lobbying for Dictators

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Ken Silverstein visits the Bill Moyers Journal to share his undercover expose` on how brutal dictatorships are able to successfully lobby Congress for favors, business deals, trade agreements and even US tax dollars. (YOUR tax dollars are being used to support their regimes.)

Bush Declares Himself King

In the event of a loosely defined "catastrophic event", presidential directives NSPD51 and HSPD20 would grant him full-dictatorial powers over the entire United States government, including state and local authority. With these directives, Bush has given himself the sole power to interpret the constitution anyway he chooses, and neither Congress nor the public shall be allowed to debate or disagree with anything he decides to do. All he would require is another 9/11, another Katrina, another massive blackout, another anthrax attack, or another avian flu virus.

Considering the fact that he has already presided as President during each of these events, and failed miserably at every turn, I'd wager that we, the American people, are officially in trouble.