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Originally Posted by BigSexy
Philippines sifting through horror in Typhoon Haiyan
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sifting ? more like blundering .. from Corina Sanchez, to the VP delivering goods with his name, to those pro-president area getting better response to .. a Malaysian AF C130 being returned to base to accomodate a smaller VIP plane in the disaster zone .. to Customs insisting tax be paid by a cargo shipment air lifted by Lufthansa to .. US Box shippers being told "ALL CLOTHES WILL BE SUBJECT TO DUTY, UNLESS ACCOMPANIED BY PROPER PAPER WORK DECLARING THEY ARE FOR Relief (add 10 plus papers)" and oh, wait, you can route all via the GOVT/DWSD, to get tax exemption, to President firing the policeman who said 10,000 died, and President saying "not 10,000, only 4,000 (and climbing .. ) and in the midst of the whole mess, the priority was to get it right as to who declares the number of dead .. to President begging NPA to give some relief to those impacted .. to Imelda crying out for Tacloban and insisting she go there and help (or fuck up things more .. ) to Some Filipinos calling Singapore and Malaysia shameful for 'sending so little Cash' conveniently forgetting the amount of logistical support Singapore and Malaysia have based 2 or 3 C130s for full time duties in airlift within PH .. to some scolding US Govt for "NOT BEING FAST ENOUGH .. " and also the president scolding the Local govts for not ensuring Zero death, and then the President saying "Nobody forecasted a Storm surge" .. though in US or any country, and Cat 5 storm = full forced evacuation .. and a lot of death was not due to storm surge but the typhoon itself .. to all the plundering going on that didn't even has strong storm shelters in place, even for those who wanted to evacuate .. to some movie star insisting they must hold musical shows to "UPLIFT" the spirit of those who lost almost everything .
yes, all is perfectly normal in Replik ..
anyway, life goes
So meantime, do enjoy the ClassMate Promos
PS: all of my gripes are what is top news in Republik .. and that's more important as of now, than the actual sufferings of the people ..