It’s a depressing time if you watch/read the news. I recently ranted about it seeming like too many good people are dying around here. But the situation in Southeast Asia is horrendous on a massive scale. The earthquake in China has killed more than 12,000 people, but luckily China is doing at least a decent job of cleaning up and is accepting aid from other countries. China is accepting foreign aid. Booming giant of a country they are. Hell, the US accepted aid from China when Katrina hit. On the other hand, FUCK BURMA. They stopped counting the dead at 22,000 and estimates range upwards of 100,000 dead. Currently they are stonewalling foreign aid from other countries, all because of their stupid politics. All of those people are dead and more are dying and their government could care less. And with the current conditions left by the storm, spread of diseases like Cholera and Typhus is imminent. These people need help. I’m in a lot of personal debt myself, but I will be donating at least a small amount. Anything helps. Hopefully the US can pressure Burma into allowing more aid into the country, and not make our donations worthless. Either way, it’s better than having done nothing.
Here’s some links provided by The Washington Post on how you can help: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/13/AR2008051301308.html?nav=rss_world
Also, go here: http://www.google.com/myanmarcyclone/

For more on the disasters, you can read the recent news, because it’s still going on and being reported on. And you can read these articles from good sources.
“Like The Apocalypse” - A Burmese Tragedy <- highly recommended
Thousands Feared Dead as Earthquake Hits China