Media whores IGNORE the CHEVRON-Condoleeza Rice-BURMA MASS MURDER CONNECTION....

CHEVRON'S PIPELINE in Burma is the conduit that fuels Burma's MURDEROUS THUG REGIME....

Because GREED, lust for profit, centralization of wealth and power, and WORSHIP of MONEY are the elements that govern America's Right-leaning corporate media, THIS STORY about CHEVRON's SUPPORT for the MASS-MURDER BURMA REGIME is only found on Amy Goodman's "Democracy Now" newscast.....

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Chevron’s Pipeline Is the Burmese Regime’s Lifeline
By Amy Goodman
Posted on Oct 2, 2007
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20071002_chevrons_pipeline_is_the_burmese_regimes_lifeline/

<< ...Chevron’s role in propping up the brutal regime in Burma is clear. According to Marco Simons, U.S. legal director at EarthRights International: “Sanctions haven’t worked because gas is the lifeline of the regime. Before Yadana went online, Burma’s regime was facing severe shortages of currency. It’s really Yadana and gas projects that kept the military regime afloat to buy arms and ammunition and pay its soldiers.”

The U.S. government has had sanctions in place against Burma since 1997. A loophole exists, though, for companies grandfathered in. Unocal’s exemption from the Burma sanctions has been passed on to its new owner, Chevron.

Rice served on the Chevron board of directors for a decade. She even had a Chevron oil tanker named after her. While she served on the board, Chevron was sued for involvement in the killing of nonviolent protesters in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. Like the Burmese, Nigerians suffer political repression and pollution where oil and gas are extracted and they live in dire poverty. The protests in Burma were actually triggered by a government-imposed increase in fuel prices.

Human-rights groups around the world have called for a global day of action on Saturday, Oct. 6, in solidarity with the people of Burma. Like the brave activists and citizen journalists sending news and photos out of the country, the organizers of the Oct. 6 protest are using the Internet to pull together what will probably be the largest demonstration ever in support of Burma. Among the demands are calls for companies to stop doing business with Burma’s brutal regime. >>

Amy Goodman is the host of “Democracy Now!,” a daily international TV/radio news hour airing on 500 stations in North America.