Want to view real misery instead of peripheral concerns over lowlifes, then go to this site. You'll be able to view the tragedy suffered by the Chinese as if you click the days, you'll see groups of photos. The transition from the first day to successive days is instructive.
Now that's very sad, a testimony to the power of nature, and the Chinese organziation and ability to cope with such a massive disruption of life.
Here's the link. cryptome.org
And here are the links on that site to the series of photos. You need to go to the link to access these photos reflecting several successive days of the tragedy. It's best to strat with May 14, and work up to the present.
cn-quake6.htm + China Earthquake Photos 6 May 17, 2008
cn-quake5.htm + China Earthquake Photos 5 May 16, 2008
zipingpu-dam.htm + Chinese Zipingpu Dam Eyeball May15, 2008
cn-quake4.htm + China Earthquake Photos 4 May 15, 2008
cn-quake3.htm + China Earthquake Photos 3 May 14, 2008
cn-quake2.htm + China Earthquake Photos 2 May 14, 2008
The resiliency of the human spirit is manifest. The fact that 7000 schools suffered particularly great damage has led to speculation that they were shoddily built. Graft abounds everywhere. I imagine that there'll be a price to pay by whoever is responsible no matter how highly placed he may be.
