Good Lord ...

On top of Burma, which is reluctant to allow foreigners to save Burmese victims of the cyclone that ravaged that country (what is it about thug regimes that care less for their people than Westerners do?), now we have the Chinese dealing with a terrible earthquake that has killed nearly 9,000 people in Sichuan province.

It is early yet, however. Remember the initial reports out of Burma reported hundreds dead. Now it appears that tens of thousands died.

And unfortunately for the Burmese, the Chinese may now have their hands too full dealing with their own problem to help Burma much.

This is just horrible.