Save the Rohingya People

Immigrant Crisis in Southeast Asia, Royhingya peoples from Burma and Bangladesh

According to the VOA, “The U.S. Embassy in Bangkok says the U.S. military has begun conducting maritime surveillance flights off the west coast of Malaysia, supporting efforts to search for thousands of migrants believed stranded at sea on rickety wooden boats.”

What it is happening to the Rohingya people is piteous. It is a tragic story of a race without a shelter. Going through changes of the situation and war, human history has shown many races lost their land and became minorities in their own country. However, they seem to be more fortunate than the Rohingya people. The Rohingya doesn’t have the minority right in Myanmar although they have been there for many generations, so who are they? Whether the Rohongya people will survive from on rickety wooden boats on the sea or nor, and whether they are extorted, tortured, and raped as slaves of the modern age if the world continues to turn a deaf ear to them to fend themselves.

Chi Le

Google Cars for the Future

The self-driving car is a good idea, “Sergey Brin is a co-founder of Google. He says the computer-controlled cars can eliminate, or end, driving mistakes made by humans. Experts say 90 percent of the 1.2 million yearly road deaths are caused by human error. Self-driving cars could also improve areas of high traffic and especially help older people and disabled people,” according to the VOA. I like the idea; However, it remains to need many more technological improvements and more time for testing. I hope to find more information on a website which monthly reports details of testing over the Google cars.

In other situation, if the car causes an accident, who is responsible for the accident?

Chi Le

Money for the U.S. Presidential Election

To choose a U.S. president is too expensive. In 2008, it spent $1 billion for the presidential election, and after four years, the spending raised $2.6 billion. Some people foresee the 2016 election will spend $10 billion, breaking all previous elections. We also remember that GDP (Gross Domestic Products) of Bhutan are about $1,7 billion, and Laos’ GDP is only $9.7 billion in 2014.

Where does the money go? “Money is needed for operating costs that go with those campaign office buildings and people and salaries and advertising. Candidates needdollars to get their messages out on social media,television and radio stations, and intopeoples’ mailboxes,” according to the VOA.

Chi Le