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    Unhinged Midwesterner Hearts Suu Kyi

    Posted Thursday, May 14, 2009 12:23 PM | By Kerry Howley
    Aung San Suu Kyi's home sits beside Inya Lake, beyond a guarded checkpoint where an armed military officer screens cars, essentially, for the presence of white people. Burmese are allowed to drive on past the house where Suu Kyi has spent 13 of the past 19 years under house arrest. Caucasions are stopped and questioned. It's a line, literally and figuratively, most expats would not even think of trying to cross. But as with most of Myanmar's control apparatus, enforcement relies on fear. A determined person could just swim across the lake and show up, dripping wet, at her back door, which is exactly... (To read the rest of this post, visit our new website DoubleX.com!)
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