prinde orbu' scoate-i ochii!

FULL COMICS here!

Short story long, in case it all looks too tangled up in images:

I live in a country much like any other 2nd world country. On the fringes of the 1st world, drilled by corporate interests

and dismantled by political corruption. Romania's currently facing a heavy load of ecological dangers and social dis-

array. Mining projects threaten our natural environment, stray dogs are going to be euthanized on the conveyor belt,

while we watch televised translations and debates about the elephant in the living room. Ignorance used to be bliss.

Gabriel Resources is an international gold corporation that's been pushing for 13 years to grab Romanian resources

through a mining project in the Carpathian mountains. The government's recently drafted a special law, tailored to fit

the corporate demands. The outcome of their agreement will be a natural disaster, consisting of a crater visible form

outer space and a cyanide dumping ground of unimaginable proportions. Romania stands to gain 6% of all the exploits

(which include the largest golden deposit in the E.U. and vast quantities of rare metals such as Gallium estimated at 4

times the value of gold).

But our national crisis isn't just about corporate crap. The area that Gabriel Resources is aiming at is one unique histo-

rical heritage. The Rosia Montana area has been exploited through mining for at least a thousand years. Romans invaded

the country, back in the hay day, expressly for the gold in this area. The Roman triumph is the theme of  Trajan's Column

in Rome. There are mine networks stretching out underground the entire region, some even older than the Roman ones.

This  soon to be crater, is a significant slice of history.

Politicians are struggling to sell what's left of the country, with former Communist party members still pulling the admini-

strative strings. The Gabriel Corporation Crisis is a final drop in a cup all too full. The Danube Delta's soon to be sold, parts

of the Black Sea coast are already property of Chevron and if turmoil continues there'll be a wave of exodus.

At the end of the day, all the corporate craters and political decay will be left to the ordinary "low-life" citizen to clean up.

Unfortunately we're all too comfortable sweeping reality under the rug.