Forget Milk

Update: Moments ago, I just received a call from Ms Stephanie Roth, the driving force behind Save Rosia Montana. She thanked me for my support in this post, with my response being, “there is plenty more where that came from”. Also, one of our commenters pointed out that Mine Your Own Business tells the other side of the story. This was 100% funded by the Rosia Montana Gold Corp. Therefore, its a one sided story from RMGC and goes to prove their ignorance. 

After my article a few weeks back “History of Romania – Help Please” I came across a PBS Wide Angel Piece on Gold Futures - The Future of a Romanian Mining Town.

I was aware on a smaller scale of a Canadian corporations gold digging ploy through the father-in-laws land being one of those excavated.

But I was certainly not prepared for I was fortunate enough to have seen last night. Rosia Montana, the oldest village in Romania is being torn apart by greed. The unhealthy kind of greed, literally. They’ll use cyanide to excavate. 

That and Corna Valley. 

Now, you might be thinking, who gives a shit. But what lies beneath these villages is 300 tons of Gold. Or to put its another way in monetary value, €250,000,000+ (yes, million) worth of gold. Not to mention the 1,600 tons of silver. 

So, not only is Romania the richest country in terms of natural reserves of water, gas, oil, and now gold, but it is always the richest in terms of history. Beneath these villages are inscriptions from the Roman’s dictating the earliest Roman Law.

To put it in more simple terms, we are one of the richest countries, across most levels, in the European Union. 

I urge you to check out Save Rosia Montana and spread the word.

We are heading to Rosia Montana this week, to see how we can get involved, help preserve history, create sustainable futures, and make history.

Are you in?

(below is a Vimeo embedded player of the PBS piece (55mins in length). You can download the documentary here)

 
PBS – Gold Futures – Rosia Montana from Lee Wilkins on Vimeo.

tags: rosia+montana / corna+valley / gold+corp / romania / romanian+history / gold / save+rosia+montana

image source: Marius R

Today saw the launch of Captivating Romania.

CaptivatingRomania.com is the first place you should have in mind when you’re thinking of travelling to Romania, or simply when you need some inspiration for things to do while you’re there. CaptivatingRomania inspires, captivates, informs. Find out from your friends where they’ve been and what places they recommend. Share your experiences with them.

News quickly spread through the Twittosphere about how its now competing with the likes of Unseen Romania, Turismatic (launching next week) and other online portals out there covering Romania.

I have a big fucking bone to pick here.

We as a country can’t even re-brand (ok, brand) ourselves with a budget in excess of €4m. So how are the likes of these 3 players mentioned above actually competing?

What are they competing for?

Don’t get me wrong here, I am friends with the creators of each of the three projects and I admire their individual efforts in this space and I wish them each much much success. What they are collectively doing is giving Romania a face. A face that €4m and thousands of wasted hours on consultants can’t even achieve.

I had a conversation based around this subject last week last week.

It went along the lines of:

“We should create a collective network of talented people and work on this Romania branding exercise.”

“The Romanian Government is hiring muppet’s who have zero experience in Branding/Re-Branding a single country, and we are working with people (our company advisors) who have successfully re-branded two of the largest nations in the WORLD!”

I beg you all to stop this retarded shit about competition on everything that is launched. Imagine the greater benefits of 3 different views on Romania. That is not competition, that is greatness and innovation from the people behind the projects.

Move on, there is nothing else to see here, unless you want to talk serious € and actually do something about branding this nation.

p.s. don’t be afraid to comment!

technorati tags: captivating+romania+unseen+romania+turismatic+romania

American Stories, American Solutions from Lee Wilkins on Vimeo.

My knowledge and real in-depth understanding is pretty much on the slim-to-none side as of recent.

But what I do know is enough to make me believe and understand that with an Obama/Biden administration things can only go upwards for the folks of America.

The above movie is a 28min clip from the Obama administration. This advert, which is what it is, is clearly a well-thought out process.

A process that will ensure that Obama succeeds.

barackobama, barack+obama, obamabiden, obama08

As a citizen of Romania, I am, off course, given the great pleasure of being able to vote in the up and coming elections

My understanding of the Romanian language is very limited, I understand little bits. So I am asking my dear friends in this fine country…

Who should I vote for? / Why?