Due to the recent hurricyclone-type event in Burmanmyar, hundreds of
millions are dead, or possibly only hundreds of thousands (so far),
but mainstream media keeps telling me that the Burmanmyar government
is dragging its heels about letting foreign AIDS into the country.
Well, I really can't blame them for that, but they really should be
letting all those goddamn foreigners with food and medicine come in,
because those tourist dollars (and Euros and Zlotys and Ninjis and
whatever) are really needed right now.
[Just as an aside, I saw Laura Bush on the news a few days ago, and
she was criticizing the Burmanmyarese Gov't on their lack of speedy
response to the disaster. If that's not a black hole of irony, I don't
know what is.]
The UN has re****tedly stopped relief flights because the Burmanmyarese
military shows up to unload the planes, and immediately declares a
lunch break. The US of A supposedly has planes full of Pop-Tarts just
sitting on the ground in Siam, waiting for the go-ahead to get those
badly needed breakfast treats to the poor folks who are probably
looking at the dead bloated bodies of their loved ones the way a
1940's cartoon character does, by which I mean the corpse has those
little white turkey frills on the ends of their legs^Wdrumsticks, or
an apple in their mouths.
My proposal is this: Immediately ground all cargo planes with relief
supplies on board, and transfer those supplies to bombers. While a
B-52 or B-1 or B-2 can't carry as much as a C-17, they also don't have
to worry about landing anywhere to unload. If they also un-retire the
F-117 fleet, they can use those planes as laser-designators to drop
precision-guided relief where it's needed most. Just imagine the joy
a poor starving Burmanmyar child will feel as he gets hit in the head
with a 200 pound bag of rice, emblazoned with the good olde American
flag.
Thanks for listening.
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"But what ... is it good for?"
--Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, 1968,
commenting on the microchip.
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