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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: epicure who wrote (34321)	10/19/2001 2:00:21 PM
From: cosmicforce	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

[Edit: a counter link. "Hey, Mr. Taliban!" madblast.com ] <1. How do you put a giraffe into a refrigerator?> Start cutting the giraffe into pieces and when the first fridge is full of giraffe steaks, get another and repeat. <2. How do you put an elephant into a refrigerator?> Same process as #1. Use the last, partially filled refrigerator first to save money. <3. The Lion King is hosting an animal conference. All the animals attend except one. Which animal does not attend?> This is a damnable lie. There are entire communities that couldn't go because they can't live at a conference where the other animals can go. Hydrothermal vent communities will not be represented. As usual. Oh yes, and the dead giraffes and elephants. <4. There is a river you must cross. But it is inhabited by crocodiles. How do you manage it?> Dump out all the refrigerators. When the crocks feed on the elephant and giraffe steaks, use to empty refrigerators as pontoons for a bridge or, as canoes. I'm not impressed with Anderson. They have no practical sense of how things work. It is not cost effective to get a refrigerator that is big enough to hold giraffes and elephants. It is not politically sensitive to have a meeting where affected animals and their equipment (steak-holders?) can't attend (as a result of genocidal storage policies). They are apparently unfamiliar with the concept of recycling storage containers.

To: epicure who wrote (34321)	10/19/2001 10:34:35 PM
From: coug	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

That's great X, That should be sent to the administration to jog their thought processes into remembering that the simplest solution usually is the best IN THE SHORT and LONG term.. Here's mine: We could signal to the Afghan people, we are coming with REAL food aid.. on the ground.. With truck convoys, Not the phony air drops, that IMO, are just propaganda.. If we can mobilize all that military fire power in a month.. We could do the same with a massive ground based food and humanitarian aid program in the same time frame.. And IMO, it would be one helluva lot more long lasting AND CHEAPER in money and MORE importantly in lives... We own the skys now, Actually, I'm sure we did before too, so it shouldn't be much of a military risk.. And once real food gets to the populace, the populace lets us get to the terrorists..To be crass about it. We win the hearts and minds through the stomachs and curing the ills of this war-ravaged population by GIVING food and humanitarian aid rather than.. .......MORE war.. I think there is an old saying that goes something like this "The way to a man's heart is through his stomach".. And I bet that would apply to the women and children there too.. JMO, m, P.S. I printed it out for M's work.. She loved it..