Shot In The Dark: Note To UN: Connect The Dots

April 21, 2006

Note To UN: Connect The Dots

I was listening to NPR as I was driving my daughter to school today. NPR news had a story about a part of the Gaza Strip that is suffering economically since Israel shut down the main freight route to the area (to combat, it is mentioned obliquely, the hordes of terrorists that used it). (Note to Palestinians: quit electing people whose only campaign promise is to continue attacking your larger, intensely militarily competent neighbor).

The interviewee, by the way, is a Palestinian, an enemployed metalworker whose wife brings in $200 a month, of which half goes to rent a cinder block refugee camp shack (run, naturally, by the deeply-corrupt Palestinian Authority). His children (including oldest boy, who's been hanging around a mosque and talking about wanting to be a martyr) are living on bread and tea.

At one point the piece notes the crash in produce prices; paraphrasing, they say that there's no way for the area's vegetable farms to get their products out; produce sells for a song.

Not 40 seconds later, the interviewer talks with a UN adminstrator who notes that the UN is running through its budget for the food giveaways they hold for families in the region...

...

...um...

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...I'm not a PhD economist or anything, but...

...um...

...oh, never mind.

Posted by Mitch at April 21, 2006 07:58 AM | TrackBack

Comments

They interviewed a PA security officer who hasn't been paid for over a month. I'm no PhD in econmics either, but does it make sense to buy rockets but not pay the cops? That must be Isreal's fault too.

Posted by: Kermit at April 21, 2006 06:50 PM

Unpaid cops? Hamas? But Clinton said that Hamas was elected because they would be law and order and end corruption. Could Clinton be... wrong??
Up is down, black is white. My whole world view is shattered.
Of course, Hamas is sort of hurting for cash. No one is giving it to them (except Iran, and apparently the Iranian people aren't too happy about that), and apparently Yassar didn't give them the PIN to his Swiss accounts.

Posted by: chriss at April 21, 2006 10:38 PM

They're hungry after all the free coca cola and hot dogs they got for turning out to vote for Hamas.

Posted by: Mr. Sponge at April 21, 2006 10:56 PM

I guess it's safe to assume the hot dogs weren't Hebrew Nationals.

Posted by: chriss at April 22, 2006 12:23 AM

Any comment on 60 Minutes tonight Mitch or haven't you gotten your talking points from Hugh and Hinder Rocket yet?

Posted by: Doug at April 23, 2006 09:38 PM

Doug - referring to CIA story? I'll comment.
Joe Wilson = Proven liar.
CIA = More leaks than Lileks' water feature.
(Sorry to reverse your metaphor James)
CIA = Wrong on Libya. And Iraq.
If a President waited until the CIA was 100% certain of a threat before acting, we'd all be toast.
I don't know Hugh or Rocket.

Posted by: chriss at April 24, 2006 06:46 AM

Chriss,

All you had to say was you didn't catch 60 Minutes but thanks for getting in the talking points tho'.

Let the Swiftboating begin...

Posted by: Doug at April 24, 2006 07:06 AM

Nope didn't catch it -- not into fake but accurate news. Went off their web site.
But I'll Swift Boat anytime... seeing as how they were right.

Posted by: chriss at April 24, 2006 07:09 AM

chriss said,

"But I'll Swift Boat anytime... seeing as how they were right."

except for when they were just making sh*t up of course...

Posted by: Doug at April 24, 2006 08:25 PM