среда, 14 марта 2012 г.

Syrupy masquerade

On the count of three, campers, everybody sing: "We are the river ofhope/That runs through the valley of fear...." A river of syrup isabout to run through America's living rooms, ruining the rugs. Itis, as you are sentenced to learn, the official song of "Hands AcrossAmerica," another example of rightmindedness masquerading as moralaction.

About 6 million people - 1,320 per mile - are supposed to shellout $10 apiece (more if they want the T-shirt) for the privilege ofjoining hands in a transcontinental chain on May 25. This issupposed to raise $100 million for "the hungry and homeless." Thatsum is equal to eight-tenths of 1 percent of one anti-poverty program(food …

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