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Wednesday, September 27, 2017

FORGET PRAYER, WE NEED AN AIRLIFT

The island of Puerto Rico is, they say, obliterated by Hurricane Maria. Electrical power and other utilities will be unavailable in some areas for six months.

Lots of people have prayed that the people of Puerto Rico would be safe from each new hurricane. Doesn't help: the hurricane goes where it wants and survival is very much a matter of luck.

Most of the church buildings are gone, also. Can't light candles if there aren't any.

Politics in America has become a divisive and hostile affair, largely caused by the fascist Oligarchy and their manipulation of the Republican Party.

But back in 1948, Americans were proud of our success in World War II, and already clear that Russia was a threat to democracy. So when East Germany closed all access to Berlin, the Western allies organized an airlift, sending 278,228 flights to Berlin from June 1948 to September 1949. The cost of the airlift was shared between the U.S.A., U.K., and Germany and is estimated at $225M to $500M (which would be $2¼B to $5B in today's inflated economy).

It actually doesn't matter how much a modern airlift might cost, we have got to do something or we will know that who this country is is Trump's not-very-great America.

The population of Berlin in 1948 was 2.4 million; the Puerto Rico population pre-hurricane was roughly 3.5 million. The United States is moving too slow while real lives - American lives - are in the balance.

You know the drill: Call both Senators and your Congressperson.
Say anything, but include the phrase 'Puerto Rico Airlift'.
http://www.callmycongress.com/
http://www.callyourrep.co/

And also call your local television and newspaper companies to let them know that this solution should be covered by them. And pre-emptively, tell your backward Republican in-laws that it is their party's fault that action has not been taken in Congress.

American lives are in the balance.

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