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Re: God punishes China with earthquake
Well, ah, tectonic plates do move for other reasons that have nothing to do with God or geophysics. Back in December 26, 2004, you might recall that little (9.1 on the Richter) earthquake in Indonesia and the subsequent tsunami that killed over 200,000 people. Our public relations people did a great job blaming it on Mother Nature. In reality, my company was doing a little underground blasting (with nuclear weapons we bought on the black market) because we discovered that this would fragment the bedrock and increase oil production from our offshore wells.
About the 200,000-plus drowning victims - well, what can I say but "Whoops!" Anyway, we did help organize an international effort to collect money for the victims (of which we took a 30% "handling fee").
Whoops!
Anyway, there were some long-lasting spin-off benefits from the tsunami. Just one example: for years we'd been trying to get beachside fishing villagers in Sri Lanka to move so that we could build some luxury hotels, but they wouldn't budge in spite of our generous offer to pay them $10/acre. Well, the tsunami cleared them out, which has greatly benefited the tourism industry and our profits.
Surf's up in Sri Lanka
Meanwhile, over in Phuket Beach, Thailand, the tsunami has done a great job of urban renewal. Just six years after the mishap, things look better than ever. It was also a great opportunity for President Bush to look presidential giving a live televised speech about helping the victims, though the Thais were horrified at how he mispronounced "Phuket."
Urban renewal in Thailand
Now, as for the big earthquake in China, I can state categorically that we had nothing to do with it. It's probably just the Chinks doing a little blasting in one of their coal mines. My company does NOT mine coal in China - we've got enough bad PR to deal with at the moment because of that little "accident" in West Virginia last week. And by the way, that was entirely the fault of the miners themselves - we told them that if they'd just pay for their own safety equipment and gas leak detectors, we'd gladly let them use it, but they were too cheap despite the fact that we paid (slightly) more than minimum wage.
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About the 200,000-plus drowning victims - well, what can I say but "Whoops!" Anyway, we did help organize an international effort to collect money for the victims (of which we took a 30% "handling fee").
Whoops!
Anyway, there were some long-lasting spin-off benefits from the tsunami. Just one example: for years we'd been trying to get beachside fishing villagers in Sri Lanka to move so that we could build some luxury hotels, but they wouldn't budge in spite of our generous offer to pay them $10/acre. Well, the tsunami cleared them out, which has greatly benefited the tourism industry and our profits.
Surf's up in Sri Lanka
Meanwhile, over in Phuket Beach, Thailand, the tsunami has done a great job of urban renewal. Just six years after the mishap, things look better than ever. It was also a great opportunity for President Bush to look presidential giving a live televised speech about helping the victims, though the Thais were horrified at how he mispronounced "Phuket."
Urban renewal in Thailand
Now, as for the big earthquake in China, I can state categorically that we had nothing to do with it. It's probably just the Chinks doing a little blasting in one of their coal mines. My company does NOT mine coal in China - we've got enough bad PR to deal with at the moment because of that little "accident" in West Virginia last week. And by the way, that was entirely the fault of the miners themselves - we told them that if they'd just pay for their own safety equipment and gas leak detectors, we'd gladly let them use it, but they were too cheap despite the fact that we paid (slightly) more than minimum wage.
Freehold!
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