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To: Embraer2004

How about some gasoline, PEMEX?


16 posted on 09/04/2005 9:48:05 AM PDT by hedgetrimmer
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To: hedgetrimmer

Well, the hurricane was in the Gulf of MEXICO. A lot of the capacity here was damaged too. And don't underestimate Mexican relief. This country has a crappy army when it comes to "breaking things and hurting people", but it remains a popular institution in Mexico mostly because it does a damn good job of disaster relief (something we have a lot of down here). OK, so folks might eat a lot of tacos and beans for a few days, but the Mexicans know how to feed folks in an emergency.

AND... there is a private group here in Mexico City, the "Mole Men of Tlatelolco" who, alas, are going to be needed. This group was originally volunteers from the Tlatelolco housing complex which collapsed in the 1975 earthquake, and has since then become THE go-to guys for recovering the dead after massive disasters. Given that these guys are volunteers, and not a government agency, AND they are not rich people, who leave their own families (and jobs) to risk their lives for complete strangers, I wouldn't be so quick to attack people who offer you help.


20 posted on 09/04/2005 11:02:32 AM PDT by rpgdfmx
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