[an amused spectator]

If I hadn't read the book Starving The Monkeys, by Tom Baugh, I probably wouldn't have understood what this article by the AP is REALLY about.

The Monkey Collective doesn't want its slaves to be thinking for themselves, ESPECIALLY the young ones. This young lady is an all-around HORRIBLE example for other young people that the Monkey Collective wants to control.

The dumbed-down youth must be kept illiterate and tied to their TeeVees & IPods, hopefully popping out more feral mouths to feed at a young age (on OUR tax dollars, of course...).

So, Abby Sunderland's parnets will be pilloried by The Collective, and Abby's accomplishments will have to be minimized.

As an aside, others have pointed out elsewhere that though the cost of the SAR operation was great, young Sunderland herself has stood ready to render the same aid to other fellow seafarers as she herself is receiving now. Part of the Compact of the Sea, and all that jazz...

[Balding_Eagle]

Good call.

[Bigg Red]

Well said.