Here's one I just thought up.

I heard the news on the way home today that the worldwide charity-web is (and has been) collecting funds at a startling rate in the wake of the ultimate Asian 'Surf's Up, Dude!'. The numbers are amazing. Millions of dollars per hour are pouring into the coffers of just about every charity even remotely connected with any sort of disaster relief.

Now a few observations:

First, Western Civilization is the most caring and generous society on earth. Deal with it and shut up you whining U.N. schmucks.

Second, Boy, the economy must really be terrible like the democrats insisted during the election if there is this much free money floating around that millions of people can donate millions of dollars to help millions of others they've never met.

Finally, I've also heard that charities today are very efficient at collecting and generating funds. From information services to web-donations to teaching donors that money is the best option, the charities have greatly improved their infrastructures recently.

Can anyone guess why the improvements were made?

Maybe because the donations collected in the wake of 9/11 were so thoroughly unusable that the agencies were forced to rethink their ideas of mass tragedy and what would be the most appropriate modes of giving.

Millions of pints of blood collected in the wake of 9/11 went to waste because they flooded the national supply. Tons of food and other articles found no use in the aftermath and the charities were stuck with the stuff. They were forced to realize, as we all should have, that the world had changed and business as usual was no longer acceptable.

The scale of 9/11 brought into crystal focus the fact that our prior definition of disaster was meager at best. Nineteen moslem whack-jobs thinking "outside the box" created more devastation on American soil than anyone or any agency was prepared to deal with.

From that, lessons were learned, changes were made, and today, we see the results: A very efficient operation that will provide significant and lasting relief to the devastated areas of Aisa.

Once again, American blood has brought about great improvements in the lives of people who mean little if anything to the United States as a whole.

You're Welcome.