Wednesday, 11 May 2011, ACAPULCO - Holidays on a thread! The Ninth Amendment absolutely insists that you NEVER READ THE DIGITAL NEW YORK TIMES FOR FREE WITH YOUR FIREFOX BROWSER SET ON "PRIVATE BROWSING". Click on the following link for an original unedited (obviously) commentary published today by BigMartin regarding American hikers infamously held indefinitely in an Iran prison.
The Ninth Amendment hopes and prays that hikers Josh and Shane stay in good health and are out of that nasty Iran country as soon as possible. We maintain that the Iranian imprisonment of these errant hikers is very bad for the hikers, their families and loved ones psychologically and otherwise, unlike imprisonment of innocent people in the United States which is known only to rehabilitate them even if they did not do anything wrong. (Unless they are executed by mistake by the State first).
Nor will this kind of official behavior help Iranian tourism (at least by most Americans) one bit. Even if "experts" say "Any publicity is good publicity", the editorial staff here seriously doubts that in this case. The Iranians are going to have to cough up the big (we mean BIG) money for some really expensive Super Bowl and Olympic commercials that make Iran look more fun. Iran may even have to put out the mega-bucks for easily about the cost of a top-notch Republican Presidential Campaign, if it wishes to turn this kind of current publicity disaster on its head and make Iran look friendly and safe for US and other visitors.
Nor will this kind of official behavior help Iranian tourism (at least by most Americans) one bit. Even if "experts" say "Any publicity is good publicity", the editorial staff here seriously doubts that in this case. The Iranians are going to have to cough up the big (we mean BIG) money for some really expensive Super Bowl and Olympic commercials that make Iran look more fun. Iran may even have to put out the mega-bucks for easily about the cost of a top-notch Republican Presidential Campaign, if it wishes to turn this kind of current publicity disaster on its head and make Iran look friendly and safe for US and other visitors.
The Iranians seem kind of like the North Koreans in this regard -- they both just have not invested at all in good public relations for those big consumer tourism bucks, especially from places like the US and other First World countries. Furthermore our devoted staff no longer believes that now even the Chinese really wish to vacation in North Korea anymore since the North Koreans have become even more unpredictable maniacs.
Anyway as to Iran these unfortunate hikers definitely do not look like CIA, Special Forces or anyone even remotely like that in newspaper photos. On the other hand, should some readers really be dying to visit Iran and not just "drop in" accidentally due to a lousy map or broken GPS, the Ninth Amendment staff strongly advises waiting until countries like Iran calm down and get over that President Bush called Iran part of the "Axis of Evil" because some DC think-tank told Dick Cheney to have Bush read it from his teleprompter.
Better yet wait until after the next CIA-orchestrated coup for a true-to-life tourist sojourn to Iran once the CIA returns after it runs out of other places to screw up. Try to avoid the periods of "blowback" when the countries such as Iran hate the US for the next half-century, but nobody here in the US except the CIA has any idea at all why.
It might simply be because someone at the CIA's "Iran Desk" got into work late one day. Meanwhile the CIA then missed something fairly important that was building up, say perhaps maybe the imminent violent overthrow of the US Embassy in Tehran. Followed then by the Ayatollah Khomeini taking power.
Please keep reading the "Ninth Amendment" for much more valuable information here on recommended global travel and adventure spots coordinated with up-to-the-minute analysis of the CIA's latest "operations". Readers do not want the CIA to ruin THEIR whole vacation, too, with just some other nasty botched CIA "blowback" that can only leave the average US citizen wondering "But why do the people here hate me so? And why are all the men in black suits leaving hanging from the bottom of helicopters".
Nor do you want to find out the hard way that tortured bodies hanging from highway overpass bridges going into Acapulco also could put a really big damper on your dream honeymoon. Listen at your peril to what the State Department for some unknown reason advises you, such as definitely to avoid places like Martha's Vineyard and Canada, yet "feel secure" that Mexico is "very safe" especially driving late at night.
Be safe, get it right, get it straight, and read the REAL latest travel guides. Share also in firsthand current situation information from those who have been there. Meanwhile the worldwide newsbureaus of the Ninth Amendment at www.waronnothing.blogspot.com will keep you up on the real news that you need to know to avoid nasty surprises. And remember Douglas Adams "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe" admonition. Do NOT forget your towel, and by all means DON'T PANIC!
Copyright 2011 Big M and Little L All World Rights Expressly Reserved
Copyright 2011 Big M and Little L All World Rights Expressly Reserved
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