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April 27, 2005
Save the Camels!
This article doesn't have anything to do with Jordan at all but it meets the camel criteria so that means I get to post about it.
There are several really funny points in the article I found today on Yahoo News entitled "Australia to Cull Wild Camel Population". First is that they are killing the camels because they are drinking all of the water. Is that ironic to anyone else? As I learned in Arabic class (in Arabic of course), camels only need water once every 14 days! How in the world are they drinking all of the water?
Secondly, why don't they just move the camels to another country? I know plenty of Jordanian families that would love to have a camel! Of course, you would have to be careful about flooding the market and driving camel prices down but I am sure we could work something out. Or we could just make lots of Jesus-sandals out of them! They sell them in Jerusalem and Damascus but they are kind of expensive so maybe we could fix that problem with all of these camels. Or we could give shoes to an entire poor nation. I know that sounds harsh but at least then the camels would be used for something.
The third rediculous point of this article is that, quote, "Australia has a history of infestations by animals from overseas". You mean they didn't learn their lesson the first time they imported crazy animals? Wow, even Jordan isn't that weird.
Posted by rcollins at April 27, 2005 7:11 AM
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Hey Becca, I loved this post!
Any news? Surely something fascinating has happened in the past week as usual. We lurkers are on the edge of our seats!
We are reading "God's Politics" by Jim Wallis (founder of Sojourners) for a study group at church and I've been thinking you might like this book. It's all about the relationship between religion and politics. It might be worth a look if you haven't already seen it.
Any word from MOS?
We are thinking of you and hope all's well over there.
Posted by: Beth at May 3, 2005 10:02 PM
Sorry it's been a while! Things have been crazy here with all of traveling I've done. I hope you enjoy the new entry.
I'm still waiting to hear back from the MoS. I interviewed for a position in development but they seem to be slow getting back to me. Hopefully something will come through!
Posted by: Rebecca at May 4, 2005 8:59 AM