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June 30, 2011 Visiting Denmark at this time of year is delightful. My favorite pastime is to rent a rowboat and explore Copenhagen's canals. When I see an interesting pub, I tie the boat in front of the pub, go in, have a beer and a sandwich and smell the prosperity. Denmark is a small nation surrounded by water and Germany. Besides making the greatest sandwiches in the world and brewing excellent beer, they build ships on their spare time. In 2006 they launched the Emma Maersk, at that time the largest container ship in the world. Since then, Emma Maersk had to share the distinction with seven sister ships. Last week Maersk Lines announced they have ordered two lots of ten larger ships each to be delivered in the next four years. The Danes know that their small country can only develop so much wealth within their reduced territory. So, they take to the sea and haul freight all over the world. Yes, their ships make money. Lots of it. Each ship of this latest batches is the size of an American aircraft carrier but has a crew of only thirteen. The Emma Maersk cost 145 million dollars, it already paid for itself. Thanks to this ship and its sisters, you and I can drink Danish beer cheaper than in Copenhagen. Though, we have to make our own sandwiches. Americans also sail the seven seas in ships as large as the Danes. The difference is that the American ships are crewed by five thousand swabs, cost 7.5 billion each and instead of making money for you they lose about one billion dollars each a year in operating costs. Never mind the 3 billion needed for a mid career refit. The US is also surrounded by water, big time. It borders two oceans. But where are American money making ships? Chevron owns a few tankers that make the Alaska-San Francisco Bay run. A couple of ships sail to Hawaii and back. Impressive, No? Why is that? Remember that mummy-stiff Soviet guy by the name of Brezhnev? He looked like a zombie, acted like a zombie and ran the Soviet Union to the ground. After he died he was secretly brought to Washington, given an electric shock to renew his career as zombie. His hunger for brains is well known on K Street, the Senate cafeteria and the Pentagon's inner ring.
When Breznev Zombie eats someone's brain the victim becomes a servant of the Brezhnev doctrine, which is spend, spend, spend, on the military. Who needs prosperous citizens when one can eat their brains?
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