Now That's Gratitude

In the days following the Hurricane Katrina fiasco, and shortly after the Bush Administration awakened from its slumber and realized people were dying (well, mostly black people, so let's not get TOO worked up over it), a number of other countries offered aid. Among those was Great Britain, which generously donated 400,000 ready to eat meals. That is certainly something that would have been welcomed by the starving masses holed up in the Superdome at the time, right?

Well, yes, it probably would have been welcomed.... Except the $5 million worth of food never made it to Louisiana. In fact, the donated meals are still sitting in a warehouse in Arkansas. The US government blocked their distribution because of its ban on British beef, and is now seeking to donate it to some other country.