This is a trying time for the people of Louisiana, and I send my deepest sympathies to them.
But I couldn't help this:
I researched past articles about oil spills and found a VERY old copy of an article written in October, 1978 that provides a proposed capitalist (read: non-Government) solution to these spills using a combination of advanced technology and camels. The article was from a paper called "Not The New York Times", published when the NY Times was on strike (just substitute "New Orleans" for "Santa Barbara"). (The first picture is my scan, the second came from the Times itself (just search for it)).
So far I sent this to John Stewart's and Steven Colbert's blogs.
I'm also trying to contact one of the writers of "Not The NY Times" (Carl Bernstein) to see if he can identify the original author. That whole newspaper was an absolute classic, and I wish I can get a fresh copy.
Thanks for reading.
