Chile earthquake

The craziness has begun in Chile after the big earthquake.

1. It's amusing to listen to NPR's coverage. They're pronouncing Chile "Chee-lay". I'm sure this is the correct way, but how did this country make it onto NPR's magic list of countries that get spoken the way the locals say it?

NPR doesn't call Germany "Deutschland". They also routinely Americanize China, Japan, and dozens of other countries. They even call "Mehico" Mexico.

I've always wondered how communist media like NPR decide which countries won't be Americanized and which ones will.

2. I heard a quote from a reporter near ground zero saying that 24 hours after the quake, the people were frustrated because shelters, policing, and free meals hadn't arrived. Twenty-four hours.

I guess the Chee-layans didn't see any coverage of the Asian tsunami or hurricane Katrina or the Haitian quake. Folks, it takes governments several days, sometimes a week, to respond to a surprise catastrophe. Who the hell doesn't know this?

Anyone who lives in an earthquake zone or other area prone to natural disasters has a responsibility to have at least three days of food and water ready to go. It's probably a good idea for anyone, anywhere, to have these provisions.

Expecting mommy government to take care of you is not only stupid, it's deadly.

3. I can't wait for the German government to blame the disaster on global warming, as they did with Katrina. And will lefty media in the U.S. blame the Chee-lay quake on capitalism with sober, calm delivery designed to fool people into believing the radical ideas are objective?