I laugh, because you really couldn’t make this stuff up if you tried; and I’m tired of punching walls in frustration with the reality of how ridiculous these people are.
On the morning after a midnight deal was reached to keep the federal government from turning off the lights over excessive spending; I stumble upon this little gem of stupidity over at Memeorandum. In an effort to “win the hearts and minds” of the Pakistani people, the US government (through USAID) is set to fund the creation of a Pakistani version of Sesame Street.
Yes, Sesame Street. This can’t be real; can it?
The project aims to boost education in Pakistan, where many children have no access to regular schooling.
The show is to be filmed in Lahore and aired later in the year.
“The programme is part of a series of ventures that is aimed at developing the educational infrastructure in the country,” Virginia Morgan, a spokesperson for USAID, told the BBC.
“Education is one of the vital sectors that need help in Pakistan.”
The show will be set in a village in Pakistan – rather than the streets of New York – with roadside tea shop and residents sitting on their verandas.
The remake will star a puppet called Rani, the six-year-old daughter of a peasant farmer, with pigtails and a school uniform, according to Britain’s Guardian newspaper.
“Education is one of the vital sectors that need help in Pakistan”…??? Hmmm… How about breeding terrorists, growing cocaine, or keeping their government from doing both?
Now I don’t want to be “Grouch” here to the Pakistan Big Bird, but unfrigginbelievable people. Come on!! When is the stupidity going to end?
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