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" The bad news is that 4,500 people are stuck in the middle of the Pacific Ocean due to some sort of fire on a cruise ship, originally set for a rather pleasant weeklong trip to the Mexican Riviera. This much we learned from this morning&amp;#039;s Wall Street Journal. The good news, as we found out from the arresting image above that accompanied the Journal&amp;#039;s front page, is that they&amp;#039;re being provided with thousands of pounds of food by our Great American Navy. Including Spam. Now consider, for a second, Spam \u2014 the redheaded stepchild of non-perishables, the ultimate convenience-store underdog \u2014 in the larger context of American food. Is it really any worse than the pink goop from which McNuggets are derived? Does this canned variety of the Suidae family of mammals exist that many evolutionary levels below, say, a rib-shaped pork patty? No, it does not. And really, if anyone knows how to balance nutritional value with monetary cost, it&amp;#039;s the armed forces. They wouldn&amp;#039;t send over Vienna sausage or slices of Kraft American cheese. Spam is good for you, if a bit salty (hey, it&amp;#039;s in bacon, too!). And as the population of Hawaii and stiff-walleted college students with Target private-label frying pans the world over can attest, it also tastes just fine. Good, even. (We recommend it with rice.) Let&amp;#039;s consider this a moment of redemption. Because what better place for Spam to redeem itself than aboard a stranded ocean liner in the middle of the Pacific Ocean? If it&amp;#039;s good enough to feed hungry, stranded vacationers, then guess what? It&amp;#039;s good enough for you, too. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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