Alpha lets you in on what you missed on today's morning show.

AND NOW FOR MY OWN LITTLE RANT!
Pardon the yelling...but here goes...
THE POOR PEOPLE OF MYANMAR...OR BURMA...THEY ARE HUDDLING OUT IN THE OPEN AFTER LAST WEEKS DEVASTATING TYPHOON WHILE ANOTHER STORM COMES BEARING DOWN ON THEM. THESE PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING AND ARE THEIR PIECE OF %^&#@* MILITARY GOVERNMENT IS CONFISCATING ALL THE SHIPMENTS OF AID.

AND WHAT ARE WE GENEROUS FOLKS HERE IN THE USA GOING TO DO? SEND MORE AID SO THE SO-CALLED LEADERS CAN USE IT FOR THEIR OWN PURPOSES. WE ARE ALREADY THE NUMBER ONE BENEFACTOR OF AID TO THE VICTIMS OF THIS DISASTER.

YET, WE CONTINUE TO SEND MORE, WHILE OIL RICH NATIONS THERE AND IN THE MIDDLE EAST, DO NOTHING.

EGYPT IS SUFFERNING FOOD SHORTAGES...WITH LONG LINES FOR BREAD WHILE THEIR OIL-RICH NEIGHBORS ARE...DOING AND OFFERING NEXT TO NOTHING! EVEN IMPOVERISHED BANGLADESH IS SENDING MORE AID THAN SAUDI ARABIA OR THE UNITED ARAB EMERATES!

NOTICE HOW THE CONTRIES WITH THE MOST OIL MONEY...OPEC...ARE THE LEAST GENEROUS AND PROVIDE THEIR CITIZENS THE LEAST FREEDOM.

CHECK IT OUT...IT'S TRUE. IN COUNTRIES WHERE OIL REVENUE IS THE NUMBER ONE SOURCE OF MONEY, THE GOVERNMENTS ARE MOST RESTRICTIVE AND LEAST OPEN AND GENEROUS.

PLEASE...SOMEBODY COME UP WITH A SYSTEM THAT REPLACES ALL THE PETRO-BASED ENERGY SOURCE, SO WE CAN TELL OPEC WHERE THEY CAN STICK THEIR OIL WELLS.

And THAT...is the end of my rant! Thank you.