If it's a good tool, let's use it (updated)

The "missing-white-woman" craze has been bumped to the next level:

Gov. Bob Riley called for a nationwide travel boycott of Aruba on Tuesday on behalf of a missing Alabama teenager's family, who accuse the island's government of not fully cooperating with the investigation into her disappearance.

Riley asked his fellow governors to join him in urging the boycott of Aruba, where 18-year-old Natalee Holloway was last seen on May 30.

The unfortunate disappearance of Ms. Holloway--who was on a high school graduation trip to the resort island--has been a tragedy for her family, and a ratings boon for the Fox News Channel.

But Governor Riley's actions raise (not beg--raise!) two important questions: Is Ms. Holloway the only disappeared person worthy of a boycott? And is Aruba the only target worthy of a boycott?

A colleague and friend of this blog writes the editor of the Tuscaloosa (AL) News:

Dear Editor:

Governor Riley’s call for a national boycott of Aruba for their failure to find any answers in the Natalee Holloway case should be only a first step.

I believe that the concern the governor has for a missing Alabama child must lead to the following additional national boycotts.

City of Northport--until we get answers about the disappearance of Heaven Lashae Ross who has been missing for two years.

St. Clair County--until we get answers about the disappearance of nine year-old Kasie Lynn McGuire who has been missing three years.

Cleburne County--until we get answers about the disappearance of Abigail Louise Angel who has been missing for five years.

Etowah County--until we get answers about the disappearance of Darlene Nichole Tolbert who has been missing eight years.

City of Birmingham--until we get answers about the disappearance of Venus Grier and Claudia Martinez

City of Pritchard--until we get answers about the disappearance of 17-year-old Andria Nichole Maples and her 18-month-old son.

There are additional missing children in Alabama whose disappearances have not been solved by the police departments in Fairfield, Montgomery, Tuskegee, and Vestavia Hills and sheriff departments in Marshall, Shelby, Trussville, and Walker counties. I'm sure the governor will also place these locations on his national boycott list.

Thank you, Governor Riley, for taking an interest in all the missing children--rich or poor, black or white--of Alabama.

[Update: Apparently we need to spot the good folks at the Tuscaloosa News an extra week or so to give them time to process irony.]