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Thanks, Matt_Vecere,
for putting our donation (government, not private) in perspective. And as for your viewpoint on Dubya the Facilitator, I second your emotion.
posted by
saul_relative
on January 5, 2005 at 4:23 PM
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A stingy gov't? Yes!
As an American, I am disgusted by my leader's misguided and callous response to this international crisis. Only by shame was he smoked out of his vacation time in Texas--three days after the devastation! His original pledge of $15 million was a slap in the face to the world, including we the people. Our economy strips the third world of their resources to afford us a lifestyle unimaginable to the mass of humanity. In relation to GDP, the current pledge of $35 million--20 of which is in loans--is 0.14%. By far the lowest of industrialized nations. Nations of a fraction of our GDP are even topping our leader's pledge dollar for dollar. We have a unique opportunity here to begin to repair our relations with the world--especially with the muslim world where the brunt of the suffering lies. But it appears our jackass of a leader has chosen to further inflame the hatred of our country. And, by doing so, put every American at greater risk.
posted by
Matt_Vecere
on December 31, 2004 at 1:36 PM
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Hey, mills,
it's not that much on the scale of things, but it is something and more is promised. The problem is finding the money in a war-devastated budget. Still, when you consider that the U.S. always seems to find money to force "freedom" down other's throats, then being able to find a few dollars for a humanitarian effort shouldn't be that hard, huh?
Thanks for reading, mills. Glad to know there are a few internationals on Blogit.
posted by
saul_relative
on December 29, 2004 at 6:33 PM
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Concidering you GNP, is $35 million that much ? The good old Brits chucked $30 million in and we're about the size of downtown LA ;-)
posted by
mills
on December 29, 2004 at 4:53 PM
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