Re: A Year Ago

Even more proof of what I was saying.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/26/AR2005122600654_pf.html

And the big quote from the article is this

"In the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks, when the Red Cross was criticized
for attempting to use some of the money to prepare for future
disasters, donors have little tolerance for diverting funds to other
causes, say those who study charitable giving. But that presents
challenges to charities that usually are careful to parcel out aid
based on need."

In other words, the Red Cross wants a nice slush fund so they can give
the money to Africa and the UN. Doesn't work that way. The Red
Cross almost becomes a government program where the people running it
are saying, "Give us the money, and we'll spend it." More like waste
it away.






NoGodForMe wrote:
> Kip Ross wrote:
> > While you're out today, shopping, eating, and having fun -- if you
> > will, please take a moment or two and just think about the ~200,000
> > people that tragically perished one year ago today.
> >
> > Two hundred thousand people! That's *so* heartbreaking. The people
> > lost their lives, so please don't let them be forgotten.
> >
> >
> > -kip-
>
> Not forgotten. An article that appeared on Drudge is here.
>
> http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=uri:2005-12-26T151334Z_01_SIB609286_RTRUKOC_0_US-TSUNAMI.xml&pageNumber=0&summit=
>
> I feel bad, but at the same time, I'm frustrated with the way the money
> has been handled since. Quote from article.
>
> "After a much criticized slow start to reconstruction, officials and aid
> groups say a big chunk of the $13.6 billion in pledged donations -- the
> most generously funded humanitarian effort in history -- will be
> deployed for projects next year."
>
> Oh, so you mean, all this time, the money has just been sitting around?
> It's a joke if you ask me, which is why I never give to these relief
> efforts. The money goes to run the organizations asking for it, who in
> turn, waste it away. I'm sure the president is driving around a Beemer
> and living in a big home.
>
> And this line also pisses me off.
> "Experts say many lives could have been saved if a tsunami early warning
> system, similar to that in the Pacific, had been in place."
>
> What they're implying here is that the USA is to blame for not putting
> the system in place. They've already tried to sue the USA saying it was
> our fault.
>
> The USA tried to deliver goods, and we were turned away.

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