Well Uncle Sam is again chipping in to help the victims of earthquake and
tsunami. Let's see who else chips in. Rich Arabs? Muslim nations? Don't hold
your breath.

DeWayne wrote:

Well Uncle Sam is again chipping in to help the victims of earthquake and
tsunami. Let's see who else chips in. Rich Arabs? Muslim nations? Don't hold
your breath.

I think it's safe to say that there will be aid coming from all corners of the
globe.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

dxAce wrote:

DeWayne wrote:

Well Uncle Sam is again chipping in to help the victims of earthquake and
tsunami. Let's see who else chips in. Rich Arabs? Muslim nations? Don't hold
your breath.

I think it's safe to say that there will be aid coming from all corners of the
globe.

Additionally, I spoke to the Red Cross here earlier this afternoon and if you
desire you can make a donation with your local Red Cross to the International
Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) specifically for earthquake relief which will be
forwarded to them.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

dxAce wrote:



dxAce wrote:

DeWayne wrote:

Well Uncle Sam is again chipping in to help the victims of earthquake and
tsunami. Let's see who else chips in. Rich Arabs? Muslim nations? Don't hold
your breath.

I think it's safe to say that there will be aid coming from all corners of the
globe.

Additionally, I spoke to the Red Cross here earlier this afternoon and if you
desire you can make a donation with your local Red Cross to the International
Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) specifically for earthquake relief which will be
forwarded to them.

Radio Australia is reporting that the UN has said that the relief
operation will be the largest in HISTORY. 23,000 dead so far, and
injuries and disease (from all the dead bodies and bacteria contaminated
water) are expected to kill thousands more. It's the worst natural
disaster in nearly 100 years-hell, the quake itself was the largest
since the Alaska shaker in 1964, and that one caused the earth to ring
like a bell for three weeks. American experts are guessing that the
Indian Ocean hasn't experienced a tsunami like this in 500 years, but
they don't know since nothing in the recorded histories of those
countries matches what happened.

"running dogg" wrote in message
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dxAce wrote:



dxAce wrote:

DeWayne wrote:

Well Uncle Sam is again chipping in to help the victims of
earthquake and
tsunami. Let's see who else chips in. Rich Arabs? Muslim
nations? Don't hold
your breath.

I think it's safe to say that there will be aid coming from all
corners of the
globe.

Additionally, I spoke to the Red Cross here earlier this afternoon
and if you
desire you can make a donation with your local Red Cross to the
International
Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) specifically for earthquake
relief which will be
forwarded to them.

Radio Australia is reporting that the UN has said that the relief
operation will be the largest in HISTORY. 23,000 dead so far, and
injuries and disease (from all the dead bodies and bacteria
contaminated
water) are expected to kill thousands more. It's the worst natural
disaster in nearly 100 years-hell, the quake itself was the largest
since the Alaska shaker in 1964, and that one caused the earth to
ring
like a bell for three weeks. American experts are guessing that the
Indian Ocean hasn't experienced a tsunami like this in 500 years,
but
they don't know since nothing in the recorded histories of those
countries matches what happened.

The only thing that springs to mind offhand is what
happened to Thera and the Minoan civilization, circa
1500 BC.

--Mike L.

Michael Lawson wrote:


"running dogg" wrote in message
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dxAce wrote:



dxAce wrote:

DeWayne wrote:

Well Uncle Sam is again chipping in to help the victims of
earthquake and
tsunami. Let's see who else chips in. Rich Arabs? Muslim
nations? Don't hold
your breath.

I think it's safe to say that there will be aid coming from all
corners of the
globe.

Additionally, I spoke to the Red Cross here earlier this afternoon
and if you
desire you can make a donation with your local Red Cross to the
International
Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) specifically for earthquake
relief which will be
forwarded to them.

Radio Australia is reporting that the UN has said that the relief
operation will be the largest in HISTORY. 23,000 dead so far, and
injuries and disease (from all the dead bodies and bacteria
contaminated
water) are expected to kill thousands more. It's the worst natural
disaster in nearly 100 years-hell, the quake itself was the largest
since the Alaska shaker in 1964, and that one caused the earth to
ring
like a bell for three weeks. American experts are guessing that the
Indian Ocean hasn't experienced a tsunami like this in 500 years,
but
they don't know since nothing in the recorded histories of those
countries matches what happened.

The only thing that springs to mind offhand is what
happened to Thera and the Minoan civilization, circa
1500 BC.

And that was as much the rain of hot lava as the tsunami created by the
eruption.

As I understand it, the damage caused by the 9.0 magnitude earthquake
was relatively minor and localized, it was the tsunami that caused all
the death and destruction. That means that this tsunami was easily the
deadliest and most destructive tsunami in recorded human history. Radio
Habana Cuba claimed last night that "hundreds" of people in Somalia-in
Africa-died in the tsunami, although I have yet to hear confirmation of
that anywhere else. Somalia is on the other side of the Indian Ocean
from Sumatra-6,000 miles, IIRC.


--Mike L.

dxAce wrote:
Additionally, I spoke to the Red Cross here earlier this afternoon and if you
desire you can make a donation with your local Red Cross to the International
Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) specifically for earthquake relief which will be
forwarded to them.

Just as soon as more than a tiny fraction of the $550 million collected
for 9/11 victim relief finds its way to the actual victims.

--
The state religion of the USA is atheism, as established by the courts.

DeWayne wrote:

Well Uncle Sam is again chipping in to help the victims of earthquake and
tsunami. Let's see who else chips in. Rich Arabs? Muslim nations? Don't hold
your breath.

Uncle Sam's international disaster relief aid budget is nothing to brag
about either. There isn't a single country that spends even one per cent
of it's GNP on international aid, including the US.

starman wrote:

DeWayne wrote:

Well Uncle Sam is again chipping in to help the victims of earthquake and
tsunami. Let's see who else chips in. Rich Arabs? Muslim nations? Don't hold
your breath.

Uncle Sam's international disaster relief aid budget is nothing to brag
about either. There isn't a single country that spends even one per cent
of it's GNP on international aid, including the US.

I don't know if it's still accurate, but this web site:

http://www.aglimmerofhope.org/philanthrophy/newsweek_02_02.htm

has a quote from a February 2002 Newsweek article that says private American donors give 2.1% of our GNP to foreign aid each year. This is in addition to what our government gives. Here's a quote I like from the article:

"No nation comes even remotely close to the U.S. on these things," says Scott Walker of the Philanthropy Roundtable. "If you're in Sweden or France, it's something the government is supposed to do. If you were in England, it is the nobility. Americans
don't think it's enough to say, 'I gave at the office with taxes'."

Mark S. Holden wrote:

I don't know if it's still accurate, but this web site:

http://www.aglimmerofhope.org/philanthrophy/newsweek_02_02.htm

has a quote from a February 2002 Newsweek article that says private American donors give 2.1% of our GNP to foreign aid each year. This is in addition to what our government gives. Here's a quote I like from the article:

"No nation comes even remotely close to the U.S. on these things," says Scott Walker of the Philanthropy Roundtable. "If you're in Sweden or France, it's something the government is supposed to do. If you were in England, it is the nobility. Americans
don't think it's enough to say, 'I gave at the office with taxes'."


00.14 percent. Nowhere near what you quoted.


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In 2003, Norway spent $308 per capita on foreign aid, compared to
$23.76 for the United States.

http://www.fsmitha.com/world/norway.html
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Stupid subscription site:

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Almost a third of the way into the program (United Nations Millennium
Declaration which we signed), the latest available figures show that
the percentage of United States income going to poor countries remains
near rock bottom: 0.14 percent of GNP). Britain is at 0.34 percent,
and France at 0.41 percent. (Norway and Sweden, to no one's surprise,
are already exceeding the goal, at 0.92 percent and 0.79 percent.)

The government spends $450 billion annually on the military, and $15
billion on development help for poor countries, a 30-to-1 ratio that,
as Mr. Sachs puts it, shows how the nation has become "all war and no
peace in our foreign policy."

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/23/op...?oref=login&th
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