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Originally Posted by sob
Talk about high horses!!
Anyone can claim anything they want on-line in regard to their charitable donations. I'm not going to post my tax return for you.
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What are you talking about?
The list was posted because you, yes
YOU asked.
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Originally Posted by sob
By the way, how much aid has your country sent?
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It's farcical that you now respond as you did above, when all I did was answer your question.
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That said, over the past ten years, I have donated thousands to charities, chief among them worldwide polio eradication. That is presently shifting toward providing drinking water free of Guinea worm in places like Ghana.
I do it through the local Rotary club, because 100% of the funds get to where they belong. When Rotary International helps with this cause, I will donate there, too.
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Well, good for you.
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I do NOT (unlike knee-jerk bleeding hearts) throw money at organizations who profess to be helping, but who keep up to 90% of the donations for "operating overhead."
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Huh?
Medicene Sans Frontier keep up to 90% of their donations? (Well, these guys
must be bad. They have French words in their name!!!)
The American Red Cross keep up to 90% of the their donations?
World Vision? Oxfam?
References please. I'm all ears.
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For decades, the US government has operated in the manner you suggest, namely, gather loads of money, then distribute it willy-nilly. It doesn't work.
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Wow, you should get a job with the US government. "It doesn't work"... you must be able to see something that the rest of the world doesn't!
Oh, and by the way, when did I suggest that the US government gather loads of money and distribute it willy-nilly? I didn't. You're barking up the wrong tree here mate. Or boxing with shadows.
All I said was that the US was not mentioned by UN Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Jan Egeland when he talked about the lamentable reduction in international aid.
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More thoughtful individuals try to ensure that the money gets to the right place. Unfortunately, these wise people never seem to be in our Congress.
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I'm not sure what you mean by this. Members of the US Congress themselves complained about the original $35M donation.
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Now, if you're finished hijacking the thread, I'll get back to the subject I brought up, namely that the UN misses no opportunity to dump on the United States. Your accusation of using this tragedy as a "cheap political mop" would more appropriately be directed at Jan Egeland, but you might have missed his name, due to your skipping over the part that mentions the huge amount of aid the US is mobilizing.
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Hijacking the thread? Well, that's a bit rich (if you'll pardon the pun). You asked me a question. I answered it. Now I'm hijacking the thread. Hmmm...
With regards to the comments about Jan Egeland, I can assure you that I didn't miss his name. And if you are accusing me of "skipping over the part that mentions the huge amount of aid the US is mobilizing" then it is
YOU who is shielding their eyes. Check out this thread for example:
http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthread.php?t=79895
I've actually gone out of my way to praise America for its actions since the magnitude of this disaster became clear.
Sheesh...
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One final note:
Here's another guy who will be among the first to scream that the US is "stingy."
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Guess what? I can find lots of pictures of Americans with Hitler tee-shirts on. And pictures of Americans posing beside murdered blacks. And pictures of American soldiers standing beside abused prisoners.
One final note:
Shall I post these too?
Mr Mephisto