So, I guess all the countries that we helped rebuild over the years after natural disasters are going to start one of these for us, right? Seems only fair, doesn't it?
United States relief fund?
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First thing I thought of today was the god damned French, who were jumping up and down on our head 2 seconds after the tsunami that we only help ourselves and dont care about other countries when our own citizens arent involved. Hope they can take the stick out of their ass long enough to call and say how many million in relief we can put them down for.
Sorry, but i can't think of the last time any 1st world country helped another with relief efforts. Maybe you can explain who is better equiped to help the richest nation in the world and FEMA handle this?
We helped after the tsunami because those countries don't have a pot to piss in and over 200k people died suddenly. Bush sat on his hands for a few days without saying a word, then pledge some small amount of cash. That's why the rest of the world gave us shit.
We helped after the tsunami because those countries don't have a pot to piss in and over 200k people died suddenly. Bush sat on his hands for a few days without saying a word, then pledge some small amount of cash. That's why the rest of the world gave us shit.
Sweet Lou said:
I can think of plenty of countries that would have a few gazillion dollars to spare. We won't hold our breath!
djv said:
the same red cross that has paid the legal fees for looters in other natural disasters and gives its CEO's millions of dollars????
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SixFive said:
Ok, how much did we send to Madrid after the bombings there?
How about London? Did we send a dime to them in July?
Ever see us lift a finger for the flooding Europe last year? In fact, how many stories did you even see about it in the news.
And what would you think of your taxes going to help Japan after another earthquake there?
dawgball said:
Bush's original pledge was for $15 mill.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20041228-122330-7268r.htm
where are all the actors , actrecess, singers and groups, that came alive for the sunamee(however you spell it) those liberals better wake up and help our own.
Seen he is getting his Dad and Clinton together to go on a worldwide money tour. Hope it works for the poor people down south, just awful nobody deserves that.
mode the lode said:
Benefits for hurricane victims
Victims of Hurricane Katrina will be getting a little help from celebrities.
NBC Universal has scheduled "A Concert for Hurricane Relief," an hourlong show that will air Friday on NBC, MSNBC and CNBC, the company announced in a press release Wednesday.
The concert will include country singer Tim McGraw, pianist and singer Harry Connick Jr. and jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, all Louisiana natives. Matt Lauer will host.
Viewers will be encouraged to donate to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund in support of hurricane relief, according to the press release.
MTV, VH1 and CMT announced a relief campaign that will kick off Saturday, September 10, with a special featuring such acts as the Dave Matthews Band, Alicia Keys, John Mellencamp, Ludacris, Green Day, David Banner, Rob Thomas, Gretchen Wilson and Linkin Park's Chester Bennington.
The program will be simulcast live on all three networks from locations in New York, Nashville, Los Angeles and Atlanta, according to a press release.
It will direct donations to the American Red Cross and promote volunteerism, the release said.
A Morgan Freeman-organized auction of celebrity- and corporate-donated items also was announced Wednesday.
The auction, which includes a screening of Freeman's upcoming film, "An Unfinished Life," a resort getaway and memorabilia packages from various movies, will open Friday on the Charity Folks Web site. Proceeds will go the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund as well.
"It's sort of well-known that anytime any catastrophe happens anywhere in the world, they can count on the United States for help," Freeman told The Associated Press in a phone interview.
"Now, charity begins at home, so we call on anybody who has even the thought [of giving] to get beyond the thought and help these people," the 68-year-old actor said.
Freeman was born in Memphis, Tennessee, and lives in the Mississippi Delta. His property missed the hurricane's harshest damage, he told the AP.
Mean ole drug companies and corporate America-and even insurance companies kicking in---where are all these elements that profess they are always looking out for the "little guy"
Companies Give Millions to Katrina Relief Efforts
Thursday, September 01, 2005
INDIANAPOLIS ? Pharmaceutical companies rounded up much-needed medicine, water suppliers loaded trucks with thirst-quenching cargo and companies from petroleum giants to beer makers pitched in millions in cash and products Wednesday to help communities battered by Hurricane Katrina.
The efforts to collect money and goods to help the Gulf Coast rebuild gathered momentum Wednesday as officials continued assessing the damage from one of the nation's worst natural disasters.
American Red Cross (search) spokeswoman Sarah Marchetti said at least 30 companies had made donations by Wednesday morning, and the number was expected to climb.
"They've been pouring in," she said.
In Indianapolis, drug maker Eli Lilly & Co. (LLY) prepared to send 40,000 vials of refrigerated insulin to patients in the Southeast, along with at least $1 million in cash to the American Red Cross.
"We're poised to ship as soon as we get the OK," Lilly spokesman Edward Sagebiel said.
Drug maker Wyeth (WYE) of Madison, N.J., planned to donate antibiotics and nonprescription pain relievers, health care giant Johnson & Johnson provided $250,000 worth of kits containing toothbrushes, soap and shampoo, as well as pallets of pain relievers and wound care supplies. Drug maker Merck & Co. (MRK) planned to send antibiotics and hepatitis A vaccines to protect those facing contaminated waters.
"Our commitment is open-ended," said Merck spokeswoman Janet Skidmore.
Illinois-based pharmaceutical company Abbott Laboratories Inc. is giving $2 million cash and at least $2 million in nutritional and medical products.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce (search) said initial corporate donations to the relief efforts could total more than $100 million.
Hank Goldstein, chairman of Giving USA (search) in Glenview, Ill., said individual and corporate donations combined could reach $1 billion.
But he predicted the corporate relief effort would be smaller than those recorded after the 2001 terrorist attacks and the tsunami that ravaged Asia in December.
"This kind of money comes quick and comes early and then falls off fast after that," Goldstein said. "It will abate along with the water."
Donations Wednesday already had reached well into the millions and included $5 million from Chevron Corp., $3 million each from JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Citigroup, $2 million from Pfizer and $1 million from insurer State Farm.
The Walt Disney Co. contributed $2.5 million, $1 million of which will go to the American Red Cross and the rest for rebuilding efforts and volunteer centers helping affected communities.
The contributions also included 50 trucks donated by Nissan North America to the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency, more than 825,000 cans of water supplied by Anheuser-Busch (BUD) in St. Louis and 3,000 walkie talkie-type phones for emergency personnel from Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) Kellogg Co. (K) of Battle Creek, Mich., sent seven truckloads of crackers and cookies to hard-hit areas. General Motors Corp. (GM) also planned to donate 25 cars and trucks to the Red Cross.
Qwest Communications International Inc. will send 2,000 long-distance calling cards so those affected could call loved ones, said spokesman Michael Dunne. He said Denver-based Qwest also has given the Red Cross $230,000 to help train responders.
Home improvement companies Home Depot (HD) and Lowe's (LOW) pledged cash and manpower, while Culligan International of Northbrook, Ill., sent five truckloads of water to residents in Alabama and Mississippi.
The water, part of a larger, 28-truck convoy organized by the Missouri-based Convoy of Hope, was traveling at 10 mph through Mississippi.
"It's very treacherous," said Mike Ennis, director of strategic initiatives at Convoy of Hope.
Office Depot (ODP) of Delray Beach, Fla., donated $1 million to the American Red Cross for hurricane relief efforts. Officials announced Wednesday the company also would give the contents of its five New Orleans stores, valued at $4 million, to New Orleans officials to use as they recover from Hurricane Katrina.
Spokesman Brian Levine said the contents include items such as printers, paper, cartridges, pens and notebooks. What might be available and its condition were unclear.
City officials on Wednesday commandeered equipment from a looted Office Depot. During a state of emergency, authorities have broad powers to take private supplies and buildings for their use.
But Levine couldn't say what condition the items might be in given the flooding that has ravaged the city.
"I couldn't tell you if it's completely flooded, a little flooded, or not," he said. "Our position is we're donating the contents of the entire store."
Companies Give Millions to Katrina Relief Efforts
Thursday, September 01, 2005
INDIANAPOLIS ? Pharmaceutical companies rounded up much-needed medicine, water suppliers loaded trucks with thirst-quenching cargo and companies from petroleum giants to beer makers pitched in millions in cash and products Wednesday to help communities battered by Hurricane Katrina.
The efforts to collect money and goods to help the Gulf Coast rebuild gathered momentum Wednesday as officials continued assessing the damage from one of the nation's worst natural disasters.
American Red Cross (search) spokeswoman Sarah Marchetti said at least 30 companies had made donations by Wednesday morning, and the number was expected to climb.
"They've been pouring in," she said.
In Indianapolis, drug maker Eli Lilly & Co. (LLY) prepared to send 40,000 vials of refrigerated insulin to patients in the Southeast, along with at least $1 million in cash to the American Red Cross.
"We're poised to ship as soon as we get the OK," Lilly spokesman Edward Sagebiel said.
Drug maker Wyeth (WYE) of Madison, N.J., planned to donate antibiotics and nonprescription pain relievers, health care giant Johnson & Johnson provided $250,000 worth of kits containing toothbrushes, soap and shampoo, as well as pallets of pain relievers and wound care supplies. Drug maker Merck & Co. (MRK) planned to send antibiotics and hepatitis A vaccines to protect those facing contaminated waters.
"Our commitment is open-ended," said Merck spokeswoman Janet Skidmore.
Illinois-based pharmaceutical company Abbott Laboratories Inc. is giving $2 million cash and at least $2 million in nutritional and medical products.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce (search) said initial corporate donations to the relief efforts could total more than $100 million.
Hank Goldstein, chairman of Giving USA (search) in Glenview, Ill., said individual and corporate donations combined could reach $1 billion.
But he predicted the corporate relief effort would be smaller than those recorded after the 2001 terrorist attacks and the tsunami that ravaged Asia in December.
"This kind of money comes quick and comes early and then falls off fast after that," Goldstein said. "It will abate along with the water."
Donations Wednesday already had reached well into the millions and included $5 million from Chevron Corp., $3 million each from JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Citigroup, $2 million from Pfizer and $1 million from insurer State Farm.
The Walt Disney Co. contributed $2.5 million, $1 million of which will go to the American Red Cross and the rest for rebuilding efforts and volunteer centers helping affected communities.
The contributions also included 50 trucks donated by Nissan North America to the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency, more than 825,000 cans of water supplied by Anheuser-Busch (BUD) in St. Louis and 3,000 walkie talkie-type phones for emergency personnel from Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) Kellogg Co. (K) of Battle Creek, Mich., sent seven truckloads of crackers and cookies to hard-hit areas. General Motors Corp. (GM) also planned to donate 25 cars and trucks to the Red Cross.
Qwest Communications International Inc. will send 2,000 long-distance calling cards so those affected could call loved ones, said spokesman Michael Dunne. He said Denver-based Qwest also has given the Red Cross $230,000 to help train responders.
Home improvement companies Home Depot (HD) and Lowe's (LOW) pledged cash and manpower, while Culligan International of Northbrook, Ill., sent five truckloads of water to residents in Alabama and Mississippi.
The water, part of a larger, 28-truck convoy organized by the Missouri-based Convoy of Hope, was traveling at 10 mph through Mississippi.
"It's very treacherous," said Mike Ennis, director of strategic initiatives at Convoy of Hope.
Office Depot (ODP) of Delray Beach, Fla., donated $1 million to the American Red Cross for hurricane relief efforts. Officials announced Wednesday the company also would give the contents of its five New Orleans stores, valued at $4 million, to New Orleans officials to use as they recover from Hurricane Katrina.
Spokesman Brian Levine said the contents include items such as printers, paper, cartridges, pens and notebooks. What might be available and its condition were unclear.
City officials on Wednesday commandeered equipment from a looted Office Depot. During a state of emergency, authorities have broad powers to take private supplies and buildings for their use.
But Levine couldn't say what condition the items might be in given the flooding that has ravaged the city.
"I couldn't tell you if it's completely flooded, a little flooded, or not," he said. "Our position is we're donating the contents of the entire store."
if any country does not like our country's contribution on any type of relief aid, they then should either give it back or do what guiliani did in the after math of 9/11...don't accept it.
if any citizen thinks that our country's contribution to any chairty is too small.......
my question is how much did that citizen contribute to that charity or relief fund ?
if any citizen thinks that our country's contribution to any chairty is too small.......
my question is how much did that citizen contribute to that charity or relief fund ?
