[Vision2020] Bush gives $5 B in aid to Asian Children

[Dan Carscallen]

I too am "down" with the aid to these countries in their time of need,
no matter who is giving it.  It's all good, hopefully most of it gets to
those who need it most.  What I am not down with is the UN and their
representatives complaining that the US is not giving enough aid to
those in need.

Yesterday I remember reading remarks made by Jan Egeland, the UN
emergency relief coordinator and former head of the Norwegian Red Cross
stating how “We were more generous when we were less rich, many of the
rich countries.  And it is beyond me, why are we so stingy, really. ...
Even Christmas time should remind many Western countries at least how
rich we have become.”

Now, isn't the old saying "Never look a gift horse in the mouth", or
maybe "never turn down a free beer" (I can't remember which)?

I am glad Colin Powell got out there and put Mr. Egeland in his place.
Heck, maybe it's just inflation, but Andrew Natsios, the administrator
for the U.S. Agency for International Development, says that foreign
assistance for development and emergency relief rose from $10 billion in
President Clinton’s last year to $24 billion under President Bush in
2003. Powell said U.S. assistance for this week’s earthquake and
tsunamis alone will eventually exceed $1 billion.

Compassionate Conservatism?  Looks like it to me.

DC

-----Original Message-----
From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com
[mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com] On Behalf Of Tom Hansen
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 11:01 AM
To: Vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Bush gives $5 B in aid to Asian Children


Yes.  I am liberal and there are several things about George Bush that I
would much rather flush down a toilet.  But, his willingness to aid the
needy is not one of them.

For Donovan "I live only to help the down-trodden" Arnold to discredit
such willingness goes beyond ignorance.

There are many of us who do not support George Bush's policies or any
policies of the members of his cabinet.  However, this attitude of ours
does NOT encompass President Bush's willingness to aid "the thousands of
homeless and injured".  We should all support those willing to provide
such aid, whether it comes from our favorite side of the aisle or not.
Tsunamis do not have a political agenda.  Why should we assume such from
the very people aiding victims of those same tsunamis?

If Mr. Arnold truly believes in aiding the needy, as he often claims, he
can (at minimum) match my $80.00 contribution to UNICEF.  It all begins
at:

http://www.unicefusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=duLRI8O0H&b=25933

Take care,

Tom "whose glass remains half full" Hansen

We could learn a lot from crayons: some are sharp, some are pretty, some
are dull, some have weird names, and all are different colors....but
they all exist very nicely in the same box. 
-----Original Message-----
From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com
[mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
On Behalf Of Donovan Arnold
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 10:08 AM
To: Vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: [Vision2020] Bush gives $5 B in aid to Asian Children

George Bush is giving $5 Billion in US aid to help all the thousands of 
homeless and injured, children in Asia that don't have parents and lack 
medical care. He is even giving $1 million of the Bush family fortune as

well. Because that is what America is about, and that is what the Bush 
Family is about, and because that is what being a Christian is about.


Just Kidding! You are so freaking gullible if you believe Bush would
ever do

something so selfless and Christian as to help innocent children in dire

need of basic human amenities. He is throwing in $35 million though to
keep 
the bleeding liberals off of him.  And that is no small change. It takes
$35

million to run UI for a whole four months.

Don't you just love living in a country that keeps 99.98% of it's wealth

while all the other stupid countries only keep 95%. They are so gullible

aren't they?


Donovan J Arnold



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