$350 million = Stingy America - GoFuckYourself.com

FabianC · 02-03-2005, 12:48 PM

This might be old or a repost but I just read it in an email ..

"There are over six billion people living on our planet. Of that six billion,
almost two billion are Muslims. That's roughly a third of the total
population of the earth.

The earthquake that triggered the killer tsunami was centered just off the
coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Indonesia is the world's most
populous Muslim country. It was also the most severely devastated by the
wave. Nearly 100,000 of the victims of the December 26 catastrophe were
Indonesian Muslims.

The vast majority of the victims were either Muslims, Buddhists or Hindu.
Got all that? Good.

Now, to the United Nations. The United Nations consists of 186 countries.
The most powerful voting bloc is the fifty-seven Islamic countries that
generally vote with one voice, especially when the United States or Israel
are voting the other way.

The United Nations' head of humanitarian relief, Jan Egeland, criticized the
West for being stingy. He didn't specifically mention America, but he cited
the exact percentage of the US GDP that is budgeted for foreign aid, so
there is little doubt of who the 'stingy West' was, at least in Egeland's mind.

Egeland slammed the United States for not raising taxes so that America
could give a greater percentage of its GDP to the UN to distribute as part
of the UN's foreign aid package.

Editorials in the Washington Post, the New York Times and other liberal
newspapers echoed Egeland's charge, with the New York Times calling
America's $350 million in direct government aid 'miserly'.

The United States makes up some six percent of the world's total population,
but we pay a quarter of the United Nation's total budget. The United
States pays forty percent of the world's total disaster relief aid, and sixty
percent of the world's total food donations.

The $2.4 billion (that's BILLION) dollars Washington spent in emergency aid
in 2003 represented 40 percent of the total amount of emergency assistance
from all bilateral donors provided that year. Evidently, that isn't enough.

It didn't take long for these same liberal elitists to turn Mother Nature
into an American right-wing hater of Islam.

Not only had America's imperialistic self-enrichment policies created the
natural disaster, but also cold-hearted Muslim hating President Bush
wouldn't leave his ranch in Texas... which by the way, is his home -- not
a vacation destination -- and only offered a 'stingy' initial monetary donation.

While these elitist journalist were assailing President Bush and expounding
the mantra that America should be giving more money to the devastated region
in a token gesture that would 'show Islam that America didn't hate Muslims',
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan was still on his vacation skiing in
Jackson Hole, Wyoming. He returned to New York four days later.

The wave struck on Sunday, and it took only until Monday before the US
announced its $350 million in initial aid, sent the USS Abraham Lincoln into
the region, including helicopters, and C-130 transport planes, sent
hundreds of tons of pre-packaged emergency aid supplies, and deployed some 14,000
American troops to help with the recovery and cleanup.

In Indonesia, U.S. helicopters flew at least 30 sorties, delivering 60,000
pounds of water and supplies, from the aircraft carrier USS Abraham
Lincoln along a 120-mile stretch of Sumatra island's ravaged coastline.

Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, the richest nations in the Islamic world, donated
a paltry $10 million each. The United Arab Emirates donated some $20 million
to relieve the suffering of their Islamic 'brothers'.

Egypt's contribution at the time of this writing is $104,000.00. (Note:
Egypt gets $2 BILLION in US foreign aid annually)

And did anybody notice that the majority of the private donations came
from those evil corporate types the left so loves to loathe?

Pfizer donated $10 million in cash and $25 million in drugs. (That is more
than oil-rich Saudi Arabia and Kuwait combined). General Motors pledged $2
million in cash, agreed to match employee donations dollar for dollar, and
is sending vehicles to transport food and medical supplies to the region.

Other corporate donors include Nike Inc., American Express, General
Electric, First Data Corp., Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Exxon-Mobil, Citigroup,
Marriott International and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

On the other hand, where are all the Hollywood liberals? Activist actors
such as Ben Affleck, Susan Sarandon, Al Franken, Tim Robbins, Martin
Sheen, and Barbra Streisand have not been heard from.

And where is George Soros, the world richest left wing liberal?

Actress Sandra Bullock donated one million dollars, but Bullock is neither
an activist nor a liberal. (She also donated one million following
September 11). Super-rich liberals like Bono and Bruce Springsteen are promising to
hold another 'aid concert' to collect money (not theirs) for the victims.

America, as noted at the outset, represents six percent of the global
population. But in any catastrophe, it gets one hundred percent of the
blame. The UN's nose is out of joint because the Bush administration
refuses to funnel its aid through the UN's various aid agencies.

Kofi Annan wants to use the catastrophe to shore up the UN's sagging image
in the wake of the Oil-For-Food thefts from Iraq. The United States wants
to ensure the aid doesn't end up lining the pockets of UN officials. So the
US is 'too stingy' and gets another black eye.

Where is the rest of the Islamic world? There are fifty-seven Islamic
nations, and the world's biggest Islamic nation is the one that took the
hardest hit. But it is the United States -- the world's largest donor
nation-- that is grabbing all the headlines for being 'stingy'.

To put things in perspective, I saw a news photo yesterday of one of the
Indonesian victims.

He was wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the face of Osama bin Laden."

Aly · 02-03-2005, 12:55 PM

Very good post.... and I'm an evil liberal!

Jayo · 02-03-2005, 01:11 PM

Yea, good read!

evanmorgan · 02-03-2005, 01:19 PM

yeah i feel the same way, and ive always thought the UN is a bunch of crap

ezrydn · 02-03-2005, 01:25 PM

If $350 million is "cheap," then we can just keep it here. Wouldn't want to have anyone thinking we were cheap now, would we? And your post is exactly on target. I live in Mexico and they only sent $13 million in supplies. Talk about CHEAP!!!

sweetME · 02-03-2005, 01:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ezrydn

If $350 million is "cheap," then we can just keep it here. Wouldn't want to have anyone thinking we were cheap now, would we? And your post is exactly on target. I live in Mexico and they only sent $13 million in supplies. Talk about CHEAP!!!

I totally agree. What the hell.

Just_Dave · 02-03-2005, 01:37 PM

good post

Scott McD · 02-03-2005, 01:40 PM

Interesting...

BRISK · 02-03-2005, 01:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FabianC

The wave struck on Sunday, and it took only until Monday before the US announced its $350 million in initial aid

I'm not trying to support this Egeland guy, but I don't think that this is correct.

I think it was 2 days after the tsunami that the US annouced an initial $15 million in aid, and it was at that point the Jan Egeland made the comment about western countries being stingy.

It wasn't until after the comment was made that the US raised their pledge to $35 million, and eventually $350 million.

Other western countries also raised their pledges after the comment was made as well.

So I think the comment was made around the time of the initial $15 million pledge

spunkmaster · 02-03-2005, 02:02 PM

The US has also been spending about 8 Million per day on the relief efforts through the military. Add to this the military pay and food for the last four weeks for several thousand Navy and Marines helping out and the total the US is spending will be over 1 billion $$ in total aid given.

02-03-2005, 12:48 PM	#1
FabianC Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 1,616	$350 million = Stingy America This might be old or a repost but I just read it in an email .. "There are over six billion people living on our planet. Of that six billion, almost two billion are Muslims. That's roughly a third of the total population of the earth. The earthquake that triggered the killer tsunami was centered just off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Indonesia is the world's most populous Muslim country. It was also the most severely devastated by the wave. Nearly 100,000 of the victims of the December 26 catastrophe were Indonesian Muslims. The vast majority of the victims were either Muslims, Buddhists or Hindu. Got all that? Good. Now, to the United Nations. The United Nations consists of 186 countries. The most powerful voting bloc is the fifty-seven Islamic countries that generally vote with one voice, especially when the United States or Israel are voting the other way. The United Nations' head of humanitarian relief, Jan Egeland, criticized the West for being stingy. He didn't specifically mention America, but he cited the exact percentage of the US GDP that is budgeted for foreign aid, so there is little doubt of who the 'stingy West' was, at least in Egeland's mind. Egeland slammed the United States for not raising taxes so that America could give a greater percentage of its GDP to the UN to distribute as part of the UN's foreign aid package. Editorials in the Washington Post, the New York Times and other liberal newspapers echoed Egeland's charge, with the New York Times calling America's $350 million in direct government aid 'miserly'. The United States makes up some six percent of the world's total population, but we pay a quarter of the United Nation's total budget. The United States pays forty percent of the world's total disaster relief aid, and sixty percent of the world's total food donations. The $2.4 billion (that's BILLION) dollars Washington spent in emergency aid in 2003 represented 40 percent of the total amount of emergency assistance from all bilateral donors provided that year. Evidently, that isn't enough. It didn't take long for these same liberal elitists to turn Mother Nature into an American right-wing hater of Islam. Not only had America's imperialistic self-enrichment policies created the natural disaster, but also cold-hearted Muslim hating President Bush wouldn't leave his ranch in Texas... which by the way, is his home -- not a vacation destination -- and only offered a 'stingy' initial monetary donation. While these elitist journalist were assailing President Bush and expounding the mantra that America should be giving more money to the devastated region in a token gesture that would 'show Islam that America didn't hate Muslims', UN Secretary General Kofi Annan was still on his vacation skiing in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. He returned to New York four days later. The wave struck on Sunday, and it took only until Monday before the US announced its $350 million in initial aid, sent the USS Abraham Lincoln into the region, including helicopters, and C-130 transport planes, sent hundreds of tons of pre-packaged emergency aid supplies, and deployed some 14,000 American troops to help with the recovery and cleanup. In Indonesia, U.S. helicopters flew at least 30 sorties, delivering 60,000 pounds of water and supplies, from the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln along a 120-mile stretch of Sumatra island's ravaged coastline. Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, the richest nations in the Islamic world, donated a paltry $10 million each. The United Arab Emirates donated some $20 million to relieve the suffering of their Islamic 'brothers'. Egypt's contribution at the time of this writing is $104,000.00. (Note: Egypt gets $2 BILLION in US foreign aid annually) And did anybody notice that the majority of the private donations came from those evil corporate types the left so loves to loathe? Pfizer donated $10 million in cash and $25 million in drugs. (That is more than oil-rich Saudi Arabia and Kuwait combined). General Motors pledged $2 million in cash, agreed to match employee donations dollar for dollar, and is sending vehicles to transport food and medical supplies to the region. Other corporate donors include Nike Inc., American Express, General Electric, First Data Corp., Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Exxon-Mobil, Citigroup, Marriott International and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. On the other hand, where are all the Hollywood liberals? Activist actors such as Ben Affleck, Susan Sarandon, Al Franken, Tim Robbins, Martin Sheen, and Barbra Streisand have not been heard from. And where is George Soros, the world richest left wing liberal? Actress Sandra Bullock donated one million dollars, but Bullock is neither an activist nor a liberal. (She also donated one million following September 11). Super-rich liberals like Bono and Bruce Springsteen are promising to hold another 'aid concert' to collect money (not theirs) for the victims. America, as noted at the outset, represents six percent of the global population. But in any catastrophe, it gets one hundred percent of the blame. The UN's nose is out of joint because the Bush administration refuses to funnel its aid through the UN's various aid agencies. Kofi Annan wants to use the catastrophe to shore up the UN's sagging image in the wake of the Oil-For-Food thefts from Iraq. The United States wants to ensure the aid doesn't end up lining the pockets of UN officials. So the US is 'too stingy' and gets another black eye. Where is the rest of the Islamic world? There are fifty-seven Islamic nations, and the world's biggest Islamic nation is the one that took the hardest hit. But it is the United States -- the world's largest donor nation-- that is grabbing all the headlines for being 'stingy'. To put things in perspective, I saw a news photo yesterday of one of the Indonesian victims. He was wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the face of Osama bin Laden."

02-03-2005, 12:55 PM	#2
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02-03-2005, 01:19 PM	#4
evanmorgan Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 2,490	yeah i feel the same way, and ive always thought the UN is a bunch of crap

02-03-2005, 01:25 PM	#5
ezrydn Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Guadalajara, MX Posts: 695	If $350 million is "cheap," then we can just keep it here. Wouldn't want to have anyone thinking we were cheap now, would we? And your post is exactly on target. I live in Mexico and they only sent $13 million in supplies. Talk about CHEAP!!!

02-03-2005, 01:37 PM	#7
Just_Dave Its almost time Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 13,009	good post

02-03-2005, 02:02 PM	#10
spunkmaster Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 2,052	The US has also been spending about 8 Million per day on the relief efforts through the military. Add to this the military pay and food for the last four weeks for several thousand Navy and Marines helping out and the total the US is spending will be over 1 billion $$ in total aid given.