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Posted on 04/06/2009 1:02:42 PM PDT by devere
The United States said Monday it would donate 50,000 dollars in emergency aid to Italy after a powerful earthquake killed at least 100 people. "We send our heartfelt condolences to the families of those killed in the earthquake. Our embassy in Rome will provide 50,000 (dollars) in emergency relief funding," State Department spokesman Robert Wood told reporters. Italian authorities told the United States they did not need rescue teams, Wood said. President Barack Obama earlier offered his condolences on a visit to Turkey and voiced hope that the United States could send rescuers. The earthquake killed at least 100 people and injured 1,500 more as it reduced medieval buildings to rubble in the central town of L'Aquila. Wood said there were no reports of US citizens among the dead or injured but that the US embassy in Rome was reaching out to Americans living in the region.
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I saw that number earlier today and was stunned. Chump change.
seems pretty low .... thought the USAF base might donate relief supplies, help with transportation and provide some military assistance (medics, civil engineers, water and sanitation, etc)
perhaps bambi will send some DVD’s
I seriously hope the decimal is in the wrong spot. Remember the flack Bush took for not giving a bazillion dollars to tsunami ravaged regions?
All the rest has already been given to ACORN and GM.
Is that a misprint?
Nice, insult, that is...
$50,000?
Sorry but we’re a bit skint at the moment after shipping teleprompters all over Europe.
BRB going to go check it out.
100 dead. 1500 injured.
$50,000 works out to be about $31 per victim.
Why even bother?
The price of one of his steak dinner parties at the W.House.
Hamas gets $900 million and Italy gets $50,000? All foreign aid should be ended.
The United States said Monday it would donate 50,000 dollars in emergency aid to Italy after a powerful earthquake killed at least 100 people.
“We send our heartfelt condolences to the families of those killed in the earthquake. Our embassy in Rome will provide 50,000 (dollars) in emergency relief funding,” State Department spokesman Robert Wood told reporters.
Italian authorities told the United States they did not need rescue teams, Wood said.
1/3000th of what was estimated to have been spent on O’s inauguration.
Well, at least he didn’t pledge to give every person left homeless an iPod.
Another Hussein embarrassment.
Hamas gets $900 million and Italy gets $50,000? All foreign aid should be ended.
He has shown the whole world what a street activist knows about running this country.
When will we start the impeachment of this bumbling idiot? He has hurt this country immeasurably!
They should be “given” from the US Treasury (which is broke plus) the same as we should give every other country in the world. ZERO!
We need to send him the word that if we have to downsize, then so does the WH. Actually shouldn’t the WH lead the way considering this economy???
YGBSM!!! $50K???????? If that were a muslim country, obambi would’ve committed us to $10B+. That’s the best “we” can do for an ally??
I agree with whoever said that when Hamas gets $900 million and Italy gets only $50,000, something is seriously wrong...
We could’ve raised that amount just within the ranks here at FR in two hours. $50K. Damn, that’s shameful.
$50,000? That’s embarrassing.
Remember, folks....that’s $50,000 BEFORE the exchange rate deductions.
$50K has got to be a mistake. Why even bother with an amount like that and insult an ally to boot?
Nicely done, Barry. Dumbass.
yeah, my thoughts exactly. Obama isn’t exactly generous.
Right. They’ve spent all our money already.
“You’re welcome Italy!” :(
Did the Clintons donate underpants?
$50K has got to be a mistake. Why even bother with an amount like that and insult an ally to boot?
“Don’t spend it all in one place!”
Got that right. This is a new low.
Tell me again, how much did we pledge to Hasmastan?
ML/NJ
Don’t spend it all in one place.
If my memory is correct, his tax returns showed very small donations. Does anyone have that info? I was under the impression that as a couple they were stingy.
Shhesh. You can’t get a decent groppa for $50K in Italy!
Damn straight. After 9/11 we raised $12,000 in two days just at my local middle school alone (teachers, parents, and kids).
It is getting very embarrassing to be an American.
Too bad Rush wasn’t on today when this news broke. I think he might have sent them a larger donation himself.
Tell me again, how much did we pledge to Hasmastan?
Chump change indeed. It is a sin. How much of our money is ACORN getting?
“Don’t spend it all in one place.”
It will buy you a couple of weeks at the Galleria in Milan. It’s a very nice place right between the Duomo cathedral and La Scala Opera House.
What do you expect, Italy is a Christian state and they did support us, although not greatly, in Iraq.
I cannot wait for that POS muslim non citizen to be removed from office.
Vince
If O can’t use money to control operations of an organization, that organization won’t get much beyond a token amount.
Yeah but this is the NEW money, with Husseins picture! That alone makes it quite a bit more valuable.
$50,000?
50,000 Seats Ready For Larry The Cable Guy Concert
Yes, I recollect the same.
I was just thinking earlier this morning that the world who thinks Obama is so wonderful is going to learn how much more generous the USA was pre-Obama and that under Obama they will learn they are basically on their own.
If O can’t use money to control operations of an organization, that organization won’t get much beyond a token amount.
Obama gave essentially zero - under 1% of gross income, at a time they were making 300K a year - until he decided to run for President.
Whereupon the purse strings opened up and the checks started going out - $27,500 to his God Damn Whitey “church”, $12,000 to the God Damn Whitey Congressional Black Caucus, etc.
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