[OldFriend]

Did David Gold lament the fact that we were spending huge sums of money for the tsunami victims. Countries that were our sworn enemies got help. The people were suffering and the US was there!

I, am proud to be part of this great country. I fully support the President.

After seeing the people in Houston in action re the refugees, I understand fully what COMPASSIONATE CONSERVATIVE means.

[oceanview]

we spent how much federal money on the tsumani? 200 billion? 60 billion? not even a fraction of that.

is our only measure of compassion now, how much we spend on this? look, everyone agrees regarding the spending to repair the public infrastructure - roads, bridges, ports, levees. but if the Bush "formula" for how individual relief will be provided falls apart, and it simply becomes giant waves of handouts, then where are we? in the name of compassion, we will simply do nothing different then the welfare state has done since the 1960s.