[Smogger]

I think we should try to setup a central thread to co-ordinate relief efforts on FR.

[coloradan]

Blogs however should not replace professional journalists, said Robert Thompson, who heads the Center for the Study of Popular Television at Syracuse University in New York state.

Why not? Still need somebody to air false accusations against President Bush repeatedly? Someone to give the MMM free airtime? Someone to call for new laws and new regulations no matter what happens where, to whom?

[Snapple]

I started two threads that have links to charities on them.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1310283/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1310188/posts

If you like the American Red Cross, Amazon has set up an esy on-line payment at http://www.amazon.com You can use your Amazon account just as if you were buying a book. The money is specifically dedicated to the tsunami relief.

The USAID has a list of charities that work in that region here:

http://www.usaid.gov/locations/asia_near_east/tsunami/ngolist.html

The important thing is to give a charity you like some money.