The Slimes' reaction is just a Bash-Bush Kneejerk. They'd never do such a thing to Clinton, even if only the President were changed.
Posted on 12/30/2004 5:07:39 AM PST by .cnI redruM
President Bush finally roused himself yesterday from his vacation in Crawford, Tex., to telephone his sympathy to the leaders of India, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Indonesia, and to speak publicly about the devastation of Sunday's tsunamis in Asia. He also hurried to put as much distance as possible between himself and America's initial measly aid offer of $15 million, and he took issue with an earlier statement by the United Nations' emergency relief coordinator, Jan Egeland, who had called the overall aid efforts by rich Western nations "stingy." "The person who made that statement was very misguided and ill informed," the president said.
We beg to differ. Mr. Egeland was right on target. We hope Secretary of State Colin Powell was privately embarrassed when, two days into a catastrophic disaster that hit 12 of the world's poorer countries and will cost billions of dollars to meliorate, he held a press conference to say that America, the world's richest nation, would contribute $15 million. That's less than half of what Republicans plan to spend on the Bush inaugural festivities.
The American aid figure for the current disaster is now $35 million, and we applaud Mr. Bush's turnaround. But $35 million remains a miserly drop in the bucket, and is in keeping with the pitiful amount of the United States budget that we allocate for nonmilitary foreign aid. According to a poll, most Americans believe the United States spends 24 percent of its budget on aid to poor countries; it actually spends well under a quarter of 1 percent.
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The Slimes needs to make a substantial contribution from corporate funds before they start banging the drum for more tax money for this effort. Generous with other peoples money, I guess.
If we are sting, the rest of the world is stingier.
So, in short, most Americans are ignorant with regard to governmental spending.
That isn't exactly a shocking revelation.
When the NYT sells a block of stock and donates it to the tsunami victims, I'll listen. Otherwise, they can drink a gallon jug of STFU!
Yep. And I also want an accounting of what each writer has personally given to relief efforts - listed at the end of each article, and as a percentage of their net worth.
The writer of this screed forgets there is a difference between a natural disaster and a declaration of war.
If we let AQ and the jihadists go unchallenged, they will be back and will destroy America, at least economically. The same America that is so strong economically that we give more money in aid to countries all around the world than any other country.
The NYT doesn't need an excuse to defame Americans, but the fact that our government reacts to this BS by increasing its aid doesn't help.
If I had not cancelled my subscription to the NYT years ago, I'd be delighted to do it again.
Yeah, let's see. They can hand out their editorial page to any survivors who need to vomit and get bad food out of their system.
It's self-loathing. No matter how much the US donates via the private and public sectors, liberals will continue to find a reason to hate the US.
The Slimes' reaction is just a Bash-Bush Kneejerk. They'd never do such a thing to Clinton, even if only the President were changed.
Looks like the NYT has taken your talking points to heart from the other day...
BTW, the cowardly writer mentioned "Bam" and our pledge of aid to the victims of the earthquake that happened there last year ~ he assumes that it is all our fault that the victims haven't received our aid.
Might it more likely be the case that the brutal regime in charge of Iran has placed impediments in the way? Maybe they did it in collusion with the editors of the NYT as has been the case many times in the past.
We are NOT "stingy". We are THRIFTY. We know that private money and private distribution systems are far more effective than public money.
NYT - Kiss my big, fat, hairy, all-American a$$!
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