[.cnI redruM]

The NYT is at it again. They didn't even need Maureen Dowd to produce this pile of journalistic offal.

[johniegrad]

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.

[Bon mots]

This Egeland jackass who called us stingy makes over $300,000.00 per year TAX FREE. Then he has the nerve to go on television and say that WE peasants should be forced to pay more taxes so he can have more money to distribute to the needy.

The hubris is shocking.

He makes more money than President Bush and is charged with aiding the victims of catastrophes... yet the press has chosen to attack President Bush again as if this were all somehow his fault.

Grrrrrrrrrrr

[marvlus]

If we are sting, the rest of the world is stingier.

[NittanyLion]

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.

So, in short, most Americans are ignorant with regard to governmental spending.

That isn't exactly a shocking revelation.

[HMFIC]

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!

[Peach]

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.

[Brilliant]

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.

[mewzilla]

Question for the paper: Where was all this concern while Oil For Food was being ripped off by the billions and the Iraqi people were being brutalized with the proceeds?

[bill1952]

And from it's mighty perch, inhabited by the intellectual elite of the world, bravely fighting to improve the lives of all of us inferior Americans, the New York Times has contributed exactly how much?

[atomicpossum]

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.

[Sam's Army]

Looks like the NYT has taken your talking points to heart from the other day...

[muawiyah]

It's an unsigned editorial. They are learning.

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.

[MortMan]

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$$!

[SolutionsOnly]

Well at least they are consistent in their belief that they think THEY should dictate how much WE should give. The left wants to tell us how to run our own lives. The hypocrisy of it all is astounding.

[Lando Lincoln]

The blame America first crowd will never stop. Their's is an emotional world. Bill Clinton could bite his lip and say, "I feel your pain" and they'd all salivate like Pavlov's dog. The adults say this is our initial response and then follow-up with a full assessment and more aid and the dogs snarl and growl. Pathetic.

Lando

[Ginifer]

We are not a stingy country. We provided more than 30% - 40% of all the foreign aid to countries last year. The American people donate more money to more causes all over the world (through taxes and personal donations). We send our military to areas where there is war, turmoil, and natural disasters to help out. We have numerous agencies who travel all over the world to help out those less fortunate than ourselves. No matter how much we give or how much we do it will never be enough. NYT is so obvious with their bias. Anytime they can make the USA look "bad" they do.

[KJacob]

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

Help me if I am wrong but wasn't Mr. Powell talking about an initial donation from one agency? I was a wait and see how much more was needed plus there are many other agencies and private sources. This is just filth.

[Eagle Eye]

Why should the US go it alone?

Didn't the "WORLD" get upset with the US before?

Hey, we've learned our lesson, won't go it alone, and the rest of the world can pick up the slack.

[Brilliant]

New Yorkers tend to be stingier than most Americans, so I suspect that the NYT assumes the rest of us are stingy, as well.

You'd think that with the vast wealth in NY, they'd be the top givers. In fact, it is the poor states in the South that give the greatest share of their income to charity. The wealthy Blue states are the worst givers.

[P.O.E.]

Helping the people of Iraq? Who's been stingy there? France, Germany, Russia, THE UN!!