A good number have expressed agreement with me, that this thread needs to be pulled.
This has been one of the more civil, interesting, and enlightening threads on FR of late. As long as folks are playing nice (and it looks that way to me), please let this thread stay!
Why do you want the thread pulled, RW? You afraid of a little intramural battle between the constitutional conservatives, the economic conservatives (often the same) the Clinton-light-do-gooders, and the theo-cons?
You really want to have a thread pulled just because you, YOU, disagree with the contents of the initial post? Wow. Where can I buy an ego like that?
FR has much higher standards than you do, rwfromarkansa. I find nothing more appalling than having members pinging the Admin Moderator to pull threads that express reasonable and sound opinion that simply differs from some Joe Schmo.
Me, Ayn Rand and many others have as much compassion as you do for these poor people and their suffering and this disaster. However, it is the method of aid that we disagree with.
President Bush could have gone on TV to appeal to Americans to send money for relief efforts and Americans would have given more than any government.
It is wrong to give money to foreign nations, especially when we do not have enough cash to even fund the F-22.