Posted on 12/31/2004 5:06:24 AM PST by kahoutek
The New York Times agrees with that United Nations official who suggested the United States was stingy in the aid planned for tsunami-devastated nations. The official later backed down, but it's unlikely the liberal newspaper will do so. In fact, the newspaper, in an editorial, said the United States has not only been stingy in its response to the Asian tsunami disaster, but in giving aid in general. The editorial said the $15 million initially offered by Washington was less than the figure the Republican Party plans to spend on President Bush's inauguration in January. Mr. Bush and Secretary of State Colin L. Powell reacted indignantly to a comment by U.N. chief disaster relief coordinator Jan Egeland that rich nations have been "stingy" in giving aid to poorer nations. "We beg to differ," said the New York Times. "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 administration has since increased its aid to $35 million and is also sending transport planes and Navy ships with troops that could take part in the disaster operation. But the Times said the $35 million remains "a miserly drop in the bucket."
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I really pay a lot of attention to what that liberal rag puts out. Not! That thing does not even make good fish wrap or toilet paper.
It is so frustrating.
And while this goes on, how much has the NYT given to the victims?
Hellsbells, Starbucks is giving!!!
The New York Times and the current Democrat Party sinks lower every day. The Democrat Party has become secular (Godless), pro-abortion, pro gay marriage, anti-war, anti-American, anti-religion, etc. The Democrat Party is on its way to becoming the permanent "minority" political party.
Idiots.
Why would you torture that poor bird and make him read that crap?
The guy filling in for Savage read this editorial on the air yesterday and my blood boiled. Were the *sswipes at the Slimes so indignant when their buddy Bill Clinton and the entire UN let 800,000 Rwandans be hacked to death? What phonies...if a democrap were president now, they would have defended them.
Just out of curiosity how much money has the NY Times collected for the Asian's relief?
The NY Slime paper isn't worthy enough to judge a dog and pony show. I don't see them contributing money to the Tsunami victims, but they sure can contribute their vile conspiracy of how "evil and stingy" the USA is with foreign aid. I wouldn't use that paper to wipe my shoes with...after all, I respect my shoes.
Media mantra
"Google the words 'sluggish U.S. economy' and '2004,' and in 0.40 seconds you get 4,540 results. 'Weak employment report points to still-sluggish U.S. economy,' reads a recent headline, on the news that 'just 112,000' jobs were added in November," the Wall Street Journal observes.
"Well, we live in a world economy, so when headline writers use the word sluggish, we have to ask: Sluggish compared with whom? According to the November forecast of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, gross domestic product in the U.S. is expected to increase by 4.4 percent in 2004. Elsewhere, the OECD predicts growth of 4 percent for Japan, 2.7 percent for the U.K., 2.1 percent for France and 1.2 percent for Germany. For the 12-country Euro zone, the figure is 1.8 percent," the newspaper said in an editorial.
The newspaper also disputed the idea that America's current economic performance is sluggish compared with its past performance or that the economy has been sluggish in terms of job gains.
The Journal said "it becomes tedious to hear the 'sluggish' mantra mindlessly repeated in the media, when the most cursory comparative analysis shows the U.S. economy performing robustly by international and historical standards.
That's especially so when the same folks who carp about a supposedly sluggish U.S. economy advise us to adopt European-style labor regulations, tax rates and environmental standards, and to expand the government's reach into health care. At least in Europe there's a broad recognition that consistently low growth is the price to be paid for lavish social benefits."
Ask Dave, I stole the image from one of his posts.
Great question....think they'll publish the answer?
-"No Blood for Oil"- bribery & corruption worldwide--
-"No Blood for Oil"- Kojo & Kofi: Unbelievable U.N. stories--
No money to tax or campaign for so socialist politicians and their editor-journalist agents don't care about them.
Fine. Then let us send NOTHING AT ALL. Nada. Nil. Zip.
No....and no reasonable person would believe it even if they did.
The initial $15 million was also less than Bill Clinton ever spent on any one of his or Hillary's overseas junkets. Here's a question: Many businesses are contributing to the tsunami victims -- HOW MUCH IS THE NEW YORK TIMES CONTRIBUTING?
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