OUCH !
I think the president had a brilliant stategery!!! By not coming right out with the total he was going to commit, he made all the European countries start falling over each other to out-do him and make him look bad. Therefore, they gave much more than they would have if he had just started throwing money into the air! < /sarcasm>
THese people are scum...the only thing their pissed at is that Dubya is AT THE WHEEL...
Just to my local newspaper.
Freedom from media bias
Today, 12/31/2004 I read Mr. Bill Mego Depressing yearend article. I would have figured that the Naperville Sun is a more positive newspaper. I hope Mr. Mego is just being funny. All the good things that have happened in 2004 are endless. It is truly amazing how the LL (Looney left) media aka known at the MSM (main stream media) paint the USA to be un-American or depressing.
Mr. Mego article states the rest of the world is only too aware that the amount of aid we have committed so far is about what we will be spending every six hours in Iraq next year. This quote came from a combination of two sources, the UN representative misguided statement and a CNN broadcaster who will remain nameless, hence, Mr. Mego is echoing as the town crier.
If Mr. Mego would only do his research he would find that American farmers, people, corporations, and US government annually gives tens of billions of dollars in aide to other countries. The US agricultural (representing farmers) department gives ¼ of all grains (perhaps 10 billion) produced in the USA away free every year. Add in the Drug companies, hundreds of religion and private charities the total will easily exceed 50 billion dollars. Americans give 136 million dollars per day, every day.
Mr. Mego in my opinion is drowning in the daily media feeds from the MSM, and it is affecting his ability to think rationally. With only 8 nightly news TV slots for the supper table, and if it bleeds it leads, it is time for the non-Internet world to wake up. It would help the self-confidence of Mr. Mego and millions of Americans glued to the TV sets at night, and the world to stop hating America if they would do some research. We then could avoid more Rathergates.
It is interesting that occasionally the usually foreign leaning left gets it right, however is ignored by the American MSM. Here is a clue. Title: US Marines Win in Iraq -- Outstanding BBC Video Boycotted by ABC, CBS, CNN, and NBC BBC (who'd a thunk it?) ^ | 12/10/04 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1299216/posts play post 8 for BBC video story.
I love free speech, however, someone at the Naperville Sun newspaper needs to bring common sense and balance to this article with a both sides view in the future. Patriotic Americans not only have to fight the socialists, and terrorists, they have to fight the Liberal media mouthpieces. Freedom is not free.
Paul Williams
Son of American Revolution
Naperville, IL
The Left is so hypocritical.
I'd LOVE to see President Bush make a public announcement that we're sending rescue teams to all the victims of the tsunami EXCEPT in Somalia.
...That he would fear for the safety of Americans in that nest of Islamofascists!
Truly, we are witness to a struggle of monumental proportions, a contest of agendas and perceptions between the "Yankees" and the "Cowboys."
It is still BUSH'S FAULT!
Jeesee Peesee, when is this whining going to end?
Maggots. They're nothing but maggots(who are still entitled to their opinions - but they're STILL maggots).
Ah. I feel better now. Thanks.
This article states:
President Bush will send a delegation headed by Secretary of State Colin Powell and the president's brother, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, to the tsunami-affected region on Sunday to assess the need for assistance, the White House said.
Meanwhile, this article states:
He [Kofi Annan] is going to hold a meeting with the Eu next week, to decide how they will help the victims.So, who is doing a better job?
I bet Koffi is pissed!
Any word on whether or not Sri Lanka ever accepted the offer from Israel for aid? They initially refused it.
Gee, what are the fifty million Muslims he's helped free in Afghanistand and Iraq, chopped liver?