Posted on 02/12/2005 5:19:01 AM PST by jalisco555
jalisco555 wrote:
Well, I guess I'll have to find someplace else to dump my used winter boots and running shoes on.
--> Are those boots steel toes? You can dump that steel toe right up Koffi' Annan's AZZ!!
well, I feel it to be a civic duty on my part to pay shipping, to myself, for all that Viagra..so let me know who to contact please, and I will do the honorable thing
Ingrate. Maybe these "hand-me-downs" were the best some people could offer.
Was there a community of cross-dressing flashers with erectile problems in Sri Lanka?
LOL. A far better use, I agree.
After seeing what happened to Eason Jordan I think Kofi is next on the hit list.
Just another article pushing the notion that nothing but CASH is acceptable. Nobody seems to want anything used either -- send new or don't send at all. Just send cash.
Are we taking care of our dead and wounded soldiers as well as we're taking care of the barstads wearing Bin Ladin t-shirts in Indonesia?
That's too much information.
Then who's responsible for this other stuff? The article never addresses that.
I want Kofi's hide, but I want that bleep-bleep Ward Churchill applying for unemployment.
Sure am glad the UN Management Team is there. I can see the effect of the UN takeover of the aid effort are begining to show.
and here I thought I was just being a good citizen
as in them old preachers .. "money is the root of all evil, give me all your money and I will deal with the devil for you"
Many things are acceptable, but in situations like this, a lot of people just use the opportunity to dump whatever they don't want (often just for the tax write-off involved). This also happens when there are disasters in the US. It is not even limited to disasters. I have read numerous stories of Americans sending over completely useless things to the troops overseas. When people donate things, they need to keep in mind who they are sending it to.
Just another article pushing the notion that nothing but CASH is acceptable.
Yup.
Am I the only one who reads something like this and thinks of scum using a tragedy to line their own pockets? I mean, is some of this stuff inventory that was going to be written off at cost being converted to charity and expensed at retail value? Are people sending trash to be deducted as a charitable gift against their income taxes? Are there those who set up collections for the victims only to use the money to buy nearly worthless inventory from family or friends?
I'm sure 90+% of those giving are genuine good Samaritans but this story seems to paint a picture that not all are.
When you consider the tons of charity supplies sent to Sri Lanka, there's bound to be some ... odd ... items in the collection. Just throw it away and keep the rest. It looks pretty ungrateful to be whining about the stuff you're being given, even if some of it is just plain stupid.
Nope :) Which is why it's important to find out where this stuff is/was coming from. Jeez louise, it's Journo 101: Who, What, Where, When, Why.
Who sent this cr@p? Why?
I have three words, IJ: Oil For Food.
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