Posted on 09/03/2005 7:07:20 AM PDT by Alissa
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The six major U.S. television networks agreed on Friday to a September 9 air date for a rare joint broadcast of a live, all-star charity concert to raise money for survivors of Hurricane Katrina.
No details on talent were immediately unveiled for the show, dubbed "Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast."
But plans call for an hourlong, commercial-free special featuring musical performances and appearances by leading entertainers appealing for cash donations to the hurricane relief effort.
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Why does it take so much more time to put together a telethon than it does a MASSIVE SEARCH RESCUE & EVACUATION.
Someone tell me why they aren't there sooner??? I guess they just don't care about the 'little people', no matter what color they are.
It's all very nice but why can't people just give money without entertainers having to put on a show?
I don't know which organizations the Hollyweird celeb-buffoons will be pushing, but for the tsunami relief I looked into a number of relief organizations and decided on Samaritan's Purse. I recommend them to anyone else considering making contributions.
http://www.samaritanspurse.org/
Because Bush can order people to be at places. For an event, you have to check with everybody's schedules.
Bush CANNOT order the states. The breakdown were the first lines of defense, which is local.
And by the way, the little people, like the rescuers, bus drivers, military, also have schedules and family to organize before they are deployed. The failure started even before the storm arrived by the local and state governments. There was the total breakdown.
When people realize that the higher you go up in government, the slower the processes take, they may look to beefing up local governments.
And thank goodness no President has the power to do that.
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