Posted on 11/10/2001 7:41:14 PM PST by Pokey78
Edited on 09/03/2002 4:49:31 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Same people that bitch about an 80% efficency rate with the Red Cross are more than willing to fork over thousands in tax dollars to a government that probably hasn't hit the 20% mark in most programs.
BLOOD TRAIL: THE BLOOD BROKERS PART 1 -- HOW BLOOD, THE 'GIFT OF LIFE,' BECAME A BILLION-DOLLAR BUSINESS Source: PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER Published: September 24, 1989 Author: Gilbert M. Gaul Posted on 07/12/1999 19:45:35 PDT by Wallaby (348)BLOOD TRAIL: THE BLOOD BROKERS PART 2 - THE LOOSE WAY THE FDA REGULATES BLOOD INDUSTRY Source: PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER Published: September 25, 1989 Author: Gilbert M. Gaul Posted on 07/12/1999 20:45:42 PDT by Wallaby (347)
BLOOD TRAIL: THE BLOOD BROKERS PART 3 -- FEAR OF AIDS SPURS CHANGE Source: PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER Published: TUESDAY September 26, 1989 Author: Gilbert M. Gaul Posted on 07/12/1999 21:00:40 PDT by Wallaby (346)
BLOOD TRAIL: THE BLOOD BROKERS PART 4 -- RED CROSS: FROM DISASTER RELIEF TO BLOOD Source: PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER Published: WEDNESDAY September 27, 1989 Author: Gilbert M. Gaul Posted on 07/12/1999 21:44:11 PDT by Wallaby (345)
BLOOD TRAIL: BLOOD BROKERS, PART 5, LAST IN SERIES -- AMERICA: THE OPEC OF THE GLOBAL PLASMA Source: PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER Published: September 28, 1989 Author: Gilbert M. Gaul Posted on 07/12/1999 22:14:30 PDT by Wallaby (344)
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You're right. All we knew during the first few days is there were 5000 victims. Had even half lived (and no one knew at the time) this would have been a HUGE drain on the blood supply.
Thats what a charity does dude. Do you have a problem that the salvation army sells the used t-shirts and underwear you donate? The whole premise of a charity is you donate something out of a motivation of giving and allow them to use it to fund their operations. How long have you been on this planet?
Have you even a clue what the red cross does? See my previous response #49. Do you actually think the red cross hands out the bags of blood to victims like packs of sugar or flour at a soup kitchen? Get real. It goes through hospitals like a commodity and they charge the hospital and the hospital charges YOU.
Long enough to have some manners.
Manners? Its it polite to mischaraterize what the red cross does because you don't have any understanding of their mission? I think not.
Yeah, put it in canning jars and seal it with wax lids. There were 5000 dead and none used donated blood. Can you imagine the excess? Where do you think blood in hospitals comes from? Donations.
They do the commecials because skull dense posters on internet bulletin boards (and other Americans) dont understand that blood has a short (2 months?) shelf life and despite all the nice stories about people donating for 9/11, they still need blood to perform their mission.
I understand that it is FRAUD to announce that all the money will go to the victims and then divert 80% of the money. Over $500 million was sent to the Red Cross, they decided after the fact to cap the donations for the 9/11 victims at $100 million and divert the rest. That was not the understanding of anyone who sent money after 9/11. You can defend them if you want to. I call them like I see them. And Bait and Switch is exactly what they did.
I know of those threads. I've been on a handful. These people are not only deprived of blood circulation to their brains, they're also short of oxygen. They simply have no idea or desire to learn on this charity operates.
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