Posted on 11/13/2001 1:36:01 AM PST by kattracks
Edited on 07/12/2004 3:48:42 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
First came the disheartening news that the American Red Cross was slow to distribute relief funds to the families affected by the attacks of September 11. Then came the distressing news that the relief funds were being used for programs unrelated to September 11. Now, the most shocking news of all: America's No. 1 blood bank might destroy tens of thousands of pints of donated blood because of greed and mismanagement.
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The going price overseas is very high especially in Japan where blood donations are rare.
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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Is it my imagination, or does everything the government touch eventually turn into criminal activity?
You may not be aware that someday the Sun will burn out. Your Red Cross is working diligently to prevent this disaster. They have hired a team of not sufficently paid executives to study this problem, giving them each a pittance $400,000 annual salary and a pitiful, but equal amount for personal expenses.
You may be assured your Red Cross will be there if the Sun begins buring out, posing for the cameras and selling donuts and coffee at a resonable fee, snubbing their noses at those obviously less important Salvation Army persons actually at the disaster site quietly serving the public.
And, you need to know that some very important future hopeful VIPs serve on the boards of various local Red Cross chapters and, yes, while primarily looking to improve their resumes, are not totally incompetent and do enjoy seeing their names in the paper as persons who are "doing something."
If you are unsure of how much you should give, call their convenient 800 number and the nice lady with the Jamican accent will give you three free minutes on hold and then charge you a mere $9.00 per minutes to discuss the reasons you should support the Red Cross.
Doubt it's your imagination. The lure of huge riches plus the need to keep growing larger which makes the need for more money, so that the charity can be more successful, the management can be richer, which leads to needing more money......and so on
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. We stupidly didn't know. Now, we do.
Services. Programs. Future needs. bllaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh
I'm not an accountant, but I'm fairly certain I can adjust my $400,000 salary to whatever amount necessary to ensure that the organization shows no profit at the end of the year.
And the best part of all is that I'd be admired as an altruist -- a hero!
Where do I sign up to run some kinda outfit like that? It sure beats the snot outta the work I'm doing now!
I find this vey disheartning
Have no problem with this expenditure, but they never should have taken so much blood in if they did not already have a place to freeze it. That was wasteful.
counseling,
Have no problem with this as long as it is the WTC victims and families. They will need counseling to get through the grief and some of those who escaped will need counseling for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
and future attacks
This is where I draw the line. This money was raised for the WTC victims and their families and should go for services to them and only them.
I understand that there are some administrative costs that are involved in administering a program such as the RC. I understand that some equipment may have to be upgraded to handle a disaster of this magnitude. I do not understand, however, the exorbitant salaries made by RC honchos, they are outrageous. And I can never forgive things such as the grant to law firms to defend terrorist suspects.
Elizabeth Dole doesn't have blood on her hands! How can you blame this on her?!! She's been long gone. It's the other heads of the organization who are responsible. Even Bernadine Healy had to leave the Red Cross, so that she wouldn't be tainted with this.
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