Posted on 09/28/2005 4:29:17 PM PDT by anymouse
Red Cross = one of the biggest scam operations ever.
United Way and Red Cross are really bad places to put money.
Give it to Salvation Army or local charity groups.
In Atlanta this is a pretty big local story. The Red Cross was thrown out of Decalb County by the County Commissioner.
I personally would cut the Red Cross some slack. They are a volunteer organization who is doing some great work associated with the hurricanes. You can pick anyone involved in this hurricane story and find someone who will complain.
I gave the Red Cross some money, but I think the people who are out there on the front line providing help are the ones who provide the real value.
If people don't like their response, then I guess they shouldn't live anywhere near a flood zone next time.
I was deployed on the Katrina disaster in Mississippi and
Louisiana. You can't imagine the fraud and waste. Some enterprising reporter will make his/her name on this one.
"Red Cross = one of the biggest scam operations ever.
United Way and Red Cross are really bad places to put money.
Give it to Salvation Army or local charity groups."
Worth repeating !!
They shouldhave been run out of business after their aburd performance after 9/11.
http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:csMT-ONv3j8J:www.apfn.org/apfn/WTC_red-cross.htm+%22red+cross+%22+scandal+911&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
According to Forbes, the CEO, Marsha Evans was paid $651,957 in 2003. Forbes
They continue to air commercials implying that funds are still needed, and will be used, for Katrina victims.
Of course, this assumes that all areas were equally accesible.
But, strangely enough, natural disasters are not politically correct. They hit some areas harder than others, or some infrastructures harder than others.
If bridges are out getting in to New Orleans, but surface roads are accesible in Mississippi, put that down to geography and force of nature, not some kind of imagined racism or favoritism.
While I may not be the biggest fan of the Red Cross, this argument is ridiculous.
And this doesn't even address whether or not the incompetent Louisana state and local leadership allowed Red Cross to be pre-positioned.
That Red Cross in Franklin Tennessee told the members of nearby Brentwood Baptist Church when the congregation volunteered to help the Red Cross with anything they need:
"FINE, JUST DON'T BRING YOUR BIBLES WITH YOU"..
The Red Cross is like United Way....stuck on stupid.
Share cash? It's now asking FEMA to reimburse it for the expenditure of private donations to Red Cross.
"Walden said the Red Cross had not made clear to donors that some of its spending on emergency housing for evacuees would be reimbursed by the federal government."
It's called "double dipping."
Agreed.
Which is why I don't donate to charities anymore. I figure I'm paying for the mess anyway with the higher gas prices! They can't squeeze any more outta me!
Across the Gulf Coast, a coalition of black-led community groups called Saving Our Selves is urging the Red Cross to consult with their leaders as attention shifts to recovery. "This work is so immense it's dangerous any time you have a single organization monopolizing relief services," said coalition leader LaTosha Brown.
I'm certainly no fan of the Red Cross, but this argument is ridiculous. The Red Cross has one job: to help victims of disaster and to provide for their short-term needs (food and water, a few days or weeks of shelter, help getting in touch with relatives). Not to make small-business loans with donations, not to consult with local black community leaders and let them decide how to spend the Red Cross funds, not to cut welfare checks, not to rebuild houses or community centers.
This certainly DOES look like a case of jealousy...and apparently any time is the right time to play that racism card (it usually works so well, don't ya know).
"Red Cross = one of the biggest scam operations ever.
United Way and Red Cross are really bad places to put money.
Give it to Salvation Army or local charity groups."
Exactly. When I was a kid growing up in the 1950s, I would listen as vets from WWII would sit around complaining about the Red Cross for the way the organization treated them overseas, making them pay for even a stinking cup of java. But they all sang the praises of the Salvation Army.
Nothing seems to have changed, eh?
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