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Red Cross refused to give medicine to Gaza hostages, Netanyahu tells families
Jerusalem Post ^ | December 25, 2023

Posted on 12/25/2023 6:17:04 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

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To: dljordan

I think most vets hate the Red Cross. What’s not to hate?


21 posted on 12/25/2023 7:30:45 PM PST by MayflowerMadam ("A coward dies a thousand times before his death, but the valiant taste of death but once.")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Someone please correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m sure that I remember reading about the Red Cross using 9/11 donations to redecorate their NY offices.

Anyone else remember that? I can’t find a link to it.


22 posted on 12/25/2023 7:31:08 PM PST by pax_et_bonum (“Killer rabbit jokes have a long tradition in medieval literature.“ - Dr. James Wade)
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To: Reno89519

“This is explosive. “

Why? The RC is not about doing good, and hasn’t been for decades. (Maybe it was a worthy cause in the late 1800s and early 1900s.) It’s a revenue generating outfit, and the top dogs in the organization live high off the hog. They pretend to be a charitable organization.

I might support it if Gary Sinese or similar took it over.


23 posted on 12/25/2023 7:39:51 PM PST by MayflowerMadam ("A coward dies a thousand times before his death, but the valiant taste of death but once.")
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To: ZephyrTX

“My mother forbade me from participating in it. I didn’t understand why.”

Dad forbade us from collecting for UNICEF.


24 posted on 12/25/2023 7:43:01 PM PST by MayflowerMadam ("A coward dies a thousand times before his death, but the valiant taste of death but once.")
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To: dljordan
After WWII my Dad hated the Red Cross.

My Marine Corps drill instructors and my WW 2 combat vet mentor also hated the Red Cross. They have never gotten a cent from me once I learned of their WW 2 shenanigans.

25 posted on 12/25/2023 7:57:32 PM PST by AlaskaErik (There are three kinds of rats: Rats, Damned Rats, and DemocRats.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Stopped giving to them a couple of years ago due to their woke BS. Just another reason to never give to them again.


26 posted on 12/25/2023 7:58:19 PM PST by Dave911
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To: MayflowerMadam

Many many years ago while sitting at the table writing checks for monthly donations, my father a WW2 Vet looked over the stack and said, “never give to the Red Cross” . I then checked with him about the Salvation Army, “good he said, always give to the Salvation Army”

The story was, as you were getting on the boat to go overseas Red Cross gave you a stale donut, a cup of cold coffee and asked for a nickel………when you arrived overseas the Salvation Army was there and handed you a plastic bag with a pack of cigarettes, a candy bar, soap, band aids and then handed you hot coffee and a fresh donut. They also asked if you would like to have a prayer and a blessing.

50 years later I stopped donating to Salvation Army when they asked me to hate myself for being white. Wish I could have shared that story with my old man…


27 posted on 12/25/2023 8:19:05 PM PST by megaMAGA
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To: dljordan

Weird. My dad was in the Navy during WWII. He hated the Red Cross as well. I wonder what they did to piss off so many sailors.


28 posted on 12/25/2023 8:28:41 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (They've begun dismantling Arlington Cemetery, next comes diggin up white solders and dumpin' 'em.)
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To: MayflowerMadam

“Dad forbade us from collecting for UNICEF.”

ditto ... i remember the stupid little half pint UNICEF “milk” cartons with a slot for the pennies we were handed out in grade school that we were supposed to use for collecting pennies during trick-or-treating ... our parents told us collecting UNICEF pennies was a no go, though we were too young to understand why ...

decades later, when i worked corporate, we were massively bullied to “contribute” to the local United Way via auto-paycheck-deduction because the top dog in our GOCO (government-owned, contractor-operated) outfit would get some kind of attaboys or gold stars or something from his buds at the country club if he could “win” as best United Way collector ...

corporate underlings did the dirty work of bullying and there were strong insinuations that it would affect our promotability and future raises if we weren’t onboard with such theft of our salaries ... nonetheless, i declined because by then i was very well aware of the hard leftist outfits being funded by the local United Way in my area ...

it wasn’t long after that, that out GOCO stopped their United Way bullying ... i strongly suspect that there was a staff revolt and someone lodged a complaint with higher ups in the FedGov chain and our GOCO CEO was told that what he was doing was a nono ...


29 posted on 12/25/2023 8:38:41 PM PST by catnipman (A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil)
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To: dljordan

mine too...


30 posted on 12/25/2023 8:41:23 PM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: pax_et_bonum
No, they used 9/11 donations to upgrade their telephone systems.

-PJ

31 posted on 12/25/2023 8:43:11 PM PST by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: dljordan

“After WWII my Dad hated the Red Cross.”

My dad hated them too after WWII.


32 posted on 12/25/2023 8:43:21 PM PST by willk (Local news media. Just as big an enemy to this country as national media)
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To: megaMAGA

“I stopped donating to Salvation Army when they asked me to hate myself for being white.”

Me, too. And I never rang another bell for them.


33 posted on 12/25/2023 8:52:23 PM PST by MayflowerMadam ("A coward dies a thousand times before his death, but the valiant taste of death but once.")
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To: catnipman

Yeah. United Way. What a load of leftist crap.

My boss, the HR Director, tried to force me to do the UW coordinating one year. We had a “discussion” about it. I finally said that I’d do it, if fiorced, but she wouldn’t like the final result. She relented and gave the job to one of the airy-fairy HR Analyst ladies. She was perfect for it. She had a big crush on Maya Angelou. 🤮


34 posted on 12/25/2023 8:58:41 PM PST by MayflowerMadam ("A coward dies a thousand times before his death, but the valiant taste of death but once.")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The Red Cross won’t treat Jews?


35 posted on 12/25/2023 9:05:22 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Should be called The Red Swastika.


36 posted on 12/25/2023 9:06:34 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

My paternal grandmother grew up in St. Stephens, NB, Canada. She died in 2001 at 92. Into her 80’s she could still recite the names of the young men from her home town who did not make it home from “the War to End All Wars”. She instructed me to never donate to the RC because they charged the troops for coffee and donuts. She said always give to the SA - they gave freely and their stations were closer to the front lines. She would have been heart-broken to witness the SA go woke in the U.S. in 2021. I no longer donate to the SA, though I still receive regular solicitations.


37 posted on 12/25/2023 10:22:45 PM PST by MacNaughton
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To: Political Junkie Too

Thank you!

No wonder I couldn’t find anything about redecorating!

:-)

Merry Christmas!


38 posted on 12/25/2023 10:23:53 PM PST by pax_et_bonum (“Killer rabbit jokes have a long tradition in medieval literature.“ - Dr. James Wade)
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To: Political Junkie Too

They used Katrina donations to upgrade their computer systems.


39 posted on 12/26/2023 2:11:40 AM PST by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: FlingWingFlyer
I wonder what they did to piss off so many sailors.

Well, I can tell you that one of them I knew had ended up surviving his ship's sinking with nothing but the clothes on his back, and the RC wouldn't even loan him a blanket to wrap himself in for the many hours before the PTB got him squared away.

40 posted on 12/26/2023 4:16:17 AM PST by niteowl77
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