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December 29, 2004
Kick In The Head
Like the rest of you, I've been following the horror of the tsunami disaster in Asia....60,000+ killed and the count is still growing. The tragedy is almost unimaginable in scope. It would break my heart if I had one, and according to some officious little UN toady, I don't.
Despite his claim of being "misinterpreted," a review of the transcript of Mr. Egeland's initial press briefing confirms that he asked reporters at the United Nations why Western countries are "so stingy" and specifically cited the United States as an example of a country whose citizens want to pay more taxes so that foreign aid can be increased.
I watched a clip of that press briefing, and there was nothing that little jerkwad said that has been misinterpreted. (You can watch his entire December 27th press conference here)
And there's lists of relief organizations to which you can make your 'stingy' private donations at Michele's and at Scott's.
I reckon 'stingy' in this context means "money the UN can't get its sticky fingers on".
UPDATE: Matt's provided a link to his church's relief site, if you'd like to contribute locally.
Posted by Rita at December 29, 2004 06:47 AM
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Rita,
We have our own little local relief drive going. The Rector of our church happens to be from Southern India and has gotten word that much of the work he did as a priest there has been destroyed. The Relief site is at http://www.stgabrielsuec.org/relief/
Matt
Posted by: Matt at December 29, 2004 07:13 AM
Rita -- thanks for linking to the site of our local tsunami relief effort. Our Rector considers this effort to be a personal "calling" of his, given the life he lived as a priest in India until about three years ago, when he immigrated to Arkansas. We all thank you for linking to the site.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
Posted by: Vicky at December 30, 2004 12:25 AM
Glad to help, Miss Vicky.
Happy New Year to you both!
Posted by: rita at December 30, 2004 07:21 AM