of course, the comment really isn't about the millions for this aid at all.
Even a little research shows that 1) that he never mentioned the US as "stingy" (really bad reporting), 2) that he's referencing aid as part of GNP
Is the US being stingy with aid to Tsunami victims?
- (bluke)
- (61)
- Dec. 29, 2004, 06:06:48 AM EST
Japan and EU are gioving less than US at the moment
- (Arkadiy)
- (28)
- Dec. 29, 2004, 12:06:06 PM EST
$10.66M+ to ARCDR on Amazon.
-NT
- (Another Scott)
- Jan. 1, 2005, 09:39:53 AM EST
Think of it relative to our wealth
- (xtensive)
- (22)
- Dec. 29, 2004, 02:33:09 PM EST
Look at it from the point of veiw of work that needs doing
- (Arkadiy)
- Dec. 29, 2004, 04:13:48 PM EST
As opposed to the lack of wealth in EU?
- (bepatient)
- (20)
- Dec. 30, 2004, 06:47:53 AM EST
"by huge multiples"??? Proctomathology, again?
- (CRConrad)
- (19)
- Dec. 30, 2004, 07:58:41 AM EST
Re: "by huge multiples"??? Proctomathology, again?
- (bepatient)
- (18)
- Dec. 30, 2004, 08:46:40 AM EST
As I thought: No proof.
- (CRConrad)
- (17)
- Dec. 30, 2004, 06:51:06 PM EST
couple of points
- (daemon)
- (9)
- Dec. 30, 2004, 07:18:55 PM EST
Canadian gov has given 40 million CDN so far
- (jake123)
- (7)
- Dec. 30, 2004, 09:54:33 PM EST
Jake the canucks per capita give more than any other
- (daemon)
- (6)
- Dec. 31, 2004, 06:50:36 AM EST
You're frigging well wrong, so shaddappayoface.
- (CRConrad)
- (4)
- Dec. 31, 2004, 09:21:06 AM EST
:-D
- (pwhysall)
- (2)
- Dec. 31, 2004, 09:22:52 AM EST
I'm doing my part to make up for Bush.
- (inthane-chan)
- (1)
- Dec. 31, 2004, 10:44:26 AM EST
Holy HECK, man... Kudos, big ones.
-NT
- (CRConrad)
- Dec. 31, 2004, 11:48:09 AM EST
so the EU has given 780 million ..l.. pointed right at ya
-NT
- (daemon)
- Dec. 31, 2004, 03:05:21 PM EST
No we don't actually
- (jake123)
- Dec. 31, 2004, 11:29:48 AM EST
You got one thing right: where the point is at.
- (CRConrad)
- Dec. 31, 2004, 03:03:47 AM EST
OECD
- (bepatient)
- (5)
- Dec. 30, 2004, 09:54:47 PM EST
"OECD - Look it up"? Sure; what, where?
- (CRConrad)
- (4)
- Dec. 31, 2004, 02:47:15 AM EST
The $35 mln figure is days old.
- (Arkadiy)
- (2)
- Dec. 31, 2004, 11:58:33 AM EST
And it will get larger...
- (bepatient)
- (1)
- Dec. 31, 2004, 02:16:13 PM EST
amen
-NT
- (SpiceWare)
- Jan. 3, 2005, 05:13:18 PM EST
Do you have a reference for that?
- (ben_tilly)
- Dec. 31, 2004, 05:18:17 PM EST
For the record
- (Arkadiy)
- Jan. 3, 2005, 04:27:05 PM EST
But at the time of the comment, the US only promised $15....
- (Simon_Jester)
- Dec. 29, 2004, 04:26:36 PM EST
But the govt *is* the public ... innit?
-NT
- (drewk)
- (2)
- Dec. 29, 2004, 05:16:02 PM EST
Gah, what a Soviet thing to say. Party and People Are United
-NT
- (Arkadiy)
- (1)
- Dec. 29, 2004, 05:17:09 PM EST
Oops, forgot about that
- (drewk)
- Dec. 29, 2004, 05:57:55 PM EST
well apparently Egelander
- (daemon)
- Dec. 29, 2004, 05:20:09 PM EST
NY Times: Are We Stingy? Yes
- (bluke)
- Dec. 30, 2004, 02:51:55 AM EST
UK = $96M, US = $35M as at 31/12/04 00:22 GMT
- (pwhysall)
- Dec. 30, 2004, 07:22:03 PM EST
American contribution hiked to $350M as at 21:19 31/12/2004
-NT
- (pwhysall)
- (2)
- Dec. 31, 2004, 04:19:23 PM EST
Now we're talking.
-NT
- (inthane-chan)
- (1)
- Dec. 31, 2004, 05:10:49 PM EST
Much better, no?
- (pwhysall)
- Dec. 31, 2004, 05:18:30 PM EST
Japanese pledge $500M.
-NT
- (pwhysall)
- Jan. 1, 2005, 09:52:01 AM EST
This whole tit for tat is mostly futile
- (scoenye)
- Jan. 1, 2005, 02:25:49 PM EST
Those darned stingy Americans
- (bepatient)
- (3)
- Jan. 3, 2005, 07:03:06 PM EST
Or 20 ;0)
-NT
- (mmoffitt)
- Jan. 3, 2005, 08:20:48 PM EST
No need for petulance
- (Ashton)
- Jan. 3, 2005, 09:50:14 PM EST
chuckle...
- (Simon_Jester)
- Jan. 4, 2005, 04:52:04 PM EST
WTH?
- (mmoffitt)
- (19)
- Jan. 5, 2005, 08:03:24 PM EST
Ha!
-NT
- (Another Scott)
- Jan. 5, 2005, 08:04:01 PM EST
The opposites attract
- (Arkadiy)
- (17)
- Jan. 7, 2005, 07:09:23 PM EST
The. Ayn. Rand. Institute. !.?.!.
- (Ashton)
- (16)
- Jan. 7, 2005, 09:11:40 PM EST
It's a point, Ash.
- (imric)
- (15)
- Jan. 8, 2005, 01:40:28 AM EST
Really?
- (Another Scott)
- (8)
- Jan. 8, 2005, 10:22:22 AM EST
specific purposes are described in the constitution
- (daemon)
- (7)
- Jan. 8, 2005, 10:25:32 AM EST
Maybe I'm dense. I don't see it in Article 1, Section 8.
- (Another Scott)
- (6)
- Jan. 8, 2005, 10:37:57 AM EST
look further up :-)
- (daemon)
- (2)
- Jan. 8, 2005, 11:07:14 AM EST
We're talking about slightly different things.
- (Another Scott)
- (1)
- Jan. 8, 2005, 12:16:30 PM EST
reason for that
- (daemon)
- Jan. 9, 2005, 12:24:04 AM EST
And Tsunami relief is what part of
- (imric)
- (2)
- Jan. 8, 2005, 11:09:37 AM EST
the same reason gunboats went up the yellow river
- (daemon)
- Jan. 8, 2005, 11:30:36 AM EST
Methinks you goofed.
- (jb4)
- Jan. 13, 2005, 07:12:42 PM EST
Blah...strict constitutionalists
- (Simon_Jester)
- (1)
- Jan. 8, 2005, 07:19:56 PM EST
*grin* Another point.
-NT
- (imric)
- Jan. 8, 2005, 08:57:05 PM EST
So you'd rather Halliburton get it than the tsunami victims?
-NT
- (mmoffitt)
- (3)
- Jan. 9, 2005, 10:57:33 AM EST
naw, raytheon, what are the vics gonna spend it on, food?
-NT
- (daemon)
- Jan. 9, 2005, 11:15:11 AM EST
*sigh* All I said was that he had a point re:
- (imric)
- Jan. 9, 2005, 12:21:25 PM EST
Well, he says that Govt has no right to spend taxes
- (Arkadiy)
- Jan. 9, 2005, 01:57:12 PM EST