Don't worry America haters real help is going to victims.

[PatPatriot]

Bush: We're Sending The Marines to Asia

NewsMax.com Wires
Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2004​

CRAWFORD, Texas -- President Bush said Tuesday the United States, India, Australia and Japan have formed an international coalition to coordinate worldwide relief and reconstruction efforts for the Asian region ravaged by a deadly earthquake and tsunamis.

``We will stand with them as they start to rebuild their communities,'' Bush said from his Texas ranch in his first comments on the disaster Sunday that so far has killed more than 67,000.



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Bush pledged a multifaceted response from the United States that goes far beyond the $35 million initially pledged, including U.S. military manpower and damage surveillance teams in the short term and long-term rebuilding assistance.



He also called on Americans to private donate cash to relief organizations to augment the response. ``This has been a terrible disaster. It is beyond our comprehension,'' the president said.

 

[Jointpleasure]

I could be crude and say the Buddist had it coming or maybe they should build their huts a little farther from shore, but I won't. America to the rescue - what's new.

 

[PatPatriot]

By the way America haters I will bet anything that private corporations and private donors based in the USA will donate more than most countries will before its over.

 

[docmercer--banned]

I wonder how much help Bush needed in writing this script ...

I see Bush in action and flashbacks to this guy trying to recall 3 mistakes he made in term #1 ... or just recently telling everyone how Rumsfeld is really a "wonderful human being"

Glad to see they could drag his phony ass off the golf course to play the role of the "Compasionate President" ...

Bush, get back on the Coke & Scotch as you were probably more believable in those days ....

 

[GAMEFACE]

Very true, our private companies will donate close to all other countries combined. Not to mention what the American taxpayers will shoulder At the end of the day America will still be the great satan to many of these people. Maybe if it was reported properly these 3rd worlders would understand what a giving country America is. The ungreatfullness is disturbing.

 

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Very true, our private companies will donate close to all other countries combined. Not to mention what the American taxpayers will shoulder At the end of the day America will still be the great satan to many of these people. Maybe if it was reported properly these 3rd worlders would understand what a giving country America is. The ungreatfullness is disturbing.

You're good for a laff Game.
(BTW your medication is making you delusional)

 

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If you want to know about dead asians and US companies do a google search on Union Carbide and Bhopal.:>Grin>

One sentence sums up US companies.

US companies suck shít.

Bhopal site still not cleaned up 20 years later.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4010511.stm

 

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This year, the CDI rewards governments for allowing their citizens to write off charitable contributions on their income taxes—and for taxing their citizens less, leaving more money in private hands for charity. Some of those contributions go to humanitarian organizations such as Oxfam and CARE that do important work in developing countries. Currently, all index countries except Austria, Finland, and Sweden offer tax deductions or credits for such contributions. However, even in the United States—often considered a stingy government donor and generous source of charity—private giving is small compared to public giving. U.S. government aid in 2002 was $13.3 billion, or 13 cents a day per U.S. citizen. U.S. private giving to developing countries was another $5.7 billion, less than six cents a day, two cents of which is attributed to U.S. tax policy as opposed to individuals' own decisions. In the end, factoring in tax policy only lifts the U.S. aid rank from 20th to 19th. <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=186 align=right border=0><TBODY><TR><TD width=186 colSpan=3 height=19>

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Sweden led the aid component this year, followed closely by neighbors Denmark, Norway, and the Netherlands. All four governments scored above 10 (On a scale of 0 to 10; see the "Off the Sacle" sidebar) by virtue of the sheer amount given. Many of the CDI nations increased their foreign aid in 2002, especially the United States, which favored geopolitically important actors such as Turkey, Indonesia, Russia, and Afghanistan. But although the United States gives more aid than any other country in absolute terms, it still gives less aid in proportion to its size than any other rich country, and so finished near the bottom in this category.

 

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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0 summary=""><TBODY><TR><TD class=heading2 colSpan=3>How low can Dow go?</TD></TR><TR><TD class=heading5 colSpan=3>Dow sues penniless Bhopal survivors</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0 summary=""><TBODY><TR><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD class=bodyhighlightbold>Mon 23 December 2002</TD></TR><TR><TD class=bodybold></TD></TR><TR><TD>

</TD></TR><TR><TD class=bodyhighlightbold>In a stunning example of corporate insensibility, Dow Chemical, the world´s largest chemical company, and new owner of Union Carbide, is to sue survivors of the 1984 Union Carbide gas disaster in Bhopal, India. While the site of the disaster lies covered in toxic waste and survivors struggle with continuing ill health and deadly pollution from the site, Dow has decided to add to their woes with an Indian lawsuit.</TD></TR><TR><TD>

</TD></TR><TR><TD class=bodystd>Yes that's right - the very people Dow should be helping are now facing a lawsuit from one of the world most powerful corporations. Why are they acting in such an amazingly perverse manner? On December 2nd a peaceful march of 200 women survivors from Bhopal delivered toxic waste from the abandoned Carbide factory back to Dow's Indian headquarters in Bombay with the demand that Dow take responsibility for the disaster and clean up the site. Dow obviously has other ideas because they are suing survivors for about US$10,000 for "loss of work". That's US$10,000 compensation demanded for a two hour peaceful protest where only one Dow employee briefly ventured out of the Mumbai corporate business park to meet the women protestors.

Satyu, a Bhopal activist and one of the protestors charged by Dow highlighted how ridiculous this "loss of work" claim is: "Thousands of us lost their lives, many more have not been able to do our jobs for the last 18 years and 150,000 people in Bhopal are still suffering ill health because of the Union Carbide gas tragedy in 1984. Even today people die and children are born with gas related diseases. It is outrageous that Dow is charging us US$10,000 and tries to shut us down from seeking justice from them".

The damages demanded by Dow will amount to about 10 years income for the survivors charged but is less than one days sales revenue for Dow. Also Dow is seeking to silence protest by demanding that survivors be banned from holding protests within 100m of Dow offices in India.

Dow has just appointed a new CEO, William Stravopoulos, who engineered the Dow merger with Union Carbide in 2001. If this lawsuit is how he intends to deal with the ongoing Bhopal disaster then it will be a huge public relations own goal. Dow proudly proclaims it slogan as "living improved daily". How does that fit with the suing of poor protestors who have a real grievance with the company?

http://www.greenpeace.org/international_en/news/details?item_id=95486

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