Team Atomic Looks Like an Idiot...Again

So far the United States has provided $35 million in aid, a number expected to rise,

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,142815,00.html

 

France sure has stepped up to the plate on this. 136K...man what a bunch of generous folks.

 

you wouldn't be able to afford it either if you were running a welfare state.

 

They could hold a bake sale. Or, maybe raffle off a razor.

 

Asked about a U.N. official who accused Western nations of being "stingy" with humanitarian aid, Bush responded that the United States is a very generous, kind-hearted nation, and the response that is emerging from the government as well as individuals is indicative of its nature.

"I felt like the person who made that statement was very misguided and ill informed. Take, for example, in the year 2004, our government provided $2.4 billion in food, in cash, in humanitarian relief to cover the disasters for last year. That's $2.4 billion. That's 40 percent of all the relief aid given in the world last year," he said.

 

They should be able to send plenty of soap and lots of unused military items as well.

 

HEADLINE:

ATOMIC EATS CROW

 

I'm bidding $200 on that Eiffel Tower thing....

 

Doesn’t matter to Atomic. Facts mean nothing.

I will ad that why is it that a certain group of people feel that they are righteous in the act of spending other peoples money?

 

I'll go $250 but they have to throw in shipping and handling.

 

I see how you are. Just outbid me.

 

Yeah, have you seen the price of steel lately? Scap metal is off the charts.

 

Yeah, but with all the money the French save on soap and deodorant you would think they could pony up a few bucks.

 

Their tanks *were* used, but only in reverse......

 

You'd think he'd use some of that 'food for oil' scam money for such a sad cause.

Atomic couldnt you come up with something better?

 

Reminds me of an old joke.


Why did they build the Eiffel Tower?

So they could put a red light on the top so planes won't hit it.

 

According to this article, "The usual U.S. contribution in major disasters is 25 percent to 33 percent of total international aid, according to Brian Atwood, former director of the U.S. Agency for International Development in the Clinton administration. So far, the U.S. contribution is 13 percent of the $270 million in international aid that the U.N. said Wednesday has been pledged since the tsunamis struck.

Spain has pledged $68 million, Japan $30 million, Britain $29 million, Germany $27 million, Australia $27.6 million, France $20.5 million, and Denmark $15.5 million, the U.N. reported."

Why do I not believe that Spain will actually come up with $68 million?

The best part of the article, however, is this:
President Bush said Wednesday that the United States was forming a coalition with Japan, India and Australia to coordinate a massive relief effort for the devastated Indian Ocean region.

The formation of the coalition suggested that the Bush administration thought it would be a more efficient way of distributing aid than relying on the United Nations, which usually takes the leading role in major international humanitarian operations.



Bush snubs the United Nations.
Nice.

 

I read something yesterday that the amount of aid provided in the last year by the Bush administration made up 40% of the world's aid.

The one good thing that might come from all this BS is that it looks like the US is blowing off the UN, giving them a nice "bitch slap".

 

I could have sworn I saw relief workers loading sacks of food into the trunk of Kofi's car last night on the news.

Where you been sportbikeluvr?

 

Some pertinent facts and numbers about US aid in this commentary.

It's time for the US to withdraw from the UN.