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James Beck · Dec 31, 2004

In article <cr2bq9$1npr$1@news.iquest.net>, toor@iquest.net says...

In article <YuSdna4Ut__vFkncRVn-pw@rcn.net>,
Gactimus <gactimus@xrs.net> writes:
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3944374

United States President George Bush was tonight accused of trying to
undermine the United Nations by setting up a rival coalition to
coordinate relief following the Asian tsunami disaster.

The 'leadership' from the UN has been quite lacking wrt the disaster.
Kofi was happily ski-ing... At least, GWB had been proactively
handling the relief effort.

Additionally, it wouldn't be surprising that most of the American
aid isn't through the government anyway. On the other hand, early
in the process, the <$200K (yes less than 200 thousand dollars) from
France was ludicrous (but as expected.)

John

I'm not really in the mood to jump into this debate, but my wife and I
made sure to make a donation to the Red Cross today. At least that way
we have a fairly good chance of it doing some good to the victims and
not just padding the pockets of some UN member or their family.

Food for oil, what a joke. More like food for grease, like who's palm
got greased.

Jim

robert j. kolker · Dec 31, 2004

Jim Thompson wrote:

What? So the scummies can squander it?

So true. The latest revelations of the "oil for food" program in Iraq
shows the upper and middle management of the U.N. to be a den of thieves
and embezzlers. Get the UN out of the US. Get the US out of the UN.

Bob Kolker

Apostrophe Police · Dec 31, 2004

On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 05:35:31 +0000, Marc H.Popek wrote:

Happy new years to all of you and yours. May all of your amplifiers provide
gain (and not oscillate) and your oscillators start ( and not be
amplifiers)...

May your spice simulations converge, and all your impedances match........

Your biases may be PC correct if you are so inclined.

and its flu season

As much as it pains me, given my obsession with finding an _added_
apostrophe in the possessive 'its', I must gig you one demerit for
actually omitting the apostrophe from the contraction, "it's," which
means "it is", which is clearly meant in this context.[0]

so plenty of vodka with lemon

Okay, half a demerit. ;-)

Cheers!
--
Rich Grise, Self-Appointed Chief,
Apostrophe Police

[0] Yes, I know you can figure it out from context. That doesn't make it
_right_!

robert j. kolker · Dec 31, 2004

Richards Noah (IFR LIT MET) wrote:

different organizational bodies. Maybe its time for our President to
swallow his pride and try and play nice with the rest of the world.

A fine idea. One that should be implemented when the rest of the world
plays nice with us.

Bob Kolker

John Larkin · Dec 31, 2004

On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 05:35:31 GMT, "Marc H.Popek"
<LVMarc@worldnet.att.net> wrote:

Happy new years to all of you and yours. May all of your amplifiers provide
gain (and not oscillate) and your oscillators start ( and not be
amplifiers)...

May your spice simulations converge, and all your impedances match........

Your biases may be PC correct if you are so inclined.

and its flu season so plenty of vodka with lemon

Cheers

Marco

Happy 7D5 to everyone! Unless, or course, you prefer gloom, in which
case I sincerely wish you an unhappy 7D5!

John

robert j. kolker · Dec 31, 2004

John Woodgate wrote:

Well, now. It probably will, because it's now too big to be governed in
its present form. The US is about as big a political entity that can be
governed, and even it shows instability in the form of serious
disagreements between the state and federal governance from time to
time.

A minor matter. Our Civil War settled that about 140 years ago.

Bob Kolker

robert j. kolker · Dec 31, 2004

John Woodgate wrote:

Meanwhile, the British public has contributed Ł45 million at the last
count I heard.

Public or government? The private donations from the U.S. should
outstrip the government outlays by about 3:1. In the U.S. charity is
primarily a private matter, not a government thing.

Bob Kolker

John Larkin · Dec 31, 2004

On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 09:11:57 GMT, Rich Grise <richgrise@example.net>
wrote:

(stupid gross joke)

Geez, Rich, since you don't know anything about electronics, why don't
you take your kibitzing and bad jokes somewhere else where they might
be appreciated?

John

John Larkin · Dec 31, 2004

On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 17:47:23 +0000, John Woodgate
<jmw@jmwa.demon.contraspam.yuk> wrote:

What would you like to replace it with? If you find a way of towing the
UN out to sea, how about towing the British Isles to the west coast of
USA at the same latitude and making Britain and Ireland the 52nd and
53rd states (not necessarily in that order)?

Not a bad idea. The respective languages are a lot easier to
understand than what's spoken in, say, West Virginia.

John

robert j. kolker · Dec 31, 2004

John Larkin wrote:

Not a bad idea. The respective languages are a lot easier to
understand than what's spoken in, say, West Virginia.

Actually, "hill billy" English is closure to English as it was at the
time of the original colonization than it is to English as -now- spoken
in England.

Bob Kolker

John Larkin · Dec 31, 2004

On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 17:51:14 +0000, John Woodgate
<jmw@jmwa.demon.contraspam.yuk> wrote:

If one of those sinks, the place will be overrun by talking rabbits. But
I expect they taste OK. (;- )

Water ship down? Really, John!

John

wishing I'd said that.

Jim Thompson · Dec 31, 2004

On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 10:08:41 -0800, John Larkin <john@spamless.usa>
wrote:

On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 09:11:57 GMT, Rich Grise <richgrise@example.net
wrote:

(stupid gross joke)

Geez, Rich, since you don't know anything about electronics, why don't
you take your kibitzing and bad jokes somewhere else where they might
be appreciated?

John

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Bob Stephens · Dec 31, 2004

On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 18:43:35 +0000 (UTC), Franz Heymann wrote:

The US is lagging behind very badly. Apparently it has not yet been
shamed publicly to a sufficient exrent to make it and its inhabitants
get off their arses.

Come off it Franzli. The US has nothing to be ashamed about.
We will help out those in peril and in need just like we always do.

robert j. kolker · Dec 31, 2004

jimp@specsol-spam-sux.com wrote:

According to last night's news, ONE church charitable group in the US
has raised $50 million alone.

Further in the story they note that the pace of donations is taxing the
ability of most organizations to accept them.

That is pretty much "on shell". In the U.S. private charitable giving
far oustrips government dispersements.

Bob Kolker

robert j. kolker · Dec 31, 2004

Richards Noah (IFR LIT MET) wrote:

The truth is that our country isn't getting along with the rest of the world
right now, and it's not because of some fault of the rest of the world.

Tell that to the victims of 9/11. America got the wakeup call that
morning. The world is a very evil place.

In the mean time Spain and the French make all kinds of excuses for the
excessive behaviour of the Islamofascists and do a good business with
them too.

Bob Kolker

robert j. kolker · Dec 31, 2004

Bob Stephens wrote:

Come off it Franzli. The US has nothing to be ashamed about.
We will help out those in peril and in need just like we always do.

It is truly amazing. The only reason why the Eurotrash are not saying
"Seig Heil" is because the U.S. helped the Brits and the Soviets. Truly,
no good deed shall go unpunished.

And after the WW2 the only reason why the Red Flag did not fly over
Western Europe was U.S. aid and action. Maybe we should have let Stalin
ride roughshod over all of Europe.

Bob Kolker

Rolavine · Dec 31, 2004

Subject: Re: 40M for Bush Inauguration and 15M for Tsunami Disaster

Does that include some new clothes?

Franz Heymann · Dec 31, 2004

"John S. Dyson" <toor@iquest.net> wrote in message
news:cr3cup$210t$1@news.iquest.net...

In article <cr32s6$96m$7@titan.btinternet.com>,

[snip]

Much of the money cannot be immediately absorbed. I'd like for
you to refer to the donations towards the 9/11 victims, and please
explain the amount of US donations vs. people from old Europe.

Do you really have no sense of proportion? Do you really not realise
that 8/11 is utterly trivial compared to the present disaster?

Franz

robert j. kolker · Dec 31, 2004

Clarence_A wrote:

A reasonable alternative is to shut down the UN so they can't
siphon off the funds needed to help in the afflicted areas!

Better to get them to pay the NYC parking fines.

Bob Kolker

robert j. kolker · Dec 31, 2004

jimp@specsol-spam-sux.com wrote:

What they need NOW is a whole bunch of damage assessment and logistical
planning, not crates of blankets.

Shipping crates and blankets the next day is basically a feelgood
reaction. It is not, as you point out, very useful. True compassion
consists of giving what the other fellow needs, not what makes us feel
like Good Guys.

Bob Kolker

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