Aid Collections For New Orleans and Rest Of Southeastern USA

[chequita guevara]

You could donate to Poly-tubbies who were impacted by the hurricane.

[Atahualpa]

I could swim across the atlantic and kick your lazy ass

[Richelieu]

Driving in to work this morning the host of a local radio show gave the url of the red cross to make donations. First and only place where i've heard sollicitation. The major networks haven't posted links to relief organizations on their websites as they did with the Tsunami.

[SlowwHand]

Point, game, and match.

[Richelieu]

Originally posted by SlowwHand
Point, game, and match.

Not yet. There's been no call from the US to provide assistance. If your authorities can't provide information about your needs and whether your country will be able to meet them, you can't blame the others for not stepping in.

[Jack_www]

Cant blame people??? Dont people in other parts of world have a sense of generosity? If a major diaster like what happen with New Orleans I would want to give to the relief effort. I would not assume that other people whould pitch in or that nation could take care of their own people.

[Richelieu]

Originally posted by Jack_www
Cant blame people??? Dont people in other parts of world have a sense of generosity? If a major diaster like what happen with New Orleans I would want to give to the relief effort. I would not assume that other people whould pitch in or that nation could take care of their own people.

I'm not assuming that other people will pinch in.
I am assuming that your nation can take care of its own people: your nation is apparently assuming it can take care of Iraq's people on top of yours.

[BeBMan]

Just skimmed through the thread, but to the OP: I just read an interview with a guy from Germany's disaster aid/Red Cross, and he said they are prepaired to provide any aid they are able to give, but - as Richelieu mentioned - they are constantly in contact with US authorities, but nobody from the US side has requested anything so far. I guess that's the position in most countries.

[Starchild]

If the US doesn't ask for help, what good will sending any do? Have French and Dutch technical experts drinking bad coffee in airport lobbies because they just got sent over without the USA asking for them or deciding where they should be put to use?

I mean, we can't even send money unless we're told where to send it to. The moment help is asked for, we can provide it but until then, we're in the no-man's land of only being able to express sympathy.

That, and Portugal's on fire while Austria's underwater. We've got some stuff in our own backyard that's tying up some resources.

[Jack_www]

well I know the governments around the world are not going to do anything. But what about just people in other countries? Will you guys make donations to Red Cross for this diasster?

[Sava]

Originally posted by BeBro
Just skimmed through the thread, but to the OP: I just read an interview with a guy from Germany's disaster aid/Red Cross, and he said they are prepaired to provide any aid they are able to give, but - as Richelieu mentioned - they are constantly in contact with US authorities, but nobody from the US side has requested anything so far. I guess that's the position in most countries.

well forgive Sloww...
that's the standard troll you'll hear from conservatives...

and I'll paraphrase:

"the US gives aid to other countries but when stuff happens to us nobody gives us anything..."

that is, completely ignoring the fact that the US gives aid to POOR countries that NEED it and the US is a RICH country that usually DOESN'T!!

[Richelieu]

Originally posted by Jack_www
Will you guys make donations to Red Cross for this diasster?

I would but the softwood lumber mill where i worked is closed so i'm out of work.

[notyoueither]

I was thinking to myself, would most Americans want foreign governments to give their government money?

And then I heard a local radio blatherer SCREAMING that the Govt of Alberta should give $1 billion dollars... to whom she did not say.

I thought about it for a little while. For every dollar rise in oil prices, Alberta rakes in $100 million (annually).

It occured to me that we could well afford to split off a portion of the windfall that is surely to follow the Gulf Coast getting hammered to helping people who might not have insurance. Some sort of referral service where social workers and clergy could refer people who really needed help. Just as long as it's done quietly.

Other than that, I'd bet a two-four that the Gulf Coast is gonna be crawling with Northern Cajuns taking holiday time, and in some cases paid time, to help out with hands on assistance in clean up and rebuilding. It's what we do. We usually go there and help out if it's a neighbour in real trouble.

[Guynemer]

I'm going to issue the same challenge to my fellow Polytubbies that I issued when the tsunami hit.

No industrialized nation spends as much as 1% of its GDP on humanitarian aid.

We can do better. Donate 1% of your yearly salary to the relief organization of your choice.

[mrmitchell]

well I know the governments around the world are not going to do anything.

Che has already pointed out that a few countries have offered aid and the US has done nothing to respond to them yet...