Hurricane Jeanne

[Darkhawk28]

Originally posted by: Spencer278

Originally posted by: glenn1
An ambassador can't just decide to hand out massive amounts of money on his own, it has to be appropriated by Congress. $60,000 is probably what was immediately available to disburse without specific legislative authority. If the legislature decides not to allocate more money once they've had a chance to discuss it then perhaps we can discuss what tightwads we are.

Wow an intelligent post in a thread that went down the crapper so fast. Also money isn't that helpful any place to spend money is under a few feet of mud or washed out to sea. I'm sure the goverment will get together a real aid package but it takes time

As much as I'd love to bash the Bush administration about this, I cannot. In this instance, Glenn1 is 100% correct.

 

[Crimson]

I wonder what kind of support were received from other countries after the last 3 hurricanes hit? My guess is basically none. How much did we get after 9/11? Probably none. The LA Earthquakes? And the countless other natural disasters we have had as a country?

Everyone looks to us when there is a disaster, and we come running with help.. yet nobody seems to return the favor.. Does that mean we shouldn't help? Of course not.. But it would be nice if people would start helping us, and other countries such as **Cough** France would start helping out with situations like these.

 

[BarneyFife]

Originally posted by: Crimson
I wonder what kind of support were received from other countries after the last 3 hurricanes hit? My guess is basically none. How much did we get after 9/11? Probably none. The LA Earthquakes? And the countless other natural disasters we have had as a country?

Everyone looks to us when there is a disaster, and we come running with help.. yet nobody seems to return the favor.. Does that mean we shouldn't help? Of course not.. But it would be nice if people would start helping us, and other countries such as **Cough** France would start helping out with situations like these.

Helping out the US is the equivalent of donating money to Bill Gates if his house burned down.

 

[CrazyApe]

Originally posted by: Crimson
I wonder what kind of support were received from other countries after the last 3 hurricanes hit? My guess is basically none. How much did we get after 9/11? Probably none. The LA Earthquakes? And the countless other natural disasters we have had as a country?

Everyone looks to us when there is a disaster, and we come running with help.. yet nobody seems to return the favor.. Does that mean we shouldn't help? Of course not.. But it would be nice if people would start helping us, and other countries such as **Cough** France would start helping out with situations like these.

We have the money, they don't.
This is like saying that the the guy working two jobs making minimum wage at both should help out Bill Gates when he loses 100 million dollars in the stock market.

Not to mention, they see us spending 100-200 BILLION dollars on a war that they don't believe in.

 

[Crimson]

Originally posted by: BarneyFife

Originally posted by: Crimson
I wonder what kind of support were received from other countries after the last 3 hurricanes hit? My guess is basically none. How much did we get after 9/11? Probably none. The LA Earthquakes? And the countless other natural disasters we have had as a country?

Everyone looks to us when there is a disaster, and we come running with help.. yet nobody seems to return the favor.. Does that mean we shouldn't help? Of course not.. But it would be nice if people would start helping us, and other countries such as **Cough** France would start helping out with situations like these.

Helping out the US is the equivalent of donating money to Bill Gates if his house burned down.

But is standing next to a bucket of water while Bill Gates tries to put out the fire at his house acceptable? Support comes in things other than MONEY. Its called COMPASSION... if Bill Gates' house is burning down, and he needs help running the hose, I will help him out.. who cares if he makes a billion dollars a year, there are some things money can't buy.

 

[Crimson]

Originally posted by: CrazyApe

Originally posted by: Crimson
I wonder what kind of support were received from other countries after the last 3 hurricanes hit? My guess is basically none. How much did we get after 9/11? Probably none. The LA Earthquakes? And the countless other natural disasters we have had as a country?

Everyone looks to us when there is a disaster, and we come running with help.. yet nobody seems to return the favor.. Does that mean we shouldn't help? Of course not.. But it would be nice if people would start helping us, and other countries such as **Cough** France would start helping out with situations like these.

We have the money, they don't.
This is like saying that the the guy working two jobs making minimum wage at both should help out Bill Gates when he loses 100 million dollars in the stock market.

Not to mention, they see us spending 100-200 BILLION dollars on a war that they don't believe in.

Its nothing like that at all. Its like giving Bill Gates a place to stay and giving him a meal after his house burns down, he loses all his credit cards and cash, and his wife and kids are dead.. Its called the right thing to do when someone is in trouble. It doesn't matter if he is rich.. help and compassion come in more than just MONEY.

 

[CycloWizard]

Originally posted by: wirelessenabled
From your factcheck link.

There's little question that the Iraq war will eventually cost a total of $200 billion, and possibly even double that figure, depending on how many US troops remain there and for how long. The CBO produced three hypothetical "scenarios" for the future, and their ten-year price tag. A pullout starting next year and leaving no US forces in Iraq by October of 2008 would still add $52 billion to the total cost of "Operation Iraqi Freedom," not counting costs of reconstruction or "undistributed" costs shared among Iraq and other operations. Gradually reducing the current 160,000 US forces to 54,000 and leaving them there indefinitely would cost $233 billion through the year 2014, beyond what's already been spent.

So whadda you think. Are we going to spend $200+ bil in Iraq? Or is the whole situation there going to suddenly, magically come to an end soon and all our troops tele-transported home at no cost by our Trekkie friends?

You heard it here first

We will likely spend $200 billion in Iraq. We'll also likely eventually spend $200 billion on darn near every country around eventually. Fact is, we've yet to reach the $120 billion mark, so repeatedly throwing around the the $200 billion is 'parroting Democrat talking points.' It goes both ways.

Originally posted by: Nitemare
"Three trucks carrying Red Cross relief supplies from tents to blankets rolled in Monday, but two were mobbed by people who grabbed blankets and towels. U.N. troops stood by watching. Only one truck arrived intact with tents at the mayor's office.

I just found this quote amusing. Seems to follow current UN SOP.

Originally posted by: BarneyFife
Helping out the US is the equivalent of donating money to Bill Gates if his house burned down.

:beer: Possibly the best analogy I've ever heard. Though, technically, we're probably the poorest country in the world if you consider our debt.

Originally posted by: CrazyApe
Not to mention, they see us spending 100-200 BILLION dollars on a war that they don't believe in.

Sorry, but whether or not they believe in Iraq is not motivation for me to give them money.