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Tsunami: Irony
Via Rantburg. Lt-Gen Conway also said the USS Bonhomme Richard expeditionary strike group of seven vessels, which had been in Guam – in the Pacific Ocean – had been diverted to the Bay of Bengal, where it would arrive before January 7. “It has seven ships associated with the strike group (and) carries 25 helicopters, which will be valuable to us again in disaster relief,” he said. Noted publicity seeker and possible coward Pablo Paredes was to deploy on the USS Bonhomme Richard, until he missed the movement. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Charity, Military, Tsunami relief
Tsunami: Stingy Americans
The latest total that I can compile is $158,285,000. It is impossible to quantify the in-kind services being donated. Dozens of medical personnel are flying over. Northwest Airlines is donating cargo space on its flights. Over and over the generosity of Americans is being demonstrated. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Charity, Stingy List, Tsunami relief
Thinking Too Much
Less than an hour to go to finish off my ambulance duty for the month, and for the year. Two calls today, my average. Over 117,000 dead in South Asia. Incomprehensible. The Democrats succeeded in stealing the governorship of Washington State. As expected. We’ve been notified here that our request for a new ambulance to replace the 14 year old one we have was turned down by the Village Board. They’re buying a garbage truck instead. Odd priorities. A month to go until Iraqi elections. I’ll try to pontificate about this matter over the weekend. Short version, it’ll do them good but the blood letting will be fierce until then. Why haven’t the Democrats selected a new DNC chairman yet? What seems to be the problem? I like Howard Dean for the post. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Original writing
Tsunami: Stingy??
I think not. Pfizer: $35 million Coca Cola: $10 million Exxon Mobil Corp: $5 million Citigroup Inc.: $3 million Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: $3 million Merck & Co. Inc. is giving $3 million in cash while Johnson & Johnson and Abbott Laboratories Inc. are each donating $2 million; each of the three are also sending drugs and other health care supplies to the region. Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. is donating $1 million in cash and $4 million in antibiotics and antifungal drugs. Roche Group and GlaxoSmithKline PLC were also planning to donate supplies and/or cash. Nike Inc., American Express Co., General Electric Co. and First Data Corp. are each giving $1 million. Amazon.com had collected about 87,000 donations totaling more than $5.4 million for the American Red Cross as of Thursday afternoon. [Now $6,286,000] Wal-Mart Inc. is setting … Read entire article »
Filed under: Charity, Stingy List, Tsunami relief
Tsunami: U.S. Government Response
This is what our government can do that all our dollars to the Red Cross cannot. This is what our government should be doing. DefenseLINK WASHINGTON, Dec. 29, 2004 Three Marine Corps disaster relief assessment teams are on the ground or about to arrive in Thailand, Sri Lanka and Indonesia, and at least two P-3 aircraft are conducting initial reconnaissance of damaged areas as a wide range of other Defense Department assets works its way to tsunami-stricken regions of the Indian Ocean. U.S. Pacific Command has marshaled assets ranging from carrier strike groups to water purification ships to aircraft to provide emergency support for victims following the Dec. 26 earthquake and subsequent tsunamis, Marine Corps Lt. Gen. James Conway, director of operations for the Joint Staff, told reporters today at a special State … Read entire article »
Filed under: Charity, Marines, Military, Tsunami relief
Tsunami: Walmart Donation
The current version of THE STINGY LIST has the Walmart donation wrong. The URL I cite has either changed or I just plain erred. Walmart and Sam’s Clubs have donate $2 million U.S. for tsunami relief. I will correct the error in the next update. My apologies. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Charity, Stingy List, Tsunami relief
China: High and Dry
China Daily China needs another 40 billion cubic metres of water each year, said Wang. Of the 669 cities in the country, 440 suffer water shortages and 110 of those are serious. China’s per capita water holdings are one third of the world’s average. More than 100 billion cubic metres of ground water are over-exploited each year, pushing an area of 64,000 square kilometers — covering 50-odd cities — to subsidence levels, said Wang. An ecological crisis also looms, with water levels in the country’s lakes down 15 per cent and natural wetlands down 26 per cent from the early 1950s. Wang named “human factors,” such as uneconomical use of water, as the main cause of the problems. China’s water use efficiency is one fifth of the world’s average, in terms of contribution … Read entire article »
Filed under: China, China's Economy
Iraq: Good News
MNF-Iraq Fallujah, Iraq — Ministry of Health officials, in coordination with members of the 4th Civil Affairs Group of the I Marine Expeditionary Force, have made great progress in their efforts to provide medical care to the newly returning residents of Fallujah. As of today, Fallujah General Hospital is fully operational with 31 staff members, who are prepared to provide emergency, surgical and general health care. Additionally, the hospital positioned doctors and ambulances at Humanitarian Aide sites, entry control points and medical centers such as the Jolan Clinic. In response to Ministry of Health television announcements urging all Fallujah medical specialists to report to work immediately, additional physicians and medical personnel are beginning to arrive at the Civil Military Operations Center offering to take any medical assignment. Cmdr. Luis P. Tripoli, physician … Read entire article »
Filed under: Afghanistan, Iraq, Military, Rebuilding, War on Terror
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- General Hull Invades Canada (in 156 days)
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A Tale of Two Dates
December 31st, 2004 | Comments Off
On September 11, 2001, Afghanistan was ruled by a theocratic Islamic dictatorship. Life was as they imagined it to be in 1300. No schools. No rights for women. And the country was host to a murderous band of thugs headed by Osama bin Laden. Fast forward 1,183 days. Hamid Karzai is sworn in as Afghanistan’s first popularly elected president. A constitution has been adopted by a jurga. bin Laden’s bandits are gone, dead or in prison. The Islamists are in hiding, for once they’re the one’s who are afraid. Over twenty nations have joined the United States in the reconstruction of Afghanistan, the training of security forces, the disarming of militias, and in providing a future for the Afghans. Quite a difference, and one that makes Americans proud that we had a part in … Read entire article »
Filed under: Afghanistan, Commentary, Original writing, Rebuilding, War on Terror