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 [...]
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 [...]
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.
Thinking Too Much
Dec 30th, 2004
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 [...]
I think not.Pfizer: $35 millionCoca Cola: $10 millionExxon Mobil Corp: $5 millionCitigroup Inc.: $3 millionBill & 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 [...]
This is what our government can do that all our dollars to the Red Cross cannot. This is what our government should be doing.DefenseLINKWASHINGTON, 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 [...]
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.
China: High and Dry
Dec 29th, 2004
China DailyChina 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 [...]
MNF-IraqFallujah, 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 [...]
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