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thebword


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Obama announced America's pledge to aid to Indonesia, you know the Country he spent 5+ years of his childhood in and whose mother continued to live there until Obama was 18, that Indonesia.   So what does Obama pledge to the Country that considers him "their son" and Obama must hold special in his heart?



Aid Groups Reaching Quake-Ravaged Indonesia

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A number of countries have pledged financial aid. The United States Embassy in Jakarta said it had already provided $300,000 in immediate assistance and had set aside another $3 million.

But many aid groups faced delays in reaching the disaster zone on Friday because flights to the area were full. Garuda Indonesia, the national

 

and what are the Liberal's talking about today.... well no mention of Obama's stinginess, heck - NO mention of the aid at all.  Liberal Blog Headline today is.....


Friday :: October 02, 2009

Olympic Bid, Chicago Eliminated In First Round Voting

By Jeralyn, Section Off Topic
Posted on Fri Oct 02, 2009 at 11:30:00 AM EST 
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Watch announcement live here. One minute to go. (Now they say 30 minutes.)

The 2016 Olympics will not be taking place in Chicago. The city has been eliminated from consideration in the first round of voting. President Obama was flying back to the U.S. when the vote took place.

Chicago spent $50 million on the failed bid. The delegation was led by Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey, with a personal visit by President Obama. Did our over-strict airport policies play a role in the rejection?[More...]

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Now what did Bush, at the same point in time after the 2004 tsunami, donate?

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States dispatched disaster specialists and pledged an initial $15 million Monday to Asian countries struck by a massive earthquake and tsunamis.

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American ambssadors released $100,000 each to India, Indonesia, the Maldives and Sri Lanka, and Powell said $4 million would be given to the Red Cross.
And what did the same NY Times and Liberal Blog have to say about Bush's initial aid amount back in 2004?http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/30/opinion/30thu2.htmlAre We Stingy? YesPublished: December 30, 2004resident Bush finally roused himself yesterday from his vacation in Crawford, Tex., to telephone his sympathy to the leaders of India, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Indonesia, and to speak publicly about the devastation of Sunday's tsunamis in Asia. He also hurried to put as much distance as possible between himself and America's initial measly aid offer of $15 million, and he took issue with an earlier statement by the United Nations' emergency relief coordinator, Jan Egeland, who had called the overall aid efforts by rich Western nations "stingy." "The person who made that statement was very misguided and ill informed," the president said.We beg to differ. Mr. Egeland was right on target. We hope Secretary of State Colin Powell was privately embarrassed when, two days into a catastrophic disaster that hit 12 of the world's poorer countries and will cost billions of dollars to meliorate, he held a press conference to say that America, the world's richest nation, would contribute $15 million. That's less than half of what Republicans plan to spend on the Bush inaugural festivities.



Bush's Tsunami Aid Offer Called 'Stingy'
By Jeralyn, Section Foreign Affairs
Posted on Tue Dec 28, 2004 at 10:30:04 AM EST 
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This is just unbelievable. The death toll from the Asian Tsunami now exceeds 55,000.

Half of the deaths come from Indonesia's Aceh province. In Sri Lanka, 17,640 have been declared dead.

The fear that outbreaks of disease could unleash a second wave of tragedy on a region struggling to cope with the first also loomed large with decomposing bodies and sewerage contaminating water sources. In some areas food and medicines were in desperately short supply.

As we noted earlier, Bush has offered up $15 million in disaster aid. Atrios points out his inauguration is going to cost $30 to $40 million, exclusive of security costs which will be unprecedented.

U.N. Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Jan Egeland called Bush's offer "stingy." We agree.

 



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Great find, B. Bush took a whole lot of heat for offering so little. Yet, not a word about O's paultry offering.

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freespirit wrote:

Great find, B. Bush took a whole lot of heat for offering so little. Yet, not a word about O's paultry offering.



 of course not they are lefties. 



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