to see king george and his court do NOT care about the people of the united states?
they just don't. here is a story about katrina. there is a story about sudan. over there is a story about iraq. there are stories everywhere in this naked world. stories that show a basic lack of not only compassion BUT morality.
those that support this administration simply because they have always supported republicans, must look at the consequences. the world indeed IS going to come to an end IF and ONLY IF we allow these people free reign
let's not do that, ok?
Most Katrina Aid From Overseas Went Unclaimed
By John Solomon and Spencer S. Hsu Washington Post Staff Writers
As the winds and water of Hurricane Katrina were receding, presidential confidante Karen Hughes sent a cable from her State Department office to U.S. ambassadors worldwide.
Titled "Echo-Chamber Message" -- a public relations term for talking points designed to be repeated again and again -- the Sept. 7, 2005, directive was unmistakable: Assure the scores of countries that had pledged or donated aid at the height of the disaster that their largesse had provided Americans "practical help and moral support" and "highlight the concrete benefits hurricane victims are receiving."
Many of the U.S. diplomats who received the message, however, were beginning to witness a more embarrassing reality. They knew the U.S. government was turning down many allies' offers of manpower, supplies and expertise worth untold millions of dollars. Eventually the United States also would fail to collect most of the unprecedented outpouring of international cash assistance for Katrina's victims.
Allies offered $854 million in cash and in oil that was to be sold for cash. But only $40 million has been used so far for disaster victims or reconstruction, according to U.S. officials and contractors....................
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