tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post110493722618716590..comments2023-05-31T07:36:35.651-04:00Comments on Wisdom Weasel: People Need To Let Go Of Their Money Once They Decide To Do GoodWisdom Weaselhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-1105220029169834892005-01-08T16:33:00.000-05:002005-01-08T16:33:00.000-05:00Listmaker; so nice to read someone refer to the 'c...Listmaker; so nice to read someone refer to the 'collateral damage' of our government's policy as 'fuckers'...<br /><br />What I was trying to say was that it is interesting to see this vast (and worthwhile) humanitarian outpouring for the victims of the tsunami from private citizens and contrast it with the almost complete absence of private relief donations for the victims of our tax dollars atAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-1104969358895570822005-01-05T18:55:00.000-05:002005-01-05T18:55:00.000-05:00anonymous,
hey, where is the u.s. aid to the vict...anonymous,<br /><br />hey, where is the u.s. aid to the victims in iraq? we spend 150 million dollars day on those fuckers! what else can we possibly do?Listmakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08503400201264578579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-1104944572269065372005-01-05T12:02:00.000-05:002005-01-05T12:02:00.000-05:00Jamie, I agree with you about Doctors Without Bord...Jamie, I agree with you about Doctors Without Borders (even though they seem to be the inspiration for Angelina Jolie's horrible NGO film of last year) and I thought you did a brilliant job advocating for them on Fighting Words. I think the same came be said for both Oxfam and the Red Cross (and indeed for 90% of the large NGOs- nobody gets into the non profit racket to get rich).<br /><br />I Wisdom Weaselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18216020315074987565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-1104943738286026652005-01-05T11:48:00.000-05:002005-01-05T11:48:00.000-05:00it is a very interesting phenomenon. not to pat m...it is a very interesting phenomenon. not to pat myself on the back, but i noticed that Doctors Without Borders had included a check box on their donations page last week that said something to the effect of "i want my contribution to go directly to the catastrophe in South Asia" or some such. but while that tragedy was the impetus for my gift, i didn't check the box because i know that they do jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10526134935751784238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6687504.post-1104938494625899752005-01-05T10:21:00.000-05:002005-01-05T10:21:00.000-05:00Good stuff weasel as usual. Get us thinking and m...Good stuff weasel as usual. Get us thinking and more importantly feeling - maybe we'll eventually get up off our duffs and do something about it. Interesting side note - it has recently been reported that Iraqi casualities have surpassed 100,000. Where is the aid to help those people?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com