[OT] Tsunami donations

"Zog The Undeniable" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Took me a while to find, so...

If you have less than £50 lying around in a PayPal account that would cost
you money to withdraw, these guys can use it:

http://www.colombopage.com/

Saw this on another NG:

Cost of one F-22 Raptor tactical fighter jet -- $225 million

Cost of the ongoing U.S. war in Iraq--$228 million/day

Amount spent by Kerry and Bush campaigns -- $400 million

U.S. aid to Yushchenko camp in recent Ukrainian conflict -- $30+ million

Estimated cost of Bush's Second Inauguration and Ball -- $ 40+ million

Amount of U.S. tax cuts under Bush -- $1 trillion

Cost of the U.S. Iraq War in 2004 -- $147 billion

U.S. reconstruction aid budgeted for Iraq (though never spent!) -- $18
billion

Amount the U.S. initially in aid to Indian Ocean tsunami victims -- $
10 million

Amount U.S. offered in tsunami aid after being chastised by UN official
-- $35 million*

* the 20 million addition is in loan guarantees, not aid.
Bush/Blair should just say........... "let them eat cake"

Simon Mason said:

Saw this on another NG:

Cost of one F-22 Raptor tactical fighter jet -- $225 million

Cost of the ongoing U.S. war in Iraq--$228 million/day

Amount spent by Kerry and Bush campaigns -- $400 million

U.S. aid to Yushchenko camp in recent Ukrainian conflict -- $30+
million

Estimated cost of Bush's Second Inauguration and Ball -- $ 40+ million

Amount of U.S. tax cuts under Bush -- $1 trillion

Cost of the U.S. Iraq War in 2004 -- $147 billion

U.S. reconstruction aid budgeted for Iraq (though never spent!) -- $18
billion

Amount the U.S. initially in aid to Indian Ocean tsunami victims -- $
10 million

Amount U.S. offered in tsunami aid after being chastised by UN
official -- $35 million*

* the 20 million addition is in loan guarantees, not aid.
Bush/Blair should just say........... "let them eat cake"

Hi Simon
Do you know the original source of this?
I'd like to forward it to a " everything America does is wonderful" DJ at my
local radio station ;-)
Ta
Jan

"Jan" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

Quoted message said:

Hi Simon
Do you know the original source of this?
I'd like to forward it to a " everything America does is wonderful" DJ at
my
local radio station ;-)

Don't know about the original source, but I found it on
uk.media.radio.bbc-r5. I haven't checked out the veracity of the figures
either.
--
Simon M.

Simon Mason said:

"Jan" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

Quoted message said:

Hi Simon
Do you know the original source of this?
I'd like to forward it to a " everything America does is wonderful"
DJ at my
local radio station ;-)

Don't know about the original source, but I found it on
uk.media.radio.bbc-r5. I haven't checked out the veracity of the
figures either.
--
Simon M.

Ta
I'll have a look

Jan

"Zog The Undeniable" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Took me a while to find, so...

If you have less than £50 lying around in a PayPal account that would cost
you money to withdraw, these guys can use it:

http://www.colombopage.com/

None of the major UK charities seem to take PayPal.

Roger

Can you be sure this site is a genuine charity site? I'd hate to be donating
to a scammer.

bob watkinson said:

Can you be sure this site is a genuine charity site? I'd hate to be donating
to a scammer.

Not absolutely (can you ever be with the Internet?), but a quick Google
shows that the website has been up since well before the disaster, so it
certainly hasn't been set up to capitalise on recent events.

If you're in any doubt, you can of course use a credit card to donate to
a UK charity.

"Simon Mason" wrote>

Quoted message said:

Saw this on another NG:

Cost of one F-22 Raptor tactical fighter jet -- $225 million

Cost of the ongoing U.S. war in Iraq--$228 million/day

Amount spent by Kerry and Bush campaigns -- $400 million

U.S. aid to Yushchenko camp in recent Ukrainian conflict -- $30+ million

Estimated cost of Bush's Second Inauguration and Ball -- $ 40+ million

Amount of U.S. tax cuts under Bush -- $1 trillion

Cost of the U.S. Iraq War in 2004 -- $147 billion

U.S. reconstruction aid budgeted for Iraq (though never spent!) -- $18
billion

Amount the U.S. initially in aid to Indian Ocean tsunami victims -- $
10 million

Amount U.S. offered in tsunami aid after being chastised by UN official
-- $35 million*

* the 20 million addition is in loan guarantees, not aid.
Bush/Blair should just say........... "let them eat cake"

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/30/opinion/30thu2.html?th

Behind free registration, but it seems to support Mr. Mason's premise.
Excuse me for not scanning the text into this post, but I tried twice and
got a big mess with all the links that were on the page.
--
mark

"Zog The Undeniable" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:41d3e575.0@entanet...

Quoted message said:

If you have less than £50 lying around in a PayPal account that would
cost you money to withdraw, these guys can use it:

http://www.colombopage.com/

None of the major UK charities seem to take PayPal.

For anyone who does have credit with Paypal and wishes to donate can do so
on through this site:
http://www.ezzy.com/

(Ezzy Sails manufacture windsurfing sails for the world market in Sri Lanka.
They are pledging the money to their distressed workers with any surplus
being forwarded to the Red Cross).

Pete

Peter B said:

"Zog The Undeniable" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:41d3e575.0@entanet...

Quoted message said:

If you have less than £50 lying around in a PayPal account that would
cost you money to withdraw, these guys can use it:

http://www.colombopage.com/

None of the major UK charities seem to take PayPal.

For anyone who does have credit with Paypal and wishes to donate can do so
on through this site:
http://www.ezzy.com/

(Ezzy Sails manufacture windsurfing sails for the world market in Sri Lanka.
They are pledging the money to their distressed workers with any surplus
being forwarded to the Red Cross).

Alternatively just use your regular credit card at
<http://www.dec.org.uk/>, although the site's a bit busy.

Just how much are you going to spend on bikes this year?

Tim

Zog The Undeniable said:

Took me a while to find, so...

If you have less than £50 lying around in a PayPal account that would
cost you money to withdraw, these guys can use it:

http://www.colombopage.com/

None of the major UK charities seem to take PayPal.

http://www.dec.org.uk

Accepted my credit card for a donation.

Brian

Zog The Undeniable said:

Took me a while to find, so...

If you have less than £50 lying around in a PayPal account that would
cost you money to withdraw, these guys can use it:

http://www.colombopage.com/

None of the major UK charities seem to take PayPal.

http://www.dec.org.uk

Accepted my credit card for a donation.

Brian

"mark" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

"Simon Mason" wrote>

Quoted message said:

Saw this on another NG:

Cost of one F-22 Raptor tactical fighter jet -- $225 million

Cost of the ongoing U.S. war in Iraq--$228 million/day

Amount spent by Kerry and Bush campaigns -- $400 million

U.S. aid to Yushchenko camp in recent Ukrainian conflict -- $30+ million

Estimated cost of Bush's Second Inauguration and Ball -- $ 40+ million

Amount of U.S. tax cuts under Bush -- $1 trillion

Cost of the U.S. Iraq War in 2004 -- $147 billion

U.S. reconstruction aid budgeted for Iraq (though never spent!) -- $18
billion

Amount the U.S. initially in aid to Indian Ocean tsunami victims -- $
10 million

Amount U.S. offered in tsunami aid after being chastised by UN official
-- $35 million*

* the 20 million addition is in loan guarantees, not aid.
Bush/Blair should just say........... "let them eat cake"

For a US perspective on the cost of the war in Iraq:

http://www.costofwar.com/

"Tim Hall" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Alternatively just use your regular credit card at
<http://www.dec.org.uk/>, although the site's a bit busy.

Which is how I made my donation, however the OP was referring to people with
small(ish) credits in their Paypal accounts that they might wish to donate
to empty the account.

Regards,
Pete

Peter B said:

"Tim Hall" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Alternatively just use your regular credit card at
<http://www.dec.org.uk/>, although the site's a bit busy.

Which is how I made my donation, however the OP was referring to people with
small(ish) credits in their Paypal accounts that they might wish to donate
to empty the account.

Regards,
Pete

http://www.gamingforums.com/showpost.php?p=1675909&postcount=139

My son showed us these pictures, gives some idea of scale.

Sniper8052

Peter B said:

"Tim Hall" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Alternatively just use your regular credit card at
<http://www.dec.org.uk/>, although the site's a bit busy.

Which is how I made my donation,

Nice one.

Quoted message said:

however the OP was referring to people with
small(ish) credits in their Paypal accounts that they might wish to donate
to empty the account.

Oops. I see that now. It got a bit lost in the thread.

Tim