"Ride-A-Lot" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:J G said:What Y'all are seeing on CNN, etc. cannot possibly convey magnitude of
the devistation..... Its fscking wasted. And the STINK, ohh my G*d,
it's enought to make a billygoat puke. So I hear ;-(
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"Ralph"
I just had some friends come back from their honeymoon in Thailand.
Yes, they were in one of the flooded hotels. At the time they were in
their room so they got out without a scratch.
They are pretty messed up though. It took a while to get out and they
had to sleep in a school for a night. She's being crying every night
since the event and cannot get the images of bodies, especially
children, out of her head. Can you say lots of counsiling? The US
embassy was very good at rounding up the citizens. That's a nice thing
to know. I gave them a US Airways round trip coupon I got from giving
up a seat so they can at least fly somewhere and try and get another
honeymoon.
I didn't ask about the smell and they didn't volunteer any info. I can
only imagine what it must be like. I know what a single dead animal can
smell like. Think about 80,000 people.
It's very sad, but I think this is a great opportunity for the USA and
especially the citizens of this country to show how compasionate we can
be. Many of the countries that were hit are Muslim countries. A show
of support from the US will surely go a long way to showing them that we
are not against them as the terrorists would have them think.
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o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-o
www.schnauzers.ws
Glad your friends are ok...not to slight the Pac-Rim/Eastern situation in
any way, but what a terrible wedding memory. I hope she's stopped crying by
now...Nice of you to offer a partial "re-do."
As for the world's view on American compassion...unfortunalely, it seems as
though there is no deed America can do that will enstill a favorable
viewpoint, in the rest of the world's mind's eye, for any long-term
scenario. For some reason (probably the general well being of our
population), many persons around the world view Americans as the "Grand
Abusers" of everyone else.
American dollars fly around the world in HUGE proportions all year long,
every year...whether there's a disaster, or not. So does food, medical
supplies, medical care, economical support, political support,
infrastructural support and so on, and so on, and so on...even to hostile
nations like North Korea (grain). But when America acts to protect its own
interests........forget it! For some reasons (many, I'm sure), America
always comes out smelling like a goat to the rest of the world.
Nonetheless, I recently, and regularly, gave/give blood, and am currently
researching a worthy organization to donate some additional tsunami dollars
to (one where the $$ won't be absorbed by the org's payroll).
Goodoz --- Tax Time's Coming up...Y'all ready???