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Anonymous

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Updated June 17. 2008 2:54PM
$2 billion in aid for Midwest flooding proposed
The Gazette



Today, Governor Chet Culver issued the following statement after receiving word that the US House of Representatives will include $2 billion in funding for Midwest flood assistance in a proposed spending bill that is expected to come to the floor this week.
http://www.gazetteonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080617/NEWS/65460444/1006/news

Red Cross Disaster Fund Is Depleted


By Philip Rucker
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, June 17, 2008; Page A02

The American Red Cross said yesterday that it has depleted its national disaster relief fund and is taking out loans to pay for shelters, food and other relief services across seven Midwestern states battered by floods.

Officials at the charity estimated that efforts in the Midwest will cost more than $15 million and warned that the total could surpass $40 million if the Mississippi River creates floods in St. Louis later this week.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/16/AR2008061601734.html?hpid=topnews


My question- Is any of these foreign countries that we always send Billions of taxpayers dollars to in foreign aid anytime they have a disaster been offering or sending any aid :???: China, Japan, Mexico, Mideast etc. etc...

Most those country's have all our earnings and charity money already now thanks to GW's continuing sell out of America....
 

loomixguy

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Screw the Red Cross.......I know MANY WWII vets who have never given one red cent to the Red Cross due to the way these GI's were treated by them. CHARGING a serviceman for a cup of coffee and a doughnut? The Salvation Army and the North Platte Canteen never charged for what they provided, according to my Dad.

Whiner, just blame the flooding on Bush while you are at it. We all know it's his fault. :roll:

You are just torqued that you don't live closer so you could loot you a new flat screen, some Olde English 800 40's, a couple cartons of KOOLS, and git yo debit card! :lol:
 

fff

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Many countries sent relief aid after Katrina. Even Iran tried to send aid. They did refuse that because it had some strings attached.

There's a list here of those who helped:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_response_to_Hurricane_Katrina
 

Goodpasture

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loomixguy said:
Whiner, just blame the flooding on Bush while you are at it. We all know it's his fault. :roll:
Actually that would be Reagan's fault. FDR and his CCC built a lot of the dams levees and other such infrastructure.....after about a 30 year life expectancy, Ike expanded that infrastructure, modernizing it and updating/upgrading it. The 30 years down the road, when the infrastructure was needing additional investment, Reagan was spending his time and money sending guns to Bin Laden and hiring new air traffic controllers so he could break the union. We now have a 50 year old dam, bridge, and levee infrastructure, heavier and more dense populations, and no plans for infrastructure investment. Neither party is innocent.......since Ike we have had 20 years of Democrats and 28 years of Republicans. But the failure to invest when it first needed investment occurred on Reagan's watch.......unfortunately he was probably napping.
 

jigs

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simple solution find the weakest dame, and get all the liberals and socialists to stand below it.

then pray for rain!
 
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