[OT] Tsunami donations

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

> 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 protected]> wrote in message
> 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 wrote:
> "Jan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> 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 protected]> wrote in message
news:41d3e575.0@entanet...
> 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 wrote:

> 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>
> 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 protected]> wrote in message
news:41d3e575.0@entanet...
> 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

On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 21:18:11 +0000 (UTC), "Peter B"
<[email protected]> wrote:

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