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[lloli]

i am still haunted by these media images of 44, 000....and two of them very nearly my cousins who are in thailand for their honeymoon right now. they are amazingly ok, but very cut-up and shaken, as they were snorkelling when the wave approached.
that's it. all of pete and my christmas money is going to relief effort, especially because of the pitiful amount that north american leaders are offering survivors.

bustie power: this is very very awesome: click here for relief ideas a>

getting the house ready today for more visitors, of the grandparent variety...it has been a neverending stream, but all good.
we do have many many bottles of wine to dull our pain.

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[snafooey.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Paul Martin has pledged 1 million. WTF? They probably spend more on renovating 24 Sussex Dr. Unbelievable.

[andika.livejournal.com]

yeah, supposedly the govt (and the US govt) will pledge more once they have a better idea of what the needs are (to paraphrase them).
which is pretty normal. they have to be 'safe' with where they put their money & efforts... but by waiting a few days (or weeks - or months - like in rwanda) it's too late... and then when the problem (shortages, disease) is less headline-grabbing, they don't need to commit to much because the public eye is less on them. :(

[lloli.livejournal.com]

i totally agree with you.
that is such a shameful amount. i am writing him right after this.

[snafooey.livejournal.com]

it really is. as i just wrote in spitfire_sam's journal, it reminds me of dr. evil - still stuck in the sixties - threatening to destroy the world unless he receives one million dollars and everyone starts cracking up b/c it's such a minute amount of money in the overall scheme of things.

[lloli.livejournal.com]

heh, at least you made it funny!