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Good deeds don't. Plastic celebrities make me want to vomit.
Unless you are a mindreader, who possesses special powers,you are merely assuming their intentions. Anybody who is donating their time and helping raise money for this human tragedy is good in my book. The difference is that I don't assume I know what people's motives are and then judge them on that.
Don't you think that if you were watching Haiti coverage from say England, China, or Canada that you get the impression that THEY are doing the most giving? Our media naturally covers what Americans are doing and they skim over what others are doing. By the way, China gave the same $100 million that the U.S. did.
Thank you.
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Originally Posted by Alanboy395
If we keep our current problems up we will BE that poor nation that everyone has a telethon for.
And maybe all the other nations we helped, will in turn help us. It's called Good Karma.
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Originally Posted by meson
Or kept watching and choked on the vomit....
I was hoping for the same.
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Originally Posted by kentuckydad95
You are missing the point. The point is that if our own nation rallied around our own issues with this much passion, then most of our problems would be solved.
Good point, but no issues would really be solved. We've always had resources, but that hasn't helped much has it? We have too many issues separating us, before even getting to the issues themselves.
And at the rate we're going, we're creating more problems than solving any. (it's either by party affiliation, race, religion, general politics, greed, selfishness....need I say more? Me, Me, Me..mentality).
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Originally Posted by kentuckydad95
First off, I am a not a "rightie" and I am doing my part. I said I took my family out to dinner. I am stimulating my local economy.
To where, KFC? ...yeah, that's stimulating alright! Bowel movements, not the local economy.
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Originally Posted by Wayland Woman
Wrong. Why? Because we can't all agree on what is wrong with our country. In Haiti the mission is clear. Here, if some people want to help street people others are calling them lazy and undeserving of help. If some people want to stop out of wedlock births by giving out condoms to teens, others are preaching that encourages premarital sex. In Haiti everyone who wants to help agree they need food, water and shelter after the search and rescue and medical attention phase.
So right.
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Originally Posted by kentuckydad95
Considering I am registered Dem and voted for Obama...no...I am not.
Are you sure?Sure you're not a tea bragger?
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Originally Posted by kentuckydad95
What about the child in America that is going through the same thing right this second? Who is raising money for them???
Our taxes. You should know that. And they don't have it as bad as people in Haiti right now. There have been plenty of social entitlement programs that prevent these problems in this country. Why they still exist? I don't know, but don't lay guilt trips for those in need elsewhere, when we do have more than enough here to feed the needy.
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Originally Posted by AnUnidentifiedMale
Dude, you're breaking my heart! I'm close to sending money to YOU!
I admit it - I can only keep up this cold-hearted conservative act for so long. Ugh... I'm a wuss.
Sure send some to him, and let him send it to Haiti. That way you won't feel bad for having a heart or feeling like a wuss. Help a fellow American help Haiti. (I have a solution for everything, almost ).
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Originally Posted by sailordave
At least they had the good sense to not invite Kanye West. He'd probably blame the earthquake on GW Bush or find a way to make it about him.
No, he'd say there's going to be a better earthquake somewhere else soon.
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Originally Posted by hotkarl
With the massive amount of money and supplies being sent over there, Haiti is gonna be in better shape than it was before the quake.
In theory, it should.
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Originally Posted by Wayland Woman
You mean like sending those solar powered Bibles when people are still without water or food?
They have solar bibles? What will they think of next? ....
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Originally Posted by Atilla
Besides, lots of righties on the ground that know how to use that money responsibly.
Yeah, sure..Like what? Create new wars?
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Originally Posted by kentuckydad95
Wait until we have a telethon to raise money to rebuild their infrastructure. Oh wait...that will silently come from our taxes, while another bridge in America collapses.
Again, more to complain about. No matter how well we do, there's always the crab in the barrel mentality that's killing certain things in this country.
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Maybe we should hold a telethon to get our freaking highways repaved.
No, just call the DOT. . No telethons needed.
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Originally Posted by kentuckydad95
The ONLY celebs who care about the cause are the one's who donate without media coverage and fanfare.
You have a good point, but a bit late for the party (of good judgment).
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Originally Posted by kemcnyc
Just a bunch of celebrities patting themselves on the back.
Pat yourself on the chest, then mouth...HARD
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Originally Posted by kentuckydad95
Funny how some spin this into jealousy.
You can't lie. You do sound jealous, envious and senseless. Had you worded your original post, maybe...just maybe we'd have a pity party for you. Too late for that now.
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Originally Posted by kentuckydad95
I hate Rush Limbaugh too.
Join the club. I wouldn't complain if they paid that child molesting, viagra and zanax smuggling creep, to shut up. Someone pay him to shut up.
CNN is reporting that the Hope for Haiti telethon raised a record setting amount of 58 million dollars in 2 hours and they are still counting. Also, the latest death count is up to 150,000.
Some people do believe in the importance of charity in times like this:
"He's no Wyclef Jean or George Clooney, but that hasn't stopped seven-year-old Charlie Simpson from raising more than £120,000 ($195,000) for the Haiti earthquake."
Some people do believe in the importance of charity in times like this:
"He's no Wyclef Jean or George Clooney, but that hasn't stopped seven-year-old Charlie Simpson from raising more than £120,000 ($195,000) for the Haiti earthquake."
Beauty is what beauty does. And starting at topic called, 'the Hope for Haiti show makes me want to vomit' isn't pretty by any stretch of the imagination.
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Sure you're not a tea bragger? 
. No telethons needed. 
