I am shocked and outraged that U.N. official Jan Egeland would have the gall to refer to the assistance offered to poor and stricken nations by certain unnamed countries as "stingy"!
After all, what nation gives the largest share of its GNP to foreign aid?
Norway? Oh.
Well, but what country gives the largest total amount of dollars?
Japan? Oh.
Okay, but where does the U.S. rank among industrial nations as a benefactor of the less fortunate?
Tied for seventh place? Oh.
Well, he still shouldn't have used the word "stingy". It's rude.
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Supergeee's comment above being:
As a friend said on lj:
Cost of the big party known as inauguration: $40 million, not counting security
Pledge to the tsunami victims: $35 million
Knowing that this administration is as low in Christian charity as any in memory: Priceless.
I will add that subsequent reading shows that Egeland never singled out the U.S. for "stinginess", and the whole outrage was a put-up job, arranged by the Washington Times.
Damn, suckered by the Moonies again. Shame on me.
I read over your comment carefully fo any sign of a tongue-shaped bulge in your cheek, but . . . .
No, I'm sorry, I can't bring myself to think of any war as a charitable contribution. Not even one of those really nice, honorable wars. And this isn't one of those anyway.
"Heaven and earth are not ruthful. To them the ten thousand things are as straw dogs."
-- From the I Ching
Alas, alas . . . .
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