RE: [DMCForum] Aid for Katrina.

[Marc Levy <malevy_nj@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hey, I sent the link so it is not like you had to do
any reasearch..

But, if you want to do some...  It is 3 days later. 
Has the White House accepted any offers yet?


--- timnagin <timnagin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Marc,
> 
>
>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/03/katrina.world.aid/index.html
> >
> >Shockingly....
> >
> >"As of Friday, the White House had not accepted any
> >offers..."
> 
> 
> "... but Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said
> the State Department was
> 'working very closely with the Department of
> Homeland Security to match up
> what is available with what is needed.'"
> 
> You neglected to paste the rest of the quote, which
> would have been very
> important so people know the White House is not just
> ignoring the offers of
> other countries.  This is a long article and I would
> encourage everyone to
> take a minute and read the list of countries and
> what they are offering.
> 
> The fact that all of these other countries are
> offering assistance is
> astounding and I am very pleased to see this.  I am
> hoping that maybe things
> will turn around and the US won't be hated as much
> as it has in the past.  
> 
> But, had I only read your quote without doing a
> little search on my own, I
> could have believed that the White House doesn't
> care.  Doesn't that sound a
> lot like what some people were screaming about
> Bush's lack of response to
> the hurricane?
> 
> A very quick perusal of that article is actually
> very encouraging after
> seeing the incredibly long list of other countries
> offering support and aid.
> I find it disconcerting that all you could point out
> was how "the White
> House has not accepted any offers..."
> 
> In my opinion, you took what is a very positive
> article that could give
> people hope and used an edited excerpt to support
> your own unsubstantiated
> claims.
> 
> Greg
> 
> 
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