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Points: 916 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 28 2004 at 13:34
they say there is more than 50,000 dead but they don't have the official count yet. If there is a relief fund or something I' going to give some money (not that money will make it all better)
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I heard on the adio, that there was little economic damage, for no major industrial zones where hit by the desaster. how cinical can you get.

Against my principle, but I will donate some money also. Hope it will be used well, although I have serious doubts on the intent of most so called charityfunds.
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Points: 916 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 28 2004 at 15:09
yeah, you never know if they are trying to screw you over
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Points: 7559 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 28 2004 at 15:39

That can't be right for areas like tha Maldives - there are, like, 1,200 islands, almost all of which depend on tourism or fishing for their livelihoods.

Since most of the holiday accommodation is built on stilts in the ocean itself, most holiday homes were flattened. Any fishing boats were destroyed.

I've heard today that the East coast of Africa has also been counting the cost of this in terms of lives - it's not just the Indians and the tourists that are getting hit. I doubt very much this was an act of God - since it's come up from the most unstable subductive tectonic plate area in the world; from 25 kilometres inside the earth... sounds more like the work of the devil to me.
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I've just read that the number of dead has passed

60,000



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It's becoming the Mariah Thread, counting every page.

Estemations already say it'll be 75 thousand. or maybe more.

The sea gives, the sea takes

 
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Points: 4338 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 28 2004 at 17:36
Originally posted by tuxon tuxon wrote:

I heard on the adio, that there was little economic damage, for no major industrial zones where hit by the desaster. how cinical can you get.

Against my principle, but I will donate some money also. Hope it will be used well, although I have serious doubts on the intent of most so called charityfunds.

 

Here is a web page with links to many charities that will probably be involved:

http://www.disasterrelief.org/Links/#agencies

 


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The saddest thing about this is they say more than 75% of the dead are children.  How horrible!
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68,000 and counting !
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Points: 7559 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 30 2004 at 16:08

125,000.
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Nature is showing us who's the real boss.
Odi profanum vulgus et arceo.
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Points: 7003 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 03 2005 at 18:32
Originally posted by Reed Lover Reed Lover wrote:

And this picture as a wake up call to Gdub and his Republican buddies...this is your President:

Your holding it the wrong way up you moron!

Wink

Credit where it's due, apparently that picture has been faked using photoshop.

 
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Points: 5502 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 03 2005 at 18:36
Originally posted by Syzygy Syzygy wrote:

Originally posted by Reed Lover Reed Lover wrote:

And this picture as a wake up call to Gdub and his Republican buddies...this is your President:

Your holding it the wrong way up you moron!

Wink

Credit where it's due, apparently that picture has been faked using photoshop.

Then who is the guy that's reading the book upside-down if it isn't GWB?



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nope. I'm pretty sure our president is about that stupid

 
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Points: 3484 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 03 2005 at 22:18
Originally posted by tuxon tuxon wrote:

Originally posted by Syzygy Syzygy wrote:

Originally posted by Reed Lover Reed Lover wrote:

And this picture as a wake up call to Gdub and his Republican buddies...this is your President:

Your holding it the wrong way up you moron!

Wink

Credit where it's due, apparently that picture has been faked using photoshop.

Then who is the guy that's reading the book upside-down if it isn't GWB?

Just shut the ef up already!!

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Points: 7003 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 04 2005 at 14:01
Originally posted by tuxon tuxon wrote:

Originally posted by Syzygy Syzygy wrote:

Originally posted by Reed Lover Reed Lover wrote:

And this picture as a wake up call to Gdub and his Republican buddies...this is your President:

Your holding it the wrong way up you moron!

Wink

Credit where it's due, apparently that picture has been faked using photoshop.

Then who is the guy that's reading the book upside-down if it isn't GWB?

I've seen the original of this pic where the book is the right way up - I can't be arsed to find it online, but I'm sure it won't be too hard to find i you do a picture search.

I'm hardly a supporter of GWB, but I think we should accept a few things:

He won the 04 election and will be in charge for the next 4 years

He may not be the world's deepest thinker, but he is reasonably fluent in a foriegn language (Spanish)

The real villain is Karl Rove, along with think tanks like the Adam Smith Institute and the Cato Institute who are the architects of the destructive neocon philosophy which informs his policies.

Now let's get over it and get back to squabbling about prog.
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I've got my doubts about how much to contribute
to the already rich among us...'

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