[lit-ideas] Re: Priorities

Wednesday, December 29, 2004, 10:02:43 PM, Veronica Caley wrote:

VC> Thank you.

Thank you for taking it that way, Veronica. I felt I was being a bit
pushy... also I should have said the reason dec can raise so much
money here so fast is that we have everything set up: tonight the BBC
cancelled a programme to give half-an-hour to the issue then broadcast
The Appeal, which will be on all major channels.  It is so much easier
to do that here.  But the US is organising, I should have checked the
NYt before posting

Judy

VC> Veronica


>> [Original Message]
>> From: Judy Evans <judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: 12/29/2004 2:35:51 PM
>> Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Priorities
>>
>> Donations -- I see the NYT has a list, with links
>>
>> Judy
>>
>> Wednesday, December 29, 2004, 7:14:57 PM, you wrote:
>>
>> JE> Wednesday, December 29, 2004, 6:29:36 PM, Veronica Caley wrote:
>>
>> VC>> I read several of these articles including the one you cite.  This
VC> news
>> VC>> source does not seem to be anything like an objective news outlet,
VC> but
>> VC>> rather another arm of right wing propaganda machine, therefore I
VC> give i=
>> JE> t no
>> VC>> credence.
>>
>> JE> Thank you, Veronica; I have now looked at the site more closely -- yes
>> JE> -- at first very sleepy glance I thought I was looking at a standard
>> JE> news site...
>>
>> VC>> Re the UN comment, out of order and undiplomatic.
>>
>> JE> I think it's worth looking at what Jan Egeland actually said:
>>
>> >>The second stage is for medium and long term help. The UN is holding
>> >> a conference next month to discuss the next steps following
>> >> this disaster. Already the UN's emergency co-coordinator
>> >>  Jan Egeland has said this might be the worst natural disaster ever.
>> >> That implies the need for unusually large contributions.
>>
>> >>He is also complaining that rich countries are not giving enough to the
>> >> poor anyway. "It is beyond me why we are so stingy. Really. Christmas
>> >> time should remind many Western countries at least, how rich we have
VC> beco=
>> JE> me," he said.
>>
>> >>"There are several donors who are less generous than before in a
VC> growing w=
>> JE> orld economy."
>>
>> >>He suggested that governments "believe that they are really burdening
>> >>the taxpayers too much, and the taxpayers want to give less.
>> >> It's not true. They want to give more."
>>
>> JE> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4130127.stm
>>
>> VC>>  Concerning how much US
>> VC>> government will contribute to Asian relief?  Who knows?  Mr. Bush's
VC> tac=
>> JE> tic
>> VC>> for several years is to mandate programs, offer money to pay for it
VC> and
>> VC>> then greatly reduce it. =20
>>
>>
>> JE> I think perhaps I'd best be no comment... -- I do have a plea. Both
>> JE> the US and the UK rely on citizens giving money (of course Bush has
>> JE> actually admitted this) but that shouldn;t stop peopke who feel they
>> JE> can give something, doing so. Our Disasters' Emergency Committee,
>> JE> having raised more than =A340 million for the Sudan, has now launched
VC> a
>> JE> Tsunami Appeal. They already have $5 million - since yesterday and the
>> JE> appeal hasn't really started -- but, well, the more the better.
>> JE> Their web page is a bit shaky at the moment (they've had to change it
VC> fast)
>> JE> and I think a lot of people are trying to access it -- still, here it
VC> is:
>>
>>
>> JE> http://www.dec.org.uk/
>>
>> JE> or people might prefer to give to Medecins Sans Frontieres --
>> JE> particularly people outside the UK -- they are
>> JE> already there and will be sending more teams
>>
>> JE> www.msf.org/
>>
>> JE> and
>>
>> JE> www.doctorswithoutborders.org/
>>
>> JE> NB their web pages are also shaky, too many people are trying to
>> JE> access them
>>
>>
>> JE> Judy
>>
>>
>>
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>> JE> --=20
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