From: "Mark" 

I think though, that the Red Cross corrected their problems after that
fiasco -- I'm pretty sure O'Reilly was instrumental in getting them to
reform at the time. They now have specific causes for you to select for
your donations so they don't pick and choose what they want to do with the
money willy-nilly. 

"Gary Britt"  wrote in message
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>I stopped giving to the Red Cross when they collected a Billion or more in
> cash on 9/11 but didn't spend the money on the 9/11 survivors and
> families.
> It was just a huge fund raiser for them.  They paid more in executive
> bonus'
> than to 9/11 survivors and their families.  They will likely do the same
> thing with this disaster.  They will use it to collect money all over the
> world and then spend 1/1000th of the money to help the victims of the
> disaster.
>
> Gary 
>
> "Ellen K."  wrote in message
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>> I dithered on where to donate, finally went with the Red Cross.
>>
>> On Sun, 4 Sep 2005 01:18:08 -0400, "Mark"
 wrote in
>> message :
>>
>> >
>> >"John Cuccia"  wrote in message
>> >news:emvkh1ls1h6dddfc75ghmia866gb2ev82s{at}4ax.com...
>> >> On Sun, 4 Sep 2005 00:53:58 -0400, "Mark"
 wrote:
>> >>>And you expect the POTUS to know each and every
neighborhood that has
>> >>>a
>> >>>Salvation Army Center, and where it is?  Why would you
think that, or
> more
>> >>>pertinently, what is the reason for this post, if not
for lame-brained
>> >>>"blame casting" that you just stated in
another thread that you are
>> >>>not
>> >>>engaging in?
>> >>
>> >> The reason for the post was to elicit this reaction to you, and to
>> >> point out that W is clueless.
>> >
>> >"W is clueless" Well, to quote AC/DC, Hell's Bells!
that's certainly not
>> >casting blame. > >control the weather">
>> >
>> >> I really haven't, and  don't, blame anyone for what happened in New
>> >> Orleans, I can't imagine trying ot bring order out of that kind of
>> >> unimaginable chaos.  Tell you what, you find me a post
where I placed
>> >> any kind of blame at all and I'll apologize to you, else you owe me
>> >> one.
>> >
>> >Well, Hell's Bells (again!), you named this thread "blame!"
>> >
>> >> But I have to ask, do you think that Bush really thinks that the
>> >> Salvation Army has the resources to help the hundreds of
thousands of
>> >> people displaced by this storm?
>> >
>> >I dunno how overwhelmed or not the Salvation Army will be (but I sent
> them
>> >money to help them, did you?) but I think that it's better they're
> helping
>> >than not. Don't you? I figure between the Salvation Army, the Red Cross,
>> >others, and the $10.5 billion in aid that Bush just signed last night
> (even
>> >if he had to dip his quill pen in the squid ink that his chimp friends
>> >brought him to do it) that they'll get things done to the best of their
>> >ability. That's all we can ask, isn't it? To do so to the best of our
>> >ability, the ability of the charities is increased by the donations they
>> >receive...
>> >
>> >Do you need the urls of the Red Cross or Salvation Army to make your
>> >donation, or did you already? Perhaps you'd rather make a contribution
>> >through a "faith-based" outlet? If so, let me know
and I'll see if I can
>> >find an url for you John.
>> >
>>
>
>

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