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January 16, 2010
Current Events
Two important things in the news-
Haiti is still suffering from the aftermath of the 7.0 earthquake earlier this week. They are still working hard to pull people from the rubble, and although we now have troops on the ground that are creating order and organising efforts, the need is great, many people have lost what little they had, and more supplies and personnel are needed.
Mr. Man and I donated to 'The Haitian Health Foundation', a charity that Bill O'Reilly supports. There are many good organisations, but when he said that most of the money received goes directly to help people, I was interested and decided to take a look. They service families in very poor mountain areas in particular, with 92% of donations going to help the people. This is great, because it is direct; we have sent $3 billion dollars in aid to Haiti over the past two decades, and most of it has gone to lining Baby Doc & Aristides' pockets. Donate to the Haitian Health Foundation (or other charity), if you can.
We also donated to Scott Brown, and his campaign for the Senate seat in Massachusetts. Scott is an eminently likable guy, well spoken, affable, bright; he's been in the military for thirty years and is still in the National Guard. He doesn't come off at all like a smooth politician, but just a decent, pretty average American running for public office. We like that, and think he many have national potential. Martha Coakley, his opponent, appears to be nothing more than a hack, who let a connected criminal go free without bail after raping a two year old with a curling iron, while keeping Gerry Amirault behind bars, even though there is good evidence he was railroaded and didn't get a fair trial. Coakley wasn't interested.
Scott's got some great ads, and the momentum is definitely in his favour - go to his website here for more information.
Posted by hanyap at January 16, 2010 10:38 AM