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Wednesday, December 29, 2004

GFY (Belated) Tuesday: Fair Weather Friends of the United States

UN LogoGFY GrandmaSo, we're "stingy" on foreign aid, eh? Nevermind that the United States is the most generous nation on earth when it comes to humanitarian assistance. Oh, trust me...I've heard the arguments..."When compared to our GDP, our humanitarian aid is miniscule". Funny how they don't use that same argument when it comes to our National Debt. Dumbasses. What's my point? People can skew statistics to further their arguments, always. That says nothing of the fact that some statistics are just plain wrong in the first place.

Besides, where was the rest of the world's help when the Gulf Coast and Florida got slammed with the worst series of Hurricanes in US History this past year? You're goddam right. We've got our own problems to worry about. How much of the world laughed at our misfortune there?

But back to the original argument of the US being "stingy". Has the Palestinian government donated money for the disaster relief? Are the Iranians donating to the Buddhists and Christians who are suffering equally as much as the Muslims in the affected countries? Can North Korea stop building nukes and ICBMs for a while and feed its own damn people in the first place? I don't see Al Qaida donating money for disaster aid. Last I hear, they were the ones causing disasters. Bastard terrorist sympathizers need to stop and think about this a bit.

Sri Lanka is turning down what little aid is coming from Israel, now. WTF is that? That country obviously needs help, yet they look a gift horse in the mouth. If the US aid was more miniscule than it is right now, I'm sure a lot of these countries would be turning our assistance down as well. Christ, people! What are your priorities?

Let the rest of the world fix up the heap of crap it's in. If they want the US out of their lives, fine. Let 'em burn. Let 'em live in mud huts. Let 'em die of disease and malnutrition. I know they'd rather see us dead. And that's just fine by me. Just don't expect my help in return. Call me in a hundred years when you grow up. GFY for now.