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Staten Island Borough President: Don’t Give Money to the Red Cross
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| 11.1.2012
| colin campbell
Posted on 11/01/2012 5:47:56 PM PDT by Morgana
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To: Morgana
Is this an attack on Romney by schumer and gillibrand?
In an email, team Romney is suggesting to donate to the Red Cross.
just wondering....considering bloomberg endorsed obama today.
To: American Constitutionalist
The American Red Cross had become EXTREMELY LIBERAL in last several years.
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posted on
11/01/2012 7:21:23 PM PDT
by
BonRad
To: 1_Rain_Drop
With politicians, everything’s political.
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posted on
11/01/2012 7:22:22 PM PDT
by
keats5
(Not all of us are hypnotized.)
To: MacMattico
Staten Island is the reddest Borough of NYC and it's Borough President is a Republican... Coincidence? Many first responders live on Staten Island because they can't afford to live in the parts of the city that they actually serve. So imagine having to go work in Manhattan as your family struggles to cope with the Hurricane on Staten Island...
And what is typical of many NYC residents (I didn't say all but I know this from experience) they look down at Staten Island as beneath them. True compassion from the Democrats in charge of the city as a whole.
For what it is worth . I've been through more hurricanes than you ever want to think about including two Cat5 storms . If you live in a white middle class are you will be the last to see any type of help and your neighborhood will be the very last to get any type of FEMA money if it gets any at all.
Sad to say but I have been through storms were my area was out of power for weeks and not even a police car came by to check on us .
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posted on
11/01/2012 7:34:15 PM PDT
by
Lera
(Proverbs 29:2)
To: madison10
http://maps.csc.noaa.gov/hurricanes/# pretty much shows that New Yorkers really aren't used to hurricane strikes ~ but the power will return soon, the water will drain away, the subways will be pumped out, and the little stores all over the city will get new shipments of food.
They are not in danger of starving or freezing to death.
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posted on
11/01/2012 7:34:37 PM PDT
by
muawiyah
To: Morgana
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posted on
11/01/2012 7:35:53 PM PDT
by
Lera
(Proverbs 29:2)
To: madison10
I live on Staten Island. Many of the local Catholic Parishes are collecting supplies and providing relief. We donated some spare essentials today. I am pretty sure that the Parishes could use direct donations to help offset their costs. If Our Lady Help of Christians and Mount Loretto are two that are a big help right now.
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posted on
11/01/2012 7:48:45 PM PDT
by
Woodman
To: BonRad
With it’s president being a member of the 1%...
They pay the prez $450,000 a year...based on donations...amazing.
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posted on
11/01/2012 7:59:36 PM PDT
by
matginzac
(Nici)
To: MacMattico
I love Staten Island...
Visited it during Fleet Week a while back...they had the portable VietNam wall while we were there...Staten Island lost the most in that war of any place in the nation...like Bedford, VA.
The people there are REAL...unlike Manhattenites.
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posted on
11/01/2012 8:03:21 PM PDT
by
matginzac
(Nici)
To: matginzac
To: raybbr
The Red Cross is required to help because of the billions of taxpayer dollars that will be transferred to them, in addition to private donations, by us for actual expenses that will be padded by salaries, accommodations, travel, and anything else they can put as an expense (please note the cluster XXXX Katrina). That said, their best bet is to get the Salvation Army or one of the Baptist Relief organizations involved for immediate assistance.
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posted on
11/01/2012 8:17:33 PM PDT
by
RetiredTexasVet
(The law of unintended consequences is an unforgiving and vindictive b!tch!)
To: muawiyah
Why all the cheery optimism?
but the power will return soon
A week or three in some areas.
little stores all over the city will get new shipments of food.
Distribution of food and fuel is taking a long time to recover. Still too many power and transportation problems.
the water will drain away
Another FReeper reports that certain pumping efforts are failing...the water is draining but right back into the tunnel or sub-foundation.
They are not in danger of starving or freezing to death
Forecast low of 32F Monday night.
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posted on
11/01/2012 8:20:48 PM PDT
by
steve86
(Acerbic by Nature, not Nurture tm)
To: skeeter
I just did tomorrow’s to-do list, and give to the Salvation Army is the 2nd item.
They are as low-overhead a charity as exists.
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posted on
11/01/2012 8:33:45 PM PDT
by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est.)
To: Nifster
saw your post and had to respond....
I was going to ask if any freepers ever hear their parent or relatives mention RED CROSS during WW ll..
I had six uncles and my dad in that war, and they told stories how the RED CROSS charged them for drinking water when in battle..
then in 1962 my solider husband was in Germany and his dad dies very suddenly only 49 yrs.old and the RED CROSS gave my husband $100.00 When he returned to his duty, he discovered the RED CROSS was going to have to be paid back, plus interest!!!!
we have not donated RED CROSS since...we have not forgotten.
To: Morgana
The morning that I showed up for Navy boot camp the Red Cross gave me a shaving set and writing materials to contact my folks. Money was deducted from my first check for this stuff.
I do all my donating to St. Vincent de Paul or the Salvation Army.
To: Morgana
HARRISBURG, Pa. (BP) -- "In an unprecedented move for Southern Baptist Disaster Relief, all large capacity mobile kitchens in the fleet east of the Rocky Mountains have been asked to mobilize in response to Hurricane Sandy. The goal is to begin preparing a minimum of 400,000 meals a day by Monday, Nov. 5."
[snip]
"Southern Baptist Disaster Relief assets include 82,000 trained volunteers, including chaplains, and some 1,550 mobile units for feeding, chainsaw, mud-out, command, communication, childcare, shower, laundry, water purification, repair/rebuild and power generation. SBDR is one of the three largest mobilizers of trained disaster relief volunteers in the United States, along with the American Red Cross and The Salvation Army."
Source:
http://townhall.com/news/religion/2012/11/01/baptist_postsandy_commitment_to_reach_400000_meals_per_day
According to the article, the Southern Baptist Disaster Relief is setting up in Staten Island for meals beginning Friday.
To: haircutter
when you are a POW and you get stuff that is thread bare and useless (so called blankets) and peanut butter and crackers that are rancid (and probably were before they were sent)....and on and on.....
Your stories ring true to what I know of the red cross. Glad I am not the only one to have come to that decision
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posted on
11/01/2012 10:58:12 PM PDT
by
Nifster
To: steve86
In a country where obeisity is a serious problem it will take weeks for anyone to starve ~ besides, rescuers can take them all to higher ground ~ and tents still work!
We also continue to have a 15 year overhang of housing so there's plenty of empty stuff around.
This is not a third world hellhole.
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posted on
11/02/2012 3:29:30 AM PDT
by
muawiyah
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