[Darkwolf377]

I see that jerk from the UN has set the tone for all the reporting on this--How much MONEY is being promised, who's ahead in the money race at this moment? Forget the human tragedy, they're also ignoring the fact that assessments have to be made before any of the money issues even mean anything.

[GoBucks2002]

Juat out of curiousity, does anyone know how much John sKerry, Te-RAY-za, and the Leftwards' are giving? What about Bill and Shrillary?

[Jaded]

I wonder is Jacques including "debt relief" in his donation amount?

[expatguy]

That works out to just over US4000 per dead person. Too bad that the aid agencies will spend the money they collect elsewhere.

An American Expat in Southeast Asia

[monkeywrench]

"Mr Annan said the crisis was "so huge that no one agency or one country can deal with it alone". During a conference call with Colin Powell, US secretary of state, and Jim Wolfensohn, head of the World Bank, Mr Annan said officials agreed that "we need to co-ordinate our efforts and pool our efforts to have maximum impact on the crisis".

But though he said he was satisfied with the response so far, Mr Annan warned that the disaster would demand attention over the long term."

So, kofi got state dept. and the thieves at world bank to agree to "pool" our rescources? I don't think so. In the Book of Proverbs it says not to. He's also doing his long term planning, here. Oil for food redux?

"Agencies were particularly concerned about Banda Aceh,"

Ah,yes, jihad country.

[Cobra64]

Mr Annan said officials agreed that "we need to co-ordinate our efforts and pool our efforts to have maximum impact on the crisis".

I stopped reading at this point. Would someone take this guy out? Where's Clark and Chavez when ya need 'em?

[rwfromkansas]

now 150,000 dead

And Aceh has stopped counting the dead because there are too many.

No doubt another 10-15,000 are dead there.

The final total, even if it does not reach it in "official numbers", likely is over 200,000 dead.