Posted on 08/26/2016 5:35:37 PM PDT by Lera
My dad hated the Red Cross for the same thing.
No...you don’t agree to leave!
Maybe they had saner management at that time and place.
When I was in the Army in the early ‘60’s, I was told of men being billed by the Red Cross for blood transfusions.
I was in the hospital for a time while I was in the Army. It was a 2-3 hour bus ride to my home but my pay had been fouled up due to being on leave (Christmas, no less) so I asked the Red Cross rep at the hospital if they could stand for the $7 bus fare so I could get home and I would pay it back as soon as my pay came through. They actually phoned my mother and told her to go to the local Red Cross office, pay them for my ticket up front, and have them call and confirm the money was paid before I could get my ticket.
I was flabbergasted at how cheap that organization was. I haven’t had anything to do with them for last 50 years and I never will.
Wasn't that accident the one that blew the rolling cover right off the silo opening? Rural or suburban Virginia maybe?
Big smile.
That agrees with what I heard from WWII vets. I’ll give my support to the Salvation Army, more of it will reach where it needs to go.
From their site: http://www.redcross.org/news/article/7-Top-Questions-about-Louisiana-Flood-Relief
6. Is it true that the Red Cross doesn’t allow people to pray in shelters?
The assertion that the Red Cross discourages prayer in our shelters is simply not true: those in our shelters are always welcome to pray and gather among themselves. However, our priority is also to provide comfort to all that reside at our shelters, and we recognize and are sensitive that hundreds of people from different backgrounds are often sharing a large space with limited privacy.
In managing our shelters, we are committed to respect people’s individual needs, backgrounds and beliefs in accordance with our Fundamental Principles, which state that we offer assistance without discrimination as to nationality, race, religious beliefs, class or political opinion.
We also have policies in place on who can enter shelters to ensure that people have a private, secure place in which to reside.
In other words they lie to your face and expect you to like it.
The accident I referred to was the massive oxidizer leak at the silo just outside of Rock, Kansas. The missile was a part of the 381st Strategic Missile wing, McConnell AFB, Kansas (Wichita).
The accident you may be referring to was the 1980 explosion of a Titan II missile from the 308th Strategic Missile Wing, Little Rock AFB, Arkansas. The silo was located near Damascus, Arkansas. That explosion blew the entire 780 ton Silo Closure Door about 100 yards and killed one Airman. The Kansas disaster killed an Airman and a Sergeant.
There was a Titan II silo that exploded (fuel and oxidizer leak) that blew the warhead clear out of the silo and into a nearby field.
That’s the one I knew of. Thanks. Not too far from an elementary school if memory serves me.
Imagine the force to blow a 780 ton slab of steel reinforced concrete 100 yards?!!!
There was a heck of a lot of Hydrazine and Di-Nitrogen Tetroxide in a Titan II. Enough to get the large warhead moving to hit a target over 7000 miles away.
Gave us a reason to ride our horses around at night and drink beer while feeling like social justice warriors of the late 70's / early 80's.
In Muslim countries, it is the Red Crescent. They do not allow the Red Cross in their countries. What do you want to bet that they allow Muslim prayers.
So if you give to disaster relief for a Muslim country, you could be giving to the Red Crescent.
“The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is an international humanitarian movement with approximately 97 million volunteers, members and staff worldwide[2] which was founded to protect human life and health, to ensure respect for all human beings, and to prevent and alleviate human suffering.”
Also they determine where the money you give goes even if you designate it for a particular charity.
Here it is....
‘Racist’ Pool Safety Poster Brings Red Cross Apology
6/27/2016, 8:22:18 PM · 64 of 73
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Why trust obamatons?
I don’t. You leapt to that conclusion.
I’m a student of WWII and am familiar with the good work of the Red Cross but had not heard about the coffee and doughnuts controversy. My source on that is an NPR story that used the Red Cross Archivist as its source. If the Red Cross fesses up to it that’s pretty good authority.
I think Snopes is pretty good on Internet hoaxes and scams but I find it unreliable on issues with political angles and don’t trust it on those. I did see the Snopes article and the Ike quote also corroborates the story.
I know from extensive reading that American soldiers were paid at least twice as much as the Brits and generally three times the British rate, plus got perks like free cigarettes, plus their chow and equipment was better. That caused a lot of friction in the UK. Remember, when we got in the war it was already was three years old in Britain, the country was broke and on severe rationing. Girls were attracted to the generous GI’s with plenty of spending money. The alliance was a great success but the Army had to work hard at it. The first Thanksgiving in Britain, in 1942, the American troops donated their turkeys to UK orphanages and hospitals. The Brits never forgot.
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[Red Cross should change it’s name. ]
To the Red Turd.
Does the Red Cross “own” the ground the tent is pitched on?
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