Simple Choice
The USA has a simple choice: send aid to nine countries with tens of thousands dead, or hire ONE of these actresses to make ONE movie:
These seven actresses earn $14 million-$15 million per movie: Drew Barrymore, Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, Halle Berry, Sandra Bullock, Angelina Jolie and Jodie Foster.Yup, $165 million PER DAY to occupy Iraq, $40 million to throw a Bush Inaugural, but $15 million to split between nine countries suffering one of the worst natural diasters in a decade. If you're not vomiting, you must be a compassionate conservative.
posted by Antonius at 1:39 PM
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One of the headlines on the Yahoo! homepage today was something to the effect of "Celebrities Among Those Affected by Tsunami."
They were white celebrities.
Not all were white: "Thailand was shocked and grieved when Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra announced yesterday that the body of Khun Poom (Bhumi) Jensen, the grandson of His Majesty the King [Bhumibol Adulyadej], and 21-year-old only son of Princess Ubolratana, who went missing when a gigantic wave hit his resort hotel at Khao Lak, was found yesterday at a beach resort in Phang Nga"
The Pakistan cricket team is touring Australia at present, and has been rather desperately checking for family & friends who may have been affected. I think the authorities have said they'll change the planned matches if necessary.
The Australian government (much as I despise & fear them, I owe them truth) has a 'petty cash' amount of around $10 million (Australian dollars) they can donate right up first when something big like this happens, then they see what else may be needed. Perhaps the US government has a similar approach.
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