A friends wife: We have extended the donation drive! Tomorrow as well 11-3 at McCanns in Massapequa 5590 Merrick Road thank you!!! Please copy and re-post to help those in need right now. Dry food, canned food, cloths, blankets , bottled water....It's about helping another person in need right now.
On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 3:04 PM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Oh and by the way there are very open public calls for food and other > donations being made, I've linked stories on my FB and have personal ties > to the area. > > Food, fuel, blankets and medical supplies are being sought out. > > Why is it that we see the same thing over and over again? > > Under reporting of what should be major national stories time after time, > while inconsequential nonsense and social/interest pieces end up with top > billing? > > Could it be the financial concerns in mass media? > > That something like 6 companies own north of 80 or 90% of all the media > outlets? > > > On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 2:54 PM, Jerry Barnes <critic...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> "Didn't Bloomberg outlaw donations to soup kitchens for that asinine >> reason?" >> >> No. He outlawed soup kitchens. It's because the salt content might have >> been too high in what was served. That is not a joke. >> >> >> "They had the number to text donations to the red cross all over the >> place. >> Just because the Red Cross can't pay $million CEO salaries with canned >> food >> doesn't mean it's not needed in the food banks across the area. It's >> asinine to attack someone like this for helping those in need." >> >> Be wary of donating cash to any relief efforts. Haiti is still in >> shambles >> even though hundreds of millions were donated. Many people are still in >> tents, fighting cholera, starving, and wondering why no one will help. >> https://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/01/03-2 >> >> J >> >> - >> >> A radical thinks two and two makes five. A liberal is more conservative. >> he >> knows two and two make four, but he's unhappy about it. - Herbert Prochnow >> >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:357476 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
