21,000 dead in Asia.
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Re: 21,000 dead in Asia.
The EU has already donated something like 45 million...
HEY! Who forgot they bag?
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Re: 21,000 dead in Asia.
we give the most foreign aid of anyone on the planet in terms of net $, but we give the least in terms of % of GNI. it's all a charade. take afghanistan for example. we booted the aid workers out so we could bomb the shit out of the place, then we dropped pop tarts all over the place -- thus once they were allowed back in the workers had to gather up the meager supplies we dropped and redistribute them (air-dropping supplies is apparently more bombastic/photogenic than efficiently shipping them by truck). it's fucked, reallly.
medicate? oh, i thought you said "meditate."
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Re: 52,000 dead in Asia.
the count is reportedly up to 52,000. how incredibly awful.
medicate? oh, i thought you said "meditate."
Re: 21,000 dead in Asia.
the videos of the waves impact and some photos linked here:
http://jlgolson.blogspot.com/2004/12/tsunami-video.html
http://jlgolson.blogspot.com/2004/12/tsunami-video.html
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Re: 21,000 dead in Asia.
I've had a hell of a time trying to find detailed info on Thailand! I know Phuket got it pretty badly, but the earthquake alone must have damaged other areas. I visited there a few years ago & was planning on going back next year- I still want to go back, but I don't know how much of what I saw before is still there!
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Re: 21,000 dead in Asia.
I don't recall anyone really giving a shit when 20,000 people died last year in the Iran earthquake. And the US only gave $100,000 in aid. It's too bad there's no oil in the south pacific or we could move in on these islands while they're in crisis and start drillin'! yee-haw!
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Re: 21,000 dead in Asia.
our bad. the seismic instability in the region was directly correlated with our use of the "bunker busting" "earth penetrator" armnaments over the mountains of afghanistan. i mean think about it -- 4,000 lb. explosives detonating 100+ feet into a mountain has got to have its side effects.
medicate? oh, i thought you said "meditate."
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One big festering neon distraction...MichaelAlan wrote:Shoulda been L.A... there I said it.
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Re: 21,000 dead in Asia.
Ahhh...I finally figured out where I'm gonna go, when I finally give up on life.
The place is called Phuket.
Yeah, I'm just gonna say... 'phuket' and go fade out into the sunset, in Phuket, Thailand.
The place is called Phuket.
Yeah, I'm just gonna say... 'phuket' and go fade out into the sunset, in Phuket, Thailand.
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Not a bad place to do that (other than the occasional natural disaster)- it's insanely cheap to live there, Thai people rock & a lot of the women are hot, and there are always bars open. Hell, who wouldn't want to end their days on a beach with a drink in one hand & a cute Thai girl on their lap!TrumpsHair wrote:Ahhh...I finally figured out where I'm gonna go, when I finally give up on life.
The place is called Phuket.
Yeah, I'm just gonna say... 'phuket' and go fade out into the sunset, in Phuket, Thailand.
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And the Thai whiskey is KILLER! take the paint off killer but cheap!hearnoevil wrote:Not a bad place to do that (other than the occasional natural disaster)- it's insanely cheap to live there, Thai people rock & a lot of the women are hot, and there are always bars open. Hell, who wouldn't want to end their days on a beach with a drink in one hand & a cute Thai girl on their lap!TrumpsHair wrote:Ahhh...I finally figured out where I'm gonna go, when I finally give up on life.
The place is called Phuket.
Yeah, I'm just gonna say... 'phuket' and go fade out into the sunset, in Phuket, Thailand.
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SERIOUSLY! A bottle of that stuff came with my hotel room in Sukhothai & didn't even have a real label- it was like a glued paper thing on the bottle with one Thai word. Holy CRAP is that stuff strong. The last thing I remember from that night was singing "Puff The Magic Dragon" with a bunch of Japanese businessmen in a small karaoke bar next to the hotel.trodden wrote:And the Thai whiskey is KILLER! take the paint off killer but cheap!hearnoevil wrote:Not a bad place to do that (other than the occasional natural disaster)- it's insanely cheap to live there, Thai people rock & a lot of the women are hot, and there are always bars open. Hell, who wouldn't want to end their days on a beach with a drink in one hand & a cute Thai girl on their lap!TrumpsHair wrote:Ahhh...I finally figured out where I'm gonna go, when I finally give up on life.
The place is called Phuket.
Yeah, I'm just gonna say... 'phuket' and go fade out into the sunset, in Phuket, Thailand.
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Re: 21,000 dead in Asia.
And the majority of the Iranians from that crisis are still homeless...jdsowa wrote:I don't recall anyone really giving a shit when 20,000 people died last year in the Iran earthquake. And the US only gave $100,000 in aid. It's too bad there's no oil in the south pacific or we could move in on these islands while they're in crisis and start drillin'! yee-haw!
Re: 21,000 dead in Asia.
Here's a little link in case anyone wants to:
http://www.gearslutz.com/board/showthre ... adid=25367
Cheers,
bdp
http://www.gearslutz.com/board/showthre ... adid=25367
Cheers,
bdp
Re: 21,000 dead in Asia.
Of course, I could have just posted a link to this:
http://messageboard.tapeop.com/viewtopi ... highlight=
Cheers (again)
bdp
http://messageboard.tapeop.com/viewtopi ... highlight=
Cheers (again)
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