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Thanks so much Avsim for supporting those of us going through terrible times... God Bless you all... :-wave

Well you're right. In afterthought, it was a bit over the top.And eh, yeh...the blessing is real.Cheers!btps...but fools DO assume.

>Gavin let me share something with you that many here will>disagree with. I wrote this to a friend but I'll share it>with you.>>"Another thing that should be an eye opener is the sheer>volume of third world poverty in American cities (which before>now was largely hidden). There are a lot of people who were>financially unable to get out of harms way. How can we save>Iraq if we can't save ourselves??? This same scenario is>playing out all across the US it

I am concerned for the people of New Orleans who are homeless, hungry, thirsty and ill. All I can do is make a contribution to the American Red Cross. Foreign governments could do so much more if only Bush would accept help.This is an extract from today's (UK) Daily TelegraphOn Thursday, President George W Bush seemed to bristle at the suggestion of receiving foreign assistance. "I'm not expecting much from foreign nations because we haven't asked for it."I do expect a lot of sympathy, and perhaps some will send cash dollars. But this country is going to rise up and take care of it."Pledges of help had been received from at least 44 countries and organisations such as the United Nations, Nato and the Organisation of American States.But apart from cash donations to charities, and requests for the release of international oil reserves, none has yet been taken up.The offers include: Britain: offered medical experts to help with water-borne diseases; search and rescue equipment; inflatable boats; marine engineers; oil and gas engineers to help rehabilitate refineries and specialists to repair utilities and help reopen the port.The whole article can be seen at http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml.../03/wkat803.xml