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To: KLP who wrote (171384)	9/28/2005 3:17:44 AM
From: RMF	Respond to of 281500

KLP...In "BUSHWORLD" you DON'T have to have ANYBODY pay for ANYTHING!! You need $200,000,000,000 for Iraq? Just go to congress and tell them to give to you. You need $60,000,000,000 for New Orleans? Just go to congress and tell them to give it to you. Bush learned this early in life. Need money? Just ask Mom and Dad. Business a bust? Just ask Mom and Dad. They'll find you another one.

To: KLP who wrote (171384)	9/28/2005 2:34:38 PM
From: geode00	Respond to of 281500

KLP. I just gave you a link to one. Why are rightwingers SO LAZY that they can't do their own googling? Why don't you lift a finger and answer your own questions? Why do you expect others to do things for you. You're not a welfare queen are you?

To: KLP who wrote (171384)	9/28/2005 2:53:10 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

After you get somebody to read this to you, maybe you can send in your fair share. Maybe your college fund; won't do you any good if you can't read, eh? Or were you planning on going to USC? Maybe enlist, and donate yer enlistment bonus. ================================================ Bush plea for cash to rebuild Iraq raises $600 Mark Townsend in Houston Sunday September 25, 2005 The Observer An extraordinary appeal to Americans from the Bush administration for money to help pay for the reconstruction of Iraq has raised only $600 (£337), The Observer has learnt. Yet since the appeal was launched earlier this month, donations to rebuild New Orleans have attracted hundreds of millions of dollars. The public's reluctance to contribute much more than the cost of two iPods to the administration's attempt to offer citizens 'a further stake in building a free and prosperous Iraq' has been seized on by critics as evidence of growing ambivalence over that country. This coincides with concern over the increasing cost of the war. More than $30 billion has been appropriated for the reconstruction. Initially, America's overseas aid agency, USaid, expected it to cost taxpayers no more than $1.7bn, but it is now asking the public if they want to contribute even more. It is understood to be the first time that a US government has made an appeal to taxpayers for foreign aid money. Contributors have no way of knowing who will receive their donations or even where they may go, after officials said details had be kept secret for security reasons. USaid's Heather Layman denied it was disappointed with the meagre sum raised after a fortnight. 'Every little helps,' she said. In the past 12 months, Americans raised some $250bn for charity, including other foreign causes such as the Asian tsunami victims. Layman said: 'There is no financial goal. People are looking for a way to help rebuild Iraq and this is a way to facilitate that.' The fundraising comes amid concern that some US projects in Iraq will be scrapped or only partly completed because of rising costs. Some officials fear that money may run out before key projects are completed. Last week, the number of US troops killed in Iraq rose above 1,900. observer.guardian.co.uk Here is where you can send your money. Ask for a receipt... iraqpartnership.org

To: KLP who wrote (171384)	9/28/2005 5:20:18 PM
From: Win Smith	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

The story seems to have been first covered in chicagotribune.com , but the announcement seems to have predated that article by a week or so, usaid.gov . If you google the chosen sitename you get an odd mixture of official and alternative sites, google.com The warblogosphere doesn't seem to have picked up on this one, though. Odd, that.

To: KLP who wrote (171384)	9/28/2005 8:28:46 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Perhaps you either didn't read the article, or didn't understand my question. The article you posted was from the UK Observer. There was NO press conference or anything else that I am aware of that Pres Bush asked for money for the Iraq people directly from the American people....I asked you to post one if you knew of any. Look at your article. There are no dates, no direct quotes, etc from Bush. are to try again? Or do you just blindly believe the Observer?