Give Responsibly

As you are giving to charities for the victims of Katrina, or anything else for that matter, please be weary of everyone who claims to be aiding the cause. Some are fantastic and others are nothing but grifters. Also, being well known isn't necessarily an indication of quality or responsible caring.

Easily said, I know, but hard to investigate. Assuming this site is reliable, this may help a few of you.

Charity Navigator.org

Of course the Red Cross web site should be reliabel we would hope!

This one's legit….honest!

www.neworleanskatrinafund.com/mankiesbeerkitty

For a few days after the hurricane, Operation Blessing (Pat Robertson's organization) was listed at the top of FEMA's "donate" page, right after the Red Cross! :eek: I just checked and they've taken it down…..

Hundreds of Storm Evacuees Coming to D.C. Today by Plane

Some are being taken in by private citizens, others will be staying at the DC Armory.

Originally posted by Doctor Doom:
Operation Blessing

Operation Bingodulla?

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Katrina Victims to Get $2K Debit Cards

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Mankie's Beer Kitty?

Originally posted by clouds R²:
Katrina Victims to Get $2K Debit Cards

is this really the best way to handle this problem? sounds like a recipe for disaster to me …

i think its a good idea. why not?

I bet if they are white they get $2001.00.

Originally posted by Rob_Gee:
I bet if they are white they get $2001.00.

thats not fair. do the republicans get $20,000.00???

Wow, $2000 worth of crack. That won't last too long. There has to be a better way.

Originally posted by sonickteam4:

Originally posted by Rob_Gee:
I bet if they are white they get $2001.00.

thats not fair. do the republicans get $20,000.00???

According to everyone on this board, just the white one's.

Originally posted by Lively One:
Wow, $2000 worth of crack. That won't last too long. There has to be a better way.

are you assuming that

a) everyone displaced from the hurricane is a crackhead?

or

b) you can now buy crack with a debit card!!

Originally posted by Rob_Gee:

Originally posted by sonickteam4:

Originally posted by Rob_Gee:
I bet if they are white they get $2001.00.

thats not fair. do the republicans get $20,000.00???

According to everyone on this board, just the white one's.

everyone, rob? i dont think i have made such a comment. i didnt even know white people lived in New Orleans.

Originally posted by sonickteam4:
]everyone, rob? i dont think i have made such a comment. i didnt even know white people lived in New Orleans. [/QB]

Actually, I was thinking about that. You've been pretty quiet during this whole ordeal. You musta been on vacation. And yes, at least one white guy floating on a tire yelling he's not leaving without his dog because he's the only one he could trust, lives in New Orleans. I'm sure he's dead from the E Coli virus or something by now, or maybe he got the vaccination because he was white.

Originally posted by Rob_Gee:
Actually, I was thinking about that. You've been pretty quiet during this whole ordeal. You musta been on vacation.

I am from Canada, we dont have or care about hurricanes….

actually no, I have had an alarming amount of disinterest in what has been going on there. I havent watched hardly any news , read hardly any articles or anything. I dont know why really.

i did drop $5 extra at the grocery store for relief aid. i think maybe i am purposely blocking it out cause its so awful.

i loved New Orleans when i went….one of the most fun cities in America.

I'm like you. I think in my 22 years in Maine we had one. Even when I was stationed in Guam for 16 months, not one typhoon. They were over a dozen the year before and after I was there. Couldnt believe it. I now regret not going to the VooDoo festival in New Orleans last year, even if rebuilt, it'll never be the same.