Day: December 28, 2004

Americans are stingy huh? I don’t think so.

Son burned down house after not getting any Christmas gifts.

Must be Bush’s fault.

No respect.

First, complaints from the U.N. that the US was being stingy [source unavailable] in its relief aid contribution. So, we add an additional $20 million to the already $15 million pledged. (Fine, the more the better) But, that’s not enough apparently. Now, Bush is being called insensitive for not leaving Crawford and rushing to the White House. The WaPo points to Bill Clinton [source unavailable] as the “good guy” (look Bill, there’s a camera!) and even gives Gerhard Schroeder a rose for cutting his Christmas vacation short and heading back to Berlin. Am I surprised by the Posts position? I am surprised that in this time of tragedy, two reporters decide to take advantage of the occasion and rip Bush. No.

So typical.

For now though, this Tsunami survival tops the list.

Celebrities [source unavailable] caught up in killer Tsunami.

800 souls lost.

Dying in a Tsunami shouldn’t happen when traveling in a train [source unavailable], but as we’ve come to find out, this disaster played by its own rules.

UPDATE: Number of dead now reported to be 1,700.