Credit Card Companies Skimming Charitable Donations to Haiti

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I just said in the Oprah thread that with her being a billionaire and the descendant of slaves herself, she should be the first and biggest donor.

Come on Oprah. Come on Bill Cosby, Jackson family, Michael Jordon, and all you rich blacks who make more money in a day, or even an hour, than most of us make in a year.

Come on Al Sharpton. Come on Jesse Jackson and Louis Farrakhan. Show us if you really care about the descendants of slaves, or if you just use bitching about slavery as a tool to get rich.

I'm seeing an awful lot of white folk on TV digging through rubble and supplying aid and medical attention down there. Let's see all you rich "African Americans" open the wallets wide for your Haitian cousins.

Are you insinuating that Blacks are lazy?

Ratzilla wrote:

I just said in the Oprah thread that with her being a billionaire and the descendant of slaves herself, she should be the first and biggest donor.

Come on Oprah. Come on Bill Cosby, Jackson family, Michael Jordon, and all you rich blacks who make more money in a day, or even an hour, than most of us make in a year.

Come on Al Sharpton. Come on Jesse Jackson and Louis Farrakhan. Show us if you really care about the descendants of slaves, or if you just use bitching about slavery as a tool to get rich.

I'm seeing an awful lot of white folk on TV digging through rubble and supplying aid and medical attention down there. Let's see all you rich "African Americans" open the wallets wide for your Haitian cousins.

Blackie Kuhn wrote:

Are you insinuating that Blacks are lazy?

The NBA and the NBA Players Association have given quite a large sum to the relief effort.

Wycliff Jean, whose charity has come into question by the Better Business Bureau, nonetheless has been personally "digging through the rubble" since the first day.

As I stated in another thread, Tiger Woods has purchased a mobile hospital plane for use in Haiti.

I noticed that BET was appealing to viewers to donate to to relief efforts during program breaks since day one.

These are only things that have been on the news. There are probably many more stories that could be told of "rich" black people donating and/or volunteering to help in other ways. Perhaps you should apppeal to BO to take our tax money that he's directing to ACORN (which was founded by two white brothers who subsequently embezzled millions from the organization) and redirect that money to the Haitian relief effort. Or maybe the tax money that he pledged to Mary Landrieu and Ben Nelson in healthcare bribes should be taken away and used for Haitian relief.

I don't think the efforts of American private citizens should be questioned or criticized. This is the most generous people on earth. The government, on the other hand, needs a lot more scrutiny.

I hadn't heard the part about NBA players, but I did know about Tiger Woods and that's fine. My point wasn't to suggest blacks aren't doing anything, but rather to say this would be a great time for those with vast fortunes like Oprah, and especially those like Jesse J, Sharpton, and Farrakhan who constantly talk about the oppressed black man to step up and put their money where their mouths are.

Think about it. Oprah could donate 10 or 20 million easy and prove her gifts to her audience weren't just cheap stunts for tax write offs. Has she? Will she?

Ratzilla wrote:

I hadn't heard the part about NBA players, but I did know about Tiger Woods and that's fine. My point wasn't to suggest blacks aren't doing anything, but rather to say this would be a great time for those with vast fortunes like Oprah, and especially those like Jesse J, Sharpton, and Farrakhan who constantly talk about the oppressed black man to step up and put their money where their mouths are.

Think about it. Oprah could donate 10 or 20 million easy and prove her gifts to her audience weren't just cheap stunts for tax write offs. Has she? Will she?

i didnt think you meant anything by what you said that was incorrect or improper.

Ratzilla wrote:

I hadn't heard the part about NBA players, but I did know about Tiger Woods and that's fine. My point wasn't to suggest blacks aren't doing anything, but rather to say this would be a great time for those with vast fortunes like Oprah, and especially those like Jesse J, Sharpton, and Farrakhan who constantly talk about the oppressed black man to step up and put their money where their mouths are.

Think about it. Oprah could donate 10 or 20 million easy and prove her gifts to her audience weren't just cheap stunts for tax write offs. Has she? Will she?

Oprah's Angel Network is donating $1 million to the American Red Cross for Haitian Relief.

The Rev. Al Sharpton will leave for Haiti Monday after hosting his annual MLK celebration in Harlem.

Jackson to join doctors in Haiti, pushes for relief

Calypso Louie's webpage has an article on the earthquake, but nothing about him getting personally involved.

The earthquake that struck Haiti on Jan. 12 hit close to home for David Ortiz. The Red Sox slugger is a native of the Dominican Republic, a country which shares an island with Haiti. In support of relief efforts, Big Papi has ordered a collection of canned goods, water and other items that he will bring to Haiti, MLB.com reports.

NFL pledges $2.5M to aid Haiti earthquake relief efforts

NHL donates $100,000 to UNICEF for Haiti relief

Top US businesses offer 43 million dollars for Haiti

It would be against Farrakhans style to do anything but blame whitey or the jews for everything.

Jesse may actually do some physical work, but unless I miss my guess Sharpton will mostly be talking to reporters.

Oprah's Angel Network is making a nice contribution, but just because Oprah started the organization doesn't mean it's her money. She could "personally" pledge 20 million without any pain. But being critical of them is not my main point.

My point is that if I were descended from slaves and attained incredible wealth, I would feel obligated more than most to dig extra deep to help those descended from slavery who lived in poverty and then lost what little they had.

It's kind of like if Hays were destroyed in a super tornado. I'd expect any big personal donations to come from someone who felt a personal bond with the population of Hays. I really wouldn't expect Oprah, Jesse J, or Sharpton to jump in and help, and they probably wouldn't.

Good news Haiti: George Clooney is holding a telethon for you. You're all set.

The Other One wrote:

Good news Haiti: George Clooney is holding a telethon for you. You're all set.

Did all the money for 9/11 ever get found?

slickjay12 wrote:

The Other One wrote:

Good news Haiti: George Clooney is holding a telethon for you. You're all set.

Did all the money for 9/11 ever get found?

Nope.

You know, after re-thinking this, what would impress me most would be to see Oprah go down there and dig, help at a medical aid station, or even pass out MRE's. She can keep her cash, I want to see her show that she's not too important to work.

I have seen Jesse J get in and physically work to help before even though he's not always honest about the purpose, and anyone who will go into that now stinking mess deserves some recognition.

Except porko Sharpton. I think he'll avoid working as much as possible unless there's a camera close by. It'd be nice if just once he didn't have alterior motives, but ole Al has always been the perfect snake before.

When he told Michael Jacksons kids that "There wasn't nothing strange about your daddy", you could almost hear the suction of Al's lips on the Jackson families butts. I'll be flat out amazed if Revun Al is there for anything but camera ops to tell how the white man owes Haiti.

I saw last night that loooters stole millions in cash from a collapsed Citibank vault. Kinda like Citibank stole millions from the American taxpayers in the bailout scheme. Not to mention the original subject of this thread - Credit Card Companies Skimming Charitable Donations to Haiti. Guess what goes around comes around.

Odd that nobody was put in place to guard that.

Some updates on relief efforts. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have also extended their efforts by donating $1 million to help Doctors Without Borders in the earthquake-ravaged zone.

John Travolta has arranged for a plane to transport supplies and personel.

Madonna has donated $250,000 to Partners In Need.

Oprah has asked her viewers to give money to the Red Cross. Big spender.

And then we have the illustrious Pat Robertson who said....

Pat Robertson wrote:

"Something happened a long time ago in Haiti, and people might not want to talk about it. They were under the heel of the French. You know, Napoleon III, or whatever. And they got together and swore a pact to the Devil. They said, we will serve you if you'll get us free from the French. True story. And so, the Devil said, okay it's a deal."

Nice dickhead..

Ratzilla wrote:

Some updates on relief efforts. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have also extended their efforts by donating $1 million to help Doctors Without Borders in the earthquake-ravaged zone.

John Travolta has arranged for a plane to transport supplies and personel.

Madonna has donated $250,000 to Partners In Need.

Oprah has asked her viewers to give money to the Red Cross. Big spender.

And then we have the illustrious Pat Robertson who said....

Pat Robertson wrote:

"Something happened a long time ago in Haiti, and people might not want to talk about it. They were under the heel of the French. You know, Napoleon III, or whatever. And they got together and swore a pact to the Devil. They said, we will serve you if you'll get us free from the French. True story. And so, the Devil said, okay it's a deal."

Nice dickhead..

Angelina will also adopt 40 kids from Haiti

Adopt a Haitian will probably be the new Hollywood fad. Wonder if Limbaugh and Pat Robertson will want any?

Ratzilla wrote:

Adopt a Haitian will probably be the new Hollywood fad. Wonder if Limbaugh and Pat Robertson will want any?

Limbaugh might adopt a Haitian with a series of broken bones so the kid can get a oxycodone script

Good point slickjay.

Here's a bunch of psycho Robertsons famous quotes. He wants to ban Halloween. GRRRRRR

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Plane collects Haiti earthquake children for adoption

Seems the Dutch ot their shit together......

The adoption process, which could normally take several years, was sped up after the earthquake killed tens of thousands of people and left many more homeless.

There was a story on KWCH last night about a couple in Kansas who picked up there two kids from Haiti last week that they were supposed to get in about 6 months

Ratzilla wrote:

Some updates on relief efforts. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have also extended their efforts by donating $1 million to help Doctors Without Borders in the earthquake-ravaged zone.

John Travolta has arranged for a plane to transport supplies and personel.

Madonna has donated $250,000 to Partners In Need.

Oprah has asked her viewers to give money to the Red Cross. Big spender.

Kenyon Martin of the Denver Nuggets pledged to donate fifteen hundred dollars to the Red Cross Haitian relief effort for each rebound that he got in tonight's game against the LA Clippers. He wound up with 14 rebounds. That's $21,000.

slickjay12 wrote:

Limbaugh might adopt a Haitian with a series of broken bones so the kid can get a oxycodone script

He's passed that. But, nonetheless, your post is a textbook example of lame sophistry.

One good thing about the earhquake in Haiti: there should be some really cool stuff for them to make rafts out of now.

Some updates....

Among private organizations and corporations, the American Red Cross has donated nearly $6 million, including a $5 million cash contribution, followed by Deutsche Bank ($4 million), the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation ($1.5 million) and Bank of America ($1 million). Wall Street behemoths Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan have donated $1 million each, along with Starbucks and the Hess Corporation. The World Bank has pledged $100 million, according to U.N. documents. Major League Baseball, the National Football League and the National Basketball Association have pledged $1 million apiece.

Not to be outdone by big business, celebrities like Jolie and Pitt have pledged $1 million to the relief fund via the Jolie-Pitt Foundation. Sandra Bullock also has donated $1 million. Brazilian model Gisele Bundchen has added $1.5 million, followed by Madonna ($250,000), seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, who has sent $125,000 via his foundation, and actress Alyssa Milano ($50,000).

And Oprah has pleaded repeatedly with her fans to donate.....

Cough up a few million of your own. You know, all that cash that you already got by asking your fans to buy all your crap. Bitch..

Ratzilla wrote:

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