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studebaker hoch		2009-04-06 08:01:59 PM

MorePeasPlease

Dude.

I...ate America....

/urp

HMS_Blinkin		2009-04-06 08:03:53 PM

MorePeasPlease: neomatt: Ok haters... ONLY gave $50k today... the State Department...are... all...biatch...cheapskates.

Dude!
We didn't give the Italians 100 million-brazillion dollars because rules are in place that limit initial disaster relief funds to 50K.

This. I would assume that larger amounts of money have to be approved by Congress.

letrole		2009-04-06 08:05:42 PM

TUO3MTA3: If it takes two coins to make a penny, then wouldn't the smallest denomination of money be one of those coins, and not a penny?

Half-Penny.

Old Money, do you speak it?

xxmickeyxx		2009-04-06 08:05:44 PM

there was an earthquake in my pants earlier.. feel free to donate 50K via paypal.

studebaker hoch		2009-04-06 08:05:50 PM

So how many people have been affected?

If it's just one small town, maybe they don't need a full-up international response?

I don't know.

MorePeasPlease		2009-04-06 08:07:27 PM

HMS_Blinkin:

This. I would assume that larger amounts of money have to be approved by Congress.

LOL, that'll show neomatt!

The Headless Horseman's Headless Horse		2009-04-06 08:08:00 PM

studebaker hoch: The Headless Horseman's Headless Horse

And what did that aid get the tsunami victims? It got them kicked off their land, from the only areas in which they knew how to make a decent living, and herded into poor, dirty, disease infested shantytowns that, as far as I know, still remain to this day. Awesome.

Link please?

Last thing I heard from the tsunami areas were that they'd rebuilt and want the tourists to come back, that tourism is what they need. People were (quite understandably) staying away, and that itself was actually causing them problems.

/First I've heard of people being kicked off land. Of course there is land that is now *missing*....

No linky at the moment, though I could probably dredge one up. It was from Naomi Klein's Shock Doctrine. It's a damn good read and highly recommended. It certainly opened my eyes to how supremely farked our government can be/has been.

And that rebuilding? Not so much in Sri Lanka. At least, not for the actual victims. Of all the money that was raised, $80 million went into building mega-resorts along the same area in which small fishing villages were wiped completely away. Residents were forced inland just to receive a small stipend and food rations.

Gotta love the World Bank.

studebaker hoch		2009-04-06 08:08:28 PM

Wiki page for L'Aquila.

Now updated with a short bit on the quake. Seems they were due.

No Such Agency		2009-04-06 08:11:16 PM

studebaker hoch:
The_Sponge

Besides...who should we support...a democracy, or a terrorist culture that thinks suicide bombings are okay?

If Israel was treating your state they way they treat Palestine, I think you'd be singing a different tune. Israel screws these people every way imagineable, and then cries out when some kid hucks a rock and hits somebody.

I think he was actually talking about Liechtenstein.

studebaker hoch		2009-04-06 08:11:48 PM

According to the wiki:

73k peeps live here, 100k in town at times...

Gulper Eel		2009-04-06 08:13:05 PM

If this was Clinton in charge now we'd be coming across with a billion, long as Bill got a little alone time with Maria Grazia Cucinotta.

(Don't recognize the name? To save you on GIS time, think Monica Bellucci with a bit more...abbondanza, shall we say. You WILL be in your bunk, if you're not too dazed to get there.)

CitizenTed		2009-04-06 08:14:29 PM

$50,000? They'll just waste it on pomade anyway.

Isitoveryet		2009-04-06 08:14:38 PM

never miss the chance to turn a natural disaster into a political witch hunt.

Makh		2009-04-06 08:14:50 PM

gopher321: A nation has no friends, only interests.

- C. DeGaulle

DeGaulle of that man to say such a thing.

JunkyJu		2009-04-06 08:16:09 PM

Not a single Guido...

MorePeasPlease		2009-04-06 08:17:16 PM

Makh: DeGaulle of that man to say such a thing.

It's actually quite a groovy statement.
I DeGaulle of the brother's sayings.

vltjr		2009-04-06 08:18:52 PM

There must not have been any banks damaged.

studebaker hoch		2009-04-06 08:21:23 PM

No Such Agency

I think he was actually talking about Liechtenstein.

Got it.

/It's all in the body language...

neomatt		2009-04-06 08:24:04 PM

MorePeasPlease: neomatt: Ok haters... ONLY gave $50k today... the State Department...are... all...biatch...cheapskates.

Dude!
We didn't give the Italians 100 million-brazillion dollars because rules are in place that limit initial disaster relief funds to 50K.

Are you farking retarded? WTF? If you are going to twist what I said, at least have the decency to strike out what you don't like, rather than twist my words to fit your own warped perspective. What a farking douche!

studebaker hoch		2009-04-06 08:26:41 PM

nostudme		2009-04-06 08:30:17 PM

Michelle has never been prouder! She's only anti-American, not anti-Italian. Rev Wright never even mentioned Italy.

plainlyclueless		2009-04-06 08:31:47 PM

Oh please, I'm too busy running General Motors.

studebaker hoch		2009-04-06 08:32:35 PM

Live webcam view of downtown:

farm1.static.flickr.com

TigerStar		2009-04-06 08:35:15 PM

Thunderpipes		2009-04-06 08:35:49 PM

What would Italy do to help us?

Giltric		2009-04-06 08:37:12 PM

studebaker hoch: Live webcam view of downtown:

Well folks it looks like the super thermites are back after their 8 year hibernation.

Hide your untreated wood and 1200 foot tall steel structures!

TigerStar		2009-04-06 08:37:27 PM

Let them eat cake!

ringersol		2009-04-06 08:42:33 PM

dillenger69: "Bappa-da boopie?"
I leave satisfied.

/mustache aficionado

Herb		2009-04-06 08:51:43 PM

Italy need no farking help from the US. They have more trained inefficient rescue and help organizations than the US. They were certainly better than the Kathrina Help guys. Due to their joint efforts after the Friaul earthquake in the 70ies, for example, they managed to create a political "Back to Austria" movement there, which certainly would have helped to solve the problems faster. "Heim ins Österreich" will almost certainly solve this earthquake crisis with no US intervention needed.

MorePeasPlease		2009-04-06 08:56:45 PM

neomatt: Are you farking retarded? WTF? If you are going to twist what I said, at least have the decency to strike out what you don't like, rather than twist my words to fit your own warped perspective. What a farking douche!

Genuinely sorry to offend, thought you'd think it was retardedly funny in a douchey way.

Was hoping for:

neomatt: ...I... like your... warped perspective...

neomatt		2009-04-06 09:02:10 PM

MorePeasPlease: neomatt: Are you farking retarded? WTF? If you are going to twist what I said, at least have the decency to strike out what you don't like, rather than twist my words to fit your own warped perspective. What a farking douche!

Genuinely sorry to offend, thought you'd think it was retardedly funny in a douchey way.

Was hoping for:

neomatt: ...I... like your... warped perspective...

It has...been a...long...farking day...
/no worries

Do What Now Question Mark		2009-04-06 09:02:52 PM

Nice covering up for Obama. But it's okay. He was probably busy learning how to speak Austrian. That man's a genius.

garvin32		2009-04-06 09:05:49 PM

OlafTheBent: Wow... I thought Americans were supposed to be so charitable.

So how much did you Canucks give? Eh?

KarmicDisaster		2009-04-06 09:09:02 PM

Italy is a developed country. If they need help they will ask for it and we will give it.

Sique		2009-04-06 09:13:14 PM

NastyMut6r		2009-04-06 09:24:53 PM

MorePeasPlease: Italien and proud!

I-T-A-L-I-A-N

WTF? What kind of Italian misspells the word Italian? They grow'em really friggin' bright over there, huh? No wonder the invisible man in the sky smote your asses.

factoryconnection		2009-04-06 09:29:43 PM

Isitoveryet: never miss the chance to turn a natural disaster into a political witch hunt.

No sh*t, what a bunch of f*cking whiners.

KarmicDisaster: Italy is a developed country. If they need help they will ask for it and we will give it.

My very first reaction as well. This isn't some backwater without serviceable roads or infrastructure to begin with... this is a first-world nation.

MorePeasPlease		2009-04-06 09:30:08 PM

NastyMut6r: MorePeasPlease: Italien and proud!

I-T-A-L-I-A-N

WTF? What kind of Italian misspells the word Italian? They grow'em really friggin' bright over there, huh? No wonder the invisible man in the sky smote your asses.

unrealitymag.com

um... LOL?

defects		2009-04-06 09:32:49 PM

They'll pick themselves up by their boot straps.

/Honestly, Who shapes a country like a shoe ?

vabeard		2009-04-06 09:36:05 PM

defects: They'll pick themselves up by their boot straps.

/Honestly, Who shapes a country like a shoe ?

Some nice designer ones, too.

NastyMut6r		2009-04-06 09:38:12 PM

MorePeasPlease: NastyMut6r: MorePeasPlease: Italien and proud!

I-T-A-L-I-A-N

WTF? What kind of Italian misspells the word Italian? They grow'em really friggin' bright over there, huh? No wonder the invisible man in the sky smote your asses.

um... LOL?

Mother of christ, I can't believe I missed that. Sometimes, when the drugs wear off, I turn stupid. Too much Fark for one day.

My bad.

studebaker hoch		2009-04-06 09:40:15 PM

We could send them FEMA.

/no disaster relief provided, but everyone gets a $2,000 gift card for hookers and blow.

MorePeasPlease		2009-04-06 09:40:39 PM

No sweat, it's cool.
I seem to have that effect today.

Lord Farkwad		2009-04-06 09:54:19 PM

Obama will also send them five loaves and two fishes. The $50,000 is just to pay for the distribution of the five loaves and two fishes.
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FarkBad		2009-04-06 10:02:37 PM

How much money did Italy send us the last time we had an earthquake?

Victoly		2009-04-06 10:04:13 PM

garvin32: OlafTheBent: Wow... I thought Americans were supposed to be so charitable.

So how much did you Canucks give? Eh?

Take off, eh? They gave their condolences, ya know.

/ And ten bucks
// Ten bucks is ten bucks, eh?
/// Ya hoser

Victoly		2009-04-06 10:06:13 PM

Although, come to think of it, $50K is probably about equal to ten bucks European...

sonder		2009-04-06 10:09:25 PM

So in the middle of the largest recession in recent memory, having given billions of dollars to starkly undeserving robber barons...

We should be giving handouts to foreign countries?

Screw Italy. They have a goddamned government, let them farking handle it.

EL_FABREZ		2009-04-06 10:18:30 PM

Why should we have to give them money for being stupid? If they can't learn their lesson from Pompeii, or the fact they live on a fault line, then let them pay for their ignorance.