This, if true, is a pristine example of suckitude.
[Via Fark.]
UPDATE:
One of the joys of blogging is that the distributed nature of the community allows me to be very, very lazy.
As I knew he would, tsunami relief - tracker extraordinaire Chuck Simmons at You Big Mouth, You! provides some perspective on this:
Look through the information at the cites. About half the pledged aid is dedicated to reconstruction efforts over the next 3 - 5 years. Other portions are, in reality, loans and loan guarantees. What it all boils down to is that this group is moaning about not receiving money now, to be "spent" in five years. Kinda like giving your children their college fund when they enter ninth grade and expecting them to use it four years later for college. Yah, sher! You betcha!And, of course, no where is it cited that the United States military spent over a quarter billion dollars through its support efforts in South Asia. $6 million per day for about 45 days.
With a chart, even! Those are my second favorite, right behind bulleted lists.
