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[filkertom]

Recently the Bush Administration made an extraordinary request of the American people: donate privately to pay for the reconstruction of Iraq. (Because, you know, all that money for Iraq which BushCo refuses to make part of the budget doesn't count.)

So far, they have collected... six hundred dollars.

As the man says, they can barely buy two iPods.

Comments

[lapislaz.livejournal.com]

Well, Mom always said "Figures don't lie...but liars sure can figure." Who knows when they donated, when the articles were actually written, etc.

I am not surprised that fundraising is going so badly. However, it's possible that I am just cynical enough to think that these articles were planted to make folks feel a bit guilty and perhaps donate something just so those poor Iraqis don't think us Americans are unfeeling bastards.

Yep - just cynical enough.

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

I'd think that myself... if not for the primary source being the Guardian in Britain. Some US papers have picked it up, no doubt; but I suspect that, even if it makes TV news, the overall tone, whether intended or not, is gonna be "news of the weird".

Now, if it shows up on the Sunday Morning Talking Heads line-up, then, yeah, they're pushing.