--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > Assuming, sadly, that the death toll from Katrina > > > reaches 2000, that number of people die tragically > > > every 8.33 *hours* in Africa from poverty. I haven't > > > exactly seen Judy trying to get us to focus on that. > > > > Most people find it easier to focus on people who are closer to > > them in some way, be it geographically, politically, religiously, > > socially, whatever. > > > > In the case of New Orleans, not only is this issue important, but > > given how important the region is to our economy... > > Your economy.
OUR economy. There's that "World is my family" issue, in monetary terms. > > > ...the near- > > destruction of that area impacts how much and how well the US can > > support the rest of the world economically and socially. > > Wake up. The United States of America has to borrow > two billion dollars a day to stay afloat. I'd say > that the world was supporting them. Its interdependent, but American foreign policy sends aid of all kinds (not just military) to other parts of the world. The New Orleans disaster will be felt in many ways in the USA and around the world for many years, possibly for the next century. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
