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In response to "umm, except for the fact that the links the whitehouse.gov site provides go directly to the Red Cross anyway. -- nm" by znufrii

(here's the relevant page, if anyone is interested) -- (link)

Posted by znufrii Jan 14 '10, 07:49

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http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/01/13/help-haiti (www.whitehouse.gov)

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Of course he's not talking about the actual page on the actual website, he's talking about the government inserting itself between people and charity. -- nm - Ender Jan 14, 07:51 12
- You haven't listened to it have you? - Guigue Jan 14, 07:55 1
  - and the red cross is running the SMS donation number, AFAIK -- nm - Beryllium Jan 14, 07:55
- so he's saying the government *shouldn't* use any means at its disposal to encourage people to donate to charities? - znufrii Jan 14, 07:54
- But they're not. They're leveraging a communications platform to helpfully direct people to an existing charity. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 14, 07:53 8
  - This was in regards to somebody apparently being pointed to whitehouse.gov in order to give. They could just as easily have been pointed to Redcross.org. - Ender Jan 14, 07:56 7
    - Dude, they are insinuating that the money will not go to Haiti, and that your name will end up on a list and people will call you for contributions -- nm - Guigue Jan 14, 07:58 6
      - You realize he doesn't script 3 hours of show a day and isn't actually intimitely aware of the website right? - Ender Jan 14, 08:01 5
        
        You hear what you want to hear. He specifically said "Would you trust the money's gonna go Haiti?" - Guigue Jan 14, 08:03 4
        
        L4 -- nm - Ender Jan 14, 08:05 3
        
        Dude... Forget it, you suck at arguing -- nm - Guigue Jan 14, 08:06 2
        
        To be fair, you suck at picking topics to argue about. 15 seconds of off the cuff dialog does not lend itself to intense analysis. - Ender Jan 14, 08:12 1
        
        If only you had anything to support your interpretation other than your obvious general appreciation for the guy - Guigue Jan 14, 08:15

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