1 Aren't there international treaties that prohibit exporting Lutefisk?

2 Not in humanitarian situations, my friend. BTW, what's Lutefisk?

3 Jan is "Old Europe" nuf said. Rod Stanton

4 GORDON: You don't want to try it. Yuk! How much has Norway & others given to anything in the last 10 years? My take is that we don't owe anyone anything. Frankly, its not the UN or any else's business of how much and to whom we choose to give our money to. I don't even think it should be advertised. I give to charities of my choice. The ammount is not published in the papers. Its between my family and those I choose to help. I choose the ammount and to whom because its mine. If I don't like you or you have hurt me in the past your off my list. America's business is America's business.

5 Thanks Greyrooster. All told, I feel the same way you do about giving. On Hannity and Colmes yestersday, Ann Coulter was squaring off with a Democratic party strategist. She (not Ann) was saying that Bush would spin this whole crisis/giving issue by touting how much individual Americans and private organizations would give. Bush would then go on to say how much better this is to Gov't giving. Although she probably intended this to be a negative, I think that is ABSOLUTELY correct. Perhaps in Jan's world, the people can't be trusted to be generous. Only the all-wise State. Probabaly goes back to the days of fiefdoms and serfs. Whatever. Thanks for posting. U 2 Rod.

6 I really do love that picture.

7 It seems to me that idiot knew what he was saying since the UN wants a world tax to be mostly paid by americans for their dirty and filthy projects we dont need the damn UN anymore its time to get us out of the UN and the UN out of the USA

8 Hate to differ with everyone but I think the UN can be saved. Exposing the BS and stupidity lately (last 20 years) will help forming a more realistic UN. TELL IT LIKE IT IS is our weapon of choice. Kofi Annon and his predecessor should be working for Ringling Bros, Barnum and Bailey. Excuse me, I didn't mean to infer the real clowns were crooks. Why is it neccessary to have idiots from the 3rd world in leadership roles? Why not give the task to someone who can do it. Yea, Yea, They are not white so my previous statement is racist.

9 Why is it necessary to have idiots from Texas in leadership roles? The world is a whole lot bigger, and certainly more interesting, than 50 states...but you all probably wouldn't know anything about that. I hope you are all having fun rolling around in the shit pit of your ingnorance. It's because of people like you that the 9/11 ever happened.

10 How amusing! Oh well, at least people here have had the common sense to not believe the lie that mr. Egeland called the U.S. stingy, and not all Western nations. Norway's GDP is as follows: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_%28nominal%29 (that's more than $2,627,550000 if the 2005 aid budget is 0.92, but my gov't has pledged an increase in % in foreign aid of GDP for this year) Aid: http://www.nakagawa.ca/ascorbic/tsunami/ http://www.nationmaster.com/graph-T/dis_tsu_fun_ple_by_ngo_and_pub_cap http://www.nationmaster.com/graph-T/dis_tsu_tot_aid_pac_cap (we've probably given $58 per capita by now, and perhaps much more) http://www.nationmaster.com/graph-T/eco_eco_aid_don_cap Excerpt from the site below: "Adelman, further above noted that the US is “clearly the most generous on earth in public - but especially in private - giving”, yet the CGD suggests otherwise, saying that the US does not close the gap with most other rich countries. “The US gives 13c/day/person in government aid....American’s private giving—another 5c/day—is high by international standards but does not close the gap with most other rich countries. Norway gives $1.02/day in public aid and 24c/day in private aid” per person." Source: http://www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/Debt/USAid.asp#RankingtheRichbasedonCommitmenttoDevelopment