<p>The estimate is over 120,000 lives lost and it is race against time to get food and water to the survivors.
I hope that after Colin Powell and Jeb Bush tour the damage and destruction they will convince the President to release more money to what is allocated for the inauguration or at least to match the money given by the Netherlands.
China is giving 60 million, Australia 46.7 million, the Netherlands is giving 36.5 millions and the United States is only giving 35 million more than first announced but still a drop in the bucket to what we could afford. The inauguration will cost millions more than what the US is contributing.
<a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,11069-1404822,00.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,11069-1404822,00.html</a>
I think gaudy 2nd inaugurations are tacky even if you have a "mandate" :eek:, kinda like a gaudy shotgun 2nd wedding.</p>