Largest single donor to tsunami victims: Japan, at $500 million [View All]

Just thought I'd mention it for the folks who rallied to the support of president Bush on DU, saying that he did the best he could by staying on the Crawford Pig Farm, avoiding the media, and coughing up an initial $15 million until the WORLD shamed him into giving more.

Your president appreciates your support. You've really performed a great service, defending your president's actions whether they are right or wrong. As you know, that kind of blind and unthinking support is like a hot shot of pure "H" into the junkie arm of Emperor Bush.

Japan is no stranger to the ravages of Mother Nature. They stepped up to the frigging plate. Your president did not.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6754820/



Rain, flash floods hamper tsunami relief effort
Toll passes 123,000; aid pours in with Japan pledging $500 million
The Associated Press

Worldwide donations to aid those battered by the huge waves that slammed Asian and African nations topped $1 billion, with Japan pledging up to $500 million on Saturday, making the country the largest single donor to victims of the catastrophe.

A steady stream of foreign military aircraft also touched down in the epicenter of the disaster, the Aceh province on the northern tip of Indonesia’s Sumatra island.

But supplies were bottlenecking and officials acknowledged distribution networks were not in place to deliver desperately needed supplies to the worst-hit areas.

“The scale of the disaster is just too big,” said Andi Mallarengen, spokesman for Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. “We can bring in the aid, food, but we need manpower to distribute them.”