The British activist charity ?ActionAID? claims that over $20B of the $50B global poverty-alleviation budget is pocketed by consultants (Mathiason, The Observer, May 29). Years ago, another British report concluded that much of their Gujarat Earthquake relief funds fed SUV dealers. Hardly surprising.
Thursday, 26 May 2005"Although there seem to be no myths or folktales in which Ganesa explicitly performs oral sex, his insatiable appetite for sweets may ...
"IDRF announced a donation of $25,000 towards relief efforts following the World Trade Center collapse. .. the people responsible for perpetrating the disaster were Muslims, and the victims largely non-Muslim"...
Mr. Prem Panicker [2] wonders at General ?Pinocchio? Pervez?s energy in, well, whatever Pinocchio used to do. Unfair. He ignores the General?s tireless camp followers. I dedicate this article to those followers who toil, unlike the Atta crew, with no expectation of the rewards of Houristan. Or perhaps in anticipation of something more tangible? First lets take a brief look at one of their events, then at their broader effort...
The Earth shrugged at dawn, and a ripple sped across the ocean. A hundred and fifty thousand human lives ended, and millions more were plunged into misery....
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