This is an anonymous poll This is an anonymous poll here.
Let’s see how generous financially savvy Piggs are.
zk
January 15, 2010 @
3:25 PM
There’s a fairly new way to There’s a fairly new way to donate which makes it very easy and quick. I imagine that a lot of people who would like to donate but wouldn’t normally “get around to it” will donate using this method.
Text “haiti” to 90999, and $10 will go to the Red Cross. The money is charged to your cell phone bill.
Apparently it takes a while for the money to get to the Red Cross, but they have reserves that they use for the crisis, then replenish them when the money comes in.
No aid! They made a pact [img_assist|nid=12616|title=No aid! They made a pact with Satan!|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=355|height=485]
briansd1
January 15, 2010 @
5:04 PM
With the relief efforts going With the relief efforts going on in Haiti something occurred to me.
There are quite a few church-affiliated groups doing charity and proselytizing work in Haiti. I think that the charity is good but the proselytizing is shifty.
If the USA one day becomes poor, how would we feel if rich Chinese missionaries or other foreigners were given entry visas to come and proselytize their beliefs to us in our heartland?
Aecetia
January 15, 2010 @
7:10 PM
” As Jesus warned us (Matt. ” As Jesus warned us (Matt. 7:24-27), it’s never a good idea to build a house on sand.
CA renter
January 15, 2010 @
10:05 PM
IMHO, the best way to give is IMHO, the best way to give is through the Red Cross International Response Fund:
We’re all paying for aid We’re all paying for aid whether you like it or not.
meadandale
January 16, 2010 @
9:22 AM
I just sent in a $5k check I just sent in a $5k check for quarterly estimated taxes. Does that count? I’m sure some of that will end up in the hundreds of millions that Obama is pledging to help.
Seriously though, I donated $1500 to a worthy cause last month, I’m a little tapped out right now.
Jumby
January 16, 2010 @
11:29 AM
Coincidentally I just started Coincidentally I just started a monthly pledge before the quake to Haiti through http://haitiansupport.org/
I know the guy here in Dallas that started it, he’s a Dentist, he goes twice a year to bring a ton of stuff to an orphanage and do free dental work. I’m going to start going also.
Some really good friends of mine went last summer serve the orphanage. Check out this water balloon fight, it’s a riot.
meadandale wrote:Seriously [quote=meadandale]Seriously though, I donated $1500 to a worthy cause last month, I’m a little tapped out right now.[/quote]
Help doesn’t only have to come in the form of money. You can donate some of your time tagging images coming out of Haiti to help people find lost loved ones, for example: http://www.beextra.org/haiti
Arraya
January 17, 2010 @
12:06 PM
Here is another good way to Here is another good way to donate.
That man is a complete That man is a complete imbecile, and how he manages to get himself on TV is a complete mystery.
It’s isn’t about how much money, but how effectively it’s used. The Red Cross is totally inundated with donations, so if you want your donation to go directly to the Haiti disaster, I believe you have to mail it in. Google has a direct link to donations on it’s home page, but you need an account. The best method I’ve heard so far is with a cell phone account charge.
Aecetia
January 22, 2010 @
1:53 PM
Here is another link to a Here is another link to a help Haiti- it is a micro credit program. This might be something to donate to later to help them rebuild.
it is very painful for me to it is very painful for me to donate money to any cause. I am embarrassed to admit this even to myself. even spending money on myself causes me physical pain, let alone others….
briansd1
January 22, 2010 @
5:09 PM
scaredycat wrote: even [quote=scaredycat] even spending money on myself causes me physical pain, let alone others….[/quote]
That’s the first I ever heard.
I enjoy spending money on myself… but I do it judiciously for things that I need and enjoy. I don’t need much these days so there isn’t much spending.
I regard donating money to a good cause as bringing a measure of self-satisfaction. That is like spending money on myself.
I normally try to donate money directly to the needy in developing countries rather than funneling it through organizations like the Red Cross.
scaredyclassic
January 22, 2010 @
5:16 PM
you can feel your life force you can feel your life force ebbing away. it’s a true sickness…there’s nothing worth buying anyway. better to never spend any….certainly people do need help though…inner conflict….
edna_mode
January 22, 2010 @
5:52 PM
So, I wonder if any other So, I wonder if any other piggs try to take the emotional knee-jerk reaction out of their charitable giving, and apply cold, long-term strategy to it just like they do all of their other major financial investments? I mean, isn’t charity just another form of asset allocation towards creating the world that you want to live in? Why don’t people donate consistently to causes that they want to see perpetuated? I figure out what top 3 causes I care to support every year (scholarships for banjo refurbishers, universal latin education, preservation of the Largest Ball of Twine in the World, whatever), use charitynavigator to get insight as to who might do that best, and give each of them a sizeable donation as I rough out my taxes so I get the best tax deduction. I prioritize drives that have matching donors to get more bang for my buck. This has the benefit of having something concrete to say to solicitors (“I only do planned donations, but if you give me your website I will be happy to consider it at the appropriate time”), I can target a fixed %age of my income and budget for it, and finally, the money is already in the hands of a charity I have researched and trust (I won’t get swindled by a fake charity) when disaster strikes. Plus the charities get the benefit of a steadier stream of income if I donate consistently from year to year, and *they* can plan better budgets, get volume discounts for purchasing bulk goods, get the right equipment/meds/food at the right time, etc.
Do people really only open their wallets when emotionally manipulated? Wow.
Arraya
January 22, 2010 @
6:45 PM
edna_mode wrote:
Do people [quote=edna_mode]
Do people really only open their wallets when emotionally manipulated? Wow.[/quote]
Marketing research groups have spent billions of dollars and decades of research to figure that out. The answer is, yes, people are unequivocally “emotional” buyers, what ever the product. Most purchase decisions are made from underlying emotional reasons. Most don’t even realize they are doing it for emotional reasons.
UCGal
January 22, 2010 @
9:04 PM
edna_mode…
That’s why edna_mode…
That’s why certain groups get my money every year…
Habitat, Floresta, Doctors w/out borders. These are all organizations I give to every year. These are all organizations that do very good work year in and year out.
But I do take the opportunity to give to specific disasters IF my employer is matching.. I’d be giving to charity anyway, but if the $ get matched, all the better. Gave to Americares after the tsunami and Red Cross after Katrina because my employer matched so my already allocated charity would go further.
scaredyclassic
January 22, 2010 @
11:19 PM
ok, this is gonna sound ok, this is gonna sound really really really harsh, disgusting and mean, and I don’t believe this… im just thinking out loud…but sam kinison used to have a routine about the people starving in africa…something with the screaming punchline, “but they live in the f!!!king desert!” …maybe the world is supposed to get thinned out by certain events. maybe charity keeps people reproducing in places where humans should be way scaling back. Now obviously this is inhumane and cruel…and it would of course be horrific to hear if you were on the losing side with your already born kids, like a giant earthquake in southern california…..but still…if you live in the desert, or an earthquake zone, or a flood zone, the earth may be signalling, no more reproduction..too many people……this is not my personal opinion…just a weird thought….
scaredyclassic
January 22, 2010 @
11:36 PM
1985 HBO Special Sam 1985 HBO Special Sam Kinison….
You want to help world hunger? Stop sending them food. Don’t send them another bite, send them U-Hauls. Send them a guy that says, “You know, we’ve been coming here giving you food for about 35 years now and we were driving through the desert, and we realized there wouldn’t BE world hunger if you people would live where the FOOD IS! YOU LIVE IN A DESERT!! UNDERSTAND THAT? YOU LIVE IN A FUCKING DESERT!! NOTHING GROWS HERE! NOTHING’S GONNA GROW HERE! Come here, you see this? This is sand. You know what it’s gonna be 100 years from now? IT’S GONNA BE SAND!! YOU LIVE IN A FUCKING DESERT! We have deserts in America, we just don’t live in them, assholes!”
On the starvation in Ethiopia.
scaredyclassic
January 22, 2010 @
11:40 PM
actually we do live in the actually we do live in the desert, it’s called southern cal.
apologies in advance if this offended you…
edna_mode
January 25, 2010 @
1:43 PM
Thanks UCGal, I feel better Thanks UCGal, I feel better already (or is that too emotional?) 😉
Expert from Thailand tsunami efforts in 2004 helps educate donors to give in ways that match their intentions.
macromaniac
January 23, 2010 @
5:13 PM
Why don’t we use some of the Why don’t we use some of the money to EDUCATE the Haitians regarding BIRTH CONTROL. They don’t need Jesus Pat they need to rid themselves of ignorance.
You see, if you can’t barely feed yourself, then maybe you should not add more mouths to the family to feed?
We can donate millions of Trojans and we can set up a medical tent around the city for free vascectomies for the males that don’t understand the point stated above.
Then God will have less people to kill when he decides to stomp his foot on the Haitian ground for judgements in the future?
Something keeps telling me we are always approaching these problems the wrong way?
Hey Bennie would you agree with me on that? Hank? Timmy? Bono? Barney? Nancy? Alan? Sheila?
briansd1
January 25, 2010 @
2:01 PM
macromaniac wrote:Why don’t [quote=macromaniac]Why don’t we use some of the money to EDUCATE the Haitians regarding BIRTH CONTROL. They don’t need Jesus Pat they need to rid themselves of ignorance.[/quote]
Because the religious conservative in America won’t allow US aid to provide birth control.
scaredyclassic
January 26, 2010 @
6:06 AM
the answer to most of the the answer to most of the world’s problem is just simply more oral sex. it’s the cheapest birth control there is…
wonder how much this fellow has sent to haiti…
COLUMBIA, S.C. – When things looked their darkest for Gov. Mark Sanford — when he was in danger of being impeached for running off to Argentina to see his mistress — his best insurance policy may well have been South Carolina’s lieutenant governor, Andre Bauer.
Lawmakers knew if they removed Sanford, they would end up with Bauer, a fiercely ambitious Republican with a reputation for reckless and immature behavior.
Now Bauer has folks shaking their heads again, after he likened government assistance to the poor to feeding stray animals.
At a town hall meeting Thursday, Bauer, who is running for governor in his own right now that Sanford is term-limited, said: “My grandmother was not a highly educated woman, but she told me as a small child to quit feeding stray animals. You know why? Because they breed! You’re facilitating the problem if you give an animal or a person ample food supply. They will reproduce, especially ones that don’t think too much further than that.”
Democrats and others railed at him.
****
interestingly, if you google this dude, the word on the street seems to be yet another closeted gay republican. good grief. can’t the govt give these guys some free counseling…
January 15, 2010 @ 1:12 PM
This is an anonymous poll
This is an anonymous poll here.
Let’s see how generous financially savvy Piggs are.
January 15, 2010 @ 3:25 PM
There’s a fairly new way to
There’s a fairly new way to donate which makes it very easy and quick. I imagine that a lot of people who would like to donate but wouldn’t normally “get around to it” will donate using this method.
Text “haiti” to 90999, and $10 will go to the Red Cross. The money is charged to your cell phone bill.
Apparently it takes a while for the money to get to the Red Cross, but they have reserves that they use for the crisis, then replenish them when the money comes in.
http://money.cnn.com/2010/01/15/technology/haiti_text_donation_delay/
http://www.usnews.com/money/personal-finance/articles/2010/01/14/10-ways-you-can-donate-to-haitian-earthquake-victims.html
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/charity/haiti.asp
January 15, 2010 @ 4:47 PM
I think that the
I think that the compassionate conservatives aren’t so compassionate after all.
January 15, 2010 @ 4:54 PM
No aid! They made a pact
[img_assist|nid=12616|title=No aid! They made a pact with Satan!|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=355|height=485]
January 15, 2010 @ 5:04 PM
With the relief efforts going
With the relief efforts going on in Haiti something occurred to me.
There are quite a few church-affiliated groups doing charity and proselytizing work in Haiti. I think that the charity is good but the proselytizing is shifty.
If the USA one day becomes poor, how would we feel if rich Chinese missionaries or other foreigners were given entry visas to come and proselytize their beliefs to us in our heartland?
January 15, 2010 @ 7:10 PM
” As Jesus warned us (Matt.
” As Jesus warned us (Matt. 7:24-27), it’s never a good idea to build a house on sand.
January 15, 2010 @ 10:05 PM
IMHO, the best way to give is
IMHO, the best way to give is through the Red Cross International Response Fund:
https://american.redcross.org/site/Donation2?4306.donation=form1&idb=1179298702&df_id=4306&JServSessionIdr004=i6o2k5wjk3.app206b
January 15, 2010 @ 10:38 PM
I couldn’t not do it.
I couldn’t not do it.
January 15, 2010 @ 11:29 PM
We’re all paying for aid
We’re all paying for aid whether you like it or not.
January 16, 2010 @ 9:22 AM
I just sent in a $5k check
I just sent in a $5k check for quarterly estimated taxes. Does that count? I’m sure some of that will end up in the hundreds of millions that Obama is pledging to help.
Seriously though, I donated $1500 to a worthy cause last month, I’m a little tapped out right now.
January 16, 2010 @ 11:29 AM
Coincidentally I just started
Coincidentally I just started a monthly pledge before the quake to Haiti through http://haitiansupport.org/
I know the guy here in Dallas that started it, he’s a Dentist, he goes twice a year to bring a ton of stuff to an orphanage and do free dental work. I’m going to start going also.
Some really good friends of mine went last summer serve the orphanage. Check out this water balloon fight, it’s a riot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kk1w68f0ZeQ
Make sure you watch this one too as it shows the whole orphanage.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIe0wb4sRw8
Father Marc is also updating his blog daily
http://pwojeespwa.blogspot.com/
January 16, 2010 @ 12:19 PM
meadandale wrote:Seriously
[quote=meadandale]Seriously though, I donated $1500 to a worthy cause last month, I’m a little tapped out right now.[/quote]
Help doesn’t only have to come in the form of money. You can donate some of your time tagging images coming out of Haiti to help people find lost loved ones, for example: http://www.beextra.org/haiti
January 17, 2010 @ 12:06 PM
Here is another good way to
Here is another good way to donate.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190365539998&ssPageName=ADME:L:LCA:US:1123#ht_536wt_1167
January 17, 2010 @ 12:21 PM
That man is a complete
That man is a complete imbecile, and how he manages to get himself on TV is a complete mystery.
It’s isn’t about how much money, but how effectively it’s used. The Red Cross is totally inundated with donations, so if you want your donation to go directly to the Haiti disaster, I believe you have to mail it in. Google has a direct link to donations on it’s home page, but you need an account. The best method I’ve heard so far is with a cell phone account charge.
January 22, 2010 @ 1:53 PM
Here is another link to a
Here is another link to a help Haiti- it is a micro credit program. This might be something to donate to later to help them rebuild.
http://www.floresta.org/country_haiti.htm
January 22, 2010 @ 4:15 PM
it is very painful for me to
it is very painful for me to donate money to any cause. I am embarrassed to admit this even to myself. even spending money on myself causes me physical pain, let alone others….
January 22, 2010 @ 5:09 PM
scaredycat wrote: even
[quote=scaredycat] even spending money on myself causes me physical pain, let alone others….[/quote]
That’s the first I ever heard.
I enjoy spending money on myself… but I do it judiciously for things that I need and enjoy. I don’t need much these days so there isn’t much spending.
I regard donating money to a good cause as bringing a measure of self-satisfaction. That is like spending money on myself.
I normally try to donate money directly to the needy in developing countries rather than funneling it through organizations like the Red Cross.
January 22, 2010 @ 5:16 PM
you can feel your life force
you can feel your life force ebbing away. it’s a true sickness…there’s nothing worth buying anyway. better to never spend any….certainly people do need help though…inner conflict….
January 22, 2010 @ 5:52 PM
So, I wonder if any other
So, I wonder if any other piggs try to take the emotional knee-jerk reaction out of their charitable giving, and apply cold, long-term strategy to it just like they do all of their other major financial investments? I mean, isn’t charity just another form of asset allocation towards creating the world that you want to live in? Why don’t people donate consistently to causes that they want to see perpetuated? I figure out what top 3 causes I care to support every year (scholarships for banjo refurbishers, universal latin education, preservation of the Largest Ball of Twine in the World, whatever), use charitynavigator to get insight as to who might do that best, and give each of them a sizeable donation as I rough out my taxes so I get the best tax deduction. I prioritize drives that have matching donors to get more bang for my buck. This has the benefit of having something concrete to say to solicitors (“I only do planned donations, but if you give me your website I will be happy to consider it at the appropriate time”), I can target a fixed %age of my income and budget for it, and finally, the money is already in the hands of a charity I have researched and trust (I won’t get swindled by a fake charity) when disaster strikes. Plus the charities get the benefit of a steadier stream of income if I donate consistently from year to year, and *they* can plan better budgets, get volume discounts for purchasing bulk goods, get the right equipment/meds/food at the right time, etc.
Do people really only open their wallets when emotionally manipulated? Wow.
January 22, 2010 @ 6:45 PM
edna_mode wrote:
Do people
[quote=edna_mode]
Do people really only open their wallets when emotionally manipulated? Wow.[/quote]
Marketing research groups have spent billions of dollars and decades of research to figure that out. The answer is, yes, people are unequivocally “emotional” buyers, what ever the product. Most purchase decisions are made from underlying emotional reasons. Most don’t even realize they are doing it for emotional reasons.
January 22, 2010 @ 9:04 PM
edna_mode…
That’s why
edna_mode…
That’s why certain groups get my money every year…
Habitat, Floresta, Doctors w/out borders. These are all organizations I give to every year. These are all organizations that do very good work year in and year out.
But I do take the opportunity to give to specific disasters IF my employer is matching.. I’d be giving to charity anyway, but if the $ get matched, all the better. Gave to Americares after the tsunami and Red Cross after Katrina because my employer matched so my already allocated charity would go further.
January 22, 2010 @ 11:19 PM
ok, this is gonna sound
ok, this is gonna sound really really really harsh, disgusting and mean, and I don’t believe this… im just thinking out loud…but sam kinison used to have a routine about the people starving in africa…something with the screaming punchline, “but they live in the f!!!king desert!” …maybe the world is supposed to get thinned out by certain events. maybe charity keeps people reproducing in places where humans should be way scaling back. Now obviously this is inhumane and cruel…and it would of course be horrific to hear if you were on the losing side with your already born kids, like a giant earthquake in southern california…..but still…if you live in the desert, or an earthquake zone, or a flood zone, the earth may be signalling, no more reproduction..too many people……this is not my personal opinion…just a weird thought….
January 22, 2010 @ 11:36 PM
1985 HBO Special Sam
1985 HBO Special Sam Kinison….
You want to help world hunger? Stop sending them food. Don’t send them another bite, send them U-Hauls. Send them a guy that says, “You know, we’ve been coming here giving you food for about 35 years now and we were driving through the desert, and we realized there wouldn’t BE world hunger if you people would live where the FOOD IS! YOU LIVE IN A DESERT!! UNDERSTAND THAT? YOU LIVE IN A FUCKING DESERT!! NOTHING GROWS HERE! NOTHING’S GONNA GROW HERE! Come here, you see this? This is sand. You know what it’s gonna be 100 years from now? IT’S GONNA BE SAND!! YOU LIVE IN A FUCKING DESERT! We have deserts in America, we just don’t live in them, assholes!”
On the starvation in Ethiopia.
January 22, 2010 @ 11:40 PM
actually we do live in the
actually we do live in the desert, it’s called southern cal.
apologies in advance if this offended you…
January 25, 2010 @ 1:43 PM
Thanks UCGal, I feel better
Thanks UCGal, I feel better already (or is that too emotional?) 😉
Interesting blog here:
http://informationincontext.typepad.com/good_intentions_are_not_e/
Expert from Thailand tsunami efforts in 2004 helps educate donors to give in ways that match their intentions.
January 23, 2010 @ 5:13 PM
Why don’t we use some of the
Why don’t we use some of the money to EDUCATE the Haitians regarding BIRTH CONTROL. They don’t need Jesus Pat they need to rid themselves of ignorance.
You see, if you can’t barely feed yourself, then maybe you should not add more mouths to the family to feed?
We can donate millions of Trojans and we can set up a medical tent around the city for free vascectomies for the males that don’t understand the point stated above.
Then God will have less people to kill when he decides to stomp his foot on the Haitian ground for judgements in the future?
Something keeps telling me we are always approaching these problems the wrong way?
Hey Bennie would you agree with me on that? Hank? Timmy? Bono? Barney? Nancy? Alan? Sheila?
January 25, 2010 @ 2:01 PM
macromaniac wrote:Why don’t
[quote=macromaniac]Why don’t we use some of the money to EDUCATE the Haitians regarding BIRTH CONTROL. They don’t need Jesus Pat they need to rid themselves of ignorance.[/quote]
Because the religious conservative in America won’t allow US aid to provide birth control.
January 26, 2010 @ 6:06 AM
the answer to most of the
the answer to most of the world’s problem is just simply more oral sex. it’s the cheapest birth control there is…
wonder how much this fellow has sent to haiti…
COLUMBIA, S.C. – When things looked their darkest for Gov. Mark Sanford — when he was in danger of being impeached for running off to Argentina to see his mistress — his best insurance policy may well have been South Carolina’s lieutenant governor, Andre Bauer.
Lawmakers knew if they removed Sanford, they would end up with Bauer, a fiercely ambitious Republican with a reputation for reckless and immature behavior.
Now Bauer has folks shaking their heads again, after he likened government assistance to the poor to feeding stray animals.
At a town hall meeting Thursday, Bauer, who is running for governor in his own right now that Sanford is term-limited, said: “My grandmother was not a highly educated woman, but she told me as a small child to quit feeding stray animals. You know why? Because they breed! You’re facilitating the problem if you give an animal or a person ample food supply. They will reproduce, especially ones that don’t think too much further than that.”
Democrats and others railed at him.
****
interestingly, if you google this dude, the word on the street seems to be yet another closeted gay republican. good grief. can’t the govt give these guys some free counseling…