Napolitano: "This is a classic shakedown." At 18 June edition of Fox News Fox News judicial analyst Andrew Napolitano said: "The government has no right – we do not know what has happened in the Oval Office, but reported that you and the vice president did not deny that he came in and basically said give us the U.S. $ 20,000,000,000, or is taking you. It's a classic shakedown. The threat to do something they have no right to do so. "Napolitano falsely claimed that" White House to deploy "money in the escrow account, when in reality, the fund will be managed by an independent third party.
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More than $25 million was reportedly raised for Haiti relief between two giant telethons in the United States and Canada Friday night (Jan. 22) as stars flocked to entertain, encourage donations and man the telephones. The two-hour telethon, broadcast simultaneously on 25 stations in the United States, featured mega stars like George Clooney, Leonardo Dicaprio pleading for funds for Haiti as performers ranging from Bruce Springsteen, Madonna, Justin Timberlake, Sting, Mary J. Blige and Bono sang while such luminaries as movie producer Steven Spielberg and actors Julia Roberts and Mel Gibson manned phone banks for the two hours of the telethon. Continue reading “More than $25 million raised for Haiti relief during two-hour telethon” »
Amid complaints of U.S. interference in relief efforts to Haiti and a large tremor in Guatemala, the European Union has pledged approximately $200 million in disaster assistance to help Haiti quake victims. Meeting Jan. 18, European ministers in Brussels said they were making $197 million immediately available for disaster assistance to the the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. The ministers also said they were contemplating $300 in longer-term assistance. Meanwhile, the United States, acting largely in the absence of any official Haitian government, is being accused of taking a dominant role in relief efforts at the exclusion of other nations. A French plane containing a field hospital, was reportedly turned away from the Haitian airport by U.S. military, according to the Washington Post. The plane was allowed to land the following day. The Post quoted French Cooperation Minister Bernard Koucher that, “This is about helping Haiti, not occupying Haiti.” Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had said the U.S. is not interested in taking power from Haiti. In Guatemala, no damage or injuries were immediately reported after a 6.0 quake hit 60 miles southeast of Guatemala City. Continue reading “Is U.S. interfering in Haitian relief efforts? EU adds to aid guarantee” »
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Jun 27, 2010 by News Hunter
