1-23-10http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100123/ap_en_ot/us_haiti_telethon

Stars unite to help Haiti in telethon

Though the all-star telethon was titled "Hope for Haiti Now," for most of its two hours, it was filled with tear-jerking, depressing moments, from mournful songs and grim-faced pleas from celebrities to the suffering faces of the quake-battered victims themselves.

It took Haiti's own native son to lift Friday evening's despairing tone to one of hope and even revival.

"Enough of this moping, man, let's rebuild Haiti, let's show 'em how we do it where we come from!" Wyclef Jean, the singer and producer, shouted after singing the downbeat "Rivers of Babylon," with a Haitian flag around his neck.

The telethon, shown on all the major networks and streamed live on many Web sites, was quickly put together by George Clooney and MTV Networks, along with the help of others, to raise millions of dollars for the Caribbean country.

The list of participating celebrities rivaled any top awards show: Justin Timberlake, Brad Pitt, former President Clinton, Muhammad Ali, Beyonce, Madonna, Bruce Springsteen, Halle Berry, and many more. Luminaries like Steven Spielberg worked the phone banks, talking to donors.

Madonna provided one of the few upbeat moments with her choir-backed performance of "Like A Prayer."

While I applaud what Clooney and company did for Haiti I'll be honest and say what about home?

Nothing of this scale was done after Katrina.

My thoughts exactly

Uh oh, people dedicating their time and money to people who are in times of trouble without getting paid?? Don't let Rollo hear about this!

Rollo would probably support the Haitian cause, but, he won't support helping his fellow citizens.

That's because he would get to cheat more on taxes helping others but helping his own countrymen brings no ROI in his kind of mind.

All Good. 57 million dollars collected. The devil is in the details. (?) Do they take a suitcase with 57 million dollars, or do they purchase a few pieces of heavy equipment, float in mobile homes or tents. (?)

I'm not being a stick in the mud but a rough breakdown would be nice. Or will it pay for a bunch of promotional aide, like vacations around the world in private jets, fat salaries or.......

Just curious....... Has Bill Gates donated yet? Does anyone know?
If so, how much?

Well according to Fox News he has:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,583461,00.html


But this is Fox news were talking about... they've never been very good at fact checking.

But I wouldn't be expecting him to donate anyway. He already runs and donates to one of the biggest charities in the world. He can't be donating to every single cause that needs it.

I could crank all day long about MSNBC and their sh!t....................... The Rat eating his own rat's ass has news??== RAT sh!t!

Tired/goodbye