Papa Bush and Clinton to lead world-wide fund-raising effort.

[Ben E Lou]

From CNN... BREAKING NEWS


White House: Former Presidents Clinton and Bush to lead nationwide charitable fund-raising effort for tsunami victims. Details soon.

[Crapshoot]

Nice- good to see a united effort for a good cause.

[Ben E Lou]

http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/.element/ssi/story/1.0/banner/sprj.tsunami.inc/cobranded.after.tsunami.jpg (http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2004/tsunami.disaster/) <!--startclickprintinclude--> Former presidents to lead tsunami private aid effort

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<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">var clickExpire = "02/2/2005";</script><!--startclickprintexclude--><!--endclickprintexclude--> WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush has tapped former Presidents Clinton and Bush to lead a nationwide charitable fund-raising effort for victims of the Asian tsunamis, the White House announced Monday.

The two men will lead an effort "to encourage the American people and American businesses to support, through private contributions, non-governmental and international organizations to provide relief and reconstruction to areas affected by the earthquake and tsunamis," White House press secretary Scott McClellan said.

The president was announcing the effort in the White House's Roosevelt Room with the two former presidents at his side.

Afterward, Bush was paying brief visits to the embassies of the four nations -- Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India and Thailand -- hit hardest by the disaster. Bush was to sign condolence books at each embassy, McClellan said.

[JPhillips]

I hope that they can convince the TV networks to give them free commercials featuring both guys.

[albionmoonlight]

Cool. I am suprised that Carter isn't doing this, too. Seems like the kind of thing that would be right up his alley.

[sterlingice]

Some pleasant political news for once. Cool :)

SI

[clintl]

I think this is a great move.

[rkmsuf]

hopefully the money ends up where it is supposed to and doesn't create a generation of warlords over there.

[Flasch186]

YAY!!!

[Crapshoot]

hopefully the money ends up where it is supposed to and doesn't create a generation of warlords over there.

Guys, this warlord bs is a little overdone- not all of Asia is Afghanistan. Most have regular, democratic governments, albeit with higher corruption levels.

[SunDancer]

Guys, this warlord bs is a little overdone- not all of Asia is Afghanistan. Most have regular, democratic governments, albeit with higher corruption levels.

Is Afghanistan even apart of Asia? I agree. Not every country has extreme warloards.

[GrantDawg]

Is Afghanistan even apart of Asia? I agree. Not every country has extreme warloards.
Yes.

[GrantDawg]

http://www.askasia.org/image/maps/asia.gif

There

[SunDancer]

Didn't have to give me a map. I wasn't sure if it was part of the Middle East or not. A yes or no would of been just fine. :)

[Crapshoot]

Didn't have to give me a map. I wasn't sure if it was part of the Middle East or not. A yes or no would of been just fine. :)

Dude- the Middle East is not a continent....

[SunDancer]

Dude- the Middle East is not a continent....

I know...Just not in a thinking mode right now.

[CHEMICAL SOLDIER]

Is the Phillipines really a part of Asia? I've always considered myself as a Pacific Island decent.

[Glengoyne]

I wouldn't have considered the Philipines part of Asia, but I somehow wouldn't really consider Japan part of the Asian continent either. That is very strange because I do consider Japan to be an Asian Nation.... To cause more trouble I think I would have placed Taiwan as part of the Asian Continent.

These are things I cannot really reconcile in my head. So apparently I'm just dead wrong, and the map is correct. It's all Asia.

[fantastic flying froggies]

Well, to stir the pot up a pit, the map is not entirely true. For instance, it's got Germany on there and all eastern european countries and these are definitely not part of Asia...

[MIJB#19]

Well, to stir the pot up a pit, the map is not entirely true. For instance, it's got Germany on there and all eastern european countries and these are definitely not part of Asia...It must be true, even part of the US of A are on the map. :D

[Crapshoot]

I wouldn't have considered the Philipines part of Asia, but I somehow wouldn't really consider Japan part of the Asian continent either. That is very strange because I do consider Japan to be an Asian Nation.... To cause more trouble I think I would have placed Taiwan as part of the Asian Continent.

These are things I cannot really reconcile in my head. So apparently I'm just dead wrong, and the map is correct. It's all Asia.

Its very much Asia- South East Asia, but Asia nontheless.