"Dave Hinz" wrote in message
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On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 14:56:51 -0500, * wrote:
Let's see......
They take your blood without compensation and sell it for .....how
much????
Right. Because they _force bleed_ people on the streets. Why, those
press gangs of wandering phlebotomists are a right menace, they are.
And of course, testing, storing, testing, delivery, and testing of the
blood supply doesn't cost a thing.
Actually the storage and testing cost very little per liter. The last
number I heard was 13 dollars per liter. They then break the blood down
into components and use those. Whole blood is seldom used any more.
There are few - if any - ex-military people (especially WW II vets)
who
have anything good to say about the way the Red Cross "helped" them.
Hm. We've had quite a few housefires where the families, and our
department, were helped out quite a bit during and after the fire.
By the Red Cross. Who also trains our EMTs... You know, EMTs? The
people you might need help from some day?
As an EMT in NY I can tell you the Red Cross has NOTHING to do with my
training. It is paid for by the FD or ambulance corp. The training is
controlled by the hospital that sponsors the Central New York EMS
providers. (Saint Lukes in Utica is ours). I paid for my own books and
training the first time (1800.00 total).
My dad was a POW in Stalag 17 for 19 months and received toilet
paper - not
food - from the Red Cross. He cursed them until the day he died. I
would
feel very disrespectful to my father's memory if I gave money to the
Red
Cross.
Have heard the same thing from a LOT of former service personnel who
were screwed by the RC. My uncle was one of them. He had been "given"
money by the RC because of a payroll problem. When he was discharged
they refused to allow the paperwork to go through until he repaid the RC
for the money he was given.
Salvation Army
I chose the Salvation Army ONCE for a donation of a few hundred
dollars,
and was solicited at least six times per year for several years
after that.
They will not ever get another cent from me.
I see a pattern here. You're impossible to please. Funny, isn't it,
how people who hide behind anonymity are often the ones who are the
hardest to deal with.
What my wife and I have done for the last several years is to go
down to
the local chain supermarket, buy a bunch of gift certificates, then
give
them to leaders of local, well-established churches to distribute to
the
less fortunate among their parishoners.
We've also given some certificates to the local homeless shelter and
the
local food bank to buy necessary items.
Some of us just do our charitable deeds and don't see the need to crow
about them on the Internet.
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