Talking Point#6: Israel Leads in Haiti Medical
Relief:
Israel has the single largest
medical facility in Haiti, and many volunteers are joining the Israel Defense
Forces effort because it is so successful. You can follow the activity of the
IDF hospital on twitter while the
United States hospital ship
Comfort is still on its way.
Israeli reports include: "90
surgeries have been performed at the #IDF field hospital in #Haiti, 5 babies
were delivered, 2 premature" and "300 patients admitted to the #IDF field
hospital in the last 24 hours. The hospital in #Haiti is at full capacity" All
this while the US is still conducting drills.
Talking Point#5: Debbie Schlussel reports Islamic
Relief and Scientologists in Haiti Working under False Pretense
Columnist and television
personality
Debbie
Schlussel issued a report today (1/19/2010) today stating Islamic Relief
and Scientologists in Haiti are engaging in conversion activity as opposed to
actual relief in Haiti.
Talking Point #4
According Charity Navigator.org,
there is not enough information for them to issue a report while at the same
time there are questions about the efficiency of his charity and what
organizations the money actually goes to in Haiti.
See:
Charity
Navigator.org report on Wyclef Jean's Yele Haiti Foundation
Talking Point #3
Saturday, January 16, 2009, MSNBC
President Obama tells Haiti that "sustained help is on the way."
The question is what President
Obama means by sustained? There is no question the United States needs to take
the lead in humanitarian air in Haiti. There are several reason for that and
Boycott Watch will leave that for the political pundits, but from a consumer
standpoint, the question is how much aid will President Obama commit because it
is our money - the money of every taxpayer in this great nation.
That is not an argument against
aid, whatsoever. The U.S. Military is uniquely qualified to keep order in Haiti
in the short term. While it is neither the primary or even secondary mission of
the U.S. military, our military personnel are respected around the world, even
in Iraq and Afghanistan where there are those who hate America in general.
The question at hand is to what
level U.S. aid should go to Haiti. Do we: A) provide humanitarian aid, B) Also
rebuild to pre-earthquake conditions, or C) rebuild to new earthquake
prevention standards? Whatever the choice, politicians need to know whose money
they are spending. Regardless of your political opinion, please consider
calling your local Congressional representatives and let them know what you
think should be done. President Obama is clearly planning something, so now is
the time for you to be heard.
Talking point #2: Should banks take their regular
credit card transaction fee?
Kudos to radio talk show host
extraordinaire Angie Coiro for championing a
cause brought to light by MSNBC host
Dylan Ratigan on
one of his busted segments in which he points out banks may make millions of
dollars off of your emergency relief donations via credit cards and the
associated fees. While Boycott Watch points out that banks have no obligation
to change their system for any one charity, which can alone cost the banks
millions of dollars and months of computer programming and testing, Boycott
Watch also points out that nobody should demand which specific charities any
company chooses to support or not to support.
Regardless, thanks to media
pressure, banks are now making commitments not to accept any fees they are
entitled to receive, and to send the full donation amounts directly to the
intended Haiti relief charities. The banks involved deserve respect and
admiration for their support of this vital charity. At the same time, Boycott
Watch stresses the fact that no one person should dictate which charities
another person or company donates to. There are plenty of great charities
people can donate to and nobody can donate to every charity.
Talking Point #1: What charity should the White House
Promote?
When President Obama initially
spoke to the nation about charity for the rescue efforts in Haiti, he told
Americans to go to the White House website for a list of charities to donate
to. While there are many great charities, the U.S. government should not be
picking and choosing, nor promoting any one charity over another simply because
it is impossible to fairly cover and promote all charities. Rather, the U.S.
should have only promoted the single relief charity which is chartered by
Congress specifically for that effort, and that is the American Red Cross.
About two days after the
earthquake which practically destroyed the entire nation, First Lady Michelle
Obama issued a Public Service Announcement promoting and encouraging donation
to the American Red Cross. While Boycott Watch applauds that, that statement
should have been made sooner, and President Obama should have just directed
Americans to the Red Cross website from the beginning. Unfortunately, Mrs.
Obama's Public Service Announcement was largely ignored because came long after
Americans were using their cell phones to give ten dollar donations. Timing is
everything. |
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