Just saw this over at ThinkProgress:
At a press conference this afternoon, President George H. W. Bush singled out the Walton Family for their generosity to Katrina relief efforts:
I don’t think anyone would mind if I singled out the chairman and CEO of Wal-Mart, Lee Scott, who is right here. He told us that they gave the Bush-Clinton fund a total of $23 million…$15 million from the company and then $8 million more from the Walton family, the marvelous philanthropists that they are.
Let’s put that in perspective. The Walton family’s net worth is $90 billion. So $8 million dollars represents .009 percent of their total.
The average family’s net worth is $86,100. If an average family contributed at the same rate as the Waltons, they’d donate $7.74.
There are thousands of families all around country that are being far more generous to Katrina victims than the Waltons. Few of them will be personally thanked by a former President.
Well, I don't see anything wrong with acknowledging one of the companies that stepped forward first, probably encouraging a lot of others to do the same. Especially in the absence of any federal activity worthy of note.
'Course, I also don't have a problem with pointing out Walmart's role as the armorer of choice to the worst element in New-Orleans-that-was.
There's probably a stipulation that no one from the Bush-Clinton fund can mention any of Wal-Mart's competitors (see Paige Arena in Columbia, MO [link]
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Some good news -- my mother's car is largely okay and has been retrieved from New Orleans with nothing worse than a flat tire. My grandparents' house had a little bit of water, but nothing terrible, and most of my other relatives who live in Jefferson Parish made out okay.
That's fine news. I'm glad.
Dana, that's wonderful! What a relief.
Oh, and speaking of good news, happy birthday to Kenny!
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Excellent!
That is great news for your family Dana!
Oh, Dana. That's great news! Yay!
