Canadian Theatrics

From the jump "Chairs and entire rooms sit empty at a memorial service in Ottawa on Saturday for tsunami victims. Organizers misscalculated the number of attendees which was in the hundreds and not the thousands as expected." to "Chairs and entire rooms sit empty at a memorial service in Ottawa on Saturday for tsunami victims. Organizers misscalculated the number of attendees which was in the hundreds and not the thousands as expected." And this: "Despite seating for 15,000 in the arena and specially arranged overflow areas, only about 400 members of the public turned out." How many of those 400 "members of the public" turned out to be activists, political hacks, and publicity-hoggers congratulating themselves on their compassion even while they scheme to make a buck off their act?

Canada has supposedly pledged $80 million to tsunami aid with a promise of "substantially more." How much they actually give is anyone's guess. I am speculating but I think part of the U.N. humanitarian aid game appears to be to pledge money, give only a tiny portion of that amount, pocketing the rest, while the U.N. pretends to spend the pledged amount and takes a cut for their playacting as humanitarians. The victims are lucky if they get 3 cents on a dollar, the taxpayer is stiffed for the entire pledge, the politicos line their silks-lined pockets and the U.N. helps corrupt governments around the world. It's a scam, folks. One of the biggest criminal scams going.