(The pictures from Haiti are shocking. $10 is the least we can do to help. I texted mine in; please help out. - promoted by Karl-Thomas Musselman)
If helping those less fortunate and seeking justice are core elements of the Democratic Party, then any help you can give to the Haitian people - right now - is desperately needed.
I urge you to do the following: text 'HAITI' to 90999 on your cell phone. Ten dollars will be donated to the International Red Cross for relief efforts; this donation will be charged to your cell phone bill. This is completely legitimate, and is being advocated by the State Department. (And the traditional fees and cuts taken by cell phone carriers are being waved by most carriers in this case. -kt)
The capital city of Port-au-Prince has been destroyed. The Presidential Palace has been destroyed, the UN headquarters of the country has been destroyed. Several tens of thousands have died in the initial earthquake, and that number could escalate into six figures in the next few days unless food, water, shelter, and medical aid are brought to the island.
Up to three million people have been injured. A conservative estimate is that fifty thousand people died in the first day; as a comparison roughly the same number of Americans perished in the entire Vietnam War.
The cataclysm for the Haitian people - the poorest country in the western hemisphere - will get worse before it gets better.
But you can help.
For more information, go here:
http://www.state.gov/p/wha/ci/...
Your help will prevent more death and suffering. As good Democrats, Texans, Americans, and - simply - good people, we must do right.
I urge you to act now.
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