O'Malley appeals to fellow Democrats on Somalia
Gov. Martin O'Malley on Thursday reached out to fellow Democrats and asked for help in raising money for relief efforts in Somalia, where drought and famine have claimed tens of thousands of lives in recent months. Recent estimates by the federal government suggest that 29,000 children have died.
"The Somali drought and famine have forced mothers with scarce resources to choose which child will live, fathers to leave their sick children to die on the streets and babies to enter a world with no hope for survival," the governor wrote in an email sent to a list maintained by the Maryland Democratic Party.
In the letter, O'Malley suggests that people donate through the U.S. Agency for International Development. He references an op-ed in USA Today written by Jill Biden, Vice President Joe Biden's wife, and former Republican Sen. Bill Frist. The two recently traveled to a Kenyan refugee camp inhabited by hundreds of thousands of Somalian refugees.
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We tried to help them people out once before and then we wound up with BLACK HAWK DOWN. Now MOM wants to raise money for food/supplies to send over there so that the warlords can take it for their people and then we will have to have our troops go back in and protect the food. Leave them people alone and our troops have enough on their hands as it is. If Democrats wants to supply aid let them take it there but leave the troops home. WE DO NOT WANT ANOTHER BLACK HAWK DOWN - WASTE OF YOUNG AMERICAN LIVES. Remember they cheered when they were dragging our dead naked soldiers through the street. What goes around comes around
Posted by: Ray Ray | August 18, 2011 6:12 PM
29,000 dead children, Ray Ray. Sorry that you only think young Americans are of any value. Oh, and that we can put them at risk for oil or 'regime change' but not to keep real innocents alive.
Posted by: Tony | August 18, 2011 6:49 PM
Nature is doing it's job of controlling over population. leave it be.
Posted by: Brad | August 18, 2011 7:00 PM
I agree with Ray o,malley needs to help americans first what the hell is wrong with you folks that do not understand charity starts at home we have americans losing jobs and homes reach out and help your neighbor first!
Posted by: paul | August 18, 2011 7:05 PM
Is O'Malley a Kiss A__ or what?? The Vice President's wife writes an article and he jumps in to support her. Other politicians from both parties have ask for donations and got no support from O'Malley. Any aid that goes to this country immediately goes to the terrorist who run the country and who watch its people die. Get rid of the terrorist and the world will respond.
Posted by: JoeB | August 19, 2011 8:19 AM
Charity begins at home. There are too many needy going without in Baltimore and throughout Maryland to worry about all the rest of the world's people and problems.
Posted by: Robin Calvert | August 20, 2011 12:24 PM
So many humans need help. But if w want to reduce future misery we need to fund contraception and health education. The population of the world is increasing and the percentage living in poverty is increasing even faster. The cost of food, like corn and wheat, keeps increasing--due to decreasing water and arable land and the rise of oil prices that affect fertilizer and transportation costs. There is so much more. For seriously interested people I suggest reading http://andgulliverreturns.info and overpopulation.org
Posted by: ProfBob | August 21, 2011 9:33 AM
What else did Rep. Edwards require with redistricting? Sure looks like a private quid-pro-quo.
Posted by: James | August 22, 2011 5:08 PM