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Originally posted by Partagas:
[quote]Originally posted by Patrick:
[b] Part--I've donated close to $250 or $300 to charities since I got my job 2 years ago, which I think is a pretty fuggin' good amount for someone my age.

Really it sucks! If you make $2500/year and only give $250-300 in that time period -- equates to about 5-7% of your income.

I am also curious as to which charities you donate to.
Just my opinion [/b][/quote]12 %, but I think it's good for someone my age. I donate to the American Cancer Society and donate money to the Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America. I also take part in food drives. And like I said, I give pocket change to other things.

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The UN shopuld take the lead from the US and declare the Sudan crisis a genocide.
Kofi Annan has said many times that the Sudan crisis was genocide. Am I misunderstanding what you said? UN submits Sudan genocide report

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2. The United States began negotiations at the United Nations (in the fall of '04)on a Security Council resolution that threatens to consider new sanctions against Sudan if it fails to crack down on the militias, and calls for the establishment of a U.N. commission of inquiry to determine whether Sudan and the militia are responsible for genocide.
What is there to determine? The Arab government and Arab militias are killing the black Sudanese. Why do we need to make sanctions that will fail, just like they did in Iraq?


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Also -- it is not like this has been a problem for the last 2 years. The Sudan conflict (civil war) whatever you wanna call it has been going on for years. It has just been brought to the front recently with the latest minority uprising.
The civil war started in 1983, but the genocide has been happening moreso in the last 2 years.

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