The following comes from Bryan Dotzour who recently took his wife to the Detroit Metro airport:
“I just came back from taking my wife to the airport, and I thought I’d warn anyone who is planning on flying.”
TRIBUTE TO THE UNITED STATES
This, from a Canadian newspaper, is worth sharing.
America: The Good Neighbor. Widespread but only partial news coverage was given recently to a remarkable editorial broadcast from Toronto by Gordon Sinclair, a Canadian television Commentator. What follows is the full text of his trenchant remarks as printed in the Congressional Record:
“This Canadian thinks it is time to speak up for the Americans as the most generous and possibly the least appreciated people on all the earth. Germany, Japan and, to a lesser extent, Britain and Italy were lifted out of the debris of war by the Americans who poured in billions of dollars and forgave other billions in debts. None of these countries is today paying even the interest on its remaining debts to the United States. When France was in danger of collapsing in 1956, it was the Americans who propped it up, and their reward was to be insulted and swindled on the streets of Paris. I was there. I saw it.
If you want to help the Red Cross in a financial way to assist the people in our national tragedy head over to Amazon Donation Page.
Updated
Yahoo is also allowing people to make direct payments to assist in the clean-up efforts.
Updated 9/13/01
Paypal also has a fund set up: here.
“Thank you to the 6,431 members who have donated $270,957 so far.”
As most Americans I hate paying bills. Paying bills just get in the way of everyday life it seems and there is never a good time to do them. I have been a long time user of Yahoo’s Bill Pay Services. It is ok for most things. You can schedule reoccuring payments which come straight from your checking account and even set reminders. Some of the major credit card holders and utility services even offer online bills (which means you don’t even get a bill in the mail). Although this sounds fine and dandy I started investigating my bank’s online bill paying services. After a little bit of investigation I decided to not use their services. Below is the letter I sent them in regards to their bill pay services.
