donations

Pat Robertson started Operation Blessing to cash in on these disasters. Looks like he's hit the jackpot this time with both FEMA and CNN steering donations his way: FEMA's website http://www.fema.gov/press/2005/katrinadonations.shtm CNN link...

in the event of your death. Which organs do they really want? Does "mileage" count? Is there a cut-off age? If I were 80, would my heart, say, be acceptable? Or are only relatively young people acceptable for organ donations?

I hate it. I detest it. It makes me absolutely sick. It's none of your's or anyone else's damn business how much someone donates to a cause. Cripes. You liberals can whine all day about America turning into Jesusland, but when it comes to forking over cash for someone elses plight, you all...

Now I'm not a Libertarian like shanek, but after reading stories about wealthy people giving away great amounts of money to good causes, one has wonder if the government is indeed should be out of the business of caring for the poor. From the article:

Tomorrow, after a long period of neglect, Im going to go give blood. I was also thinking about registering as a marrow donor. I am idly interested to know how many peeps here are blood donors, but more interested in how many (if any), peeps on this forum are registered bone marrow donors and if...