Celine Dion pledges $1 million for Katrina relief

[Red Squirrel]

While I only sent $20, she sent 1 Million! Definatly nice seeing celebs pitching in.


http://www.canada.com/news/national/story....3d-f5ef01d8138e

Canadian Press

Tuesday, September 06, 2005

LAS VEGAS (CP) - An emotional Celine Dion took an apparent swipe at the U.S. policy in Iraq during an interview on CNN's Larry King Live in which she made a major cash pledge to Katrina disaster relief.

During an interview with the CNN talk show host on Saturday, the Quebec-born singer broke down in tears as she talked about the devastation hurricane Katrina has caused to so many lives and the need for the Bush administration to concentrate on those suffering at home.

"How come it's so easy to send planes in another country, to kill everyone in a second, to destroy lives" when Americans need to serve their own country, she said.

Dion, speaking from Las Vegas, said she's been emotionally consumed by the images of hundreds of thousands of people in desperate need of help.

Dion and the partners of her Las Vegas show, A New Day, pledged $1 million to aid the disaster victims.
© The Canadian Press 2005

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[fragged one]

i hope that's american money, cause if it's canadian, it's almost an insult.

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[Red Squirrel]

Not quite that still like 980 thousand. I think in a few years from now our dollar will be the same, or higher then USD. Then bush will declare war on Canada to get our oil.

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[fragged one]

not even close...

it's $843,597

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[Red Squirrel]

Still pretty close, then you take off the US border taxes and it's $324,245.03 US.

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