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[QUOTE=Skip Kost; 1206820]Dan's point is correct. This story was being reported as an urban legend that has been around for five or six years. Many of the names are incorrect, as are the salary amounts. Snopes. Com confirms the inaccuracy of the information and adds a little more detail about the charities involved:
[url]http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/charities.asp[/url][/QUOTE]I stand corrected.
Slim
[QUOTE=Fast Buck Artist;1206843]I have also encountered some genuinely non-profit charities, where about 80% goes to a good cause, you have to know who runs the operation and how before writing them a check.[/QUOTE]I agree with this point, and fortunately there are numerous mechanisms that give transparency to the nonprofit sector (at least in the USA) , including Charity Navigator (itself a nonprofit organization) , Forbes, and most state governments, who prepare reports on individual charities regarding the proportions of revenues that go to program services, overhead, and fund raising, respectively. Sign up for a free membership in Guidestar (also a nonprofit) , and you can retrieve the annual tax returns of any USA nonprofit with more than 25K in revenues. For all the warts and occasional extravagance among nonprofit execs, I would challenge you to find a parallel set of mechanisms that provide this kind of transparency to average Americans about Exxon-Mobil, GM, or any of the major Wall Street banks, yet we're bombarded from them with incessant advertising aimed to make you believe that clean energy, low-pollution cars, and financial stability for the world economy are their number one priorities. Virtually nobody challenges them on these claims.
Both Charity Navigator and Forbes gave high efficiency scores to the organizations highlighted in the urban legend. I too wish that highly skilled and experienced leaders would voluntarily step forward to lead these organizations on minimal salaries, but why should they? The American National Red Cross had revenues of nearly $3. 6 billion in their most recent tax return. How much do you think an American $3. 6B for-profit firm pays in executive salaries?
This has gotten rather far afield from the original question of the role of NGOs in the human sex trafficking debate. FBA, if you pm me I'd be glad to carry on the discussion in pm where it won't distract others.
[QUOTE=Red Kilt; 1206896]Check out this rather heart-warming story about a strategy to teach Mindanao indigenous people about health, and particularly contraception.
I think it might help those guys who persist in calling filipinas "stupid" and uneducated. I prefer to accept that they have simply not been given the opportunities that we have been given.
[url]http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/76889/tree-bark-brew-sleeping-with-daughters-other-[/url]
%E2%80%98safe-sex%E2%80%99-tips-on-ride-to-good-health[/QUOTE]Thanks for posting this RK. Keeping poor people in perpetual ignorance about reproductive health and contraception seems to be in the interest of the catholic church, whose influence is directly proportional to the number of poor, ignorant people whose behavior (and voting patterns) it can control. I believe it's one of the most corrpt institutions in the country and so blatantly hypocritical in its alleged concern for the poor that I'm surprised it hasn't been written about more. Conrad de Quiros, the wonderful left wing columnist from the Inquirer does occasionally take this as the subject of a column but he's about the only one I know of who does.
GE
[url]http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-13/what-i-learned-about-migrant-sex-workers-by-being-one-part-1-parrenas.html[/url]
From Bloomberg News.
"the number of Filipina hostesses employed as contract workers in Japan fell 90 percent, from 82, 741 in 2004 to 8, 607 in 2006. I argue it poses a setback to the emancipation of women. It has stripped thousands of migrant women of their livelihood, forcing them to stay at home, often in impoverished conditions."
[QUOTE=GoodEnough; 1207129]Thanks for posting this RK. Keeping poor people in perpetual ignorance about reproductive health and contraception seems to be in the interest of the catholic church, whose influence is directly proportional to the number of poor, ignorant people whose behavior (and voting patterns) it can control. I believe it's one of the most corrpt institutions in the country and so blatantly hypocritical in its alleged concern for the poor that I'm surprised it hasn't been written about more. Conrad de Quiros, the wonderful left wing columnist from the Inquirer does occasionally take this as the subject of a column but he's about the only one I know of who does.
GE[/QUOTE]I wholeheartedly agree with you. Totally right. The other thing is the Catholic Church is an incredibly rich organisation in the Philippines with large real estate holdings. However it permananently pleads poverty saying it has no money. And this is true, as all the income it generates in Phlippines is repatriated to Rome. Where presumably it goes to pay off the numerous court cases that the Catholic church is currently involved in.
[QUOTE=Jambo; 1207203][url]http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-13/what-i-learned-about-migrant-sex-workers-by-being-one-part-1-parrenas.html[/url]
From Bloomberg News.
"the number of Filipina hostesses employed as contract workers in Japan fell 90 percent, from 82, 741 in 2004 to 8, 607 in 2006. I argue it poses a setback to the emancipation of women. It has stripped thousands of migrant women of their livelihood, forcing them to stay at home, often in impoverished conditions."[/QUOTE]Excellent article nice work jambo
[QUOTE=Jambo; 1207203"the number of Filipina hostesses employed as contract workers in Japan fell 90 percent, from 82, 741 in 2004 to 8, 607 in 2006. I argue it poses a setback to the emancipation of women. It has stripped thousands of migrant women of their livelihood, forcing them to stay at home, often in impoverished conditions."[/QUOTE]
Yes, a nice find Jambo. It's obvious the author has been studying these dynamics for many years, and much of her work is focused specifically on Filipinas. Her university website depicts her as a "feminist." This suggests it's important to dig beneath the surface of labels. I'm actually kind of inspired by her work. So what does it take to inject critical thinking like this into the trafficking hoopla? Here's a link to her university website. Check out her "Curriculum Vitae."
[url]http://dornsife.usc.edu/cf/soci/soci_faculty_display.cfm?Person_ID=1032936[/url]
Interesting CV but more importantly she looks like she would be a pretty good fuck.
So if you go reading the threads of eastern european countries, and ukraine, you will find guys boasting about rather high prices. $150-$250USD (and up) for ST. The gals are pretty, I'm sure. But that's more than girls are going for in my neck of the woods in the States. I think you can beat the pinay in many respects, but how many places can you find young honies to spend the night for $50? For as much as its easy to gripe about the corrupt. 3rd-world place that is pinas, viva la pinay!
[QUOTE=Dickhead;1207401]Interesting CV but more importantly she looks like she would be a pretty good fuck.[/QUOTE]My thought as well, but I thought I'd leave her photo as a little hidden surprise for you. I guess it worked.
I'm sure she would be thrilled to know that her personal charms and amatory talents are being discussed on ISG.
[QUOTE=David_33;1207806]I'm sure she would be thrilled to know that her personal charms and amatory talents are being discussed on ISG.[/QUOTE]David,
Picture yourself in a sharp debate about sex roles and sexism with a woman in some sterile professional setting. You disagree with the woman completely, and then somebody tells you she admitted after the fact that through her clenched teeth she found herself mentally undressing you and enjoyed the impression. Wouldn't you be flattered? So, assuming nobody on ISG would actually email this woman to tell her what we're saying about her, aren't we really complimenting her in acknowledging both her professional work and her attractiveness? Obviously she might be a cold, calculating ball-biter, but not all feminists are necessarily asexual misandrists.
[QUOTE=D Cups;1207684]Nice research, SK. This is a quality woman with a remarkable mind and the credentials to prove it. I'd love to see what she's like between the sheets. .[/QUOTE]I'm surprised you'd say that on the basis of a head shot alone.
[QUOTE=Skip Kost;1207857]not all feminists are necessarily asexual misandrists.[/QUOTE]I was thinking that she might actually be flattered in a twisted sort of way.
I am posting this because some people need to be exposed.
Here she goes.
LoveAsian*s
Senior Member.
Reports.
287.
LoveAsian*s.
Re: go back into your hole and stay there.
Originally Posted by Socker.
Originally Posted by LoveAsian*s.
I curse your whole family and hope they all die a horrible death. If I ever come across a female member of your family, I will surely teach her some manners with my cock in her hole. You are disgusting piece of shit, and your mother must be a filthy * to give birth to someone as cursed as yourself.
Go fuck your mother.
My response to the above.
I tried to be nice to you in the past and for some inexplicable reason you keep your fuck-up insulting handle. Everytime you post you insult all the working ladies of Asia. That is why you make me sick, because I respect them and you call them *s. YouR reply to me shows your deep sickness. YOU ARE SICK, GET SOME HELP. OK.
His last response (yesterday) after I posted his threats and sick rant.
It's called sarcasm. You are too stupid to understand the concept. You are a fucking moron.
(I mistakenly posted the pm exchange w / wacko in the Photo Galery). I will finish up here.
To Wacko, You've done very nicely for yourself, thank you. Oh and when you get to be 12 yrs old, maybe things will get better. Good Riddance