Thank goodness this wasn't posted on PPP...right now, there'd be about 200 responses and we'd be bickering about global warming.
As for Shirley's opinion...well, he's clearly way too up on his high horse to really see the suffering that is happening right now. I dare him (and some of you) to travel to Haiti, look a starving child in the eyes, and say "Sorry kid, but if I just give you a handout...what did you REALLY LEARN?"