I know I featured the Clinton – Bush Haiti Fund previously but I saw this video on Clinton’s Foundation website and I had to write a post on it. There’s a brief endorsement from Mr. Mandela at the end of the video clip. We don’t see a lot of public appearances from Nelson Mandela now that he’s in retirement so I thought I would help get a little more exposure for the cause he is supporting in this case.

Mr. Clinton offered to personally match donations up to $100,000 USD before the end of 2010. Wow !! He has tried with his foundation to tackle some very difficult situations all over teh world and I have to give him credit and respect. He helped a lot of people.

For me personally, I was in Vietnam in 1993 before the embargo was lifted and I saw with my own eyes the difference it made in people’s lives over there when Bill Clinton lifted the embargo in early 1994. It was like turning on a light in a room that had been dark for a very long time. It instantly gave the average Vietnamese citizen hope for the future. Sometimes that’s all we need to keep going through rough times. It helps when someone is out there cheering for your team and in this case it was a lone President of the United States who saw through all the smoke and lies and he reached out to lend a hand. Most people just don’t realize that Vietnam was a great friend with the US after World War II and fell victim to French and American greed and stupidity starting in 1947. That was when the “allies” gave Vietnam back to France as a “possession” because France threatened to not join NATO unless we gave them Vietnam and Cambodia back.

Anyway, my life was changed by Bill Clinton’s vision back in 1994 and I’ve kept an eye on his successes and failures ever since. This foundation is definitely a success and I encourage you to invest in a small donation if you can because the money is well spent and not wasted.

I hope everyone has a great year in 2011 and I can tell you from personal experience that giving your time or support in the form of a few dollars is good. I think that despite all the opposite and confused teachings of the many religions that have sprung up over the history of mankind, helping anyone who is less fortunate is one of the real central purposes of this life. Best Regards – from the editor Mal Milligan.