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**I was in Haiti with the UN in 1995! Ask me a question!** (Most of you are clueless) | |
| lapis lazuli User ID: 847343  United States01/18/2010 01:32 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
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| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 847343 United States01/18/2010 01:34 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If they were eating dirt to begin with, why are they starving now? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 868177they've been starving for decades. That's my point The world only cares about acute emergencies. Millions of people starving to death living in squalor and destitution nobody really gives a shit about |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 868177 United States01/18/2010 01:36 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If they were eating dirt to begin with, why are they starving now? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 847343they've been starving for decades. That's my point The world only cares about acute emergencies. Millions of people starving to death living in squalor and destitution nobody really gives a shit about I find it amazing that all these people suddenly care. Where were they before? |
| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 847343 United States01/18/2010 01:38 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | we traveled about two hours up the coast from Port-au-Prince to build a small camp up there. In the morning some old Haitian dude with a chicken bone put curse on I! No joking. He had some kind of a bone and he was waving around and chanting strange words at us. He was not pleased at our arrival |
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The Boss  User ID: 855442 United States01/18/2010 01:39 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Lands occupied by the less fortunate can and will be wiped off the map to make way for those who have the means to expand. In a few weeks, when plague's break out over the island and goodwill begins to become more restricted as a result, it's going to become a nightmare. I predict up to half of the population of the island could be gone within a year. I don't believe it's going to recover. Pardon me for interrupting your premature celebration, but I thought it only fair to give you a sporting chance as you are new to this game. |
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| The Boss User ID: 855442 United States01/18/2010 01:43 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | What is the best way to help them? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 836101I think the French should help them the most. Pardon me for interrupting your premature celebration, but I thought it only fair to give you a sporting chance as you are new to this game. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 861780 United States01/18/2010 01:44 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | we traveled about two hours up the coast from Port-au-Prince to build a small camp up there. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 847343In the morning some old Haitian dude with a chicken bone put curse on I! No joking. He had some kind of a bone and he was waving around and chanting strange words at us. He was not pleased at our arrival Why do they consider you such a threat? What is going on in their minds? |
| nanuke User ID: 815174 United States01/18/2010 01:45 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | agree. haiti was a cesspool before. now it is hell on earth. news shows many feel good stories admidst the mayhem. they aren't showing the whole truth. as usual. ~you are love ~the key...it's almost time. !poke the bulge! ~here is my hand...it can be closed like a fist...or open to hold...yet it is still my hand. ~Today is cancelled...due to lack of interest. ~Without order nothing exists. Without chaos nothing evolves. ac 618285: ~"without both order and chaos, the illusion would not be able to continue. one day in the far away future, order will submit to chaos and the entire illusion will vanish." -------------------------------- :nan1: |
| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 847343 United States01/18/2010 01:46 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | What is the best way to help them? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 836101damn good question! In my opinion the best way to help Haiti is the creation of an agricultural infrastructure. The climate is absolutely PERFECT for growing so many tropical fruits like bananas or pineapples. Once upon a time the soil was also wonderful, but now it is been raped. There are sections of this cuticle tropical paradise that is now a desert! Not figuratively, literally. It's a desert, nothing but sand and dust but there are still large places where banana plantations exist. In my opinion small scale farms and plantations are what Haiti really and truly needs more than anything else |
| bobnightman User ID: 863062 United States01/18/2010 01:47 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If they were eating dirt to begin with, why are they starving now? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 847343they've been starving for decades. That's my point The world only cares about acute emergencies. Millions of people starving to death living in squalor and destitution nobody really gives a shit about One of the reasons I decided not to have kids is people already starving on Earth...Why bring in another mouth to feed 12/21/12 |
| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 847343 United States01/18/2010 01:48 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | we traveled about two hours up the coast from Port-au-Prince to build a small camp up there. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 861780In the morning some old Haitian dude with a chicken bone put curse on I! No joking. He had some kind of a bone and he was waving around and chanting strange words at us. He was not pleased at our arrival Why do they consider you such a threat? What is going on in their minds? the vast majority of Haitians were very glad to see us. this is because we brought food and water. And they were starving. That old man was just a crazy old coot, his mind twisted by voodoo |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 868177 United States01/18/2010 01:51 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | What is the best way to help them? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 847343damn good question! In my opinion the best way to help Haiti is the creation of an agricultural infrastructure. The climate is absolutely PERFECT for growing so many tropical fruits like bananas or pineapples. Once upon a time the soil was also wonderful, but now it is been raped. There are sections of this cuticle tropical paradise that is now a desert! Not figuratively, literally. It's a desert, nothing but sand and dust but there are still large places where banana plantations exist. In my opinion small scale farms and plantations are what Haiti really and truly needs more than anything else This will never happen. Let's start at step #1, remove the dictator. This will not happen with ignorant Americans asking, "How much do I make the check for?" "What is that text # to donate?" |
| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 847343 United States01/18/2010 01:53 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | once you get out of the big city, most of the houses are made of nothing more than sticks and mud. Literally. When it rained sometimes half their house would wash away. Then they would just go get more sticks and more mud and build it back up again. I saw people bathing their children in the same swampy pit that pigs were shitting in But the eyes of the starving children is something you will never forget. Ever. |
| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 847343 United States01/18/2010 01:54 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Where is the Hatian Government? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 861780"Haitian government" is largely a myth. It exists only for a very select few. The vast majority of the population are simply left to fend for themselves here it no real infrastructure, no real roads, or educational system or healthcare system etc. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 787970 United States01/18/2010 01:54 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I believe you OP. All of a sudden, because of a man-made earthquake (population control?) - the U.S. government wants its broke citizens to give Haitians a handout. Which was worse? Haiti or New Orleans? If the disaster was Palm Beach with its rich Jewish residents, help would be more immediate. Look at the horrible living conditions of the Iraqis and Afghanistans we have bombed into utter poverty and over a million dead. Look at the 2-3 million the U.S. killed in Southeast Asia, not excluding the 58,300 of our own military that perished. The list is long. And so, now, we're suppose to be soooooooooooo concerned about an already impoverished nation? What are we? An ATM machine? Seroiusly, WTF should we care? Interesting, too, OP that you mention putting on the UN uniform. Thanks for posting. |
| rachel User ID: 866390 United States01/18/2010 01:54 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If they were eating dirt to begin with, why are they starving now? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 847343they've been starving for decades. That's my point The world only cares about acute emergencies. Millions of people starving to death living in squalor and destitution nobody really gives a shit about thats excatly my poit we dont realy give a shit because if we did there wouldnt be not one starving person in america. would you feed your neghbor? no most on this site only care about protecting whats theres in this event. fack fucking americans!!! and to all the fake christians who plan on using guns,, arent you suppose to help the needy? dosnt our god say give your stuff away?? i know i will be provided for if thats his will no matter what. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 703302 United States01/18/2010 01:55 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If they were eating dirt to begin with, why are they starving now? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 847343they've been starving for decades. That's my point The world only cares about acute emergencies. Millions of people starving to death living in squalor and destitution nobody really gives a shit about  they know all are watching and they gotta look like they care.great post OP! |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 703302 United States01/18/2010 01:58 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | What is the best way to help them? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 847343damn good question! In my opinion the best way to help Haiti is the creation of an agricultural infrastructure. The climate is absolutely PERFECT for growing so many tropical fruits like bananas or pineapples. Once upon a time the soil was also wonderful, but now it is been raped. There are sections of this cuticle tropical paradise that is now a desert! Not figuratively, literally. It's a desert, nothing but sand and dust but there are still large places where banana plantations exist. In my opinion small scale farms and plantations are what Haiti really and truly needs more than anything else  |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 656642 United States01/18/2010 02:00 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Where is the Hatian Government? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 847343"Haitian government" is largely a myth. It exists only for a very select few. The vast majority of the population are simply left to fend for themselves here it no real infrastructure, no real roads, or educational system or healthcare system etc. So what is the US is supposed to do? Take over and have people scream empire building? When do the Haitians get to the point where they are tired of the crime, tired of the corruption and come up with a plan on their own? How much help has been given to them? So if there is a plot by the IMF to keep them poor why don't they do something? BTW, OP thanks for trying to make a difference and help. Sometimes though the only way to help people is to have them learn how to help themselves and they must be willing to do so. |
| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 847343 United States01/18/2010 02:06 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Where is the Hatian Government? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 656642"Haitian government" is largely a myth. It exists only for a very select few. The vast majority of the population are simply left to fend for themselves here it no real infrastructure, no real roads, or educational system or healthcare system etc. So what is the US is supposed to do? Take over and have people scream empire building? When do the Haitians get to the point where they are tired of the crime, tired of the corruption and come up with a plan on their own? How much help has been given to them? So if there is a plot by the IMF to keep them poor why don't they do something? BTW, OP thanks for trying to make a difference and help. Sometimes though the only way to help people is to have them learn how to help themselves and they must be willing to do so. oh yes! All of the "help" they have been given! papa doc duvalier was a dictator who seized power in a 1950s. He was completely insane. He became convinced that one of his rivals had turned himself into a black dog using voodoo magic. So he ordered that all black dogs on the entire island of Haiti be killed. He raped and looted that country for 30 years. And here's the thing he did it with the full backing and cooperation of the United States government! The CIA totally had his back. When he died his equally insane son baby Doc took over and continue to the raping and the looting, again with the full backing and cooperation of the United States government. by the time his son was finally overthrown the country was in utter and complete shambles. It remains so to this day |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 601353  Canada01/18/2010 02:11 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | What are we clueless about? I don't think anyone thought Haiti was a prosperous country. Starvation and malnutrition has been around for many years and no big rush to stop it came before the quake. Mudcakes were and probably are still a big part of the diet. What do you propose we do? The aid will most likely feed them better now than before. I personally would not drop one penny into a REDSHIELD program or any UN program (although my country is a big supporter of the UN)..........so what do we do. I see people starving daily in my own country. I see homeless people daily in my own country. I see widows and orphans in my own country. I help people in my own country and my TAX dollars go out and help those in other countries (which I do not support because it should be helping at home first). Programs like OIL FOR FOOD made me rethink how charity and programs work. They have a widow and orphan that needs to leave Haiti. I will put them up in my small home with my family and try to help them more than any of those programs or UN crap will ever help them in Haiti. |
| LouisWinthorpeIII User ID: 836514 United States01/18/2010 02:12 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Do you see this military occupation of their nation to go .. un challenged by the natives? Eventually people will notice the troops won't be leaving... I wonder what the damage was to the old mines... "I don't know which was scarier...the speech...or the Congress cheering it. He evoked Lincoln. Whenever a President is going to get us into serious trouble...they always use Lincoln." -2010 |
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