Posted on 02/10/2010 1:54:29 PM PST by stevecmd
As I watched “Meet the Press” host David Gregory recently ask former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush what it’s going to take to restore Haiti to how it was, my heart started paying attention.
Gregory was asking the normal questions
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0210/32333.html#ixzz0fAl7F879
Imagine unicorns.
Seems like Silvio’s still in a coma.
"So it’s time to call on Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, Larry Ellison, Sergey Brin, Larry Page, Michael Dell, Jeff Bezos, Oprah Winfrey, Steve Jobs, Paul Allen, George Clooney, Robert Johnson, Angelina Jolie, Jay-Z, Brad Pitt, Wyclef Jean, John W. Thompson, Bono, Bruce Springsteen, the Beatles, Sean Combs, the Rolling Stones, Jonathan Demme, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, David Geffen, James Cameron, John Lasseter, futurist architects and engineers, and anybody else with expertise, vision and passion to organize a summit of Haitian leaders, with Clinton as chairman, and design a new Haiti. Let’s make it the high-tech capital of the world."
But but but imperialism is bad, so I hear.
Yeah, that's exactly what I'd want to do. But, I guess going from zero to one is the best some people can hope for. What a bunch of poor bastards.
Exactly! I wonder if those who are pooh-poohing this even read that far. :)
Imagine “Katrina Nation”. Even before the earthquake.
Imagine Detroit as a country.
Imagine North Korea, only black.
Imagine a country made up of paper mache, stucco and trash buildings.
Mmmmm...Haiti.
Politico should be embarassed it posted this article.
The country of Haiti should rent themselves to Singapore.
Let Singapore manage the place.
In order to establish a society like the ones in the former British colonies, the U.S. or NATO would have to take possession of Haiti and require the society to be ‘reordered’ to a sustainable and law abiding society. This, of course, would cause the U.S. to be looked upon as a tormentor of Haiti, and would be roundly denounced for this.
>”HAITI NEEDS TO BE REIMAGINED”
BS. Haiti needs to be BULLDOZED!
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