[Bob017]

“’WE ARE ON OUR OWN’”

It’s called demanding Independence. They’ve had it for 200 years. Stop complaining. They already get 40% of their govt budget through foreign aid.

[Frantzie]

Haiti has always been like this and always be like this. Ditto Somalia, Afghanistan and a few others.

[Bob017]

“’WE ARE ON OUR OWN’”

It’s called Independence. They’ve had it for 200 years. Stop complaining. They already get 40% of their govt budget through foreign aid.

[cripplecreek]

The UN has been there for a good decade.

[tet68]

Maybe this is the sort of disaster that will make the
Haitian people come together and realize they are the
ones to build their own government. One can hope or
one can build. Take your choice.

[Ann Archy]

Very, very sad......MAYBE, just maybe something good will come out of this....maybe, just maybe they will learn to rely more on themselves and their friends, relatives and neighbors than some dictator.

[C19fan]

Haiti has just become the de-facto 58th state.

[Graybeard58]

I saw the looting in Haiti on Fox News and it wasn't food and water being stolen, it was electronics and booze.

[shadeaud]

All those relief supplies being delivered, just waiting for some bandito to rise from the dark and claim he is in charge and the supplies belong to him and only he will be in charge of dispersement. Most of the relief will be hoarded or sold on the ‘’black’’ market. Who is in charge? Nobody.

[OB1kNOb]

"I'm awaiting the decision of the government. What else can I do?" he said.

And there you have it, in one simple statement. The whole leftist mentality and intended consequence, boiled down into one condensed admission.

[TADSLOS]

The sad irony is that many of the Haitians of power, influence and relative wealth who are counted on to keep order are probably dead inside their homes and offices. Most of the survivors are probably shanty town residents and homeless street people.

[T. P. Pole]

I was living in Simi Valley during the Northridge earthquake. Let me tell you, you are on your own for a good time even here in the US.

One good thing I saw here, though, was people making decisions and doing what needed to be done, without waiting for Mr Big Government to tell you what to do.

[Chode]

take pictures of and prints from the bodies, then burn them...

[Star Traveler]

'WE ARE ON OUR OWN'

It could turn out that way, too -- for us in the U.S. if and when some natural disasters happen and/or some big Islamic terrorist attack happens. So, people should be aware of that...

I was watching that "Armageddon Week" on (I think) the History Channel and that will make you think about things a bit... :-)

[Caipirabob]

The Haitian government is busy. Who else is going to post all of those humanitarian supplies on Ebay and Craigslist?!?

[ColdOne]

/// Not to worry. A crisis is a terrible thing to waste...... By the end of the week Obama will be world Savior to Haiti, with American capitalist money and troops from a military him and AG Holder is trying to prosecute for protecting us. >

[derekr44]

“I’m awaiting the decision of the government. What else can I do?” (Hospital Director)

A perfect example of why we should not become a welfare state.

[McGavin999]

There are 9,000 UN peacekeeping forces and there is nobody to help? Who is paying those 9,000 peacekeepers?

They can interview the President of Haiti and all he does is cry because he has no home, and yet they say there is nobody to tell them what to do with the dead bodies that are beginning to rot?

FGS, take a DNA sample and bury them.

[John-Irish]

Haven’t heard it yet, so :”Bush’s Fault! (sarcasm)

[conimbricenses]

Who's running Haiti? No one, say the people

And how is that different from any given point in Hatian history save the U.S. occupation of 1915-34?