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1 posted on 01/15/2010 4:22:38 AM PST by nuconvert
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Did you see this?

http://www.weaselzippers.net/blog/2010/01/dear-god-machete-armed-gangs-ruling-the-streets-of-portauprince.html

That place needs a lot of prayers.


2 posted on 01/15/2010 4:24:34 AM PST by AliVeritas (Is it nothing to you all ye who pass by? Our brothers blood screams from the ground.)
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Laura Ingram said it well last night as a guest on O’won’tshutup. You can’t make a silk purse out of a sows ear. Well Ok that wasn’t exactly what she said. Closer would be money can’t change the will of the people. The bad government is also part of the problem.


3 posted on 01/15/2010 4:27:32 AM PST by wita
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Facts do not matter to desperate Liberals who see their dreams of remaking America on the Venezuelan model crumbling out from under them. The real Earthquake is in Mass. They are grasping at straws.


4 posted on 01/15/2010 4:28:10 AM PST by screaminsunshine (!!three if by government)
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Rush is far from heartless. Liberals like Huffington are the heartless ones.

I also wonder, WHERE has all the money, U.S. taxpayers been spent? WHERE did it go? Will MORE money finally get to the Haitians that need it?

5 posted on 01/15/2010 4:31:13 AM PST by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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peaking of crooks, isn’t Bill Clinton some kind of a good will ambassador? Will he be raping women there when he goes?


7 posted on 01/15/2010 4:32:08 AM PST by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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peaking of crooks, isn’t Bill Clinton some kind of a good will ambassador? Will he be raping women there when he goes?


8 posted on 01/15/2010 4:32:19 AM PST by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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Speaking of crooks, isn’t Bill Clinton some kind of a good will ambassador? Will he be raping women there when he goes?


9 posted on 01/15/2010 4:32:32 AM PST by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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Not to appear totally cruel here, but at what point does the government of Haiti bear some responsibility for the lack of preparation?

When do the people of Haiti get it through their heads that you can’t continue to breed like rabbits when the environment won’t support you?

When do the various world governments stop enabling this country?

The picture in Haiti is the very picture of hundreds of other areas in the world where the environment can not support the population, where they are on the razor’s edge of calamity when natural disaster strikes.

Lets say we have torrential rains in the driest parts of Africa with flooding all over - they would quickly descend into chaos. They depend so much on the rest of the world for sustenance yet they continue to produce offspring at rates well above what can be supported.

While I hate to see the images of suffering, my logical brain tells me there isn’t enough money in all of the US to make Haiti whole, bring stability to it and turn a desolate, inhospitable island into a paradise that can self sustain. Like an alcoholic that needs to hit rock bottom, that country needs to do some collective soul searching to figure out how they get through the next 100 years.


17 posted on 01/15/2010 4:51:29 AM PST by msrngtp2002 (Just my opinion.)
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"The Huffington Post takes umbrage at Rush Limbaugh"

Hi...

19 posted on 01/15/2010 4:54:47 AM PST by Sir Francis Dashwood (Arjuna, why have you have dropped your bow???)
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My annual contribution to the dictatorship, fraud, and misuse of funds in Haiti happens every April 15th. I have NO intention of sending anything to Haiti or any organization working in Haiti. I give substantial monies to the Catholic church as an offering and they are free to use that money as they see fit.

My suggestions to all people is the following:

1. Don't live on a active fault line or where earthquakes are likely to hit. If you do, expect tragedy and death.

2. If you live on a coastal region or, as in New orleans, beneath sea level, then expect hurricanes, massive flooding, and death.

3. If you choose to live in a flood plain, expect the consequences of your actions.

4. If you live in an area prone to tornados, don't live there unless your willing to accept the consequences of your actions.

5. Don't live near an active volcano. If you do, accept the consequences.

6. Don't build your homes on coastal hillsides where you know annual mudslides destroy them.

7. Don't live in areas where annual fires occur or are set which destroy countless homes.

21 posted on 01/15/2010 4:58:30 AM PST by Doc Savage (SOBAMP!)
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Maybe someone can help..I have tried to google and haven’t found the answers to my questions concerning Haiti. When the news first broke about the quake..there was concern about a tsunami that could possibly arise from the quake...Did the tsunami happen? Also...what kind of damage did the Dominican Republic sustain in this quake? Looking at the map, part of that country is within miles of Port Au Prince. Just wondering how localized this disaster is....we don’t hear about the surrounding areas...was it just the capital that got hit? Thanks for enlightening me.....


24 posted on 01/15/2010 5:09:54 AM PST by leenie312
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With all of the money we have poured into Haiti for the last 30 years we should just go in and take the place over.


33 posted on 01/15/2010 6:32:00 AM PST by jetson
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We contribute to the Salvation Army, and made a special donation for Haiti, knowing that the money will be put to good use.

Can’t say that about other charities.


34 posted on 01/15/2010 6:33:22 AM PST by Taxman (So that the beautiful pressure does not diminish!)
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The obvious solution to the problem is for France to re-take Haiti. It’s quite evident the Haitians are totally unequipped to do it themselves. If that makes me a retro-colonialist, so be it.


38 posted on 01/15/2010 8:09:11 AM PST by driftless2 (for long term happiness, learn how to play the accordion)
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