Posted on 01/31/2010 8:56:42 PM PST by Nachum
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI -- International relief organizations backed by American soldiers delivered hundreds of tons of rice to homeless residents of the Haitian capital Sunday, laboring to ease a food shortage that has left countless thousands struggling to find enough to eat.
But even as food-aid workers enjoyed their most successful day since the Jan. 12 earthquake, the increasingly prominent role of U.S. troops and civilians in the capital is creating high expectations that the Obama administration is struggling to contain.
The needs are extraordinary, and the common refrain is that the Americans will provide.
"I want the Americans to take over the country. The Haitian government can't do anything for us," said Jean-Louis Geffrard, a laborer who lives under a tarp in the crowded square. "When we tell the government we're hungry, the government says, 'We're hungry, too.' "
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It’s Haiti, Haitians, and Caribbean. Pedantry aside, I totally agree with everything in your post.
lol...bless their hearts...hell, the whole developing world wants us to take over at least nominally
but we can’t...unfortunately
the Dems would love it....more minorities would ensure a Dem majority block for forever and then some
well said...I am with you and unlike most here...I know Haiti...it’s a pitiful place and has been since the slave rebellion and it deserves our charity as a peoples
no one short of nutty Dems would ever think of annexing the place
most kids here forget we occupied the place 70 years ago and built most of the old infrastructure they would have never had otherwise
Haiti could be made a Commonwealth like Porto Rico. They can keep their elections but let America police and make sure their leaders are a bit more competent. In return we should get something—Like a navy base for 99 years, or an air base. They should let American Companies in to build resorts and casinos—to employ Haitian people. let Haiti be as Cuba was in the 1950s! A place to relax and spend money. As long as it trickles down to the poor people it sounds good. They could set up universities to offer cut rate education to Americans—maybe some medical schools. The good thing is much of this could be done with private funds.
you got a link for that?..I can't see a sparkling wine mixed in a vat in England with grapes they imported from somewhere else except maybe Champagne region of France beating out a dry Krug or Tattinger
They imported all except for the tiny bits they grow in small plots.
I used to ship food there in my own freighters in the late 80s/early 90s till Clinton invaded and installed psychopriest
We should help them rebuild and insure we create a useful ally in the region along the way.
LOL, don’t know what happened last night to the part of my brain that knows how to spell...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7094055/English-sparkling-wine-beats-French-champagne-to-top-title.html
The story states: English sparkling wine beats French champagne to top title An English sparkling wine has captured first prize in an international competition, beating the leading French champagne producers including Bollinger and Louis Roederer.
By Richard Savill Published: 7:30AM GMT 29 Jan 2010
Nyetimber's Classic Cuvée 2003 which is made in Sussex was crowned Champion of Worldwide Sparkling Wines in the competition run by Italy's wine magazine Euposia.
Now in its second year, the competition Bollicine del Mondo attracts sparkling wines from around the world. The wines are tasted blind by a panel of judges including winemakers.
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Eric Hareema, the owner of Nyetimber in West Chiltington, Sussex, said the success of the wine was due to the hot summer of 2003, which produced the winning grapes.
says they first planted the grapes in 88.
I'm not a wine drinker much but I am sort of a heavy taster a with a decent knowledge for many years. I don't think the French dominate totally but they do more often than not offer the most complexity and nuance in their Bourdeauxs and Burgundies and white Burgundies as well but in Champagne I figured they were untouchable.
I guess that assumption was wrong at least for this vintage..."they beat Bollinger"...quite an accomplishment...
thanks
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