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| brittany | Jan 14 2010, 08:47 PM Post #46 |
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http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2010/01/14/2010-01-14_obama_halts_deportations_urged_to_grant_protected_status.html Obama halts deportation of Haitans. Protected status? |
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| brittany | Jan 14 2010, 08:52 PM Post #47 |
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$100 million in aid from US. Why Doesn't O set an example by donating the million he received from his Nobel Prize? |
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| LTC8K6 | Jan 14 2010, 09:00 PM Post #48 |
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AIG and other TARP bank bonuses could be diverted to Haiti... It's our money... |
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| LTC8K6 | Jan 14 2010, 09:37 PM Post #49 |
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http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/01/haiti_48_hours_later.html Speechless... There are some awful pics in there... |
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| kbp | Jan 14 2010, 09:41 PM Post #50 |
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The "bonuses" involving banks that received TARP loans are not our money, BUT the Fannie & Freddie bonuses are. Send those bonus recipients over to help. The financial monsters can't do much worse while they're gone! |
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| LTC8K6 | Jan 14 2010, 10:26 PM Post #51 |
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I got my bonuses mixed up... It's hard to keep track... |
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| Baldo | Jan 15 2010, 12:28 AM Post #52 |
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What do you do with this much misery? It is overwhelming. Of course we do everything we can, but from what I see it is a city destroyed. They virtually have nothing left to rebuild with. A Feeble Economy, Knocked Flat The earthquake in Haiti deals a devastating setback to a tiny economy already struggling to emerge from the aftermath of several hurricanes and decades of political instability. Haiti's $7 billion economy—roughly a quarter the size of North Dakota's—is a collection of subsistence farming and small-scale production of apparel primarily for export to the U.S., the nation's largest trading partner. The nation, where 80% of the population lives under the poverty line, has yet to recover from a spate of four hurricanes in 2008. The storms wiped out roughly 15% of the country's gross domestic product, and killed 165,000 goats, 26,000 cows and 60,000 pigs, according to Ludovic Comeau, a native of Haiti and economics professor at DePaul University. Four years earlier, Hurricane Jeanne destroyed 7% of Haiti's GDP. It is too soon to gauge the extent of the economic damage from the latest disaster. "If the hurricanes were a blow, for this I would have to invent some other word," said Mr. Comeau. For decades, Haiti's economy has been hampered by unstable leadership, widespread deforestation and shoddy infrastructure that makes it difficult to produce and transport goods. By 2004, the nation's gross domestic product was lower than it was in the early 1980s, adjusted for inflation, according to Mr. Comeau. But in recent years, relative political stability and debt forgiveness through the Heavily Indebted Poor Country initiative have paved the way for some economic growth. Lower U.S. trade barriers increased investment and exports, though remittances from Haitians living abroad still account for roughly a quarter of GDP, according to the World Bank. When the rebuilding of the country from the earthquake begins, much of the money is expected to be donated by foreign governments, businesses and individuals. Haiti has little private insurance coverage, but the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility, a regional fund administered by participating governments, could pay up to $8 million in about two weeks once the quake is categorized...snipped http://online.wsj.com/article/SB20001424052748704675104575001350479248086.html |
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| Deleted User | Jan 15 2010, 01:07 AM Post #53 |
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Many years ago, I heard a talke given by a young articulate man who was running for ( I think) President of Haiti. He was educated and he was a Christian. He spoke of the history of the voodoo curses invoked over Haiti by powerful people. He emphasized that there were problems on every level... economic, social, spiritual, moral, etc. etc. For a few bright moments, it looked as if he might be elected, and with a lot of miracles, begin to turn this country into a decent place for its citizens. I lost track of what happened. But unfortunately, it appears that he didn't make it as President, and the country sloughs on in its misery. It is a popular place for "do gooders". My own company has a Mission to Haiti, headed by Dr. "Mano" a wonderful warm and generous man who overcame unbelievable odds to get a medical education and return to care for his people. His post is in Northern Haiti. We are informed that it was not as hard hit there, and the Kalogris Foundation, which supplies nutrition and clean water, and has built a school, will be sending additional supplies as soon as the delivery infrastructure has reopened. There are a LOT of people doing wonderful deeds in the midst of incredible hardship in this world. They are true heroes, and THEY deserve Nobel Prizes. Dr. Mano, in addition to Greg Mortenson are just two of them. They get their hands dirty. They risk their lives. They take hope where there is none. They don't sit in plush offices in tailored suits and read from teleprompters. They are TRULY change that we must continue to believe in. In the midst of tragedy, a few heros emerge. They will emerge in Haiti. |
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| Baldo | Jan 15 2010, 01:39 AM Post #54 |
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![]() The UN headquarters - formerly a five-storey building - seen from above Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1243201/Haiti-earthquake-pictures-The-unimaginable-horror-torn-country-apart.html#ixzz0cf1DR4S2 |
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| abb | Jan 15 2010, 04:42 AM Post #55 |
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Imagine if Bush were President. Tell me what the State Run Media would be saying about now. |
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| Rusty Dog | Jan 15 2010, 08:00 AM Post #56 |
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We pray for Haiti Brothers and Sisters in Christ, As the eyes of the world turn to Haiti, let us join our hearts in prayer: God of compassion please watch over the people of Haiti, and weave out of these terrible happenings wonders of goodness and grace. Surround those who have been affected by tragedy with a sense of your present love, and hold them in faith. Though they are lost in grief, may they find you and be comforted. Guide us as a church to find ways of providing assistance that heal wounds and provide hope. Help us to remember that when one of your children suffers we all suffer; through Jesus Christ who was dead, but lives and rules this world with you. Amen. - Bruce Reyes-Chow, Gradye Parsons and Linda Valentine |
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| Foxlair45 | Jan 15 2010, 11:02 AM Post #57 |
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My firefighter son will likely be deployed to Haiti within the next week. He simply says, "It's my job, Mom." What would we do without folks like this? |
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| abb | Jan 15 2010, 11:02 AM Post #58 |
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Do not be surprised that within the next 48 hours or so you see the State-Run Media begin to dial back their coverage of the catastrophe. It should sink in with them today that the wall-to-wall coverage is damaging Obama. |
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| mike in houston | Jan 15 2010, 11:30 AM Post #59 |
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Stupid Is As Stupid Does Unbelievable. Hatians aren't getting the help they need because the nation's already meager infrastructure was destroyed by the earthquake, and their brilliant response is to create more roadblocks? And out of the corpses of their countrymen, at that? As Bill Whittle noted so perfectly in the essay Tribes after Hurricane Katrina, this is an issue of a mental mindset. The same mindset that has made Haiti one of the poorest and most corrupt nations in the hemisphere is the same childish, short-term gratification-focused mindset that leads people to build roadblocks when roads need to be cleared. Their "logic"—such as it is—seems to be that if they build roadblocks, aide convoys cannot pass them by, and must stop and service them. That building such gruesome edifices only ensures that the flow of aide will slow even further, making their survival even less likely, seems to have completely escaped them. It is heart-wrenching to watch an already pathetic nation experience such a disaster, but even more pathetic to watch them committing suicide through stupidity. http://confederateyankee.mu.nu/ |
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| LTC8K6 | Jan 15 2010, 01:30 PM Post #60 |
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They want to ship 45K Haitians to Disneyworld... Lord help Florida if they do... Remind anyone of another situation? http://www.wftv.com/news/22242754/detail.html |
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