[Jotapay]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Revi', '1'). I lived in one of the most dangerous countries on the planet without a firearm for over 2 years.

2. The military and the cops confiscated firearms in New Orleans.

[Pretorian]

Today was a video posted on youtube, I cant locate it now, and it showed a lying , burned corpse with typical risen hands in the middle of the rather big and busy street. There are were cars driving back and forth ($25 a gallon is a no biggie for haitians) , bunch of locals walking, talking , loitering, minding their business in general. They surely didnt look as malnourished, dehydrated victims under attack of diarrhea. So, that body was there for a week already ( my guess).
Whom exactly do they expect to move it from the center of the street? Is it typical for a Negro or Haitian customs/culture? Singing and clapping hands on top of rubble with live people inside, while foreign rescuers are busy digging also comes to mind.
Last thing I heard UN is trying to hire Haitians to clear rubble for $5 a day. So, my question is simple really: why do we need this more than they do?

[Jotapay]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Pretorian', 'T')oday was a video posted on youtube, I cant locate it now, and it showed a lying , burned corpse with typical risen hands in the middle of the rather big and busy street. There are were cars driving back and forth ($25 a gallon is a no biggie for haitians) , bunch of locals walking, talking , loitering, minding their business in general. They surely didnt look as malnourished, dehydrated victims under attack of diarrhea. So, that body was there for a week already ( my guess).
Whom exactly do they expect to move it from the center of the street? Is it typical for a Negro or Haitian customs/culture? Singing and clapping hands on top of rubble with live people inside, while foreign rescuers are busy digging also comes to mind.
Last thing I heard UN is trying to hire Haitians to clear rubble for $5 a day. So, my question is simple really: why do we need this more than they do?

[Pretorian]

yeah i get this " I dont want to work" thing. But leaving the bodies like this? What, they couldnt cover them with the rubble at least? There are businesses, residencies in the area. People have kids. Its a hazard finally, both to physical and psychological health.

here is the video, start at 1.30

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlJdEB5eKGc

[eastbay]

It's part of the USA now. Like it or not.

[rangerone314]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('eastbay', 'I')t's part of the USA now. Like it or not.

[Sixstrings]

I thought the number was like 30,000, but apparently there are 200,000 Haitian illegal immigrants who are going to get "protected" status:
link

and..
Hugo Chavez thinks the US used its classified tectonic weaponry to cause the Haiti quake: link

and
Mercenary spydrones flying over Haiti: link

and
Medical supplies needed by doctors still be turned away in favor of troops and weapons: link

[Revi]

I think we'll forget about the place by next week. It's already in the back of the news cycle.

Sad, but true.

[Pretorian]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Sixstrings', 'I') thought the number was like 30,000, but apparently there are 200,000 Haitian illegal immigrants who are going to get "protected" status:
link

[Pretorian]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Revi', 'I') think we'll forget about the place by next week. It's already in the back of the news cycle.

Sad, but true.

[Revi]

I wouldn't mind chipping in for the relief effort, but I think it is the world's New Orleans, and most people would rather have it just go away so they don't have to think about Haiti.

They should rebuild the wrecked parts of Port au Prince and turn it into something, but I'll bet nothing happens.

[timmac]

Why does this not surprise me ?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9QtZkT8OBQ

[Novus]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('timmac', 'W')hy does this not surprise me ? [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9QtZkT8OBQ]link

[Pretorian]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Revi', 'I') wouldn't mind chipping in for the relief effort, but I think it is the world's New Orleans, and most people would rather have it just go away so they don't have to think about Haiti.

They should rebuild the wrecked parts of Port au Prince and turn it into something, but I'll bet nothing happens.

[Revi]

Calling me a "bleeding heart liberal" doesn't erase the problem. 400,000 people are being set up in tent camps outside of Port au Prince right now.

The people from my church are already down there helping out.

What if "your people" were wiped out in a giant tornado.

All their nascar memorabilia was strewn over 4 counties.

Wouldn't you help them out?

[mcgowanjm]

Since we have so many "oilers" on this site:

Anyone heard that Cuba could be a Top Twenty Oil
Producer or that Haiti has large Offshore Oil
deposits?

[Revi]

I heard that Cuba had discovered lots of offshore oil, but I don't know where it was.

[Pretorian]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Revi', 'C')alling me a "bleeding heart liberal" doesn't erase the problem. 400,000 people are being set up in tent camps outside of Port au Prince right now.

The people from my church are already down there helping out.

What if "your people" were wiped out in a giant tornado.

All their nascar memorabilia was strewn over 4 counties.

Wouldn't you help them out?

[Novus]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Pretorian', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Revi', 'C')alling me a "bleeding heart liberal" doesn't erase the problem. 400,000 people are being set up in tent camps outside of Port au Prince right now.

The people from my church are already down there helping out.

What if "your people" were wiped out in a giant tornado.

All their nascar memorabilia was strewn over 4 counties.

Wouldn't you help them out?

[SeaGypsy]

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/ ... index.html

Certainly looks like summary execution and wounding with very dubious evidence.