[Jotapay]

Small communities are starting to form to divide labor, increase personal security and provide for the personal well-being of the members. This is what I expect will happen, to some extent, if something like this were to happen in my city and neighborhood. Small local communities, probably the size of a neighborhood or a few blocks, would form and attempt to solve their problems together.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/stor ... =122843872

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '[')size=150]Haitian Communities Set Up Neighborhood Watches[/size]

All over Port-au-Prince, as we've seen and heard, people are camping out. With their homes demolished or just because theyre scared, Haitians have moved into the streets, where theyre forming neighborhood watch committees, sharing what they have as they try to keep their spirits up.

BURNETT: They've been out here for the past 10 nights. Women lie on bed sheets spread out under a crescent moon, their restive children unable to sleep. The only light comes from candles from an animated domino game.

BURNETT: Maseo Lumpar(ph) is a 28-year-old telecommunications student who's taken upon himself to walk the crowd every night and make sure everyone's okay.

Mr. MASEO LUMPAR: (Through translator) The reason we organize this camping area is because a lot of prisons were destroyed. Now there are crooks, murderers and thieves everywhere. So we want to watch everybody. You've got these guys roaming at night. We want to see who's coming in and out of the neighborhood.

BURNETT: What happened here and throughout Port-au-Prince is the formation of spontaneous communities. It's the same thing that happened in the streets in New Orleans in the days after Hurricane Katrina. When the government never came, lots of people helped one another, looked out for one another.

[Jotapay]

Yes, I've seen many pictures of looters shot in the back or head. Some were video of them actually gurgling on their own blood and dying right then in the street next to a bag of rice.

Some of these people may not have been looters too, and were just carrying supplies that they had secured.

[mcgowanjm]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Jotapay', 'Y')es, I've seen many pictures of looters shot in the back or head. Some were video of them actually gurgling on their own blood and dying right then in the street next to a bag of rice.

Some of these people may not have been looters too, and were just carrying supplies that they had secured.

[Pretorian]

well police there asks people to kill criminals through a loudspeaker, you cant beat that

[pablonite]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mcgowanjm', 'T')he longer the US controls the (air) ports, prioritizes
troops over aid, the worse it will get.

Does Haiti have offshore oil?

How is that 14% of America's Cocaine supply now
getting to us?

[Novus]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('SeaGypsy', 'h')ttp://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/01/21/haiti.police.shooting/index.html

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

[SeaGypsy]

Yeah CNN suck, like all MSM; but it was a handy link!
The fact CNN got this story so graphicly is the reason for my use of it. I think the reporter had a lot of balls to go right up and challenge the cops and follow the story through. More credit to him and his team.

[Rod_Cloutier]

Apparently the disaster is over and its not insensitive for the wealthy to party on the beach again in Haiti:

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/ameri ... 46273.html

If I was a wounded, starving, thirsty Haitian, I would charge the tourists and take refuge on their luxury cruise liner just off shore. I'm sure anyone from Haiti witnessing this travesty wouldn't mind a hot shower, shuffelboard on deck, a swim in the pool and the all you can eat buffet.

Every day that I live I see or hear of something absurd happening, and this is tragic and insensitive as well!

[Pretorian]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Repent', 'A')pparently the disaster is over and its not insensitive for the wealthy to party on the beach again in Haiti:

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/ameri ... 46273.html

If I was a wounded, starving, thirsty Haitian, I would charge the tourists and take refuge on their luxury cruise liner just off shore. I'm sure anyone from Haiti witnessing this travesty wouldn't mind a hot shower, shuffelboard on deck, a swim in the pool and the all you can eat buffet.

Every day that I live I see or hear of something absurd happening, and this is tragic and insensitive as well!

[Revi]

I saw what tourism did for the economy of Costa Rica, and it is a great thing for the economy if it's done the way they do it there. The money goes to the local people. I'm sure that it's similar in Haiti. You might not like the sight of those tourists sunning on Haiti, but the vendors and workers at the beach resort like seeing them come, spend money and leave.

We feel the same way here in Maine.

[Ludi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Novus', ' ')I know some will call me a monster for thinking such but that is the way it is.

[lper100km]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Novus', '
')There can be no aid without the foresight of population control. It is a blessing in disguise when natural disaster thins the herd. For the bleeding hearts to fight the natural selection process only leads to overshoot induced ecosystem collapse bringing death to all. When viewing the bigger picture the aid hurts more than it helps. I know some will call me a monster for thinking such but that is the way it is.

[Novus]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Novus', ' ')I know some will call me a monster for thinking such but that is the way it is.

[WildRose]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Novus', '
')All must die at some point it is just a matter of when and how. Collapsed concrete, civilization collapse it is all the same to me. When you stare into the abyss the abyss stares back into you and what has been seen cannot be unseen. Whether my life or my families' I will take it stoically when it comes.

[Pretorian]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('WildRose', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Novus', '
')To those who speak of the Haitians as a borderline retarded population, that's just baloney. There are a few wealthy Haitians, a few sort of middle-class Haitians and loads of poor Haitians, which is the result of the trappings of abject poverty which are so difficult to shake.

[Revi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Pretorian', '')$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?

[mcgowanjm]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Leanan News', 'Z')ion Oil & Gas Inc., a Dallas- based company that’s drilling in Israel. “A discovery could significantly improve the country’s economy and stimulate further exploration.”

“Haiti, from the standpoint of oil and gas exploration, is a lot less developed than the Dominican Republic,” Pierce said. “One could do a lot more work there.”

[shortonsense]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mcgowanjm', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Leanan News', 'Z')ion Oil & Gas Inc., a Dallas- based company that’s drilling in Israel. “A discovery could significantly improve the country’s economy and stimulate further exploration.”

“Haiti, from the standpoint of oil and gas exploration, is a lot less developed than the Dominican Republic,” Pierce said. “One could do a lot more work there.”

[mcgowanjm]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('SoS', '
')
and...and...and...America caused the earthquake too!!

http://uswgo.com/i-believe-the-incident ... weapon.htm

Quick question....whats your take on the faked moon landings, and the involvement of the Roswell aliens as part of a conspiracy to keep the world from learning of their base near the Sea of Tranquility?

[mcgowanjm]

Just another BTW. Everyone remember when 911 Truthers
signaling that the only planes circling DC at 9:30 AM on 911
were military (at least 6)

were treated to the same CT treatment?

And funny (sick not haha) how SoS has to reach for 'moon landings,
space ships, forced earthquakes' instead of 911 CT's.

Maybe that's progress, eh?