On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:59:57 -0800 (PST), Tim
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On Jan 15, 2:47*pm, "nom=de=plume" wrote:
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On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:59:29 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
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On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:18:54 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
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According to Brian Williams, there is no functioning government in
Haiti. I suppose they were pretty bad before and I imagine that was
not helped when a significant number of the bureaucrats are missing
since their building went down.

I suspect the rapid response may have something to do with the
number
of Haitians in this country (close to a half million) and a lot are
in
swing states.

That's completely ridiculous and racist. It's about people dying,
while
Rush
sits on his thumbs and proclaims it's an Obama ploy and don't give
money
to
help them.

It may be ridiculous but hardly racist since both groups of victims
are predominantly black.

As though that's the reason Obama responded with dispatch. Like I
said....

You are the only one who brought up race. If this was in Memphis he
would be reacting quickly too. They are all trying to say this is no
Katrina and Obama is finally getting a chance to do something he can
succeed at where Bush failed.

"Finally getting a chance"??? Any president would act without regard to
where or the color of their skin. Even Bush reacted, albeit slowly. You
said, ""redominantly black." Those are your words not mine.

My only thought about the political power of the Haitians is how the
Florida pols are acting. We have the largest Haitian population in the
US here and that is not lost on Bill Nelson. (Our D senator). They
would really like to replace LeMieux, the Martinez seat filler, with
another D.

Political power has nothing to do with it. This isn't a political issue,
it's a humanitarian crisis.

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Every international issue is political. Or, that's what it turns out
to be....

Perhaps, but in this case we're talking primarily about humanitarian aid.

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And just watch. It will turn political.

Just look at what happened right here. Harry and the plum questioning
whether and how much individuals did or didn't give to help the folks
in Haiti, as though it's any of their business.
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America needs Obamacare like Nancy Pelosi needs a Halloween mask
or slammer's hemorrhoids..

John H