Oh stug, you haven't heard....all French are idiots!!
The news had a Salvation Army man on this morning and I think he said it best...."Before the earthquake, the Haitian people had nothing. Now they have even less."
I just ran across this that sez Haiti has rather large oil reserves. Never heard this before but if true, seems like this could be a benefit to both the folks in Haiti and to us in the United States who want to locate oil outside the Middle East and closer to home. Drill Here, Drill Now?
Now all the conspiracy nonsense aside, saw one post that said Haiti's earthquake was caused by a US Scalar Weapons attack because of the oil of course (IMO the Scalar Weapons deal falls in the same hat as Pat Robertson and Danny Glover's ideas) but having oil from Haiti on the market could be a real benefit to both the people of Haiti and the people of the United States. If true and for the sake of both sides, I hope they do develop the Haitian oil reserves cause IMO it's a pure win/win.
Danny Glover and Deez, in the same breath?Wkmac,
I have never heard that there are oil reserves in Haiti.
If in fact there are --I would agree that it would be a win -win for both countries. One of the problems -would be of course the corrupt goverment that has wasted over two billion in foreign aid.
If the U.S. did set up oil companies I would not like to see another Saudi Arabia --where very few enjoy the wealth and the masses are in poverty.
If the US did the "right thing" and made sure the people benefitted ---would not you be one of the first to cry foul ??
If not you either danny Glover or diesel would !!!!!
Danny Glover and Deez, in the same breath?
Very interesting video.
While I do agree with the premise that first world manipulations of third world economies have detramentally effected said economies, I also have to give thought as to how much responsibility these countries must own up to for the state they find themselves in. If something is imposed on people through the barrel of a gun that is one thing, but being conned into your own demise is another.
In other words, how much should rubes be responsible for being swindled by carnies? Carnies, ofcourse, should be ashamed of themselves...but heck, they are carnies after all. Must not the rube admit to the fact that he is indeed a rube?
In the vein of this conversation, here is a link to two articles that consider the continuing tragedy that we call Africa:
I am not saying I completely agree with any of the three links I posted in this thread. I don't. But I think we must honestly consider the propositions they suggest even though it may be quite uncomfortable to do so.