Posted on 09/24/2004 3:41:57 AM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult
Volunteer with your time and expertise and keep your dollars out of a terrorists pocket. Bet Heinz-Kerry is on the way to save the day...NOT!
Haiti needs prayers - but they needed them before the hurricane hit. Hopefully they'll pull themselves up and try to build an infrastructure before the next hurricane hits. They probably won't though.
Hate to tell yall but while you were debating the effectiveness of number 19 vs 44, the government just gave away 2 million dollars of our money and I would bet it didn't go to the Salvation Army or A Catholic charity. I'm thinking maybe UN or, grrr, the Red Cross. I wonder how much will go directly to the victims.
Anyone know the status of American armed forces stationed in Haiti? How about any info from various missionaries?
PS. Can't believe there's a flame war over charities and Grenada vs. Haiti.
What do you mean by that - a "flame war"?
Flame warrior link may answer your question:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/738646/posts
I know this is a weird discussion - I'm not trying to downplay Haiti by any means.
Many of the deaths in Haiti could have been prevented. All that money the world has poured in could have gone towards infrastructure - sanitation, drainage, distribution networks, etc. But thuggery and corruption have made that impossible.
There is a dysfunctional culture at work in Haiti. The media refuses to address it as such. That would be a nice first step towards really helping the people there.
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