Who's running Haiti? No one, say the people

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N14205092.htm ^ | January 14, 2010

[Bob017]

“’WE ARE ON OUR OWN’”

It’s called demanding Independence. They’ve had it for 200 years. Stop complaining. They already get 40% of their govt budget through foreign aid.

[Frantzie]

Haiti has always been like this and always be like this. Ditto Somalia, Afghanistan and a few others.

[Bob017]

“’WE ARE ON OUR OWN’”

It’s called Independence. They’ve had it for 200 years. Stop complaining. They already get 40% of their govt budget through foreign aid.

[cripplecreek]

The UN has been there for a good decade.

[tet68]

Maybe this is the sort of disaster that will make the
Haitian people come together and realize they are the
ones to build their own government. One can hope or
one can build. Take your choice.

[Ann Archy]

Very, very sad......MAYBE, just maybe something good will come out of this....maybe, just maybe they will learn to rely more on themselves and their friends, relatives and neighbors than some dictator.

[C19fan]

Haiti has just become the de-facto 58th state.

[Graybeard58]

I saw the looting in Haiti on Fox News and it wasn't food and water being stolen, it was electronics and booze.

[shadeaud]

All those relief supplies being delivered, just waiting for some bandito to rise from the dark and claim he is in charge and the supplies belong to him and only he will be in charge of dispersement. Most of the relief will be hoarded or sold on the ‘’black’’ market. Who is in charge? Nobody.

[C19fan]

The US Army needs to impose martial law and shoot first policy for looters and thugs. I bet the vast majority of Haitains would approve.

[RobRoy]

>>Haiti has always been like this and always be like this. Ditto Somalia, Afghanistan and a few others.<<

I hate using the word “always” in these situations, but I think that word may best fit, assuming always means “until Christ returns”.

[RobRoy]

>>I saw the looting in Haiti on Fox News and it wasn’t food and water being stolen, it was electronics and booze.<<

In a situation like this, hard liquor is as valuable as money. Maybe more valuable. More like gold.

[RobRoy]

>>The UN has been there for a good decade.<<

They’re licking their own wounds right now, too.

[OB1kNOb]

"I'm awaiting the decision of the government. What else can I do?" he said.

And there you have it, in one simple statement. The whole leftist mentality and intended consequence, boiled down into one condensed admission.

[Las Vegas Ron]

The UN has been there for a good decade.

"Don't let a good crisis go to waste" Rhambo.....

Oy..../tin foil hat

[TADSLOS]

The sad irony is that many of the Haitians of power, influence and relative wealth who are counted on to keep order are probably dead inside their homes and offices. Most of the survivors are probably shanty town residents and homeless street people.

[T. P. Pole]

I was living in Simi Valley during the Northridge earthquake. Let me tell you, you are on your own for a good time even here in the US.

One good thing I saw here, though, was people making decisions and doing what needed to be done, without waiting for Mr Big Government to tell you what to do.

[Las Vegas Ron]

it was electronics and booze.

In the spirit of some levity for a tense and disastrous situation....

[BnBlFlag]

“I saw the looting in Haiti on Fox News and it wasn’t food and water being stolen, it was electronics and booze.”

Hmmmmm. Looks like they have a bit in common with their
“Voodo Bro’s” in New Orleans.