How Bush-Cheney Policy Screwed Haiti (Mega-Barf Alert)

Mother Jones ^ | January 13, 2010 | James Ridgeway

[texanyankee]

Heard Rush mention the article today.

[Dallas59]

Lol...a broken record. They must have been upset over the Pot route being disrupted.

[RobbyS]

U.S. Grant wanted to purchase Haiti. That would have saved the people a lot of misery.

[SirJohnBarleycorn]

The best thing for Haiti would be for a first world power to come in and simply take over the government colonial-style, and establish the rule of law and provide roads, schools, hospitals, etc., until such time as the culture evolves to a point where the local society can manage to sustain the rule of law itself.

It can never happen, though.

[Izzy Dunne]

"Justice" is the seizure of private capital by U.S. government to give to a foreign corrupt government.

We are indeed in a topsy-turvy world.

[SmokingJoe]

What a load of utter rubbish.

[RRismyhero]

Bush’s Fault....Lather, Rinse, Repeat...Bush’s Fault.... Lather, Rinse, Repeat

[matt1234]

This article shows that political hatred has grown so strong in America that natural disasters are now routinely politicized. This will not end well.

[texanyankee]

And with Dubya agreeing to lead the relief effort - along with Clinton - this should be a field day for the press.

Obama knows this will work for his own advantage....

[jersey117]

Sorry, but Haiti is Clinton’s screw-up.

[matt1234]

And with Dubya agreeing to lead the relief effort - along with Clinton - this should be a field day for the press.

Is it Bush 41 or Bush 43 that is being tasked?

[truthguy]

I don't have to read this article to know it's idiotic. It's from Mother Jones and that's all I need to know. Way back I once had a friend/colleague who use to read and subscribe to this rag. It's nothing more than a far left wing fantasy mag for stoners and dopers. Compared to it, Rolling Stone looks like National Review.

Mother Jones isn't fit to wrap fish in.

[texanyankee]

I heard Dubya - #43 - was asked & has agreed to join with Clinton.
I only can surmise that #41 is just getting to feeble to take on another task like this.

[Jeff Chandler]

Today, the capital, Port-au-Prince, is virtually paralyzed by kidnappings, spreading panic among rich and poor alike. Corrupt police officers in uniform have assassinated people on the streets in the light of day

We should try to persuade the government of Mexico to step in and teach them how to govern.

[matt1234]

I heard Dubya - #43 - was asked & has agreed to join with Clinton.

Thanks for that interesting info.. I had read a headline about it and assumed it was Bush 41 because he had teamed up w/ Clinton on other missions.

[bigoil]

What no Palin? How about William Howard Taft?

Its Taft’s fault...not enough dollar diplomacy eh?

[alecqss]

It's only a matter of time when leftists switch from “Blame Bush” to the time honored “Blame the Jews” tradition... Logic and conspiratorial nonsense are already there.

[papasmurf]

Oh, Jimmie boy, you lost me at “a remarkable report that appeared in the New York Times in 2006”.

[popdonnelly]

The Marxist crowd has been blaming everything on the U.S. since the 1960’s. They have been demonstrated to have been repeatedly wrong for decades. The only two communist countries left in the World are North Korea and Cuba, both of which are squalid, impoverished dictatorships. The only reason these leftist idiots keep up this drumbeat of blame is that they fantasize about running the country. Let me rephrase that, they fantasize about ruining the country.

[lonestar67]

Hey dems:

instead of sending your wasted contributions to Coakley in Mass.

Why not send them to Haiti?