[bushpilot1]

Perhaps they are using the bodies as sandbags?

[Feline_AIDS]

I think the worst thing about being a Haitian right now is the fact that there’s nowhere to go. Yeah yeah until Obama brings all the Haitians here yadda yadda blah blah blah

[gov_bean_ counter]

My organization is asking for volunteers to deploy to that area. I feel safer in Iraq.

[REDWOOD99]

OBAMA HATES BLACK PEOPLE! Including Rod Blagojevich.

[LeoWindhorse]

we should evacuate the entire population of Port au Prince
to Venezuela

[behzinlea]

"They are starting to block the roads with bodies, it's getting ugly out there, people are fed up with getting no help," he said.

Katrina x 1000.

I feel sorry for the people. Unfortunately they are starting to behave like New Orleans survivors. And I don't mean that in a complimentary way.

[MissDairyGoodnessVT]

what is ticking me off is the MSM reporting of the Haitian’s lack of patience when half the frikkin’ free world is there to aid & comfort.Haitians have their own political&religious leaders who need to step up to the plate.yeah,from whomever’s left.....

[bushpilot1]

“The first US Army troops from the 82nd Airborne Division were expected to arrive late last night.

About 100 troops will find locations to set up tents and make other preparations for the arrival of roughly 800 personnel from the division today and a full brigade of some 3,500 by the end of the weekend.

They come on top of some 2,200 Marines, also due to arrive by Sunday or Monday.”

A full brigade from the 82nd being deployed to the island. Does this affect our national security?

[GeronL]

Plus Governor Blanco refused to let the army trucks in and “federalize” her state.

[RouxStir]

No matter what the US does for Haiti, they will complain.

[dragnet2]

Haiti earthquake: corpses used as roadblocks

Uh...I'm afraid to ask...But why are they blocking the roads?

[ColdOne]

offering $100 million in immediate earthquake aid and the backing of every element of US power// Offering 100million..... To who? they have no government to speak of/ Who is going to hand it out. How did he get the 100million number? And exactly what is EVERY ELEMENT OF US POWER? What is he going to take away their life savings? I did not know Haiti had a car company. He is going to Unionize the street gangs?

[dragnet2]

Haiti earthquake: corpses used as roadblocks as anger grows

Are they angry because the corpses are being used to block the roads, or are they angry about the traffic getting through the blockades?

[KIDFOH]

They are ANGRY at not getting any relief?!? Just what makes these folks get the idea that they are ENTITLED to help, so that they get an attitude when it isn’t fast enough, and in the fashion they demand?!? What ever happened to being GRATEFUL when you DO get help? I’m sorry, but if I was doing what I could, and someone got this demanding sort of attitude, I’d turn around and go home and tell them that if they want to be like that - HELP YOUR OWN FRIGGIN SELF!!! Do they think we OWE them something? Ya wanna get mad, go tell God off for the earthquake - if you dare...

Friggin ingrates... they seem just like these loony lefty types that believe they are entitled to take from another man’s pocket the $$ that he has earned.

[PA Engineer]

There is an effected population of three million people. There are no utilities, food distribution, medical care, burial services and road access. Transportation was marginal prior to the quake. Google Earth Port-au-Prince and look closely at the satellite images. The Government institutions (as corrupt as they were) are destroyed. The UN facilities are in shambles. Finally, there is no central order left to prevent anarchy and enforce a degree of order. The magic 72 hours are up.

This is an incredibly poor population, living a marginal day to day existence prior to the quake. After the quake even their marginal and fragile lifelines were erased. The port is destroyed. Their homes and markets are destroyed. Their roads are clogged. No government has been able to model a system to replace existing distribution networks after a disaster. Supermarkets, banks, pharmacies, clinics, schools, municipal governments have always been the only efficient provider and distributor of goods and services.

I get furious at the media talking heads who are spouting off that their is no relief on the ground. Not only are they stupid and lack imagination, but they do a terrible disservice to those that are rushing to remote island nation whose only lifeline is an airport with a working runway. I knew from the first reports that this was TEOTWAWKI for Haiti. There was no way in 72 hours to get the required services distributed on the ground. Think about it. There is just one Airport with one runway. The minimum water requirements will be at least one gallon for every man, women, and child. This works out to 12,000 tons of water a day. For food at a minimum of 1000 calories (barely survival) they will need 750 tons a day. The are going to need at least 250,000 tents and probably more if the aftershocks continue. Fuel, medical care, medications, clothes, tools, shoes (look at all the cut feet from debris), bedding and sanitation. Leaving aside for now all the dead bodies, how are they going to effectively maintain a pipeline and distribute these supplies on a daily basis? They are not going to be able to.

This is just the beginning of hell there. How do you retrieve and bury so many dead? Where do you bury them? Assume 100,000, though I believe the number is going to be much greater once disease, violence, and starvation sets in. Leaving aside all the raw sewage, the flies will begin to be a problem. Cholera will kill many more. Violence will begin to break out as gangs form and begin to raid locally at first and city wide later. This in itself will further disrupt any recovery or relief effort.

Finally throw in the culture of dependency. Is anyone surprised that they are setting up road blocks with corpses?

In the US FEMA has pushed for 72 hour kits. They have since begun to expand this to 7-day kits. Why? They learned after Katrina that there is no way relief can be provided in the first 72 hours. This is in the United States with the best highway and distribution system in the world. Most Americans could afford these preparations, but how many have actually done it? My answer is just a small percentage. One week is for a localized natural disaster and does not include preparations for far more disruptive events.

In Haiti this is a far more disruptive event. People need to shut the media up from pontificating on the lack of aid distribution. People need to accept this is just the beginning of the horrors. The assistance must be rational and not clouded by emotionally driven detours.

Just my two cents and rant. Thank you.

[BenLurkin]

protest against the delay in aid

Talk about an entitlement mentality!

[RichInOC]

“Aux barricades!”