Bush's fault.
Posted on 03/06/2010 10:19:35 PM PST by Nachum
Left-wing filmmaker Michael Moore, appearing on Friday night’s Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO to plug the DVD release of his Capitalism: A Love Story screed, cited the 250,000 killed in Haiti, which he snidely described as an unregulated “Republican’s paradise,” as an apt analogy to justify further regulation of U.S. banks.
Live via satellite from Manhattan, Moore spouted:
Chile had an earthquake this past week that was 500 times greater than the earthquake in Haiti. But here's the big difference. In Chile, they have various -- very serious regulations when it comes to building codes. So a thousand people died, sadly, but a thousand people died with a 500 times greater earthquake. And in Haiti, where there are no building codes, no regulations -- a Republican’s pradise -- a quarter of a million people died.
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Hardly. Haiti is the national equivalent of a welfare queen.
will some one just stick a meat thermometer in this guy (see previous thread—lol about movie theater killing over cell phone dispute). He’s beyond done.
And probably smells better.
I blame George Bush.
Psychotic babble from a leftist loser of epic proportions, in several dimensions.
He is a pathetic narcissist with a streak of evil as wide as his girth. Worthless shread (huge) of human debris.
This fat bastard kicks, I’ll feel nothing.
Well Mikey I don’t see you down their helping out....Maybe you could lay of one of your 20 daily meals and send some food to Haiti?? Or donate some of your Millions to help the people out? Instead of being a useless lump of crap that makes leftist propaganda films....
Obese. Whack. Job.
There are TWO steaming, stinking piles of horse dung mentioned in this piece - both interviewer and interviewee qualify.
And neither could hold his own in a debate with a pile of horse manure, no matter how small or large.
Bush's fault.
I just heard that Chile is revising the death toll down to in the 500s.
September 19, 1994 Invasion of Haiti
After negotiations and sanctions failed, Clinton sent U.S. troops to Haiti to restore ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to power and to head off a potential wave of Haitian refugees. A last-minute deal, brokered by former President Jimmy Carter, allowed the troops to go ashore unopposed by the Haitian military and police. Most U.S. troops withdrew within a year, though several hundred remained to pursue a wide agenda of peacekeeping, humanitarian and engineering activities. While Clinton administration officials consistently hailed the intervention as a model effort to restore democracy and promote stability abroad, political, economic and social conditions gradually eroded. In March 1999, the U.S. commander responsible for the remaining military personnel reportedly recommended ending the five-year military presence on the island due to continuing instability.
Yeah, just like that paradise known as Detroit.
Wasn’t Bill the Ambassador to Haiti?
Rosanne Barr for insensitive statements about the suicide of Marie Osmonds' son.
Michael Moore for clueless remarks about the cause of Haitian earthquakes.
Rosie O'Donnell for claiming fire can't melt steel.
and the winner is...
Bubba ?
Of Course.
I’d like to regulate that slug right into an asylum.
Nooo. The only Ambassadorship Bubba would accept would be to the Playboy Mansion.
Hey perhaps the fatass could point us to some of the crowning acheivements of leftist building then. Google “shoddy soviet construction” to see all the glory of how it should be done on a “regulated” society.
Aw, c’mon. This is the guy that thinks Cuba is the ultimate paradise because of its health care system.
I still believe he is right in the mix. Obama offered him that right after taking office.
It’s where they wash the money.
http://www.miamiherald.com/2009/04/15/1001923/hillary-clinton-haiti-cuba-policies.html
How can it be a “Republican’s Paradise?”
I thought we all were supposed to hate Black People?
Can’t they at least keep their Bovine Scatology straight?
For all the profound failings of Haitian government and society, I truly believe they are getting a bad rap on this earthquake business. "The big difference" between these earthquakes was the close proximity and shallow depth of the Haiti quake, compared to the Chile quake, as this same-scale comparison of the epicenter locations shows. Port au Prince got hit hard.
Michael Moore (quote), from his website, April 14, 2004...
"The Iraqis who have risen up against the occupation are not 'insurgents' or 'terrorists' or 'The Enemy.' They are the REVOLUTION, the Minutemen, and their numbers will grow -- and they will win. Get it, Mr. Bush?"
[actual quote from Michael Moore (2004). It still appears on his website]
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/message/index.php?messageDate=2004-04-14
Michael Moore (quote), from his website, April 14, 2004...
"The Iraqis who have risen up against the occupation are not 'insurgents' or 'terrorists' or 'The Enemy.' They are the REVOLUTION, the Minutemen, and their numbers will grow -- and they will win. Get it, Mr. Bush?"
[actual quote from Michael Moore (2004). It still appears on his website]
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/message/index.php?messageDate=2004-04-14
Moore has finally detached completely from the planet. He has left earth’s orbit and is spiraling out into empty space.
He should’ve MAYBE said libertarian, but even most of them won’t be against building codes.
This guy talks pure crazy.
Obama's "community organizing" left Chicago neighborhoods in ruins.
Grim proving ground for Obama's housing policy"About 99 of the units are vacant, many rendered uninhabitable by unfixed problems, such as collapsed roofs and fire damage. Mice scamper through the halls. Battered mailboxes hang open. Sewage backs up into kitchen sinks. In 2006, federal inspectors graded the condition of the complex an 11 on a 100-point scale - a score so bad the buildings now face demolition."
No earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes or natural disasters of any kind involved. Just 0bummer, his cronies and a feelgood government entitlement program.
Michael Moore: 250,000 Killed in Haiti Because It's an Unregulated 'Republican's Paradise'Yeah Michael, those unregulated rich corporate and Wall Street type Republican Haitian tycoons all got rich by using substandard building practices...
I might also add that when a Dem entitlement program teams up with a development scammer to destroy your neighborhood they don’t send FEMA in to rescue you. They use you as a prop for their next election campaign.
Many of the buildings that fell, often in “pancake” mode, were steel reinforced concrete, but of substandard construction. A minimum of rebar was used, and the concrete was not the strongest. Still, they were substantial. A little improvement can make a lot of difference, so I don’t know how much stronger they would have had to have been to reduce the casualty count significantly. Like I said, I’m guessing a reasonable standard may have reduced it by half, but that’s still a large scale of devastation.
I noted in a post shortly after the quake that one of the buildings that “pancaked” was an old British hotel with an interesting history. I don’t suppose it had any rebar at all, but it was right at the epicenter, and had survived other quakes over the years.
My main point is that you have to consider these things realistically. The magnitude of the quakes shows the TOTAL energy released, and does not tell you what the ground shaking was like at any particular location. This depends not only on the proximity and depth, but other factors such as the type of shaking ( vertical and horizontal ) and local ground conditions.
A response I take with respect. It makes sense. I have given money to Christian relief agencys to help. I will stop with the political aspect.
I didn’t realize rockets could be built with that much thrust!
LOL There’s no rocket. Moore is a self-propelled gas bag.
Hey Lardass! Why don’t you get another box of donuts or two and mellow out?
And Cheney.
A barf alert would have been greatly appreciaated. It is breakfast time on my coast.
That said: glad we finally identified the real problem in Haiti: too many republicans.
Which means the solution is to send all of our libtards there to fix it.
Not enough Communism in Haiti? Not enough of an utter dictatorship?? Unbelievable.
Oh shut up, fat boy.
Yea, yea, whatever Mike. It’s all my fault because I voted for Reagan. s/ with eyes rolling.
You can’t fool me. That is Michael Moore’s head photoshopped on Rosie O’s body.
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