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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: El Diablo Blanco on January 13, 2010, 01:10:58 PM
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Such a sad day. Hopefully they get help. These images break my heart.
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Horrible tragedy. 100k feared dead.....wow......seems that there has been a great response from the world to help out as best they can.
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just awful.
Makes me feel like a douche for worrying/complaining about the little things when stuff like this happens.
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yeah and then we worry about being into catabolic state for 2 hours. very sad.
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just awful.
Makes me feel like a douche for worrying/complaining about the little things when stuff like this happens.
yup. I almost forgot that ronnie was better than dorian. almost. ;)
seriously though, it sucks. buildings collapse in haiti without earthquakes, thats how bad the building codes are (actually they are just not followed) - remember a few years ago a school collapsed out of the blue and many died..
given that it was a strong earthquake, its not surprising so many buildings are down.
so sad.
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r.i.p. ...
i shed some tears
life is so cruel for some people...and i think i have problems...
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Hopefully the world steps up and helps these people out.
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Hopefully the world steps up and helps these people out.
i would so help them if i had money and time
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100K people dead is a crazy thing to imagine. It's like a football stadium full of people all dead. Very sad.
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wait for racist comments...
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100K people dead is a crazy thing to imagine. It's like a football stadium full of people all dead. Very sad.
Don't you hate blacks?
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r.i.p. my turkish brothers
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Right.
Right.
Okay - here's the thing.
Firstly it's a terrible tragedy and my heart goes out to each and every one of them. It must be a horrible thing to endure and I wouldn't wish it on anyone to becaught up in something like that.
HOWEVER....
A few of my friends on Facebook (yeah I know ::)) have all said the same thing.
HOWEVER...
They all happen to be of afro-carribbean descent - not one single white person has commented on it.
Would these blacks be commenting if the earthquake had happened in a predominantly white or better still, non black country? Countries like Iran and Turkey and South East Asia get natural disasters all the time - hell they even get them in the States.
But I don't hear them say shit when it happens elsewhere.
Hypocrasy? ???
WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
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yup. I almost forgot that ronnie was better than dorian. almost. ;)
I know you shouldn't laugh when it comes to a topic like that but that made me laugh. ;D
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Hopefully the world steps up and helps these people out.
the only way that worthless rock has ever survived is charity
we already have a shitload of their worst element living here
might as well bring over the rest and use the rock for military purposes
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Right.
Right.
Okay - here's the thing.
Firstly it's a terrible tragedy and my heart goes out to each and every one of them. It must be a horrible thing to endure and I wouldn't wish it on anyone to becaught up in something like that.
HOWEVER....
A few of my friends on Facebook (yeah I know ::)) have all said the same thing.
HOWEVER...
They all happen to be of afro-carribbean descent - not one single white person has commented on it.
Would these blacks be commenting if the earthquake had happened in a predominantly white or better still, non black country? Countries like Iran and Turkey and South East Asia get natural disasters all the time - hell they even get them in the States.
But I don't hear them say shit when it happens elsewhere.
Hypocrasy? ???
Valid point.....HOWEVER, take your soap opera scenario and shove it up ur arse! Possibly teh worst tragedy in history death tolls.
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Don't you hate blacks?
I had these north american hip hop druggie fucked up blacks. Not people. Just those ones.
These poor people got rocked hard and it sucks. No one deserves what happened to them.
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Just awful.
Weather modification for depopulation at work.
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they always over estimate the number of dead in these disasters. Probably to get aid faster.
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Valid point.....HOWEVER, take your soap opera scenario and shove it up ur arse! Possibly teh worst tragedy in history death tolls.
qft
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to bad more people didnt have these people in there prayers prior to this... if they had this wouldnt have happened.....
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i did a happy dance upon rec word that the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Porto Prince died in the earthquake. :D
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horrible thing that happened there.
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NBC has a list of haiti charities up here:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34843829/ns/world_news-haiti_earthquake/
Action Against Hunger
American Red Cross
American Jewish World Service
AmeriCares
Beyond Borders
CARE
Catholic Relief Services
Childcare Worldwide
Direct Relief International
Doctors Without Borders
Feed My Starving Children
Friends of WFP
Haitian Health Foundation
Hope for Haiti
International Medical Corps
International Relief Teams
Medical Teams International
Mennonite Central Committee
Meds and Food for Kids
Mercy Corps
Operation USA
Oxfam
Partners in Health
Samaritan's Purse
Save the Children
The Salvation Army
UNICEF
World Concern
World Vision
Yele Haiti
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Brazil's Mother Thereza, Pediatrician Zilda Arns, Among Haiti's Victims
Zilda ArnsZilda Arns Neumann, the national coordinator of the Brazilian Pastoral Care for Children (Pastoral da Criança) was one of the Brazilian victims of the earthquake that hit the capital of Haiti, Port-au-Prince, yesterday.
The information was supplied by congresswoman Ideli Salvatti, who visited Palácio do Planalto - the seat of the Brazilian government today - (13th) and accompanied the presidential staff's efforts for gathering information.
According to her, all of the contacts are being made by the chief of the presidential cabinet, Gilberto Carvalho, who has already spoken to relatives of Zilda's, including senator Flávio Arns, her nephew. He will travel to Haiti alongside the Brazilian minister of Defense, Nelson Jobim.
"Apparently, she was on the streets of Port-au-Prince at the time of the quake and was hit by something," said Ideli Salvatti. At Palácio do Planalto, the president's ministers and advisors are "totally" engaged, said Ideli.
So far, the deaths of eleven members of the Brazilian military have been confirmed. They were part of the UN Peace Corps operations in the country, which are headed by Brazil.
Zilda traveled last weekend to attend a missionary meeting at an organization named CIFOR and was staying at the Episcopal headquarters. According to Zilda Arns' press office, the coordinator was in Haiti to teach the Pastoral Care for Children's working methods for fighting malnutrition.
The disappearance of 75-year old Zilda was confirmed by her son, Rubens Arns. According to him, he last contacted his mother on Saturday, January 9.
The Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva regretted the tragedy that took place yesterday in Haiti and the passing of Zilda. The information was supplied by the Brazilian minister of Foreign Relations, Celso Amorim, while leaving a meeting with Lula today in the morning. "The president is absolutely shocked by the entire situation," he said.
Regarding the death of Zilda Arns, Amorim claimed that Lula "deeply lamented" the disappearance of a prominent person in the country who was in Haiti doing humanitarian aid work. Amorim also regretted the news.
The governor of the state of Paraná, Roberto Requião, who is now in Brasília (the Brazilian capital), declared three days of official mourning in the state for Zilda's death. Requião stated on Twitter that he has lost a great friend, and that her passing represents a great loss to Brazil and much pain to her friends.
Zilda Arns Neumann, 75, pediatrician and sanitarian, was the founder and coordinator of Pastoral Care for Children, founder and national coordinator of the Pastoral Care for the Elderly (Pastoral da Pessoa Idosa), both of which are social action organizations of the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (CNBB).
She was a honorary representative of the CNBB, of the National Health Council and a member of the Council for Social and Economic Development (CDES). Born in the city of Forquilhinha (in the state of Santa Catarina), she lived in Curitiba (capital of the state of Paraná), had five sons and ten grandsons. She chose medicine as her mission and dedicated herself to public healthcare.
In 1980 she was invited to coordinate the Sabin vaccination campaign, for fighting the first polio epidemics, which started in the municipality of União da Vitória (Paraná), and devised her own method, which was later adopted by the Brazilian Ministry of Health.
In 1983, by request of the CNBB, she established the Pastoral Care for Children alongside Geraldo Majela Agnello, the Cardinal Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (capital of the state of Bahia), then the Archbishop of Londrina (Paraná). It was then that she developed the community-oriented methodology of multiplying knowledge and solidarity among poorer families.
She used to say that providing education to mothers, by means of qualified community leaders, was the best way to fight most of the easily preventable diseases and to protect children from becoming criminals.
The Pastoral Care for Children provides assistance to over 1.9 million pregnant women and children under 6 years of age, and 1.4 million impoverished families in 4,063 municipalities in Brazil. There are over 260,000 volunteer workers. The organization's working method was replicated in several countries.
For her social work, Zilda Arns was decorated several times. In 2006 she was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize alongside women from around the world selected by the 1000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize project, created by a Swiss association. Zilda was the sister of the Archbishop Emeritus of de São Paulo, cardinal Paulo Evaristo Arns.
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People will make a lot of money now.
Donate money, I will send it to Haiti! God wants it. And I want a new car.
Some people are so fucking stupid. ;D
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what about the animals
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Hope quick recoverly.
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Hope quick recoverly.
not likely to happen quickly, it's Haiti remember....
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This fool needs to shut up and know his history. Better yet, maybe he wants to take some of those millions of dollars that he has in Irish Banks and use that for Haitian Aide.
He said the smae thing about Cuba, that they were devil worshipers because of Santeria, which is a mixture of African and Christianity, they have African Saints.
Mr. Christian failed to say that the French were overthrown because they had few soldiers stationed on the island, France had some issues at home. After the victory, France was like, "okay, so you want to be free, well we will not help you at all. No aide, no trade, no shit."
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dont blame France...those nitwits wanted independence.
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dont blame France...those nitwits wanted independence.
Where did I blame France? I agree with what France did. You want Independence, here you go! But there was I think little forethought to what happens after independence, I forgot. And then there was that pesky Monroe Doctrine in the 20th century.
And Mr. Christian is lying, Dominican Republic is not prospering, the companies that open the resorts are prospering. I can't stand Pat, I swear he is the Devil's right big toe, and doesn't know it.
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Valid point.....HOWEVER, take your soap opera scenario and shove it up ur arse! Possibly teh worst tragedy in history death tolls.
qft
Well top 10 (not top 5). Most on record was 800k range. Gods way of thinning the heard.
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The next big Haiti news story...
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Chuck Todd of NBC predicts that in 3-4 days, the big news story will be tens of thousands of haitian refugees arriving on the beaches of Florida.
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Such a sad day. Hopefully they get help. These images break my heart.
There are people living here in LA just like that. Sorry but Americans get my first concern.
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The next big Haiti news story...
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Chuck Todd of NBC predicts that in 3-4 days, the big news story will be tens of thousands of haitian refugees arriving on the beaches of Florida.
Thats if they can put together boats or rafts, and of course wile will send them back, yet let illegal immigrants come thru our borders, or let cubans come due to "political asylum" ::)
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There are people living here in LA just like that. Sorry but Americans get my first concern.
Regmac, if you are talking about the homeless, some people choose to be homeless, whether it be because of pride, or not wanting to conform. Or mental illness. Then there are those who are down on their luck, lost their jobs. But there are homeless shelters, countless programs, and again some people take advantage of them, others again, because of pride will not.
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Regmac, if you are talking about the homeless, some people choose to be homeless, whether it be because of pride, or not wanting to conform. Or mental illness. Then there are those who are down on their luck, lost their jobs. But there are homeless shelters, countless programs, and again some people take advantage of them, others again, because of pride will not.
Its all the same. Haiti is Haiti though.
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well, we're SUSPENDING DEPORTATION - Step 1 to amnesty.
2 hours ago...
Responding to the devastation from the Haiti earthquake, Obama administration officials on Wednesday temporarily suspended deportations of illegal immigrants from that country.
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Haitian deportations would be halted “for the time being,” without specifying a time period. Immigration officials said it was clear they could be putting Haitians’ safety at risk by sending them back to a country staggering from the vast destruction of the quake. About 30,000 Haitians in the United States are facing deportation orders, immigration officials said.
Lawmakers and immigrant advocacy groups renewed calls for the administration to grant Haiti a special status that would shield Haitian immigrants in this country from deportation for an extended period and allow them to work legally. The Haitian government and advocates here have been asking Washington to grant the status, known as temporary protected status, since late 2008.
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The next big Haiti news story...
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Chuck Todd of NBC predicts that in 3-4 days, the big news story will be tens of thousands of haitian refugees arriving on the beaches of Florida.
they are coming...not good for democrats
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My heart goes out to them but my wallet stays in my pant pocket
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I dunno...
If the Obama administration grants them amnesty - I mean, the country is devastated and they can't exactly go back for a few years - then they'll certainly vote Dem.
But the backlash against obama could be ugly. We're near 20% local unemployment. You deliver 15,000 new jobless people to our little county's economy... yikes...
Either way, he can't send them back and let the repubs call him heartless and win the hispanic and guilt vote. They're here to stay, I'm betting.
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Have you seen DOWNFALL? Good movie.
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sad ending though :'(
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chilling.. from an NBC reporter:
"They don't move things in Haiti when they break. The people who died in this earthquake... they may be in their graves now."
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you know, it is one thing to be "cavalier" and/or using "shocking"humor on a interweb forum but i think alot of this "humor" isn't really "humor" and there is alot of malice behind these words from some of you.
seriously, alot of innocent people got hurt here- have a fucking heart
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you know, it is one thing to be "cavalier" and/or using "shocking"humor on a interweb forum but i think alot of this "humor" isn't really "humor" and there is alot of malice behind these words from some of you.
seriously, alot of innocent people got hurt here- have a fucking heart
Here's the thing, and i know small post count means i have a small penis and everything i say is pure retardation that should never be taken seriously until i hit 5k posts but;
People cry and bitch about how America is everywhere and we should just mind our own business and stop trying to play dad to every country out there.........then this shit happens and guess who is EXPECTED to bail everyone out?
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If you have a cell phone, and wanna help, simply send a text to 90999 Txt word Haiti ... That will be $10.00 for the Red Cross Int Relief.
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Here's the thing, and i know small post count means i have a small penis and everything i say is pure retardation that should never be taken seriously until i hit 5k posts but;
People cry and bitch about how America is everywhere and we should just mind our own business and stop trying to play dad to every country out there.........then this shit happens and guess who is EXPECTED to bail everyone out?
::)
You are right , what you just said is pure retardation .
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well... next time they'll build REAL HOUSES and not shanties... If there's still someone to relocate tho.
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Before 911 I cared for other countries but soo nafter i realized they only think about US when they need something. >:(
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People cry and bitch about how America is everywhere and we should just mind our own business and stop trying to play dad to every country out there.........then this shit happens and guess who is EXPECTED to bail everyone out?
Couldn't have said it better.
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Here's the thing, and i know small post count means i have a small penis and everything i say is pure retardation that should never be taken seriously until i hit 5k posts but;
People cry and bitch about how America is everywhere and we should just mind our own business and stop trying to play dad to every country out there.........then this shit happens and guess who is EXPECTED to bail everyone out?
(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/194/451241690_8c5fb076b7.jpg)
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Here's the thing, and i know small post count means i have a small penis and everything i say is pure retardation that should never be taken seriously until i hit 5k posts but;
People cry and bitch about how America is everywhere and we should just mind our own business and stop trying to play dad to every country out there.........then this shit happens and guess who is EXPECTED to bail everyone out?
Amen
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what about the animals
100,000 killed
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100,000 killed
Not to be sick 8) but how many grams of protein is that?
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*sigh...........*
Where to begin with this shit.............
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*sigh...........*
Where to begin with this shit.............
Where you left off with the Charmin :D
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Where you left off with the Charmin :D
I wiped the Haiti from my ass with Charmin double ply.
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Here's the thing, and i know small post count means i have a small penis and everything i say is pure retardation that should never be taken seriously until i hit 5k posts but;
People cry and bitch about how America is everywhere and we should just mind our own business and stop trying to play dad to every country out there.........then this shit happens and guess who is EXPECTED to bail everyone out?
Here is the thing, other nations want to down us, but when they need help, who does it? WHen that tsunami hit Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation, who gave more---US citizens, the Saudis barely gave a drop in the bucket, until they were pulled up about it, and then they started giving.
China and Russia want to be the world's leaders, but it comes with a price. China is happy and content that America plays the Policeman and Humanitarian, they just sit back. But if you want to be in the driver's seat, you can't always speed, you have to obey the laws and be courteous to the pedestrians. China hasn't figured that out yet.
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Where is Haiti?
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I wiped the Haiti from my ass with Charmin double ply.
They've never heard of TP!
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Where is Haiti?
Crusted up around the butthole of the world.
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what is it with 3rd worlders and earthquakes and shit?
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Here is the thing, other nations want to down us, but when they need help, who does it? WHen that tsunami hit Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation, who gave more---US citizens, the Saudis barely gave a drop in the bucket, until they were pulled up about it, and then they started giving.
China and Russia want to be the world's leaders, but it comes with a price. China is happy and content that America plays the Policeman and Humanitarian, they just sit back. But if you want to be in the driver's seat, you can't always speed, you have to obey the laws and be courteous to the pedestrians. China hasn't figured that out yet.
China donated $63 million to the tsunami victims. The USA and its citizens gave over $2.875 billion. And that doesn't include all the military ships, supplies and what not that were used. Nor does it also include the thousands of Americans who dropped everything they were doing to go over there and help clean up.
And from what I've been reading, quite a few Americans are already on their way down to Haiti to help again.
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China donated $63 million to the tsunami victims. The USA and its citizens gave over $2.875 billion. And that doesn't include all the military ships, supplies and what not that were used. Nor does it also include the thousands of Americans who dropped everything they were doing to go over there and help clean up.
And from what I've been reading, quite a few Americans are already on their way down to Haiti to help again.
China only did that to look okay amongst Asians...63 million is not even a drop in the bucket to what US citizens have done. Fact is China doesn't care about humanitarian efforts, for all we know they could have caused the tsanami or this earthqauke with HAARP like technology (or the US or Russia for that matter, just to create a diversion)
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it'll take 50 years to get that shithole country back in order
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100k dead really sucks. So much for voodoo.
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Good thing about natural disasters in shithole shanty towns is the difference afterwards is minimal.
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Good thing about natural disasters in shithole shanty towns is the difference afterwards is minimal.
According to Pat Robertson, Haiti's pact (alleged) with the devil caused this. But, it's a good thing, because this will cause massive rebuilding. So, The Devil is working for God now and is doing good. ::)
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as a result of the 1803(or so) slave rebellion where the French were run out of Haiti. France sold to America the real estate package known as "the Louisiana purchase" . therefore, the Hatian pact with the devil improved America....
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it'll take 50 years to get that shithole country back in order
Wasn't in order in the first place....let's see how much of the money being sent actually helps out the people and how much ends up in government officials pockets.
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Honestly, it's a shame the earthquake didn't destroy that island.
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Honestly, it's a shame the earthquake didn't destroy that island.
Word?