This may sound heartless or as if I'm making light of the situation, BUT, the biggest problem with supplying aid to Haiti is that the government, if you can call it that, is so corrupt that only a small percentage of the aid will be distributed to those that need it most. I'm not proposing that we don't try, as a country, but I don't think much of the cold cash donated to this cause will make it to the intended citizens. Heck, that place wasn't safe to be in before the quake, can you imagine what despite people will do now? Too bad they don't have oil or copper deposits that we could benefit from. I remember, some years ago, there was a story on the news where the Coast Guard had detained a boatload of "Haitian Boat People" , as they were known as, to be immediately deported back to Haiti. These were Haitians that had lost hope in their country and were prepared to sacrifice EVERYTHING to come to America in leaky ol' boats and rafts to try and join, and contribute to, a free society. (kinda like America's pilgrims)There were many stories of these "boat people" but, what stands out in my memory is, as our government was getting ready to deport a boatload of them, the government was also holding up a commercial airliner and delaying it's takeoff destined for Russia. The reason they were doing that is there were people from the Russian Ballet aboard the aircraft and our government was hoping that one specific ballerina would defect to the US. That would blacken ol' Ruskies eye and make us look good. No such concerns for the Haitians. True story. I don't want to hear how much America loves the Haitians so therefore we are sending this or that, let's forego the rhetoric and just send some help.
? Shouldn't the thread have been moved to Religion instead of deleted?? There was some very good information on it....The mere fact that a member had predicted the event should be worthy of something.
