silverswede
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Am I missing something on the forum? It's been 3 days since the earthquake devastated Haiti and on the forum... dead silence. Can we just let our feelings out on here. Do we have members there? Just some comments, anything?
packerbacker said: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.
texastee2007 said:we were not being heartless just on another thread....
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,285975.0.html
jeff of pa said:texastee2007 said:we were not being heartless just on another thread....
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,285975.0.html
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packerbacker said: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.
Saturna said:packerbacker said: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.
Unfortunately this seems to be standard issue with these types of countries. Haiti may as well be Somalia, or most African countries.
I, too, wondered how much foreign money would go towards rebuilding the palace as people starved.
texastee2007 said:texastee2007 said:we were not being heartless just on another thread....
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,285975.0.html
why in this countries hour of desperation...pain and death...must God be removed from the thread? 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.
texastee2007 said:jeff of pa said:texastee2007 said:texastee2007 said:we were not being heartless just on another thread....
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,285975.0.html
why in this countries hour of desperation...pain and death...must God be removed from the thread? 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.
I Can Live with That.
Moved To PROPHECY
Forgot about it's Existance
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,285975.0.html
Thank you Jeff.
Haiti is approx 6,856,960 acres in July 2008 the population was approx 10,033,000 people.
jeff of pa said:Saturna said:packerbacker said: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.
Unfortunately this seems to be standard issue with these types of countries. Haiti may as well be Somalia, or most African countries.
I, too, wondered how much foreign money would go towards rebuilding the palace as people starved.
Well First off I Can see the EMails Coming in
Requesting Donations. Definately Don't Donate.
they will All Be scams.
Real Charaties Don't Spam
you want help to get to the people
contact the Red Cross
texastee2007 said:that seems fare....I am always guilty of using Everything Else for Everything Else including prayers for folks...you see it is just my natural path in life...everyday....so to me it fits..