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2004-02-18

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Posted by Steve White 2004-02-18 1:31:19 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Yup, no oil in Haiti.

Posted by Anonymous 2004-2-18 7:34:01 AM|| 2004-2-18 7:34:01 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Probably more than in Afghanistan, Anon.
Read this and then tell us why any nation should intervene in Haiti: Why Haiti's Such a Mess (And Why Bill Clinton Was So Wrong to Prop Up Aristide)

Posted by GK 2004-2-18 7:55:04 AM|| 2004-2-18 7:55:04 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 They are going to have to kill Americans to generate the requierd enthusiasm. Hopefully, they are too intelligent to go that route.

Posted by Super Hose 2004-2-18 9:02:55 AM|| 2004-2-18 9:02:55 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Ohhh, I think I just found the Reverend's retirement spot.

Posted by Anonymous2U 2004-2-18 9:36:19 AM|| 2004-2-18 9:36:19 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Anon - that was a lame comment. Why should we go there or rather, how many times should we go there until enough is enough.

I don't think there were allot of oil rigs in Afghanistan, Liberia, and Bosnia.

The Haitians are a lost cause. They are not willing to do anything for themselves. All they are interested in are fVckin' and fightin'. The Dominican Republic shares the same island with them and they don't have similar problems.

You can't help people who aren't willing to help themselves. Past actions there prove they are a lost cause - Dead Enders.

1 more point - where is the precious UN conerning this? I haven't seen or heard them stepping up to the plate to help the Haitians either.

Go hug a tree.

Posted by Yosemite Sam 2004-2-18 10:05:26 AM|| 2004-2-18 10:05:26 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 I'm not sure how many people know it, but we've intervened in Haiti five times in the 20th century. Nothing ever changes. These people are still fighting the same battles in 2004 they were fighting in 1824. Until the people of Haiti change, the politics - including the murder, rape, and total destruction - won't change.

Posted by Old Patriot 2004-2-18 11:11:19 AM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2004-2-18 11:11:19 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 The french have to think hard about going, after all they got kicked out of there, and just about every Haitian is proud to tell you that they did it. The french army would have to put their losing streak on the line. Best dressed losers I ever met.

Posted by TopMac 2004-2-18 12:17:38 PM|| 2004-2-18 12:17:38 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 The OAS and the UN should encourage the Dominican Republic to take over the entire island as occupier, colonist, or in Trust. Haiti was the second Democracy in the western hemesphere and they still haven't managed to make a go of it. They simply don't have the educated populace at this point.

Posted by ruprecht 2004-2-18 12:39:44 PM|| 2004-2-18 12:39:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Ruprecht, that would seriously dilute teh quality of the Dogers farm system. It won't happen.

Posted by Super Hose 2004-2-18 1:16:31 PM|| 2004-2-18 1:16:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 They simply don't have the educated populace at this point.

That's the least of their problems.... Haiti is damn near out of topsoil... it's time to temporarily depopulate that part of Hispanola. 1/3 to the US, 1/3 to France, 1/3 to Quebec, 1/3 to South America, 1/3 to Cuba.

Posted by Shipman 2004-2-18 1:34:26 PM|| 2004-2-18 1:34:26 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Mmm, Shipman? I am but a humble English major, but doesn't that make five thirds? Or is that doable in higher mathematics?

Posted by Sgt. Mom 2004-2-18 3:00:56 PM|| [www.sgtstryker.com] 2004-2-18 3:00:56 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 doesn't that make five thirds? Or is that doable in higher mathematics?
It's probably doable in Haiti. In fact, I think it's probably eminently doable. Just ask Aristide...

Posted by Old Patriot 2004-2-18 3:49:29 PM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2004-2-18 3:49:29 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 It's UN math. Same as they use in their bookkeeping.

Posted by Steve 2004-2-18 3:50:53 PM|| 2004-2-18 3:50:53 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 What's wrong with five thirds? Even an English major (ahem) should recognize that 5 thirds is the same as (or equvalent to as we say in science) third here, third there, plus 3 thirds or to sigma the whole thing 3 and 2 thirds or 19.

Posted by Shipman 2004-2-18 4:21:53 PM|| 2004-2-18 4:21:53 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 No, Shipman's right. I can see that extra 2/3's to account for the large undead zombie population that supposedly likes to hangout there. My question is, who gets them?

Posted by tu3031 2004-2-18 4:28:57 PM|| 2004-2-18 4:28:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 New Orleans

Posted by Stephen 2004-2-18 9:52:02 PM|| 2004-2-18 9:52:02 PM|| Front Page Top

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