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Caribbean-Latin America
Some Haitians want restitution bawawawa
2004-03-30
EFL
French surrender monkeys troops patrolling this former slave colony for the first time in 200 years are getting warm welcomes from most Haitians, but some still want Paris to pay $22 billion in restitution called for by ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. The campaign to win restitution was a cornerstone of Aristide’s embattled administration, which charged France had wrongly made Haiti pay for its independence after enslaving its people and stealing its riches.
uh? France did something wrong? Come now, let us reason together.
``They made us into slaves but we fought and eventually kicked them out,’’ said Job Denis, a 30-year-old tire repairman. ``But then they made us pay for our independence. They owe us that money and it should go to each and every Haitian.’’
Snicker, snicker...even the Haitians kicked some French backside. The shame!
That was approximately 200 years ago. Maybe any survivors are fully deserving of restitution. But just trying to grab off a hunk of the French pie after screwing up their own country for a couple hundred years is a scam of Jessie Jacksonesque proportions.
Posted by:Dragon Fly

#13  See how the American worker's SSI was depleted.

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http://A mericanD efenseL eague.com/jewsnssi.htm
Posted by: Smith TROLL   2004-03-30 7:33:51 AM  

#12  See how the American worker's SSI was depleted.

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http://A mericanDefenseLeague.com/jewsnssi.htm
Posted by: Smith   2004-03-30 7:33:04 AM  

#11  See how the American worker's SSI was depleted.

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http://A mericanDefenseLeague.com/jewsnssi.htm
Posted by: Smith   2004-03-30 7:33:04 AM  

#10  See how the American worker's SSI was depleted.
Posted by: Smith   2004-03-30 7:18:07 AM  

#9  See how the American worker's SSI was depleted.
Posted by: Smith   2004-03-30 7:18:07 AM  

#8  Not a cut Ms. Skolaut a finder's fee.
Posted by: Shipman   2004-03-30 7:50:20 PM  

#7  
a scam of Jessie Jacksonesque proportions
What do you want to bet Jesse put them up to it? (for a cut of the take, of course)
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2004-03-30 7:17:19 PM  

#6  Actually, in this case, the Haitians are correct. The French have done everything they could to bankrupt Haiti from the first days of Haitian independence, and to keep them bankrupt. While they've had a lot of help from the Haitians themselves, France has always had a nasty, vindictive, and brazenly hostile attitude toward Haiti and its people.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2004-03-30 12:41:44 PM  

#5  I could learn to support a campaign whose goal was to fleece swindle extort request a $22 billion screwing us over on Iraq penalty restitution payment for Haiti from France...
Posted by: snellenr   2004-03-30 11:55:27 AM  

#4  LOL Frank G.
Posted by: Shipman   2004-03-30 11:28:34 AM  

#3  Job Denis, a 30-year-old tire repairman.

that's how F*&k'd up Haiti is: you replace 30-yr-old tires, you can't repair 'em!
Posted by: Frank G   2004-03-30 10:04:54 AM  

#2  [Troll droppings deleted]
Posted by: Smith TROLL   2004-03-30 7:33:51 AM  

#1  Somehow, when I think of Haiti, "riches" is one of the last thing that comes to mind.
Posted by: tu3031   2004-03-30 7:11:51 AM  

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