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2004-03-06 Caribbean-Latin America
Voodoo spirits get credit for Aristide’s flight
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Posted by tipper 2004-03-06 12:37:32 AM|| || Front Page|| [11128 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Sounds good to me. Run it by the Congressional Black Caucus and let me know their take on it, okay?
Posted by tu3031 2004-3-6 12:53:57 AM||   2004-3-6 12:53:57 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 I'd read this with a huge grain of salt.
Posted by Shipman 2004-3-6 12:30:58 PM||   2004-3-6 12:30:58 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 When you stomp on the religion of the common people the way Aristide did, you can expect trouble. Don't sell voodoo short. It's a prime example of the power of persuasion, especially among a group of willing believers. It can be the biggest crock of poppycock in the world, but if enough people believe it's real, it has power. The people of Haiti believe very strongly in voodoo. Manipulate it the right way, and you're a king. Screw up, and you're Aristidedead.
Posted by Old Patriot  2004-3-6 12:59:44 PM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm]  2004-3-6 12:59:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Voodoo is just a bunch of old beliefs, organized religion, superstition, and manipulation put in a blender and run on the "puree" setting for a few hundred years. Then the people drink it in deep draughts. And Voila! You have a totally fubar and disfunctional country.
Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-3-6 1:54:22 PM||   2004-3-6 1:54:22 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 I believe... believe that this is a plot to create a stable environment where corporations can experiment with outsourcing using ZOMBIE LABOR! After all.. the dead require no wages, no food, make no complaints or strikes and that Voodoo Magic keeps them working. The ultimate outsourcing site. (even robots cost money and energy to run.)
Posted by 3dc 2004-3-6 2:14:57 PM||   2004-3-6 2:14:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Claimed to be a horse, turned out to be an ass.
Posted by mojo 2004-3-6 5:54:49 PM||   2004-3-6 5:54:49 PM|| Front Page Top

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