Medsummer: I think my point was mis-interpeted...Baby Doc was a bloody dictator who was kicked out and now has returned. I do not think it is for the better...
tomcatwarneOcean City, Plumouth, Devon, England UK17,106 posts
Witchaywoman: I hope that they rebuild the buildings to outlast disasters this time. Also curious to know what they will do about all the misplaced people.
Medsummer: I think my point was mis-interpeted...Baby Doc was a bloody dictator who was kicked out and now has returned. I do not think it is for the better...
ActractorguyTims Ford Lake, Tennessee USA2,089 posts
Medsummer: I think my point was mis-interpeted...Baby Doc was a bloody dictator who was kicked out and now has returned. I do not think it is for the better...
Yes the hope and change for Haiti is on it's way.
"Duvalier has returned, so we will have a real country now. We are glad that he is here to restore the country's image," said Ronald Brevil, 25, who had earlier rushed to the airport to see the leader he never knew.
Those who never read and understand history are destined to repeat it. Oh well. To each his own.
ActractorguyTims Ford Lake, Tennessee USA2,089 posts
venusenvy: I admire the work Sean Penn is doing in Haiti...He has vowed to stay until the country is rebuilt and determined to keep international eyes on Haiti
If baby doc get's power he will be told what to say. Penn has done it before. Lot's of the hollyweird do it all the time. Remember Hanoi Jane.
So sad that they are in such despair, turmoil and poverty that they will let this autocratic killing machine back on their soil. He was supposed to be exiled for life ...
venusenvy: I admire the work Sean Penn is doing in Haiti...He has vowed to stay until the country is rebuilt and determined to keep international eyes on Haiti
But not the work of Sarah Palin holding Cholera striken babies in her arms?
ttom500: But not the work of Sarah Palin holding Cholera striken babies in her arms?
theres a bit of a difference between a well placed 'photo op' and a man who carries sacks of wheat and rice up hills to villages and shuns accolades or pictures of him doing so
emmaline: theres a bit of a difference between a well placed 'photo op' and a man who carries sacks of wheat and rice up hills to villages and shuns accolades or pictures of him doing so
MedsummerOPflopping around on the beach, Liguria Italy1,682 posts
Medsummer: tell me how Haiti is changing for the better?
This is how Haiti has changed for something better...they are actually making noise about taking him to jail! It will be interesting to see if they do.
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