Poorest Country In The Americas Impoverished Haiti Offers U.S. Katrina Aid

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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N04699205.htm

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Oct 4 (Reuters) - The Haitian government and a group of businessmen from the poorest country in the Americas on Tuesday offered the United States $36,000 in aid donations for victims of Hurricane Katrina.

The interim authorities in the unstable and destitute country of 8 million people, half of whom survive on a dollar a day, acknowledged the amount was modest.

But Finance Minister Henri Bazin said it was a testimony to the friendship and solidarity between the richest nation in the hemisphere and its poorest neighbor.

"Despite our meager means, we want to be counted among those who showed solidarity toward you (the American people)," Bazin told the top U.S. diplomat in Haiti, Timothy Carney, during a joint news conference.

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Jesus would have said they had given the most.

"Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts. But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a fraction of a penny. Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, 'I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others.'" (Mark 12:41-43)

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

2. Thanks, Haiti...

What is America today, anyway?

[sweetheart]

3. Perhaps the bush administration will accept slaves

With a little tweaking of the rules, bush could sneak in a few slaves
as gifts for his texan buddies who want one. Then bush could hold
private auctions of his Hatian *AID*, and pocket the profits. I'm
sure the bush people are negotiating for the slaves to be young virgins...

Its a small world after all.

[leveymg]

4. Gawd. That's nearly as much as we offered them after Hurr. last year

I recall the Bush Administration's initial grant was $500,000 after a Category 4 hurrican killed hundreds of people and left tens of thousands homeless on that foresaken island.

They were also dark, poor people - hence the generous treatment.

We have a remarkably generous President. And, he isn't racist! :eyes: