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Thu Jan-14-10 01:13 PM
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Ted Rall: The Haitian Earthquake : Made in the USA |
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Thu Jan-14-10 01:19 PM
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Thu Jan-14-10 01:19 PM
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Excellent blog post. This is a short and concise version of US "influence" in Haiti that needs to be understood by all.
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Thu Jan-14-10 01:21 PM
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3. We caused the earthquake? What a ridiculous title. |
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And yes, I read the article.
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Thu Jan-14-10 01:24 PM
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total disconnect with the title and subject. UNREC.
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Thu Jan-14-10 01:25 PM
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8. um, thats the Ted Rall actual title of the blog |
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Thu Jan-14-10 01:33 PM
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16. um, I can still register displeasure here |
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Thu Jan-14-10 01:24 PM
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1.) Have poor reading comprehension skills
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2.) Are hoping that others will read your post and not read the article
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Thu Jan-14-10 01:27 PM
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Thu Jan-14-10 01:29 PM
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14. MOST people who would benefit from reading that info will be turned off by the idiotic title. |
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Thu Jan-14-10 01:27 PM
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Rall is an attention whore who would blame the Cleveland Indians pitching problems on Yankee Imperialism is given half a chance.
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Thu Jan-14-10 01:25 PM
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6. what's pathetic is so many Americans don't want to admit this as being true |
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this country destroyed that country for greed.
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Thu Jan-14-10 01:25 PM
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7. I was wondering why Haiti was so poor. |
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Now I have a good starting point to use for researching. Thanks for posting that.
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Thu Jan-14-10 01:26 PM
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Thu Jan-14-10 01:27 PM
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12. Another good summary of our hand in Haitian history. |
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Thu Jan-14-10 01:28 PM
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13. thanks for posting this. KR+9 |
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Thu Jan-14-10 01:32 PM
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15. Ted Rall is an ignorant fuck so consumed with hate that he fashions history |
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in the manner he says he deplores.
teddy, sweetheart, yes the U.S. bears a chunk of responsibility for Haiti's woes but history didn't start in 1910.
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Thu Jan-14-10 01:34 PM
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17. France and America are responsible for the mess |
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Thu Jan-14-10 01:57 PM
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20. and does Rall attribute any of the mess to France? No. |
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Thu Jan-14-10 02:13 PM
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22. Did France have anything to do with how Haiti was run after we |
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purchased their debt?
No.
We had the opportunity to either aid Haiti or to exploit it. Everything that has happened there in the past 100 years is because of OUR policies - policies which we could have changed at any time. France washed their hands of it a hundred years ago. They may have started it, but we've owned it for a long, long time.
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Thu Jan-14-10 01:50 PM
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18. The title does damage to the piece. It will be ridiculed for the title alone. |
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I like this writing, but the title is
STUPID!
Almost as though the author is playing both sides of the fence at the same time.
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Thu Jan-14-10 01:56 PM
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19. Here's a blast from the DU past: |
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Edited on Thu Jan-14-10 01:59 PM by Prometheus Bound
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Thu Jan-14-10 02:01 PM
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21. Conveniently overlooks France's responsibility.... |
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Just because a country is in the Western Hemisphere doesn't make the US "responsibile" for its condition. Haiti is and was influenced by French colonial rule. That's a fact.
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