tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434842591971703006.post1281747381136651951..comments2023-05-11T04:57:33.365-07:00Comments on Trees For Lunch: 2 on HaitiUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434842591971703006.post-1606421656090743692010-01-19T19:21:46.088-08:002010-01-19T19:21:46.088-08:00Confession: I was in Haiti 2 years ago. People ar...Confession: I was in Haiti 2 years ago. People are correct when they say that the place has (or had) the potential to be a tourist Mecca. <br /><br />Who here can tell us the link between Savannah GA and Haiti? anyone? Buehler? anyone?J Curtishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12746127431922685446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434842591971703006.post-68115990806761264082010-01-19T17:18:04.689-08:002010-01-19T17:18:04.689-08:00Lets hope FEMA is not involved in Haiti relief. I ...Lets hope FEMA is not involved in Haiti relief. I will pray the Lord has mercy on those poor souls if FEMA is.photogrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149737419546300220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434842591971703006.post-48439151620399113572010-01-19T17:15:59.454-08:002010-01-19T17:15:59.454-08:00"In a nation without resources (due to misman..."In a nation without resources (due to mismanagement), resources are required from the outside."<br /><br />Well said Ginx. Well said. How many times has our government in the past dumped untold millions of dollars into an impovershed country and it never gets to the ones needing it the most? It all ends up in the bank accounts of it's corrupt leaders and the supplies are sold by those same corrupt leaders to the ones needing it the most.photogrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149737419546300220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434842591971703006.post-3303801693470693582010-01-19T06:05:38.823-08:002010-01-19T06:05:38.823-08:00In a nation without resources (due to mismanagemen...In a nation without resources (due to mismanagement), resources are required from the outside. Aid is already coming in daily to Haiti, even before the earthquake, but there should be aid in the form of experts and specialists who aim to help Haiti manage their future. Too often we just dump money/food on a poor country and wish them luck. We need to teach them how to fish, not just keep giving them fish.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02504734487692109101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434842591971703006.post-53798715151142674892010-01-18T13:44:27.666-08:002010-01-18T13:44:27.666-08:00That second article really does raise some interes...That second article really does raise some interesting questions. I agree with Ginx that it seems that much of Haiti's poverty is due to mismanagement within the country.<br /><br />I do not know however if outside help will empower them to correct themselves. I'd be interested to hear what kind of outside help Ginx has in mind?Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15692160455833039396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434842591971703006.post-33609527414536481182010-01-18T11:43:27.067-08:002010-01-18T11:43:27.067-08:00I just want to pretend I didn't read the first...I just want to pretend I didn't read the first one, so I'll just comment on the second.<br /><br />I heard quite a few snap judgments about American involvement in Haiti immediately following the quake, almost exclusively from left-leaning individuals. It is my understanding that the short tenure of US involvement was actually one of the brighter moments, and that it was Dominican slaughters after we left far worse of an impact. There was some economic exploitation through large loans, though nothing to account for any of their problems.<br /><br />It is my understanding that there was no resource management (most people note the tree situation) and no regulations regarding the construction of buildings. If anything, Haiti's early government was not "left" enough. I think it will take help from the outside for them to correct themselves, but I believe it is largely an issue of mismanagement within the country.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02504734487692109101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434842591971703006.post-81820575727112849072010-01-18T08:31:07.589-08:002010-01-18T08:31:07.589-08:00Go to www.terraformhaiti.com for some more ideasGo to www.terraformhaiti.com for some more ideasAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com