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Lance Durban offers an opinion on the U.N. Peacekeeping Mission in Haiti.

We have all heard the occasional anti-U.N. peacekeeping presence rant. Obviously there are a few people who feel strongly on this issue... but I would submit that they are a very small and ignorant minority.

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From: Elliot Kriegsman

A few notes on the dismissal of Prime Minister Michèle Pierre-Louis By Michael Deibert

"Another chapter in the disregard for honesty and transparency that
infuses the marrow of Haiti’s political class was written last week
with the ouster of Haitian Prime Minister Michèle Pierre-Louis..."

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From: Michael VanHook

Needs exist all over Haiti, not just isolated pockets. The Nordest Department has been largely ignored until recently. It makes a lot of sense to start a project there because it borders the DR. Before the road was paved and the CAP customs office was overhauled, getting supplies there was the best, maybe the only option.
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From: leonie hermantin

Dear Gigi:

Why not Gonaives, because I suspect that undertaking such a project in an urban
center would have been a logistical nightmare which would have taken years to
complete.



From what I understand the Irish found/acquired 14 acres of land and built
the community without any any support from the government. I believe that
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From: leonie hermantin


Molly Sims spreads AIDS awareness



Tuesday, 03 November , 2009, 12:26












American model/actress Molly Sims showed prostitutes how to use condoms during
a charity trip to Haiti.
The 36-year-old star, who visited Haiti as an ambassador for Population
Services International, said she was "shocked" to see the conditions the
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35451:  Hermantin reply RE: 35427:  Auguste query Re: 35416:  Gourgue

From: leonie hermantin


I do not mean to speak for Mr. Gourgue, but I think that what he is referring
to is the fact that many of the deportees are being sent back, not because
they have broken any US laws or have any committed crimes of moral turpitude,
they are returned to Haiti because their claim for asylum was ultimatly denied.
I am sure that Mr. Gourgue was not referring to the Complete article

35450:  Benson response to 35439 Augustine (fwd)

From LeGrace Benson
Re: 35439

"Haitian peasants may not be thinking for themselves but someone should; ifnot directly for the peasants but
for Haiti as a whole."

The presumption that Haitian peasants do not and probably cannot be thinkingfor themselves is an old and apparently quite durable opinion. It does notaccord with the facts. Worse than that: Haiti has had an on-going afflictionof Complete article

35449:  Hermantin responds RE: 35435:  Stockdale comment Re: 35431:

From: leonie hermantin


To Auguste and Stockdale:

I don't even know how to respond to these patronizing and incorrect statements made about Haitian peasants being people who "are not thinking, don't plan for tomorrow, only believe in instant gratification... etc"

"But in the peasant culture in Haiti (there is probably a proverb for this)
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35447:  Kriegsman (announcement) (fwd)

Elliot Kriegsmanwrites:

I must be getting crotchety in my old age but will somebody grab this woman by the shoulders and shake her violently? Please!

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MOLLY SIMS "SHOCKED" BY SEX WORKERS IN HAITI

Model-turned-actress MOLLY SIMS is in shock after meeting women forced to sell their bodies to feed their families during a recent charity mission to Haiti.
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35446:  LeGrace Benson Announce event (fwd)

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35445:  Pomerantz (reply)  (comment) Re: 35425: Hermantin(news)

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[spam] 35444:  Stockdale reply re:35437:  Benson Response to 35435 (fwd)

From: The Stockdales

I agree with Ms Benson. The person to whom I responded did not seem to be taking "real life" into account. It is not as simple as saying that they have to get a clue. They have one. Perhaps my last statement was more to the point--it is easier to come by trees than cash.
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35441: Walton (reply)  Comment Re: 35425:  Hermantin(news) Irish

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35440:  Larkin (reply)  Re: 35429:  John Black (opinion) guard rails

From: Mary Larkin

Well said. I took public transportation - a small tap tap from Cap Haitien to Milot and it was an experience of a lifetime. One I cherish and will never forget.
Once the people got used to a blan in their midst they were wonderful. I had three school children one on top of the other piled to the ceiling on my lap.If an older person got on board everyone made sure the children Complete article

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