Comments on: Desperate Haitians Survive On Mud Cookies

Slum Residents Suffering As Oil Prices, Biofuel Demand, Weather Drive Food Costs Up

[mcv57]

... surely the rich will be comdemned as Lazurus.

[mcv57]

This is crime against humanity, the rich and corporate empires should be brought to trail. I am sure they were white people, they would be feed by now. This makes me want to cry . . . Bill Gates and the Bushwacker sees Africa more important.

[mcv57]

This is crime against humanity, the rich and corporate empires should be brought to trail. I am should if they were white people, they would be feed by now. This makes me want to cry . . . Bill Gates and the Bushwacker sees Africa more important.

[expatriate07]

Although over-population does not help the poverty problem, I would not say that it is the cause. After all there has been poverty stricken peoples at least since the time of Moses, and overpopulation was not it''s cause at all. I would have to whole-heartedly agree that poverty is caused by corrupt government and it''s greedy benefactors. The earth has plenty of resources to go around but the rich and powerful horde them for their selves. They use it to accomplish things like war upon lands that will make them richer and crushing any threat to their wealth. People usually care little for the poor until the problem becomes to big to ignore. Then all of a sudden everybody cares, at least until they can continue ignoring it again...

[prinzowhales]

While Castro is no prize, he and his regime are a thousand times preferable to the US-backed scum who have ruled Haiti...Maybe Americans can get the recipe for those delicious looking cookies to savour as they vote the nation down the tubes this year.

[skeemeracc]

We are responsible for the multipleHaitian crises. READ and open your eyes. WE impoverished them fro 2 centuries because the did what we did...fought to be free from the European continent. They are still paying reparations to France and Britain for WINNING and this has never happen in recorded history...KNOW THE TRUTH try to sleep well.
Take an hour and listen and learn about OUR dirt
http://www.booktv.org/program.aspx?ProgramId=8620&SectionName=&PlayMedia=No

[nolalou]

Poverty is NOT caused by indiscriminate breeding, it is caused by corrupt governments, who line their pockets and spend no money on sanitation, infrastructure, education, or health care for their citizens.

[ksjeff-2009]

This grinding poverty is the result of indiscriminate breeding. And the Catholic Church is to blame for that issue, worldwide. Screw yourselves silly, but don''t worry, God will provide. In this case, he is providing mud cookies.

[rushlimpdrug]

Unfortunatly many people are uneducated about the history of Haiti. With a corrupt government, they will never be able to help themselves. . . I, myself have been there and Haitians are a beautiful people. If you really care, do something. If you don''''t, then continue to be spoiled in the USA.
Posted by clopezalles at 10:01 AM

History of Haiti?
When you talk about the Hatians being beautiful people are you talking about the transplanted Africans brought to Haiti or about the original people of Haiti?

[clopezalles]

Unfortunatly many people are uneducated about the history of Haiti. With a corrupt government, they will never be able to help themselves. There are many organizations that help in Haiti. I, myself have been there and Haitians are a beautiful people. Yes, there are slums and bad people, but America is full of these too. There is an organization where 100% of the money raised goes directly to help people in Haiti, build schools, medical clinics, etc. newlifeforhaiti.org.
If you really care, do something. If you don''t, then continue to be spoiled in the USA.
PS. Most relief organizations spend most of the money raised to "run" the company, that very few $$$ actually make it to whatever country they are trying to help.

[rushlimpdrug]

When we die, we go with nothing but our charity
Posted by Dialogue1 at 09:37 AM

If your Haitian you can leave all the hungry kids behind from all the skrewin and leave some victims of AIDS/HIV to spread to other countries.
Plus they can leave knowing that other countries will open their hearts and take in another cycle of this type of "victim" stories.
Guess why people usually don''t have 8-15 kids anymore.
Cause we''d all be eating these cookies.

So Dialogue1, go to Haiti and make us all proud of you.

[dialogue1]

When we die, we go with nothing but our charity

[runningralph]

Poverty is caused by indiscriminate breeding. In Haiti or New Orleans. If you can''t afford to care for babies, don''t make them. In China fifty years ago they were in dire straits because Communism is incompatible with farming. They instituted birth control and became rich and powerful. When do-gooders interfere with nature they should demand birth control to prevent creating more starving people. Don''t interfere with the evolutionary process.

[dialogue1]

If you wish to help eradicate povery in Haiti, please contact the Rotary Clubs in Haiti or your local club and they will be glad to receive your donations to help the people of Haiti. You are also welcome to become a Rotarian, if you have the time, money, and ethical standards to become a member. Please check out www.rotary.org for a registration form.

If you ask yourself what your purpose in life is, it is not to get rich or be better than others, but to help those who are less fortunate than you are. When you die, you leave with nothing but your charity.

[dialogue1]

To help the poor people of Haiti, please contact your local Rotary Clubs and Rotaract Clubs. Make them aware what is happening in Haiti. These clubs have a yearly international project where they donate time and funds from the members and public. If they get together with their colleagues in Haiti, somethings can be done to help eradicate the hunger, by having soup kitchens, donating basic staples, digging wells for fresh water, etc and enhancing the quality of lives in rural areas of Haiti. These clubs need your time and donation as well, because alone they cannot do it.

Check out www.rotary.org for more information or google your state or city rotary clubs.

[missingamerica]

"Food prices around the world have spiked because of higher oil prices, needed for fertilizer, irrigation and transportation. Prices for basic ingredients such as corn and wheat are also up sharply, and the increasing global demand for biofuels is pressuring food markets as well."

Courtesy of "Commander Guy" George W. Bush and "I''ve never seen a baby I wouldn''t bomb" *** Cheney, two people who expect history to like them better than we like them now.

Oh, and with the demand-side assistance of "free trader" Bill Clinton, who never saw a corporation he wouldn''t sell the working people out to. (I mean, c''mon - do YOU remember a great wave of "We really need to have free trade agreements so we can offshore America" in YOUR neighborhood?)

[extremophil]

This story almost ruined the taste of my blueberry muffin. Hmmmmm.....think I''ll have another.

[b-easy63]

Our jails in Miami are full of Haitian criminals. Do NOT BRING THESE PEOPLE HERE.
See the crime rate,what they do to people in Miami is horrific, Don''''t bring these savages here. Our jails are full of Haitians who murder, hijack turists,beat kids on their way to school, rape girls etc. Pure beasts and wild animals.

Posted by Johnfrost at 07:54 AM : Jan 30, 2008


This is what starving, living on the edge and doing any thing to survive will make any man become--they are a product of their lives--they can''t change that, just because they are in a different country. I don''t advocate bringing anyone here--but understand that when we have policies and reward countries for exploiting their own people and resources for our benefit--there is a harvest--and part of that harvest is the dehumanizing and evil nature that comes out in the population when they are forced to live with deprivation and brutality. This is a common factor--whether it is ''horrible people '' from Haiti, or "former POWs" from other war torn lands. You should read the stories of life in Europe directly after WWII---it was horrific.

[b-easy63]

Don''''t we have some extra chow locked up somewhere for emergencies. I would classify this a humanitarian emergency on our border can''''t something be done. I volenter to eat lower on the hog so they don''''t have to eat mud be going through some difficult times but my dream is not a bowl of rice. We NEED to help this people and thier goverment Needs to stop stealing the states money and take care of these folks. This is one of those things you don''''t have to ask if it''''s wrong you ask what can we do to help {in the short term not forever}

Posted by crzmeat at 07:37 AM : Jan 30, 2008


The problem with relief efforts to places like Haiti and Africa is that even with foreign relief workers, the majority of the food never reaches the starving masses. Instead it is hijacked by militias and government employees and soldiers--then sold on the black market to pad their own bank accounts. It is hard to even get US airlifted supplies to the people. Lots of countries demand the goods be distributed by their own people--and "their people" often take the goods for their own use and the starving people just keep starving. This is a well known problem.

[b-easy63]

"Haitian doctors say depending on the cookies for sustenance risks malnutrition.

"Trust me, if I see someone eating those cookies, I will discourage it," said Dr. Gabriel Thimothee, executive director of Haiti''s health ministry."

What an incredibly STUPID thing to say. People are eating these "cookies" because they have nothing else to eat--so if he will discourage it--what will replace them? Dreams, wishes and air burgers?