tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304235862479840318.post3338582010646157936..comments2024-01-08T04:16:25.601-08:00Comments on Ché (What You Call Your) Pasa: Haiti a Year OnChé Pasahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01926630891287949373noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304235862479840318.post-49540851806704200332011-01-16T16:53:49.100-08:002011-01-16T16:53:49.100-08:00Katrina is the type model "exercise" -- ...Katrina is the type model "exercise" -- as Darth Cheney called it -- for doing nothing, or rather absolutely as little as possible, at the absolute highest possible costs.<br /><br />It's spreading, what with the snow removal failure in the Northeast -- not just NYC -- and all sorts of other examples. <br /><br />The New Normal.<br /><br />As for sending money, it is almost impossible to know who to send it to to actually do any good for the Haitians. The best I've been able to figure it out -- as I am too ignorant to be sure -- is to go directly through Haitian and Haitian American agencies.<br /><br />This interview with several Haitian Americans makes eminent sense.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/qa-haitian-diaspora-on-haitis-reconstruction-and-foreign-aid-agencies/" rel="nofollow">http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/qa-haitian-diaspora-on-haitis-reconstruction-and-foreign-aid-agencies/</a><br /><br />Then of course Baby Doc is back, no doubt to get his cut of the loot. Where is Aristide? Still in exile in S. Africa, barred from returning.<br /><br />Things are liable to get much worse.<br /><br />Bleah.Ché Pasahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01926630891287949373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304235862479840318.post-42370196964781954342011-01-16T15:30:04.175-08:002011-01-16T15:30:04.175-08:00Ah, I hadn't noticed part 4 this morning. Yeah...Ah, I hadn't noticed part 4 this morning. Yeah, it <i>is</i> all about the damned NGOs. That's really what this series is about, but without going into much depth. <37,000-and-counting NGOs world-wide...amazing. Hey, it's business! The horrid conditions of the poor people who actually live in Haiti is not probed much here, but it does give one a flavor of the place. Too bad the documentary isn't in Smellovision™®©. The contrasts of the "camps" with sparkly SUVs and clean well-fed white people is depressing. I never gave a dime to that catastrophe, figuring I'd wait a few months to when the main flood of monies was drying up. But by then, it seemed like a waste of money to send anything. And I couldn't figure out which group was actually doing something. Guess my instincts were right, unfortunately for the people in Haiti. But I still had Katrina in my mind-bank. Another unending cluster fuck with suffering people.lea-pnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304235862479840318.post-61215308583331037572011-01-16T14:16:04.311-08:002011-01-16T14:16:04.311-08:00Infuriating. Even these episodes don't get int...Infuriating. Even these episodes don't get into how bad things really are, but if people see them, they'll begin to understand why Haitians are still suffering so much.<br /><br />This is a situation that actually calls for benign tyranny. Unfortunately, it's all about keeping the NGOs fat and happy, not about getting Haiti and Haitians out of this mess. <br /><br />Nuts-making.<br /><br />I've put links to all the episodes I could find in the post. Thanks for passing them on to me.Ché Pasahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01926630891287949373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304235862479840318.post-7017769728960455322011-01-16T10:59:57.854-08:002011-01-16T10:59:57.854-08:00Che, have you seen this series, "Haiti: Where...Che, have you seen this series, "Haiti: Where did the Money Go?"? Apparently it is a five part series. So far there are three episodes up on youtube, starting with this one: <br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpa8f3Q8eds<br /><br />#2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf-rC3VZxTo<br /><br />#3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pa7CUhSrAUc<br /><br />It is sure to piss you off. Pissed me off. This world is so fucking dysfunctional.lea-pnoreply@blogger.com