Pat Robertson claims Haiti is cursed; earthquake caused by Haiti's pact with the devil.

iamkeri1 · 01-16-2010, 12:14 AM

Unbelievable!!! (I just can't stop using that word since I am not capable of understanding the basis, origin, reason for, whatever! of these hate filled and pain inducing statements on an ongoing basis.)
Back to ... unbelievable, I heard the President of France speaking on ABC early this morning, and HE said that Haiti was cursed. He was much more sympathetic in his comments, but still the idea that he refers to Haiti as cursed creeps me out, and is victim-blaming in a very big way IMHO.

I couldn't come up with any film of this (at six in the morning it seemed to me that he had a greedy little glint in his eye when speaking of the outside intervention he is going to encourage "for" Haiti.) But hell, maybe I was imagining it, and I was suffering from lack of sleep. Anyway, here's the text. Judge for yourselves.
Smooches,
Keri

PARIS (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy called on Thursday for an international donor conference to help Haiti recover from its devastating earthquake.

Sarkozy said he would be discussing the idea with U.S. President Barack Obama, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

"From this catastrophe, which follows so many others, we should make sure that it is a chance to get Haiti once and for all out of the curse it seems to have been stuck with for such a long time," Sarkozy told reporters.

"This new tragedy can be the last if the international community mobilises to help this country," he added.

He said France would work closely with the European Union to send "very important means" to rebuild Haiti, but did not give any specific figures.

Sarkozy said he would visit Haiti in the coming weeks to meet President Rene Preval. France would also be sending two ships to Haiti, a water treatment centre and new search teams.

France has also asked Air France, Air Caraibes and XL Airways to put on special flights to Haiti for families of victims so that they can visit the island as soon as the airport is open to civilian aircraft.

Heart · 01-16-2010, 08:04 AM

The Devil writes Pat Robertson a letter:

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/...ml?sc=fb&cc=fp

Peach · 01-16-2010, 08:35 AM

gotta love Keith

http://newsjunkiepost.com/2010/01/15...n-their-place/

WILDCAT · 01-16-2010, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by guest

gotta love Keith

http://newsjunkiepost.com/2010/01/15...n-their-place/

Wow, this just FLOORED me hearing what Rush said! Talk about obviously utilizing a horrible disaster for political gain right now! Why should I be surprised?!

I have been livid, to sick, to heartbroken over the fact that folks like G. Beck at Fox and the like, are having field days, these wonderful [racist] discussions - commenting, criticizing and ANALYZING the skin tone of folks - like what the fuck?! And discussing the president as they have been. If they were government "officials" doing this in public (we all know this is done by folks in government amongst theirselves - good elected officials representin' the people) they would be challenged to step down.

And the media sucks it up. It's like this massively huge vortex! Never ending with putrid garbage slinging! And the rating wars continue on the major networks. The followers [at home] get into these extremely negative dilusionary viewpoints. It's quite disgusting and appalling to me! Don't people have fucking minds of their own? What has happened to free and independent thinking?!

I'm just not a good "follower", AT ALL. I truly appreciate the others here on this site, who clearly think for theirselves... you help keep me sane.
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Otherwise, yes - Keith read their ass here. Good for him. Thanks for sharing this.

WC

*OK, now this was a mini-rant for those of you who need to know or want/care to distinguish.

But, now I'm done with "justifying" myself here on this site, got it? Thank you.

Andrew, Jr. · 01-16-2010, 12:53 PM

What happened to getting New Orleans rebuilt and getting people cared for and giving them what they needed? I am getting the feeling that our gov't is spending more $$ on Haiti than our own people.

Please don't flame me for this. I really don't understand.

Andrew

SuperFemme · 01-16-2010, 12:59 PM

There are people dying in the streets in Haiti. Shall we turn our backs because of man made borders or are they simply HUMAN?

Andrew, Jr. · 01-16-2010, 01:19 PM

I have no problem helping anyone in need in a crisis, but it appears to me, and just me alone mind you, that we are turning our backs on our fellow citizens. I never believed in borders. People are people. We should be helping each other out. Does this make sense?

01-16-2010, 12:53 PM	#5
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iamkeri1 Member How Do You Identify?: femme woman Preferred Pronoun?: she Relationship Status: solo Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Central Florida Posts: 905 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 302 Thanked 2,153 Times in 659 Posts Rep Power: 16642921	Unbelievable!!! (I just can't stop using that word since I am not capable of understanding the basis, origin, reason for, whatever! of these hate filled and pain inducing statements on an ongoing basis.) Back to ... unbelievable, I heard the President of France speaking on ABC early this morning, and HE said that Haiti was cursed. He was much more sympathetic in his comments, but still the idea that he refers to Haiti as cursed creeps me out, and is victim-blaming in a very big way IMHO. I couldn't come up with any film of this (at six in the morning it seemed to me that he had a greedy little glint in his eye when speaking of the outside intervention he is going to encourage "for" Haiti.) But hell, maybe I was imagining it, and I was suffering from lack of sleep. Anyway, here's the text. Judge for yourselves. Smooches, Keri PARIS (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy called on Thursday for an international donor conference to help Haiti recover from its devastating earthquake. Sarkozy said he would be discussing the idea with U.S. President Barack Obama, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. "From this catastrophe, which follows so many others, we should make sure that it is a chance to get Haiti once and for all out of the curse it seems to have been stuck with for such a long time," Sarkozy told reporters. "This new tragedy can be the last if the international community mobilises to help this country," he added. He said France would work closely with the European Union to send "very important means" to rebuild Haiti, but did not give any specific figures. Sarkozy said he would visit Haiti in the coming weeks to meet President Rene Preval. France would also be sending two ships to Haiti, a water treatment centre and new search teams. France has also asked Air France, Air Caraibes and XL Airways to put on special flights to Haiti for families of victims so that they can visit the island as soon as the airport is open to civilian aircraft.

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