It's the "New Haiti!"
The appointment of former presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush as key players in Haitian relief should cause the people of Haiti grave concern, if they weren't otherwise preoccupied with survival. These former presidents' records as pro-life advocates on the international scene is tarnished by real world outcomes.
During his eight years as president, Clinton was responsible for sanctions on Iraq that resulted in the deaths of 170,000 children under five. Former President George W. Bush exceeded that death toll by invading Iraq. That caused civil chaos and conflict among Iraqis leading to the deaths of over one million citizens in that tragic nation. When you see these two coming, their record speaks for itself. (Image)
PermalinkPolitical Earthquake Rocks Massachusetts
by Stephen Lendman
For the moment, millions of Haitians don't matter. For Washington and the West, they never did and don't now. It's pretense, a topic a forthcoming article will explore.
Today, however, the Massachusetts political earthquake takes precedence, and headlines explain it.
From the Boston Globe:
"Big win for Brown....Voter anger caught fire in final days." How can it be, asks the Globe, that "an obscure state senator with an unremarkable record" (became) a household name across the country by the end of the abbreviated campaign."
Israel starving Gaza and help Haiti? Is it compassion or propaganda to clean up the brutal face of Zionism?
Salim Nazzal
The tragedy of Haiti, and the suffering of the Haitian people, has stirred an outpouring of compassion around the world. This is what humans should expect from each other following a catastrophe of this proportion.
Since I consider myself a person committed to the question of the human dignity, I was relieved to see the quick response from the rescue and the medical teams which travelled long distances and worked tirelessly to save the lives of those buried under the ruins.
Recovering a Lost America
by Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowboy
Europe is a life changing experience for many Americans, an important part of the 'American Experience'. The most obvious examples are famous writers from Thomas Wolfe to Ernest Hemingway'. They enriched American literature with their often personal experiences of Europe. Artists like James Whistler and John Singer Sargent were at once fresh eyes in Europe and glimpses of rich European culture for Americans.
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