Hostile to Haiti: Rush Limbaugh is classless in attacking hemisphere's poorest country
Courtesy of the DAILY NEWS
Thursday, May 21st 2009, 4:00 AM
Reacting to ex-President Bill Clinton's appointment as UN special envoy to Haiti, radio personality Rush Limbaugh had this to say yesterday:
"I'm just gonna tell you, if I was named envoy to Haiti, I'd quit government. Envoy to Haiti? You can't even pick up a prostitute down there without genuine fear of AIDS."
The poorest country in the Western Hemisphere - our neighbor - is starving. Has been ground under for decades by dictatorships. Has been battered of late by four hurricanes. Is yearning for the world's help.
And Clinton is the best hope the Haitian people have had in a long time.
What's more, you could say the same about patronizing prostitutes in the good old U.S.A. Nice, Rush. Nice.
Friday, May 29, 2009
FATHER JEAN JUSTE, SPIRITUAL LEADER AND POLITICAL ACTIVIST DIES IN FLORIDA
Gerard Jean-Juste, spiritual leader of Haitian Americans, dies
Courtesy of Miami Herald
BY ELINOR J. BRECHER AND JACQUELINE CHARLES
ebrecher@MiamiHerald.com
The spiritual and political leader of the Haitian community in South Florida died in Miami after suffering a stroke. He was 62.
The Rev. Gérard Jean-Juste, the Roman Catholic priest whose passionate, relentless, 30-year human-rights crusade on behalf of his fellow Haitians cast him as their spiritual and political leader in South Florida, has died.
Jean-Juste was a liberation theologist, controversial in both the United States and his homeland, who battled the unequal treatment of Haitian refugees in the federal courts, in Miami's streets and in the media.
He suffered a stroke recently, according to Ira Kurzban, the Miami attorney who represented Jean-Juste's Haitian Refugee Center in several lawsuits against the U.S. government, and died Wednesday evening at Jackson Memorial Hospital. He was 62.
His death apparently was unrelated to the leukemia that Jackson doctors treated three years ago.
''The Haitian-American community has lost a visionary and a central figure who helped to establish the Haitian community in South Florida,'' Kurzban said. ``They lost a. . .friend whose arms and heart were always open.''
Marliene Bastien, executive director of Haitian Women of Miami, called Jean-Juste ``an icon, someone who gave himself wholely, selflessly to others without any need to''self-promote.
'He was the greatest champion of refugees' and immigrants' rights, and he showed that we, as a country, could do better in the way we treat people who leave their native land to come here.''
Bastien said that Jean-Juste ``goes all the way when it comes to defending the rights of the less fortunate. He fights with all his might in the pursuit of justice. He doesn't stop to eat.''
Jean-Juste was an unflinching supporter of ousted Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and his Fanmi Lavalas Party. On learning of his death, Maryse Narcisse, a Lavalas leader and spokeswoman for Aristide -- who is in exile in South Africa -- said, ``This terrible, terrible news. A big loss for us.''
Jean-Juste's demands for Aristide's return after a 2004 violent revolution, and his attacks on government corruption, earned him two prison terms in Haiti.
Unafraid to confront anyone, including Church superiors in two countries, he was suspended by the Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince -- and prevented from having his own South Florida church by the Archdiocese of Miami.
Some admirers called him ''St. Maverick.'' He once said, ``The taste of freedom for somebody else is a great victory for me.''
Former Aristide government Prime Minister Yvon Neptune has known Jean-Juste since 1965. They exchanged notes from adjacent jail cells after both had been arrested by the interim government of Gerard Latortue.
Neptune remembered how Jean-Juste's passion for Haiti led him to return from Miami to work closely with Aristide's administrations.
''He's going to be missed a whole lot, and he's going to be remembered in a very positive way even by some of his detractors,'' Neptune said in Port-au-Prince. ``Especially. . .in the 1980s, he was very instrumental in having the U.S. government consider the case of the Haitian refugees. He was very much involved in social work not only in helping the Haitians solve their legal problems but in helping them in many ways.''
Born to an unmarried mother, Jean-Juste left Haiti in 1965 to study at a Canadian seminary.
He returned to Haiti briefly after ordination and worked in a remote parish. He left after refusing to sign an oath of allegiance to the government.
FATHER GERARD JEAN JUSTE INTERVIEWED AT CARTER CENTER
A courtesy of Global X
Courtesy of Miami Herald
BY ELINOR J. BRECHER AND JACQUELINE CHARLES
ebrecher@MiamiHerald.com
The spiritual and political leader of the Haitian community in South Florida died in Miami after suffering a stroke. He was 62.
The Rev. Gérard Jean-Juste, the Roman Catholic priest whose passionate, relentless, 30-year human-rights crusade on behalf of his fellow Haitians cast him as their spiritual and political leader in South Florida, has died.
Jean-Juste was a liberation theologist, controversial in both the United States and his homeland, who battled the unequal treatment of Haitian refugees in the federal courts, in Miami's streets and in the media.
He suffered a stroke recently, according to Ira Kurzban, the Miami attorney who represented Jean-Juste's Haitian Refugee Center in several lawsuits against the U.S. government, and died Wednesday evening at Jackson Memorial Hospital. He was 62.
His death apparently was unrelated to the leukemia that Jackson doctors treated three years ago.
''The Haitian-American community has lost a visionary and a central figure who helped to establish the Haitian community in South Florida,'' Kurzban said. ``They lost a. . .friend whose arms and heart were always open.''
Marliene Bastien, executive director of Haitian Women of Miami, called Jean-Juste ``an icon, someone who gave himself wholely, selflessly to others without any need to''self-promote.
'He was the greatest champion of refugees' and immigrants' rights, and he showed that we, as a country, could do better in the way we treat people who leave their native land to come here.''
Bastien said that Jean-Juste ``goes all the way when it comes to defending the rights of the less fortunate. He fights with all his might in the pursuit of justice. He doesn't stop to eat.''
Jean-Juste was an unflinching supporter of ousted Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and his Fanmi Lavalas Party. On learning of his death, Maryse Narcisse, a Lavalas leader and spokeswoman for Aristide -- who is in exile in South Africa -- said, ``This terrible, terrible news. A big loss for us.''
Jean-Juste's demands for Aristide's return after a 2004 violent revolution, and his attacks on government corruption, earned him two prison terms in Haiti.
Unafraid to confront anyone, including Church superiors in two countries, he was suspended by the Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince -- and prevented from having his own South Florida church by the Archdiocese of Miami.
Some admirers called him ''St. Maverick.'' He once said, ``The taste of freedom for somebody else is a great victory for me.''
Former Aristide government Prime Minister Yvon Neptune has known Jean-Juste since 1965. They exchanged notes from adjacent jail cells after both had been arrested by the interim government of Gerard Latortue.
Neptune remembered how Jean-Juste's passion for Haiti led him to return from Miami to work closely with Aristide's administrations.
''He's going to be missed a whole lot, and he's going to be remembered in a very positive way even by some of his detractors,'' Neptune said in Port-au-Prince. ``Especially. . .in the 1980s, he was very instrumental in having the U.S. government consider the case of the Haitian refugees. He was very much involved in social work not only in helping the Haitians solve their legal problems but in helping them in many ways.''
Born to an unmarried mother, Jean-Juste left Haiti in 1965 to study at a Canadian seminary.
He returned to Haiti briefly after ordination and worked in a remote parish. He left after refusing to sign an oath of allegiance to the government.
FATHER GERARD JEAN JUSTE INTERVIEWED AT CARTER CENTER
A courtesy of Global X
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
BEETHOVA OBAS - COULEUR CAFE
Thanks, Carline for sharing this Youtube video with us. Kisses and Love!
"I just feel like sharing this video with you today. It's very original, and I luv it so much. I'm pretty sure you'll like it too.
Enjoy!!!" Carline, from Boston
...Don't you go anywhere. Because if you liked COULEUR CAFE, you'll go crazy about the next one "DEGATS" (Disrespect). Medley of troubadour tunes reminiscent of Ti Paris good old days in beloved Haiti.
"I just feel like sharing this video with you today. It's very original, and I luv it so much. I'm pretty sure you'll like it too.
Enjoy!!!" Carline, from Boston
...Don't you go anywhere. Because if you liked COULEUR CAFE, you'll go crazy about the next one "DEGATS" (Disrespect). Medley of troubadour tunes reminiscent of Ti Paris good old days in beloved Haiti.
Monday, May 25, 2009
GRAND'ANSE, HAITI
Relax and enjoy different beautiful communities in the Grande Anse Department, Haiti
Une courtoisie du realisateur Max Zamor
Musique de Reginald Policard
Une courtoisie du realisateur Max Zamor
Musique de Reginald Policard
ALTERNATIVE ENERGETIQUE POUVANT FREINER LE DEBOISEMENT EN HAITI
« NECESSITE EST LA MERE DE TOUTE INVENTION »
J’étais franchement tombé des nues quand Clarence McMillan, un membre du comité administratif de l’organisation POTO MITAN INTERNATIONAL, m’a envoyé le lien posté ci-après.
Pourquoi mon émerveillement ?, vous vous demandez surement. De préférence, je vous prie d’accorder 5 minutes et 7 secondes de votre attention à l’ingéniosité de Anatole Bandu,un citoyen congolais à créer des briquettes de charbon pour prévenir le déboisement dans son pays. Cette une méthode artisanale bien simple qui serait facilement appliquée en Haïti.
Cette alternative énergétique mettrait, peut-être, fin à la coupure des arbres, une cause des dégâts innombrables sur l’écologie haïtienne. Selon les experts, le déboisement des forets d’Haïti est directement lié aux inondations fréquentes et dévastatrices dans tout le territoire national et aussi une des conséquences de la destruction de ses infrastructures, de sa faune et de sa flore.
(English version)
"NECESSITY IS THE MOTHER OF ALL INVENTION"
I was really amazed when Clarence McMillan, a member of the administrative committee of the organization MITAN POTO INTERNATIONAL, sent me the link posted below.
Why all this excitement? You might bewilder. Preferably, allow 5 minutes and 7 seconds of your attention to watch the ingenuity of Anatole Bandu, a Congolese citizen creating charcoal briquettes that may prevent the deforestation in his country. This is a simple crafty method that could be easily applied in Haiti.
This alternative energy would perhaps bring an end to trees cutting; an ongoing situation that causes severe damages to the Haitian ecology. According to experts, the clearing of forests in Haiti is directly related to frequent and devastating floods across the country and as a consequence of the destruction of its infrastructure, its fauna and flora.
J’étais franchement tombé des nues quand Clarence McMillan, un membre du comité administratif de l’organisation POTO MITAN INTERNATIONAL, m’a envoyé le lien posté ci-après.
Pourquoi mon émerveillement ?, vous vous demandez surement. De préférence, je vous prie d’accorder 5 minutes et 7 secondes de votre attention à l’ingéniosité de Anatole Bandu,un citoyen congolais à créer des briquettes de charbon pour prévenir le déboisement dans son pays. Cette une méthode artisanale bien simple qui serait facilement appliquée en Haïti.
Cette alternative énergétique mettrait, peut-être, fin à la coupure des arbres, une cause des dégâts innombrables sur l’écologie haïtienne. Selon les experts, le déboisement des forets d’Haïti est directement lié aux inondations fréquentes et dévastatrices dans tout le territoire national et aussi une des conséquences de la destruction de ses infrastructures, de sa faune et de sa flore.
(English version)
"NECESSITY IS THE MOTHER OF ALL INVENTION"
I was really amazed when Clarence McMillan, a member of the administrative committee of the organization MITAN POTO INTERNATIONAL, sent me the link posted below.
Why all this excitement? You might bewilder. Preferably, allow 5 minutes and 7 seconds of your attention to watch the ingenuity of Anatole Bandu, a Congolese citizen creating charcoal briquettes that may prevent the deforestation in his country. This is a simple crafty method that could be easily applied in Haiti.
This alternative energy would perhaps bring an end to trees cutting; an ongoing situation that causes severe damages to the Haitian ecology. According to experts, the clearing of forests in Haiti is directly related to frequent and devastating floods across the country and as a consequence of the destruction of its infrastructure, its fauna and flora.
Saturday, May 23, 2009
DES ECLAIRCISSEMENTS SUR LA NAISSANCE D'UN BEBE POISSON EN HAITI
Le lundi 18 mai dernier, une femme a accouché d’un fœtus malformé, à l’Hôpital Immaculée Conception des Cayes, Haïti. Cette nouvelle a créé des rumeurs persistantes faisant croire que la mère a donné naissance à un poisson.
Depuis l’incident, cette clameur publique a pris de l’ampleur dans les médias électroniques de l’Internet, friandes de nouvelles à sensation. Les faussaires publient même des photos de ladite femme avec des images montées de poissons et d’effets graphiques. Tout cela amuse les esprits naïfs et apporte une certaine crédibilité à cette rumeur.
Mais selon le Docteur Ernst Désir, interviewé par Radio Métropole Haïti, ce phénomène rare est plutôt connu, dans le monde médical, sous le nom de « sirénomélie ». D’après EM-Consulte, un média électronique, « la sirénomélie est une séquence malformative rare avec fusion plus ou moins complète des deux membres inférieurs associée de façon constante à des anomalies urinaires importantes allant jusqu’à l’agénésie rénale bilatérale, létale. »
Pour l’édification de nos lecteurs, nous reproduisons, ci-dessous, un article publié par WIKIPEDIA.ORG qui fait état de ce phénomène bizarre
Depuis l’incident, cette clameur publique a pris de l’ampleur dans les médias électroniques de l’Internet, friandes de nouvelles à sensation. Les faussaires publient même des photos de ladite femme avec des images montées de poissons et d’effets graphiques. Tout cela amuse les esprits naïfs et apporte une certaine crédibilité à cette rumeur.
Mais selon le Docteur Ernst Désir, interviewé par Radio Métropole Haïti, ce phénomène rare est plutôt connu, dans le monde médical, sous le nom de « sirénomélie ». D’après EM-Consulte, un média électronique, « la sirénomélie est une séquence malformative rare avec fusion plus ou moins complète des deux membres inférieurs associée de façon constante à des anomalies urinaires importantes allant jusqu’à l’agénésie rénale bilatérale, létale. »
Pour l’édification de nos lecteurs, nous reproduisons, ci-dessous, un article publié par WIKIPEDIA.ORG qui fait état de ce phénomène bizarre
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