tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8417961221792880115.post7930023352324066999..comments2024-03-27T07:48:23.030-11:00Comments on Intelliblog: ON HATE AND HAITIIntellibloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04262938291462934103noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8417961221792880115.post-47532661728042655452010-01-19T03:21:52.617-11:002010-01-19T03:21:52.617-11:00You may have seen that I blogged on the Haitian di...You may have seen that I blogged on the Haitian disaster last week. It wasn’t a very good blog but I was so distraught that I had to get something down as to the delay in CARICOM coming off its pedestal to help. I said that we should have our fast ferries transporting heavy equipment to Haiti but as a wonderful friend pointed out, it wasn’t an option because getting the gear to them was one thing but getting the expertise to operate the equipment was another. I suppose this could be true given the fact that we import Chinese labour to build our roads and buildings.<br />Of course, Christianity had to come into it somewhere and true to form it had to come from the likes of that appalling man, Robertson. It’s people like him with his vicious tongue who give people like me and those who share my beliefs, a terrible, terrible name. Had the Haitians made a pact with the devil so many hundreds of years ago, Haiti would have been prosperous because satan supposedly looks after his own. <br />The generosity that is pouring into Haiti albeit challenging for the aid workers, shows that we, as a global family, are willing and ready to help our brothers and sisters in times of disaster. Pity it takes such an enormous tragedy for us all to pull together.The Blog of Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00650938872732748697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8417961221792880115.post-57139708156090384742010-01-17T17:52:53.908-11:002010-01-17T17:52:53.908-11:00I cannot even begin to express my shame for the co...I cannot even begin to express my shame for the comments made by a Christian evangelist! If Mr. Robertson believes in God, now it's the time for him to pray for forgiveness. And for the rest of us - look deeper into our soles to weed out little pat robertsons...<br />I lived through a devastating earthquake in 1966 in Tashkent - I know how truly scary it is when the earth betrays you and bricks fly in the air with the speed of cannonballs!Svetlana Mamedovahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17381372361172059562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8417961221792880115.post-8335296133352165262010-01-15T09:12:03.629-11:002010-01-15T09:12:03.629-11:00I have to come back to this - I'm too distraug...I have to come back to this - I'm too distraught. I have posted on Multiply in response to those asking if my family and me are ok. Yes, thankfully we are. We were not affected although there were worries on Tuesday until about 10.00pm about the possible tsunami which could have and probably would have affected us.The Blog of Beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00650938872732748697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8417961221792880115.post-89079072560570041902010-01-14T21:07:53.666-11:002010-01-14T21:07:53.666-11:00Hello everyone,
This is an email which I received ...Hello everyone,<br />This is an email which I received from one of the charities I support. Please donate to the Haiti earthquake appeal:<br /><br />"Dear Nicholas<br /><br />World Vision is right now rushing emergency supplies to thousands of people left homeless by the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that rocked Haiti on 12 January. Staff on the ground fear thousands are dead with many more injured, as rescue efforts continue for people still trapped under rubble. An estimated 3 million have been affected - that’s one in three people in Haiti.<br /><br />Watch video Children have been separated from their parents and left completely alone, with nothing. No food, water or shelter.<br /><br />The Haiti earthquake is being labelled the worst natural disaster in Haiti in 200 years, with World Vision declaring its highest level of humanitarian response. Haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere, troubled by civil unrest, mass unemployment and water shortages, which have all contributed to extensive poverty. These factors combined leave Haiti ill-equipped to cope with a natural disaster of this scale.<br /><br />Your help is needed now. World Vision is there, distributing emergency survival kits, water, blankets and shelter to affected children and families. As relief efforts continue, we will be working hard to ensure the safety of children.<br /><br />Please make an urgent donation now to help us meet the needs of Haiti's earthquake survivors. $100 could buy safe drinking water, food and other emergency supplies<br />for a family.<br /><br />You can spread the word - forward this email to friends and family wanting to help the people of Haiti.<br /><br />We can't stress enough the enormity and desperation of this situation.<br /><br />Thank you for your time.<br />World Vision Australia"Intellibloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04262938291462934103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8417961221792880115.post-14877085195781224082010-01-14T19:05:41.976-11:002010-01-14T19:05:41.976-11:00this man is a hipocrit and a creep
his only purpos...this man is a hipocrit and a creep<br />his only purpose in life is to make money for himself and live a life of luxury<br />at least he could pretend to follow christian principles especially in a catastrophy like that in haitiJohnChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06534097009288819099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8417961221792880115.post-80270002422181185972010-01-14T12:58:58.899-11:002010-01-14T12:58:58.899-11:00This is a terrible tragedy and to have this person...This is a terrible tragedy and to have this person spit poison instead of engaging actively in some Christian charity in this crisis is unacceptable.<br />My thoughts fly to the Haitian people in this tragic time and I am relieved to hear that our governments are doing their best to aid Haiti.Penthehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02226869141298079186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8417961221792880115.post-39385754998283555092010-01-14T01:58:23.838-11:002010-01-14T01:58:23.838-11:00Robertson's words make me so angry. Why do pe...Robertson's words make me so angry. Why do people continue to send him money to support his habits. Everyone knows that the Donimican Republic is the happy recipient of enormous amounts of American money and military aid, while Haiti is deliberately kept in its impoverished state for political purposes. <br /><br />And this coming from a guy who has gotten wealthy off the backs of Africans in his diamond operation (not to mention his many other dubious business ventures) This is a man of God?<br /><br />"According to a 2 June 1999, article in The Virginian-Pilot,[18] Robertson had extensive business dealings with Liberian president Charles Taylor. According to the article, Taylor gave Robertson the rights to mine for diamonds in Liberia's mineral-rich countryside. According to two Operation Blessing pilots who reported this incident to the state of Virginia for investigation in 1994, Robertson used his Operation Blessing planes to haul diamond-mining equipment to Robertson's mines in Liberia, despite the fact that Robertson was telling his 700 Club viewers that the planes were sending relief supplies to the victims of the genocide in Rwanda."<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_RobertsonBekkieannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13058996951400003081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8417961221792880115.post-10707663671625184562010-01-14T01:54:33.775-11:002010-01-14T01:54:33.775-11:00I am so embarrassed that this man lives in my coun...I am so embarrassed that this man lives in my country. I am even more embarrassed by the whole "Christian Movement" here. Actually the term Christian Movement must be an oxymoron because they show no movement from their narrow-minded, racist and elitist views.<br /><br />Good blog as always, Nicholas, but I was reminded today reading another article on Haiti that it is also still recovering from being in the direct path of a couple hurricanes (more fodder for Pat) but as we in the developed nation of the US have shown with Katrina it is not easy to put things back after a major disaster.<br /><br />And if it is a just god the Christians worship why are the sins of the fathers visited upon the people of today?JBinford-Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14293248281473648182noreply@blogger.com