I agree with you 100%.

I think this tragedy is a blessing for Haiti, I also think that alot more lives could have been saved
had the "First World Countries listened the the Cry of a Third Word Nation" many moons ago.
The world had the opportunity to help Haiti prior to this earthquake, but greed and
corruption got in the way . By the end of this ordeal Haiti will have lost over 200,000 lives, thats
how many people are born every day on this planet we call Earth.

Our thoughts and prayers are with you..

12 Months later..........

So far it has not been much of a blessing. Haiti is a mess, the Government is in disarray, the International Community is wrapped up in its own 'red tape', the USA has butter fingers, the Dominican Republic is rounding Haitians up and sending them back sometimes recklessly, and France is more concerned with successfully playing the 'don't blame me' Game to do anything beneficial or substantial.

Hopefully things will get better soon..........

1 year later and Haiti is still like pond water. It has got to be the mentality keeping it that way.

Uhh.....Ok??

There has been talk in Canada, I assume originated from the100,000 or so ex-Haitians living here that maybe Canada should consider adopting Haiti into Canada. On the surface it would look good because of this country being bilingual French and English.

Financially and Culturally it would be a probable disaster. It's a shame that the apparent reason for not helping "the drowning person" is that the "rescuer" ends up drowned as well.

Add in the corruption that is woven into the fabric of all governments, the longterm solution seems all but unattainable.

if haiti has been a mess as long as people talk which has been years. and it takes years to rebuild especially after a disaster such as this one. then probably a year in its present state is not much time. im not trying to sound cold or hartless, just being realistick with the expectations of speed on recovery. so manny things play and will play into recovery time. and like any projects there will be setbacks and lulls in the rebuilding. but it does to me look like this is the bottom for haiti and the good thing about being on the bottom is that theres no where to go but up. unfortunatly some people need to swim around on the botttom for a while before they make the decision to go up. and thats generaly after they get sick and tired of the position there in. i dont kno if it will be a blessing but it could be a blessing . they just need to make some tough decisions and get busy. yes easier said than done but gett started

"high fertility rate of poor Haitian women".

That right there is just outright ridiculous!!! As if having babies is the answer....Pobre ninos!

Wait, is it REALLY 'high fertility' or is it simply more Sex?? Studies have been done that link certain levels of poverty with higher birth rates. The connection is that Sex becomes more of an 'escape' than a emotional, romantic based action. I ask because to me (personally) it seems unlikely that a person in a HIGH state of stress, in a constant state of movement, and (most significantly) a VERY poor diet, would somehow be MORE fertile than a Women with less stress, in better conditions and on a better diet. That just doesn't add up to me......of course I could simply be wrong.