Hey Ma,

I gotta tell you the dual citizenship issue isn't even really an issue. That doesn't deter any Haitian from helping the people, stimulating the economy, promoting education. Its like those who say they don't need to get married b/c they don't need that piece of paper. Haitians naturalized as US citizens know their people, their culture. They still live and function down there as if they never left.

I think you've obviously seen that you can only do so much as a citizen as well. The elite and government took care of that one.

They sure are getting a lot of "non-citizen" help and money.

http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/letters/story/1453998.html

"While there is a 25-year difference between the times each country's dictatorships fell, which could explain most of the gap in their respective political developments, most scholars agree that one of the key factors contributing to the economic and social development of the Dominican Republic is its government's decision to grant dual citizenship to its diaspora."

"This is significant because people tend to support that which they help to create. And from an economic standpoint, the Haitian diaspora are more willing to invest in their country if they feel they have some representation (they won't accept ``taxation without representation''). By obtaining dual citizenship, Haitian Americans would have the right to vote in Haitian elections just like Dominican Americans do"

"Haiti benefits tremendously from the remittances Haitians in the United States send to relatives, but what the country lacks is widespread institutional investment. Who better to invest in Haiti than those Haitian Americans who have prospered not only from American largess but also from American democracy?"

"This is critically important because it will take the participation of democracy-loving Haitian Americans to truly transform the country and replace the elite robber barons who control much of the country's economic engine. If there's to be any semblance of a large, vibrant Haitian economy it has to be broad and deep; and that will drive the development of a transparent Haitian society, which will lead to true democracy in Haiti."

It's all a complicated issue that requires many reflections and many reforms lawfully, politically, economically, physically, agriculturally, industrially, educationally, spiritually, and morally.

Great to see many pondering ideas about the possibilities and alternatives after this horrible quake.

U KNOW I HATE THAT PEOPLE ARE SOO JUDGEMENTAL OF PEOPLE, EVENTS, AND CULTURES THAT THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND...
I WISH I COULD OST A PICTURE OF ME AND ALL OF MY COUSINS
WE ARE HAITIAN; STRAIGHT FROM THE ISLANDS AND WE ARE ALL BEAUTIFUL, SMART, AND GIFTED WOMEN....
AND I AM ONE OF THE FAIREST WOMEN OF THEM ALL HONESTLY AND TRUELY, I IMPRESS PEOPLE JUST BY THE SMILE ON MY FACE, THE GLARE IN MY EYES, AND THE FLO OF MY BODY...


PEOPLE NEED TO STOP BEING SO BIAS

IMHO: @Talia has nothing to envy YOU

Also posting a picture is very easy here: you only has to copy the path to your picture click on picture Icon that simbol with the mountain and the sun above (Comment-Box) and paste.
Example path: C:\windoof\pictures\myPhoto.jpg

BTW: You don't need to write in UPPERCASE

I CAN WRITE IN UPPERCASE IF I WANT, FIRST OFF HUNNY I CANT C THAT WELL, SO SPEAK ON THE SUBJECT MATTER AT HAND... NOT ON PETTY NOTHINGNESS AS SUCH...
GUD DAY MA'AM

U NEED NOT TO BE ENVIOUS, I DID NOT STATE SUCH;;;;
JUST EVERYONE BE PROUD, R DID THAT GESTURE GO OVER YOUR HEAD YOUNG ONE

What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others.

I seek nothing but love, truth, and respect from all and all will recieve from me; REGARDLESS OF SELF STATURE