Zero US Aid Delivered to Haiti 9 Months After Earthquake
Posted by Jacob Freeze on @ 9:40 pm
Article printed from speakeasy: http://blogs.alternet.org/jacobfreeze
URL to article: http://blogs.alternet.org/jacobfreeze/2010/10/12/zero-us-aid-delivered-to-haiti-9-months-after-earthquake/

This is the sort of unbelievable fuck-up that I really want to see confirmed from multiple sources, and you can read all about it here, here, and here, and from many other sources, and it’s always exactly the same story.

Not a cent of the $1.15 billion the US promised for rebuilding has arrived.

NONE of the promised 1.15 billion in aid from the U.S. has materialized.

And meanwhile in Haiti…

People are coughing, sniffling and their eyes watering. Quiet babies are the norm. Many have skin rashes and vaginal infections. There are several volunteer clinics, but usually only the very sickest are seen because so many people need help. The biggest camps now have some toilets, but not enough. Drainage is a big problem especially now during the rainy season.

Violence against women and girls is widespread. Women who go to the latrines at night are attacked. Some women talk of carrying rape babies. Others will do anything for the crudest abortion.

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Note: Obama isn’t personally blocking aid to Haiti, and if anyone blames Obama for this gigantic fuck-up, the way I blame Obama for this gigantic fuck-up, then they would have to make a case for something like depraved indifference or mental incompetence, and convince an impartial jury that there’s something that a reasonable and reasonably concerned person who was President of the United States could have done to move a significant amount of aid to Haiti in nine fucking months, in spite of the fantastic obstacle of one Senator blocking $5 million of a $1.15 billion aid package.

But a necessary followup vote on how to disburse the money has never taken place because a single lawmaker – Republican Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma (above) – placed a secret hold on the bill for "further study." Coburn’s office did not respond to my inquiry, but The AP quoted his spokeswoman, Becky Bernhardt, saying, "[Coburn] is holding the bill because it includes an unnecessary senior Haiti coordinator when we already have one" – namely, U.S. Ambassador Kenneth Merten. The plan Coburn objected to would use $1 million a year for five years to pay for a U.S.-based staff of up to seven to coordinate the spending of rebuilding dollars with USAID and other agencies.

Lets see.

Totally unreliable source.......Check
Blame a Republican........Check
Not even checking to see how much the USA has already spent in Haiti........Check(1.1 BILLION $$$ BTW)


Dready being his usual, hateful, jealous self...........Check

the eternal idiot speaks, again. read the article, jackass. the information comes from 3 sources, so, it cannot be called an UNRELIABLE SOURCE. besides, disprove the 3 guys wrong. the money might have been APPROPRIATED, but has not passed through congress, because it is being held up. man, you are such a fool, it is painful to read you.

anthonyc, show me ONE press release, article, or government document which proves that over 1.1 billion has been SPENT in Haiti. now, go slowly. this could be confusing for your simple little mind. please remember that allocation and approval are not the same thing. easy now. call in help from the kindergarten kid nextdoor, if necessary.

Here is a nice loony left site for ya!



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/29/haiti-still-waiting-for-p_n_743002.html

But that isn't enough for me.

How is this for you to look like a total douche-bag?



Is this from some ultra Right-Wing Blog? How about some obscure news site from Utah?

Nope

Straight from the United States Government!!!
http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/humanitarian_assistance/disaster_assistance/countries/haiti/template/fs_sr/fy2010/haiti_eq_fs70_09-03-2010.pdf

Hey bartender!!!! I'll have another single malt and my pal, Dready here will have his usual.....Vinegar and Water

numbskull, what is at issue here is not the emergency relief funds, but the rebuilding money which was allocated, but which has been held up in congress over a paltry 5 million dollars, by a Republican, while people live in abject misery. the rebuilding monies have not been authorised, 9 months after the quake. that is the money i am speaking of, not the emergency money spent in the immediate aftermath. holy jeezus, anthony....school....

Is it Alzheimer's or you just like being an ass?



I did so be a man and admit you are wrong!

Now about the 5 Million.....We have already spent more than enough on Haiti. Since the 80's it has been Billions of $$$.
Enough is enough. Haiti was a failed state before the earthquake and just throwing money at it will not change a thing. The only people to blame for Haiti's situation is the Haitian people themselves. To give them more may sound heartless to some but now is the time for some tough love.
We have spent over 1 Billion dollars in Haiti since the earthquake with little to show for it. Sorry Haiti. time to clean up your act.

social scientist, historian, and world affairs commentator, extraordinaire, anthonyc, offers his sagacious assessment of Haiti, in this sentence.......The only people to blame for Haiti's situation is the Haitian people themselves. no reply is necessary.

When they talk about 1billion its not hard currency. I was fooled also into believing this propaganda. UN needs to be paid, Hummer driving NGOS get their money. technical assistance dollar value is factored in as well. The haitian govt get $.10 on the dollar but get 100% of the blame. theres 10,000 mercedes benz driving/ chateau living/ ngos in a country of 10million. We haitians deserve 100% of the blame for allowing ourselves to be in this predicament.

Its a game being played.

The truth hurts doesn't it?