Well Fidel.....

The US Government needs a "Bagman" to make all those pay-offs payments.

Because when it's revealed that those building had very little or no Rebar in them...

Somebody going to have to pay them to keep their mouths shut....

I have question also about the construction practices used....


http://www.crpsteel.com/

TRY READING THE TRUTH ....

TRY READING THE TRUTH ....

http://www.eqclearinghouse.org/20100112-haiti/category/structural

A prevalent form of earthquake-resisting structural system used in Haiti, especially for housing, is a particular system used extensively in Europe and is called ?

confined masonry?.

(also view www.confinedmasonry.org).

In Haiti the blocks are mainly of concrete vertical cell units 6? thick (and 8? high x 16? long). I

do not recall seeing rebar larger than ½? in the debris of any of the housing structures. The typical Haitian house has a concrete roof, probably for hurricane resistance.

Hrmm well for starters since the ports and the airport are destroyed and the President of Haiti had fled to the DR who was going to bring the airport back into operation?

The US did not immediately send troops in fact they took several days to get troops into Haiti so any other country or the UN could have positioned themselves at the airport first if they had the ability to do so. They just didn't do it. Somebody needed to help.

Mr Castro why didn't you send people with the ability to repair the airport first if you were so interested?

Military troops were and are still needed to provide security for the aid workers trying to get care, food, and water to the people who need it.

The US cannot send normal contractors to perform the cleanup and security which will be required at the early stages of this disaster military equipment and personnel must be used at the early stages.

I don't see anyone complaining about a military hospital ship being there now.

Hey Fidel....

YOU WHERE RIGHT!!!!!

They are crooks and thieves

http://www.constructionknowledge.....ages_concrete/rebar_numbering.gif

http://www.digsmartofmaine.com/images/new/rebar.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_a2JvElU..../09_03+collapsed+bridge+rebar.JPG

This statement from Fidel Castro was to be expected ..a natural reaction . It is almost the last hoorah for Cuba,Venezuela and Bolivia as they are three Latin countries with declining standards of living

The bearded ones pastemaker continues to pump , but I have to agree with the old fart on this one . Im still waiting for Hvargas and the rest of you humanitarian gringos to answer my question . Why did Saddam torch the oil fields in front of the worlds cameras and not his people and thier cornflake supply if liberation was the motive ? lol lol lol.
Obama is desperatly trying to clear up Uncle Sams bad case of acne while he puts a steak over his black eye that Georgie gave him . Leo has been paying attention to his masters.

BY JACQUELINE CHARLES AND CURTIS MORGAN
cmorgan@MiamiHerald.com

PORT-AU-PRINCE -- A new hospital in the Turgeau neighborhood dissolved into a pancaked stack of concrete floor slabs surrounded by broken toilets. The shell of a nearby high school rested atop its crumbled first floor.

But just across Avenue Jean Paul II, a gleaming aluminum-and-glass skyscraper escaped almost unscathed.



``You don't call the structural engineer in at the end of your drawing. You start with the structural engineer before it's built,' said architect Christian Dutour, pleased after surveying his 12-story building. ``Otherwise, it doesn't work.''

Poor senile Castro.........
LAW AND ORDER, PROVIDING SECURITY SO PROPER AIDE DISTRIBUTION CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED..............RING A BELL.

Hey Castro ! if you have nothing good to say, don't say nothing it at all.

Hugo-a-go-go and Castro drinking off the same bottle, again !

IDEA: why don't Hugo-a-go-go & Castro try to top US aide to Haiti.

I'm sure VivaCuba like many are thrilled with his comments.

"http://www.crpsteel.com/"

And how was the average Haitian suppose to pay for that?

"http://www.eqclearinghouse.org/20....2-haiti/category/structural"

The guy who wrote that article has no clue.

Once again we have a Liberal/Anti-American/ Google troll...It's name is Grosero

I didn't see any Cubans or Venezuelans rushing to give aid. They just like to stand on the sidelines, watch other people do the hard work and then whine about it. Thankfully we won't have to listen to the reason for the substandard living conditions in Cuba for much longer. Castro is probably jealous that, with a little bit of improvement, Haiti will have a better standard of living than his hell hole.

Any one want to make a bet? I bet that if a natural disaster, such as the earthquake that destroyed the Haitian capital or the tsunami of 4 years ago in Indonesia, were to hit Cuba, Fidel would either A) be begging the US for help, OR, B) criticizing the US for not helping. Another left wing hypocrite.

Castro is out to lunch on this issue.
1. There is no Haitian government at this time.
2. Aid has to be delivered in an orderly fashion.
3. Without a government chaos rules.
4. The US took charge to establish order.
5. There are no overnight solutions after something like this.
6. Speaking of the airport, a system of air traffic control needs to be put in place in order to establish an (here's that word again) orderly flow.
7. Traffic is routinely turned away during peak periods at all the major airports of the world so being turned away here should not come as a surprise.
8. The magnitude of this disaster requires a "magnitude" of aid which the US can provide.
9. Permanent solutions can only be contemplated after the "emergency" phase of this disaster passes.
10. Many more will die in the near term.
11. All countries have a role to play in helping Haiti now.
12. Remember the Munroe Doctrine.

Trinitarioplsone,

Outstanding......

Castro and Hugo-a-go-go are probably hoping for there own natural disaster, but.....on the other hand there both still trying to figure out who would come to their aide.

I GET IT NOW........both can only give so little which its in its self a reality check of their failed Socialistic system, and in DOING SO WOULD ALSO DEPRIVE THEIR OWN PEOPLE OF THE BASICS.

I understand every day is a Haiti type situation in both Country's minus the shaking, Destruction and dead. Yet they still complain about those Nations giving.

MORE PROOF: VivaCuba and the others are not living in Cuba the Island fortress or Caca, Venezuela, does that tell you something ?

Banisatn from the looks of the picture you must continue on intravenous METAMUCIL!

Where do you get your incredible misinformation? And more interestingly, Do you actually believe your own BS?

"Any significant cooperation that is offered to our country will not be rejected, but its acceptance will fully depend on the importance and transcendence of the assistance that is requested from the human resources of our homeland. "

"It is only fair to state that, up until this moment, our modest aircrafts and the important human resources that Cuba has made available to the Haitian people have arrived at their destination without any difficulty whatsoever."

Source:
http://www.prensa-latina.cu/index....k=view&id=156901&Itemid=1

Fidel states this in the same Reflection the DT cites above.

oooo

The 1st paragraph repeats that Cuban doctors in Haiti will accept medical supplies the US imperialists are willing to supply to Cuban-administeredd health facilities in Haiti if imperial strings are not attached.

The 2nd paragraph shows the fairness of the Cubans in acknowledging the absence of imperial interference with aid Cuba sends to Haiti.

Another recent source is "Haiti’s Tragedy Could Provide an Opportunity for Improved US-Cuban Relations Through Disaster Relief Collaboration" by Julie Feinsilver is a COHA Senior Research Fellow and a Visiting Researcher at Georgetown University’s Center for Latin American Studies. She is writing a new book tentatively titled Medical Diplomacy: Fifty Years of Cuba’s Soft Power Politics, and has conducted research on Cuban medical diplomacy since 1979. Dr. Feinsilver is the author of the book, Healing the Masses: Cuban Health Politics At Home and Abroad (University of California Press, 1993).

http://www.coha.org/haiti-tragedy-could-provide-opportunity/

As for the history of the savage US imperialist overthrow of the Haitian democracy in 2004, that can be googled any time one wishes.

The Cuban workers have an abundance of highly qualified professionals in health care that the US imperialists lack for service in Haiti.

The US imperialists have an abundance of medical supplies and equipment that the Cuban workers lack for use in Haiti.

So, there is common ground for cooperation in Haiti between Cuban workers and US imperialists if the lying bourgeois media in the USA stop doing everything this media can do to prevent the desperately needed cooperation.

It is sad that the bourgeois regime in the USA is led by a weak individual who dances to the foul propaganda of the bourgeois media.

We hope the bourgeois liberal regime in Santo Domingo will use its good offices to help arrange program of cooperation between Cuban workers and US imperialists that will save tens of thousands of Haitian lives. We understand however that some opponents of the Santo Domingo regime entertain other hopes.

50 years of soft power politics???? Ha Ha Ha

50 years of repressive dictatorship, bringing a wonderful country to the brink of disaster is more like it.

And why are you still in that bourgeois heaven, Texas?

Go home to Cuba and take advantage of all its marvels.

I wish castro light went out. I simply don't it shit about his coments. I also wish that the current president focus more on the problems of the Dominican Republic; Less on other countries problems like Honduras zelaya. The latter whom should be exsile in cuba or venezuela coutries of like minds.

To hugo chavez, fidel castro, evol morales. U guys should be happy, that I don't live in any of your misserable coutries. This way I don't have to shut Us up like u do yours countries men.
Shut the hell up and let the world be as it wants to be free.

To those who love the Free world, Don't let people like zelaya live in the Dominican Republic even for an hour. kick his ass out of the country. If he does come to the Dominican Rep. make his life a living hell for as long as he is there.

Folks keep in mind Belial is a paid stooge of international communism and take his blatherings with a box of salt ......as long as we keep this in mind we can all be amused by these spewings of Propaganda and also make us realize what a corrupter of truth Belial is .....He should be ashamed to cash his paycheck

The U.S. government has offered medical supplies to Cuban doctors in earthquake-devastated Haiti, but the Cubans have not yet formally agreed to accept the aid, the State Department said Friday.
The Cubans were reported to be running out of supplies at the three hospitals in Port-au-Prince where they have been treating hundreds of patients a day and performing surgeries almost around the clock.
``We have offered medical supplies, but the Cubans have not formally agreed to such assistance, nor have any materials been provided as yet,'' said Charles Luoma-Overstreet, spokesman for Western Hemisphere Affairs at the State Department.
``We will continue to identify areas where our cooperation [with Cuba] can support the overall relief effort in Haiti,'' added Luoma-Overstreet in an e-mail from Washington.
Cuba already had some 340 medical personnel in Haiti when the quake leveled much of Port-au-Prince last week, killing tens of thousands and leaving many more with broken bones and

crushed limbs.
It later sent in a 60-person emergency crew and 10 tons of supplies.
The Irish Times newspaper reported Tuesday that some of the Cuban medical teams had run out of anesthetics and were performing amputations on aware patients.
Cuba is allowing U.S. medical evacuation flights from the Guantánamo Naval base to Miami to overfly the island, saving up to 90 minutes of flying time.

Fidel enjoys the freedom of speech of which the millions of his country's men and women are not allowed. It amazes me to no end how the western media gives this fossil of the Soviet era a voice.

I find it amazing DT still lets Belial post his diatribe here. I will just click on the RED - at his every post and if others do so we won't have to see the drivel that flows.

10 points for Fragante!

Action speaks louder than words! Complaing about who did what doe's not save lives.
Where is Cubas Hospital ship fully supplied and staffed????????????????????????????????

C'mon Heartbeat....you know I copyrighted the "Bearded One." I fashioned that title solely for my humorous banter when discussing the True Hermit Kingdom that is the magical treasure island of Cuba and its fearless leader Fidel. I expect my royalties soon. I'll trade those royalties for some strong currency.....let's see....maybe the Cuban CUC$.......and finance my military plan.... OPERATION WONDER-BREAD.... consisting of dropping pallets of bread, potatoes, and milk to the Cuban masses..... because as you know these items are in short supply on the Bearded One's magical island. My girl Yoani can't get any bread (http://www.desdecuba.com/generationy/)!*

Some body please tell Fidel to give Al Sharpton's track suit collection back.....please.


*Shameless plug....Time for a drink. Cuba Libre indeed.

Wonderful Neg,
And i guarantee you the ''bearded one '' (you ripped me off) is running laps around Che's statue in his new pair of nike air Jordans that fill the window cills of Havannas pay-less. Fidel knows that when his pastemaker stops pumping and after he has last blown his last smoke ring around his lil bros fat nose , that the Yankees will be coming to town for spring training and the roulette wheels will be spinning once again . When Castro took over Cuba, the reality is and was that he was willing to swing to the right as far as he went to the left if the Americans would have compromised with him and allowed him to be the majority share holder in his own country . Instead he found a little bitch in Russia that was willing to help him roll his stogies and burn the sugar cane in exchange for the right to park thier yachts along the malecon . Leo has put himself in the same place with Chavez and the Clintons .

If the US imperialists don't want to supply medical supplies and equipment to hospitals in Haiti largely staffed by Cuban doctors, that is an animalistic decision fully within the competence of US imperialists. But it is entirely another thing for US imperialists to tell lies to the world about offering, in words, supplies when the imperialists are withholding such supplies, in action.

But these are US supplies and US imperialists clearly have a say.

Other countries, in the EU and Asia , are sending medical supplies to Haiti for use in hospitals largely staffed by Cuban doctors. But US professional killers at Haitian airports sometimes won't let the airplanes land or unload. However, aid for other facilities flow freely at airports.

It is not just the Haitians and the Cubans who allege US imperial interference with some aid deliveries. EU and Asian countries also make these allegations.

The stooges of imperialism, the cappies, say only commies make these allegations.

Belial surfaces from the commie sewer pipe to take another swipe at his benevolent Uncle and promote the under equipped Havana cab drivers

Blu likes my benevolant uncle term . And wont those of us who are reaping the benevolance of our rich uncle as we freely spout off our opinions and criticisms be the first ones to cash the food stamps and the unemployment check to pay the cable bill and take the family to Mcdonalds for Sunday brunch . America, you gotta love her .

you got that right !

mr. castro did you know fredon of speech why you do not allow that in your beautiful country at least the usa, is helping bigtime what about you stop talking and do something, remenber that you sr. are opressing at least 6 or 7 millions of your owne people.and who ever saed anything that your goberment findout goes to jail why is that big fellow.

My fellow correspondents,

We have in our glorious presence, certain masters of topic change.

Is this passion for topic change an expression of unpreparedness on the topic at hand ... or ... an expression of scatterbrainess on all topics?

In either case, coherence of comment is difficult.

Your friend,

Belial

belial I am becoming suspicious ......are you the real deal belial ....or just another paid commie stooge being paid by the word .....your masters in Havana replacing the original with just another paid commie stooge apparatchik.....come clean and confess ....dont make us beat it out of you like KGB style with the rubber hose

Belial,

Your so smart.......you must be Cuban like VivaCuba.

Your so smart.......you know more about Cuba then the average Joe.

Your so smart.......Cuba no dough is modeled after you.

your so smart....... we need you in Haiti now !

WHY YOUR SO SMART.........YOU LIVE TEXAS NOT CUBA.

''Commie sewer pipe'' . I love it Blu ,but I promise not to use it without permission lol.

This is why I believe that if for no other reason that Americans should all be ''made'' to travel to Cuba by thier government instead of forbidden , so that those of us who cant begin to fathom life without a happy meal while crying about the dollar menu being to short , can see for themselves how blessed they are . Please go , AND WHEN YOU HAVE ONE FOOT ON THE MALECON OF THE BEARDED ONES GREAT WALL while scratching your head in disbelief that the cradle of democracy that you cant wait to get back to and trash is just a 90 mile swim , then you, like myself , will have humbly returned to your dear Uncle S. LIKE THE PRODIGAL NEPHEW with your swollen head stuck 3 feet up your @$$ and your flag 10 feet in the air.

Go ahead rio I am an unrepentant thief of good lines

Hear hear Bravo Bravisimo dhb............................................Viva Cuba Libre !

It is my favorite drink blu . I told you Im a waffling hypocrite lol.

where's vivacuba? its your golden opportunity.

he is hiding in the woodwork with the rest of the weasels

No one is interested in knowing the true about how politics and militarism are the true weapons of controlling and deciding. Some comentaries here point to different situations, first Saddam didn't know how to deal with his conflicts with the U.S. as well as Fidel has done, second the U.S. was interested inplacing and expanding its will in Irak. Who cares about the lower class, they are only importance when times for elections as a way of showing that such a candidate has human feelings but when elected careless about them. The security aspects of Haiti is something for the U.N. not for the U.S. or any other country, so the true reasons as to why the U.S, present as a military force is to show Cuba, Venezuela and Bolivia that they will not bring Haiti into their organization -- ALBA -- . The Alba is a good thing for the AMERICAS but most dislike it cause its not representing the RICH instead it represents the working class, the lower class. Some don't care about a child being

hungry or lacking the basis of life. These countries that are members of the ALBA are fighting the most powerfull nation on the face of the earth. A nation that don't care about any of you who are in this forum.

I concur with the bearded one this time. Including LF, what is the reason to send troops into Haiti? On the other hand, it is indeed commonplace for US to send the national guard to areas of disaster because right here in the US they send national guards to help in New Orleans when Katrina did its thing there.

Distressingly, I've been told numerous times where to go.

Usually, Cuba is suggested as a destination.

Millions of US citizens will love to have their liberty restored by the removal of US government restrictions on their inalienable right to travel.

Cappies, proponents of bourgeois societies, say if somebody goes to Cuba without US government permission, put him in jail for up to 20 years and fine him up to $250,000. Then, the two-faced cappie, turns around and says, "Hey you, go to Cuba."

Is the dirty cappie trying to set up loyal US citizens with a 20-year prison term or a $250,000 fine? Or ... is the dirty cappie just an enemy of liberty?

Everybody knows a cappie ... or a proponent of bourgeois society ... has no ethics. But the duplicitious positions of the cappie on travel to Cuba must be a new moral low, even for a cappie.