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Dante84 · 01-19-2010, 12:53 AM

http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2010/01/1...-chaos/?hpt=T2

Ya gotta see these pics.

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We were covering another story when we heard shots being fired. We ran toward the sound and found a store being looted. Two Haitian police officers were occasionally firing into the air to try to keep order, but that only worked for a few moments, then the looting would begin again.

They were stealing boxes of candles. An American businessman named Tony who owns two stores nearby barricaded one street to keep looters away. He had armed the two Haitian police with automatic weapons, and they were assisting him, but they were not able to control anything beyond their barricade.

It quickly became a free-for-all. Young men began fighting one another for the stolen items. A number of young men had knives, and planks of wood, screwdrivers and rocks. They were using their improvised weapons to threaten and injure others who had stolen items from the store. The robbers were now being robbed. One group of looters whipped another man with a leather belt. They punched him as well, and they stole the sack of goods he'd just stolen.

I was in the midst of the melee with Charlie Moore, my producer, Neil Hallsworth my cameraman, Vlad Duthiers, my translator, and there was a still photographer from Getty Images with us, photojournalist Jonathan Torgovnik. As things got really out of control, I saw a looter on the roof of the store they'd broken into throw what I think was part of a concrete block into the crowd. It hit a small boy in the head.

I saw him collapse. More chunks of concrete were being thrown at the looters on the roof. The injured boy couldn't get up. He'd try and then collapse again. Blood was pouring from his head. He was conscious but had no control over his body. I was afraid someone on the roof would see him lying there and throw another cinder block piece onto him. I was afraid he'd get killed. No one seemed to be helping him.

I ran to where he was struggling, and picked him up off the ground. I brought him to a spot about a hundred feet away. I could feel his warm blood on my arms. I stood him up, but he was clearly unable to walk. He wiped his bloody face, and I tried to reassure him. He had no idea where he was, and he clearly couldn't walk, so I picked him up again and handed him over to someone behind that makeshift barricade. Tony, the American businessman, gave the boy a wet towel. He was then taken away by someone else. We don't know what happened to him.

I hope he's ok.

munkey · 01-19-2010, 02:24 AM

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Originally Posted by beer bacon

Hundreds of thousands of people have died, and hundreds of thousands are starving and in need of serious medical care as a result of a massive natural catastrophe.

Can you spell A.F.R.I.C.A...sheesh...What are we doing there? Other than infomercials and putting troops in harms way?...Oh...wait...troops don't cost anything...yeah...that's the ticket. It's free money from the gobment...yeah...

AND don't tell me we don't have troops there...

http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?s...&article=43391

Hog's Gone Fishin · 01-19-2010, 02:25 AM

I'm sure my tax dollars are being well spent right here in the U.S. on the third worlders that have already moved here.

munkey · 01-19-2010, 02:26 AM

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Originally Posted by beer bacon

Holy shit, 28-33% of your income and it is all going to help third worlders survive natural disasters?

Ok...where does my 28-33% go then...what are you...12 years old?

|Zach| · 01-19-2010, 02:29 AM

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Originally Posted by munkey

Nope....Have no interest in going there. Never said I have or had...Kinda obvious it's not exactly civil...right? OR do you know otherwise?

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Originally Posted by munkey

T-Post - Have you been there? Seriously...

Sorry for a little while you sounded like you knew what you were talking about.

And yes. I have been to Haiti.

munkey · 01-19-2010, 02:32 AM

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Originally Posted by |Zach|

Sorry for a little while you sounded like you knew what you were talking about.

And yes. I have been to Haiti.

Good for you...Go back and help out if it's that important to you. I could care less to be honest....

Why would you say I "sounded" like I knew something about it?

|Zach| · 01-19-2010, 02:32 AM

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Originally Posted by munkey

Ok...where does my 28-33% go then...what are you...12 years old?

beer bacon · 01-19-2010, 02:33 AM

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Originally Posted by munkey

Ok...where does my 28-33% go then...what are you...12 years old?

I'll give you a hint, the vast majority of your tax money goes to little things like the military, Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. Aid to foreign nations is not a large portion of federal expenditures.

Hog's Gone Fishin · 01-19-2010, 02:34 AM

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Originally Posted by |Zach|

Sorry for a little while you sounded like you knew what you were talking about.

And yes. I have been to Haiti.

What were you in Haiti for ? Just curious.

|Zach| · 01-19-2010, 02:35 AM

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Originally Posted by beer bacon

I'll give you a hint, the vast majority of your tax money goes to little things like the military, Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. Aid to foreign nations is not a large portion of federal expenditures.

I am sure he is one of those guys who think it is a conservative value to be the world's policeman.

Hog's Gone Fishin · 01-19-2010, 02:40 AM

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Originally Posted by beer bacon

I'll give you a hint, the vast majority of your tax money goes to little things like the military, Medicare, Medicaid,bailing out wall street, the car industry , extended unemployment for people that don't want to work,fraudulent disability claims ,studies to determine if a penguin can survive ina zoo while being molested by a prairie dog and Social Security. Aid to foreign nations is not a large portion of federal expenditures.

Fixed it for ya.

munkey · 01-19-2010, 02:40 AM

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Originally Posted by |Zach|

Sorry for a little while you sounded like you knew what you were talking about.

And yes. I have been to Haiti.

I would rather spend my/our FEDERAL tax money to feed and cloth the veterans and less fortunate in our own backyard than use to be the world "humanitarian"...It hasn't gotten us anywhere before and never will. Where has it worked before...France...NO. Mexico...NO...Russia...NO...Vietnam..NO...Cuba...NO...Africa...NO. So Where?

What Am I missing....You tell me. I don't mind an spirited debate...in fact I'd love one.

|Zach| · 01-19-2010, 02:40 AM

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Originally Posted by munkey

I would rather spend my/our FEDERAL tax money to feed and cloth the veterans and less fortunate in our own backyard than use to be the world "humanitarian"...It hasn't gotten us anywhere before and never will. Where has it worked before...France...NO. Mexico...NO...Russia...NO...Vietnam..NO...Cuba...NO...Africa...NO. So Where?

What Am I missing....You tell me. I don't mind an spirited debate...in fact I'd love one.

Your federal money goes to all those things.

munkey · 01-19-2010, 02:44 AM

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Originally Posted by |Zach|

I am sure he is one of those guys who think it is a conservative value to be the world's policeman.

What is our Military doing ALL over the ****ing world...being a policeman...on our dime.

munkey · 01-19-2010, 02:45 AM

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Originally Posted by |Zach|

Your federal money goes to all those things.

PLEASE...Break it down for me ONE MORE TIME....

munkey · 01-19-2010, 02:45 AM

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I'll do it for ya...

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