Obama comments on earthquake in haiti

I'm no fan of President Obama, nor was I Bush's biggest fan either but I feel that President Obama should have addressed the Bombing faster and more direct but then the reasons they say they didn't was that they didn't want to spotlight these attempts and give them more press than they deserve. President Obama had to address the earthquake in Haiti quickly as there is such a small window of time in which to reach people and given the resources in Haiti the truth is that many more will die afterwards due to people not being able to reach them.

I know we all (Americans) have our problems with the Economy and Health and many other things but this Earthquake and what these people are enduring kind of puts things in perspective. We are a blessed nation that has had God's protective hand on it but alas I fear that given our actions, as a Nation in the past 40 or more years may mean we see many more things happen in our own Nation as God's protective hand is potentially removed.

You know they didn't even wake him up. What if there had been 299 other bombers behind that one?

Hello? Who knows how many people have been killed in the Haiti tragedy? I think it is called "compassion". Of course, you people will find any kind of criticism you can about the President no matter what he does.

I'd approve of him stepping down.

Nah! Really?

fo' shizzle my nizzle

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Hello? Who knows how many people have been killed in the Haiti tragedy? I think it is called "compassion". Of course, you people will find any kind of criticism you can about the President no matter what he does.

no matter what he does? what if there was 299 other bombers.....would that have mattered or do you except glory for whatever he does, no matter what? i'm not for or against obama. at least i'm not drinking the kool aid.

This keeps coming around--this business about the President's three-day "delay" in commenting on the panty-bomber incident. Many have also noted, correctly, that President Bush took twice as long to comment on the similar actions (similar explosive hidden in shoes; tragedy averted by actions of brave passengers and crew) of Richard Reed, the would-be "shoe bomber." In retrospect, neither the 3-day interval (Obama) nor the 6-day interval (Bush) has had or will have any material effect on the handling of either of these cases of bombus interruptus. No one was injured in either instance other than some crotch scorching on the part of the panty-bomber. Reed is in jail for a long time and the panty-bomber is destined for hard time also.

Meanwhile, tens of thousands and perhaps even hundreds of thousands of Haitians have died and many thousands more are seriously injured, are in pain, hungry, without safe drinking water, and facing the threat of infection and disease from horribly unsanitary conditions. President Obama rightly did not delay in rapidly mobilizing the resources of this nation to aid this small and stricken nation. I believe that George W. Bush or any other Republican President would have done the same thing. This nation has many times shown its compassion for other countries stricken by natural disasters, and we will do so again.

So, at least for now, people, as this horrible suffering is being dealt with, it is time to give this President the benefit of the doubt--not that there is anything in doubt about the misery in Haiti and the absolute need for a rapid and compassionate response on our part.

To those (such as the disgusting Rush Limbaugh) who seize on this event to tease out some kind of cavil against some perceived aspect of Mr. Obama's motives, I say, "STOP THIS INSANITY! This is no time for such deranged partisanship.

And as for such pluperfect fools as Pat Robertson, who insanely interprets the current misery in Haiti as divine wrath for some alleged 218-year old "pact with Satan," I would echo the famous words of Joseph N. Welch: "YOU'VE DONE ENOUGH. HAVE YOU NO SENSE OF DECENCY, SIR, AT LONG LAST? HAVE YOU LEFT NO SENSE OF DECENCY?"

Why does everyone have to compare obama to bush? Obama is the "change" he promised so stop whining about bush. He’s out of office and his actions were his and Obama’s are his own.

Yesterday on the news (cnn) they were reporting that there were so many planes coming in with aid they had to divert them away. I say STOP the Insanity and judge Obama by what he does, not what he does compared to bush. I guess it's the tactic that believes if we don't look at Obama, we can look at bush.

He was wrong to wait on the xmas day bombing and if you think differently, then think so. My kids and grandkids are being protected by our commander in chief, and I wish he wasn't snoozing when someone was trying to blow up a plane on our soil, vacation or not.

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I'm no fan of President Obama, nor was I Bush's biggest fan either but I feel that President Obama should have addressed the Bombing faster and more direct but then the reasons they say they didn't was that they didn't want to spotlight these attempts and give them more press than they deserve.

Frankly, whether or not this President, or the last one comes on TV to make some speech about one of these bombers , I care not. If it were not for the 24hour news channels who have to put something in their time slots, this incident would have probably gotten a lot less coverage.
What is really important is whether or not something is ACTUALLY DONE to prevent a future event. In fact, I don't really understand what all the up-roar is about 3 days, or 6 days. Who really cares ! What is done, behind the scenes is all that matters.

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Originally posted by seeweed:
Frankly, whether or not this President, or the last one comes on TV to make some speech about one of these bombers , I care not. If it were not for the 24hour news channels who have to put something in their time slots, this incident would have probably gotten a lot less coverage.
What is really important is whether or not something is ACTUALLY DONE to prevent a future event. In fact, I don't really understand what all the up-roar is about 3 days, or 6 days. Who really cares ! What is done, behind the scenes is all that matters.

You mean you just want a competent government and don't need the President to be your protective father figure? Crazy.

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Originally posted by TheMeInTeam:

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Originally posted by seeweed:
Frankly, whether or not this President, or the last one comes on TV to make some speech about one of these bombers , I care not. If it were not for the 24hour news channels who have to put something in their time slots, this incident would have probably gotten a lot less coverage.
What is really important is whether or not something is ACTUALLY DONE to prevent a future event. In fact, I don't really understand what all the up-roar is about 3 days, or 6 days. Who really cares ! What is done, behind the scenes is all that matters.

You mean you just want a competent government and don't need the President to be your protective father figure? Crazy.

Actually, I don't find the need to be constantly reassured that the proper measures are being implemented. No speech needed. Action is what counts. Words, either pro, con, or whatever from the Pres, or those who hope he fails, don't really mean squat.

And as for such pluperfect fools as Pat Robertson, who insanely interprets the current misery in Haiti as divine wrath for some alleged 218-year old "pact with Satan," I would echo the famous words of Joseph N. Welch: "YOU'VE DONE ENOUGH. HAVE YOU NO SENSE OF DECENCY, SIR, AT LONG LAST? HAVE YOU LEFT NO SENSE OF DECENCY?"[/QUOTE]


Along the same lines moonbat Danny Glover seems to be linking Haiti's disaster with the world's failure to come to terms with manmade global warming.

http://www.associatedcontent.c...used_by_failure.html

Has the entire world gone nuts?

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Originally posted by tigrtrek:
And as for such pluperfect fools as Pat Robertson, who insanely interprets the current misery in Haiti as divine wrath for some alleged 218-year old "pact with Satan," I would echo the famous words of Joseph N. Welch: "YOU'VE DONE ENOUGH. HAVE YOU NO SENSE OF DECENCY, SIR, AT LONG LAST? HAVE YOU LEFT NO SENSE OF DECENCY?"

Along the same lines moonbat Danny Glover seems to be linking Haiti's disaster with the world's failure to come to terms with manmade global warming.

http://www.associatedcontent.c...used_by_failure.html

Has the entire world gone nuts?[/QUOTE]

Danny Glover is the perfect example of how ignorance coupled with fame produces public access and exposure without producing anything of redeeming social value!

What is my inspiration to help a people that would most likely kill me if I walked their streets?

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Originally posted by WH:
What is my inspiration to help a people that would most likely kill me if I walked their streets?

I suppose there could be a marauding band of homeless, hungry, and hurting Haitian children, ages 10 and under, roaming the streets of Port-au-Prince, not in search of food, water or medical assistance, but instead eagerly tracking down and murdering inhumane, heartless scum like you!

"WH"--Is that "without heart"??

I imagine you would render aid to BinLaden wouldn't you?

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Originally posted by beternU:

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Originally posted by WH:
What is my inspiration to help a people that would most likely kill me if I walked their streets?

I suppose there could be a marauding band of homeless, hungry, and hurting Haitian children, ages 10 and under, roaming the streets of Port-au-Prince, not in search of food, water or medical assistance, but instead eagerly tracking down and murdering inhumane, heartless scum like you!

"WH"--Is that "without heart"??

...Agreed!!

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Originally posted by WH:
I imagine you would render aid to BinLaden wouldn't you?

The libs would.


I do hope the efforts can be co-ordinated enough to save more people from dying.

I, personally, can't ignore the fact that the dominant religion in Haiti is voodoo. Not that I don't feel empathy for the Haitians but we have our own problems (homeless, economic trauma, and New Orleans is still a mess)

Now I ask who is providing the majority of the relief in Haiti??? the United States Why? Because our country was born with Christian principals, and like it or not, the majority of us still have the "let's help, we've got to do something" Christian mentality.
Our president wants us to be the "helpers" and provide solutions all over the world but he also wants to make sure everyone knows "we are not a Christian country." He jumps on the Christian bandwagon when he needs us for his agenda.

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Originally posted by tigrtrek:

Has the entire world gone nuts?

It certainly appears that way at times. And those who aren't entirely nuts yet are well on their way.

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Originally posted by DaisyHeadMazie:
I, personally, can't ignore the fact that the dominant religion in Haiti is voodoo. Not that I don't feel empathy for the Haitians but we have our own problems (homeless, economic trauma, and New Orleans is still a mess)

Now I ask who is providing the majority of the relief in Haiti??? the United States Why? Because our country was born with Christian principals, and like it or not, the majority of us still have the "let's help, we've got to do something" Christian mentality.
Our president wants us to be the "helpers" and provide solutions all over the world but he also wants to make sure everyone knows "we are not a Christian country." He jumps on the Christian bandwagon when he needs us for his agenda.

You make some very good points.

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Originally posted by DaisyHeadMazie:
I, personally, can't ignore the fact that the dominant religion in Haiti is voodoo. Not that I don't feel empathy for the Haitians but we have our own problems (homeless, economic trauma, and New Orleans is still a mess)

Okay, there are a few things I want to address in this post. First, the dominant religion in Haiti is Roman Catholicism. According to the CIA World Factbook, 80% of Haitians identify as Roman Catholic, and another 16% are Protestant. Vodou is a somewhat strange mix of Catholicism and traditional West African religions, but the fact that it's practiced by half the population in a 96% Christian country seems to suggest that it's not exactly the devil worship that it's sometimes portrayed as.

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Now I ask who is providing the majority of the relief in Haiti??? the United States Why? Because our country was born with Christian principals, and like it or not, the majority of us still have the "let's help, we've got to do something" Christian mentality.

The biggest reason why we've donated the most (not anywhere near a majority) is the size of our country and our economy. If you look at aid money per capita, Sweden's $18 million is six times more generous than the $100 million we've committed so far. Now, that's just government spending and doesn't take into account private donations (which I'm sure are higher here), but still, it's not like we're the only generous country.

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Our president wants us to be the "helpers" and provide solutions all over the world but he also wants to make sure everyone knows "we are not a Christian country." He jumps on the Christian bandwagon when he needs us for his agenda.

I'm sorry, but what agenda do you think the President has other than trying to help the people of Haiti? You may dislike Obama, but don't let that lessen your empathy for the plight of the Haitian people.