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Jewish poet/activist Emma Lazarus, 1883: “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses…” America, 2010: “Give me your third-world losers. I’ll take all that you have…” [Article].
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Nurse: “Doctor, this man has a fever, he’s sweating profusely, and he keeps mumbling something about ‘babies in Port-au-Prince.’” Doctor: “Oh, my God. He’s got Haiti Hysteria!” Nurse: “Can you cure him?” Doctor: “I don’t know. Haiti Hysteria is a serious disease.” Nurse: “How do you think he got it?” Doctor: “He probably got it […]
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How many times must America rebuild Haiti? Jerry Abbott comments: [Article].
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Not mentioned in the Haiti earthquake news is the fact that part of the burden for the quake’s death/injury toll is on the Haitians themselves, e.g., they have too many children vis-a-vis their economic status (which has led to over-crowding), and Haitian building-construction methods and regulations are, we must assume, not the best: [Article].
