Comments on: Updated: Hooray Hillary!

By: Chip H

Chip H — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 06:50:43 +0000

I would rather have a Haitian for a neighbor, paying rent, buying groceries and gas, supporting our neighborhood and our country, than a tele-commuting Indian, sneaking under the US border every night on dark fiber internet tunnels reaching to every US business, and so displacing millions of US service workers by their sub-wage work, then sneaking back under the border at dawn, without paying a penny in tithe or tax, no rent, no groceries, no gas. Just a million points of light quietly winking out, like sparks on snow.

By: Myron Pauli

Myron Pauli — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:51:55 +0000

Here is the neocon solution from Elliot Abrams:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/…/AR2010012103508.html

An excerpt:

“Well, not every way we can — for one of the best ways to help Haiti is to allow some Haitians to move abroad. .. Migration would mean that Haiti needs to provide fewer hospital beds, schools, meals and jobs…
President Obama said that the disaster in Haiti “is one of those moments that calls out for American leadership.” He should be asking Congress not only to provide aid funds but also to allow a significant increase in the number of Haitians legally admitted to the United States — to several times the roughly 25,000 per year in the past decade.”

Got to read it to believe it! And Abrams was Deputy National Security Advisor to George W. Bush.

By: Gringo Malo

Gringo Malo — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:16:42 +0000

After my momentary euphoria faded, I did a Google news search for the words "Hillary Clinton repatriate," and found only the AFP story you cited. That story is somewhat deficient. It said that Hillary told reporters that Haitians would be repatriated. It didn't say what the setting was or how many reporters were present. I did, however find a CNN story headlined "Clinton: Administration considering accepting more Haitians". Any rejoicing over the Hildebeest's earlier statement seems to have been premature. In any event, now that Haitians know that they won't be deported, I expect eighty or ninety per cent of them to embark for South Florida, overwhelming the Coast Guard, which cannot or will not use any actual force against the invaders anyway. You don't happen to know a way to sell real estate short, do you? :)

By: Robert Glisson

Robert Glisson — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:34:32 +0000

“SENEGAL DOES IT RIGHT. Senegal’s President Abdoulaye Wade has offered Haitian refugees a “parcels of land – even an entire region.” When evacuating US Soldiers from a North Korean Port City, an entire N.K. village asked for transport to South Korea. We packed them on deck and headed South. Which direction is Senegal? (South-east boo-quo miles) History can repeat itself.

By: cruft

cruft — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:51:24 +0000

you believe her? YOU BELIEVE HER????

By: james huggins

james huggins — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:07:30 +0000

Why? Nobody in the government has made any noise since I can remember about protecting the borders. If Hillary Clinton is trying to sound like a responsible public servant you can bet she has an ace up her sleeve.

By: Myron Pauli

Myron Pauli — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:18:49 +0000

Good for Hillary.

And we should NOT allow those Iraqis and Afghans who were displaced by our meddling to get free admission into a country that they and their children probably resent. Talk about breeding ingrown terrorism!

By: George Pal

George Pal — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:06:30 +0000

Which comes first, Hillary announces she misspoke, Obama, via Gibbs, spinning Hillary, or, the wink and a blind eye as Florida gets swamped with America’s favorite import – refugees?