haiti

Former 1/2 term governor Sarah Palin is again rambling on about things she has no clue on:

Sarah Palin criticized President Barack Obama on Saturday for saying America is a military superpower "whether we like it or not," saying she was taken aback by his comment.

"I would hope that our leaders in Washington, D.C., understand we like to be a dominant superpower," the former Alaska governor said. "I don't understand a world view where we have to question whether we like it or not that America is powerful."

Obama said earlier this week that the United States must do its best to resolve conflicts around the world before they grow too serious.

"It is a vital national security interest of the United States to reduce these conflicts because whether we like it or not, we remain a dominant military superpower, and when conflicts break out, one way or another we get pulled into them," Obama said. "And that ends up costing us significantly in terms of both blood and treasure."

President Obama’s statement was very truthful, and shows on the right and left, and let’s ignore the fact that Palin is basically taking President Obama’s statement out of context. A lot has been written this week about this. Instead I would rather look at it as if though Palin was actually addressing what the President said.

For the left, we don’t like that we have to spend billions of dollars stationing our military around the globe. We would love nothing more than to close up our bases in South Korea and Germany, but we are a super power and we must remain in key strategic locations around the world so that we can act on a moments notice.

With all the talk focusing on Massachusetts this seems to have been overlooked:

A strong earthquake has hit Haiti, shaking buildings and sending people running into the streets.

The U.S. Geological Survey says the preliminary 6.0 magnitude quake hit at 6:03 a.m. Wednesday about 35 miles northwest of the capital of Port-au-Prince.

People might think that this isn’t much considering how damaged the island already is, but it does really hamper rescue efforts. People trapped under rubble, who may still be alive, most likely ended up being trapped a little more as the already loose rubble shifted down a little more.

Things just keep getting worse. News organizations are reporting a huge 4.3 after shock that just rocked the battered capital of Port Au Prince, complicating rescue efforts.

And the “ultra-Liberal” John Stewart even went after Rachael Maddow on comments she made. This is a great run down of the politicization of the horrible disaster.

The takedown of Pat Robertson was absolutely perfect.

There was so much outrageous crap coming from the right wing extremists yesterday that I totally missed this one:

LIMBAUGH: Would you trust the money's gonna go to Haiti?

CALLER: No.

LIMBAUGH: But would you trust that your name is gonna end up on the mailing list for the Obama people to start asking you for campaign donations for him and other causes?

CALLER: Absolutely.

LIMBAUGH: Absolutely right.

CALLER: That's the point.

LIMBAUGH: Besides, we've already donated to Haiti. It's called the U.S. income tax.

This is the reason the world would have been better off if Limbaugh didn’t walk out of that hospital last month. So many acted like we should have compassion for him when he was down. Well you know what? Fuck him. Those of us, who wouldn’t have minded Limbaugh being fitted with a toe tag, remember the kind of man he is. He proved it again yesterday. He doesn’t give a shit about the lives of others, so why in the world should we care about his?

Appearing tonight on the Rachael Maddow Show, the Haitian ambassador, Raymond Joseph, took some time to remind haters like Pat Robertson that if it wasn’t for Haiti the U.S. would not be what it is today.

Joseph: “What pact the Haitian made with the devil helped make America what it is”

Let’s have a little history reminder for Pat Robertson. Here is the current states that were all or in part brought into the U.S. from the Louisiana Purchase

This is some good news, but I’m sure the wingnuts will explode over it:

Responding to the devastation from the Haiti earthquake, Obama administration officials on Wednesday temporarily suspended deportations of illegal immigrants from that country.

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Haitian deportations would be halted “for the time being,” without specifying a time period. Immigration officials said it was clear they could be putting Haitians’ safety at risk by sending them back to a country staggering from the vast destruction of the quake. About 30,000 Haitians in the United States are facing deportation orders, immigration officials said.

Lawmakers and immigrant advocacy groups renewed calls for the administration to grant Haiti a special status that would shield Haitian immigrants in this country from deportation for an extended period and allow them to work legally. The Haitian government and advocates here have been asking Washington to grant the status, known as temporary protected status, since late 2008.

This guy is beyond the pale.

Of course you are, Pat... after you come out with outlandishly despicable statements about why Haiti has had to deal with so much death, so many troubles. See, according to Televangelist Pat it's because they"swore a pact at the Devil" in order to free themselves from the French.

"True story. So the devil said 'okay, it's a deal'".

That's why this horrific earthquake took place. Haiti asked for it. Did you know that? Apparently this Pat Robertson does.

I guess Pat would know about the Devil. My sources tell me that he has a direct line.

FLASHBACK: Pat Robertson and his diamond mines:

Should a "good Christian" profit from diamonds and lumber mined by the functional equivalent of slave labor?

Like I said – Pat Robertson is the Devil.