"One Of The Largest Relief Efforts In U.S. History"

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"One Of The Largest Relief Efforts In U.S. History"

by Turkana

A quick summary of where things stand, and what our nation is doing to help. This is an America of which we can be proud.

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Reuters:

President Barack Obama on Saturday declared one of the largest relief efforts in U.S. history to help Haiti's earthquake victims as survivors begged for aid still only trickling through to them and looters fought in the streets.

Four days after a massive quake killed up to 200,000 people and wrecked most of the capital Port-au-Prince, hundreds of thousands of Haitians were still desperately waiting for assistance as scavengers and looters preyed on shattered buildings in the widespread absence of authority and order.

Even as aid poured into Port-au-Prince airport on Saturday, thousands of Haitians streamed out on foot with suitcases on their heads or jammed in cars to find food, water and shelter in the countryside and flee aftershocks as well as violence.

Haiti's president spoke bluntly. Also from Reuters:

Haiti's shell-shocked president, Rene Preval, thanked the world on Friday for its rush to aid his poor Caribbean nation after the catastrophic earthquake that he compared to a wartime bombardment.

"The damage I have seen here can be compared to the damage you would see if the country was bombed for 15 days. It is like in a war," the 66-year-old leader told Reuters in an interview outside the police station that has become his home and office in the wrecked capital Port-au-Prince.

The magnitude 7.0 earthquake that devastated much of the hilly coastal city on Tuesday also collapsed the elegant presidential palace and his own home.

Not surprisingly, given the devastation and desperation, conditions are growing worse.

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[TNDemo]

1. We were listening to some right wing radio jerk tonight

(don't know who) and he was talking about how Obama is doing absolutely nothing to help Haiti and how he is worse than Bush with Katrina. I decided I must be in the twilight zone so I turned it off.

[lib2DaBone]

2. The "Party Of No" will jump on this for all it's worth...

..nothing to add, no ideas, no help offered except thier usual hypocisy and lunacy.

As my dear 90-year-old grandfather used to say, "Quit beating the mule and help load the wagon".

[cutlassmama]

3. they don't understand that concept. That's why they are rightwing and we are left