Like I said, it makes me feel like a complete asshole. We have a HUGE Haitian population here. Most of our forms have English, Spanish and Creole on them. Trust me, I know most of Haiti lives in, and below, poverty.

It isn’t even just Haiti that pisses me off. I have nothing against Haiti. I get my feathers ruffled about this every time something happens somewhere else in the world and it becomes the “Raison D’Etre” for all of five minutes before it’s forgotten. Why not focus that attention inwards and heal ourselves before we pretend like we can heal the world? A new mother cannot take care of her infant if she isn’t well herself. Same concept here. [Read more...]