Google has updated the satellite pictures of Haiti

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...and they are not pretty. While ruins of formerly standing buildings are everywhere there is one spot of wanted to check, as I was curious if I would see throngs of protesters at the gates.

The U.S. Embassy

There doesn't seem to be, there is however a very long line of people outside waiting to get in and inside the compound there are dozens of tents set up, that I assume are for injured folks and whatnot.

However, that's not what I am really curious about now. What I am wondering is: What must the average Haitian think, being from the poorest country in the world, seeing that not only do the Americans (that live right next door) have a nicely manicured lawns but a pool? The whole thing looks less like an embassy and more like a resort.

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[TomTheGeek]

My god. Why now google?

[Riot]

 WTF is this? In the North Pole there is this gold stuff.
 
 

[zackin5]

WTF is this? In the North Pole there is this gold stuff.
 
 

Some sort of reflection?

[A.R.C.]

Haitians gonna hate!

[zz_tophat]

Also this:

Foreign aid makes up approximately 30–40% of the national government's budget. The largest donor is the United States – followed by Canada, and the European Union also contributes aid.[84] From 1990 to 2003, Haiti received more than $4 billion in aid. The United States alone had provided Haiti with 1.5 billion in aid. [85] Venezuela and Cuba also make various contributions to Haiti's economy, especially after alliances were renewed in 2006 and 2007. In January 2010, China promised $4.2 million for the quake-hit island,[86] and U.S. President Barack Obama pledged $100 million in assistance.[87] European Union nations promised more than 400 million euros ($616 million) in emergency aid and reconstruction funds for Haiti.[88]

Wow, really China? Thanks, you so generous, Haiti love you long time.

For those that don't know 4 million is enough to build a bridge, or a few buildings. So out of the thousands of structures in ruins, China has graciously stepped forward a offered to help rebuild "a few". Thanks for the pocket change china.

[A.R.C.]

Relief efforts delayed as Haitians attack distribution points, refuse to help unload planes and trucks.

This must be what the Huffington Post called “queuing for aid” in their attack piece on cofcc.org. Aid convoys must have armed escorts as Haitians fight each other to get the most aid. Even blocking exits with piles of dead bodies to block aid trucks from getting to neighboring towns.

Another shocking development is the refusal of Haitians to help unload their own aid from planes and trucks. The US military is telling private charities and foreign governments they must bring their own work crews and Haitians are refusing to do it. A big story yesterday was about United Airlines flying 60 Chicago volunteers to Haiti to unload planes. It’s unbelievable that in a nation of ten million, white people from Chicago have to be flown all the way to Haiti to unload the planes.

Whenever Haitians are asked to unload anything, they grab as much stuff as they can and run away. In many cases, armed and masked UN soldiers have to hold Haitian thugs back at gun point while UN workers unload trucks.

derp

[zz_tophat]

I have a friend in the air force who was stationed in Haiti for a time. They had a policy of "shoot anyone darker than khaki" if they weren't sporting an I.D. badge when entering any of the U.S. facilities.

They didn't have that policy without reason.

[A.R.C.]

My friends dad is in the airforce and going over.

[Sirrus]

Also this:
Wow, really China? Thanks, you so generous, Haiti love you long time.

For those that don't know 4 million is enough to build a bridge, or a few buildings. So out of the thousands of structures in ruins, China has graciously stepped forward a offered to help rebuild "a few". Thanks for the pocket change china.

Dude. Are you badmouthing china for giving 4.2 million dollars to a country that does, correct me if I'm wrong, absolutely nothing for it?

We're talking about China here.

[zz_tophat]

Dude. Are you badmouthing china for giving 4.2 million dollars to a country that does, correct me if I'm wrong, absolutely nothing for it?

We're talking about China here.

If you compare what they are giving against China's GNP then it is equal to me, reaching in my pocket and pulling out a handful of change. Then digging through that change and finding a penny, looking at it for a moment and putting it back and digging through my pocket again and finding a Canadian penny I got for change by mistake. Then cutting it in half with a pair of wire cutters, tossing it at a starving man and saying: "here sport, don't spend it all in one place". Then just as the half a penny is about to land in his hands, kicking him in the balls.

Yes, China is collectively run by a bunch of starfishs, however I'm an starfish but at least I try to hide it.