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Wyclef Running For Haiti's Presendency

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LONDON!!:

--- Quote from: Infinite...  Be and It Is on July 31, 2010, 11:46:07 PM ---That would be interesting, if Wyclef becomes their president, I definitely will start following their day to day political moves on the regular.

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you know this fam, one of us is gonna be in political power, representing for our brothers and sisters over there, its a beautiful thing, i'm so proud of clef taking this foot forward and not backing down, salute that brother for real, salute, salute, salute, yep, yep, yep

Sami:
His uncle is their Ambassador to the US so he must be plugged in to their leadership already somewhat, but he'll have a tough road ahead if he wins, because the powers that be (big corporations) could just drive him out like they did Aristide if he rocks the boat too much. I hope he promotes economic development by Haiti for Haitians rather than relying on foreign aid, cause the aid could be used as a means of strangling his gov't if he stands up to pressure from the major powers (like the US). Yet I'm hopeful, Wyclef seems like he is principled and thoughtful, and he is not stupid or greedy.

M Dogg™:
Jean-Bertrand Aristide is getting shitted on again. Wyclef should be trying to support bringing this man back into his country. The military over threw him once, and Bush Jr.the second and his never allowed to return to his country. He was a Catholic priest and he tried so hard to rebuild Haiti, but he pissed off the elite and they paid for the military to get rid of him. Wyclef should be trying to restore Aristide to power, not filling his ego.

LONDON!!:
@sami
yeah clef seems like he's got a good head on his shoulders, i just hope the powers that be don't try to assassinate him through proxy's if he switches on the system too much, fuck the system

@m dogg
i ain't gonna front or nuthin, i don't know too much about aristide too much, but i know anyone whose is an enemy of the system, especially if its someone like george w bush, is on a level too me, because the system dosen't like any human being whose is on a level, no they don't

Fraxxx:

--- Quote from: M Dogg on August 01, 2010, 07:52:50 AM ---Jean-Bertrand Aristide is getting shitted on again. Wyclef should be trying to support bringing this man back into his country. The military over threw him once, and Bush Jr.the second and his never allowed to return to his country. He was a Catholic priest and he tried so hard to rebuild Haiti, but he pissed off the elite and they paid for the military to get rid of him. Wyclef should be trying to restore Aristide to power, not filling his ego.

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Needless to say that the Haitian elite, the US government and the IMF had their hand into this. But Aristide turned out nothing better than any other despot, relying on intimidation and death squads. And of course he came back, he had a second term in office. Overall, it's a difficult topic. I found this http://www.lrb.co.uk/v26/n08/paul-farmer/who-removed-aristide article which I think is worth reading, as well as the letters to it.

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