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Au Contraire, Booman-It Is What We MAKE It

In the very first reply to a comment on his Haiti post It Is What It Is, Booman wrote:

China might be willing and able to establish a de facto protectorate in the Caribbean, but we would never allow it if we could do it ourselves.

LORD, Booman!!!

In the immortal words of Tonto to the Lone Ranger as they were besieged by Indians and had nowhere to run:

Who “we“, white man?

I pinned what was about to happen last week.

Read on for more.
From just a couple of days ago.

I can’t wait until our realpolitik guys start to loose news stories about CHAOS IN HAITI!!! and WE MUST INTERVENE NOW!!!

Bet on it.

Any day now.

Aaaaany day now. [Note-it’s already started. AG]

What a perfect place for an anti-Chavez/anti-Cuba/anti-Colombia setup.

Watch.

Why…it’s just across the street from Guantanamo, General!!!

When does that lease expire again?

And the spiritual descendants of Dr. Strangelove are, as usual, all over it.

One good thing might come of this, however.

Maybe the money push to take back Cuba so’s it can be once again made into a freefire offshore Las Vegas Southeast will simmer down.

They’ll have virgin territory to work with, now.

Watch.

Come one, come all!!!

See the Pierre the Haitian Donkey Boy and his Harem right here at the Trump Harrah’s Port au Prince Casino and Docking Bay!!!

Seen this one? Brought to you by the shameless Fox News people? Prime propagators of the great plastic “What Happens In Las Vegas Stays in Las Vegas” myth?

Cruise-Goers Still Enjoying Haiti, Despite Widespread Devastation

Royal Caribbean cruise line defended its decision to proceed with docking its ships at a private vacation resort 85 miles from destroyed Haiti capital Port-au-Prince.

Ahead of unloading its Monday haul of sun-kissed vacationers on private beach Labadee, Royal Caribbean pointed to the fact that ships were dropping off aid and bolstering the economy, as well as fulfilling promised routes to passengers.

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“It was not a tough decision once we established that Labadee was not affected by the earthquake,” Goldstein told The Miami Herald.

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Critics of the decision said it was insensitive given the proximity of the devastation. Hundreds of thousands of people were killed, injured, or made homeless within 60 miles of the tropical paradise tourists are still enjoying.

One passenger called the decision to go ahead with the scheduled Haitian stop abhorrent and indicative of “a lack of compassion for their fellow man.”

“I understand that if you have paid for a cruise you will want to visit the ports, and Labadee is very beautiful … but that should not stand in the way of decency and, for decency’s sake, the ships should stay away, at least until all those loved ones have been buried and put to rest and the people given food, water and shelter,” wrote another cruise-goer on blog CruiseCritic.com.

“Any argument about boosting the economy through a few tips doesn’t hold up when hundreds of thousands of people lie dead and dying in the streets just a couple of hours away,” said another irate blogger.

Not all vacationers feel the same way, if other postings on the forum are an indication of wider thought.

“Don’t you see that depriving these people of employment is the last thing we should be doing right now?! Go, enjoy, and tip generously,” said one post.

“I feel empathy and sympathy for the people affected. I however, feel no ‘guilt.’ It’s not my fault, nor will my not going ashore make any difference to those that have been affected by the earthquake. Guilt makes it about you,” wrote another tourist as her ship was pulling into view of the Haitian port.

Royal Caribbean updated its leased Labadee haven with a roller coaster, zipline, and pier last year to the tune of $55 million. According to the company, the resort provides work for around 500 people in the local tourist industry.

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A press release issued by the American cruise line said it would be donating $1 million to Haitian relief and would continue to ferry supplies to be handed out by charities Food for the Poor, the Pan American Development Foundation, and the Solano Foundation. A system for passengers to donate cash has also been set up on the ships.

“It was not a tough decision once we established that Labadee was not affected by the earthquake,” eh?

I’ll bet it wasn’t.

Lemme see. Irv.

$55 mil in the Labadee site already.

A couple mil profit from every ship we dock there.

What’s the lowest round number the we can get away with as a reparation payment? (Not that we’ll have to actually come through with it, don’tcha know. Wink wink, nudge nudge. That kinda stuff can always be…leveraged.)

Whadda ya say?

A Mil?

OK Irv. I’m on it.

“Hello…Associated Press?”

Like dat.

I can see it now.

Labadee DisneyBase

Come visit Gitmo South!!!

Tour the fortifications!!!

Enjoy the screams of the animatronic political prisoners!!!

Watch as our brave men, women (and others) in uniform man their drone stations!!!

Tip the harmless natives!!!

Take a local Zombie tour!!!

America at its best!!!

Lord.

Will it ever end?

And if it does…at what cost to the innocent?

You and me included.

Bet on it.

Later…

AG

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