Comments on: Rush Limbaugh: Don’t send help to Haiti

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:41:17 +0000

You know all are you people are so close minded. Ya only think the world is about y’all only, guess what when your what have happen in Haiti could of happen anywhere,Haiti is curse blah blah and blah, ya irritates me, you guys judge people by they cover some of you guys are even making things up to say about Haiti for God sake.You know whats funny is that all of you guys are adults, the one that should be setting an example but instead a sixteen years old can view thing beyond what the answer to the question is all about. I wonder if you guys will stop being racist and realize that it doesn’t matter what you do or say, because in front of God you nothing but the dirt and you will always be the dirt.To paraphrase you nothing you wont b living here forever, one day you’ll b dead. Furthermore you guys saying Haiti is cursed and blah blah Haitians are going to hell. Oh please like you guys going to heaven. Just so you know HDenise probably you the one who opens your legs to Gorillas and i done know that Haitians don’t throw they garbage out of the window stop making things up. Why cant you see that a way of God putting us on a test to see how we help our neighbors. My question to you is do you know how you will fade away from the face of earth. I’ll keep you with that question in mind. Stop judging people by the way they look. If i describe as a stupid, idiot, close minded, pig, would you be fond of that. I know you wouldn’t be the things you don’t like people to call you these words you wont be fun off don’t say them to other people. All of you guys who commented stupid comment about Haiti act like you guys know every single Haitians that existed. You know what I’ll let God do the rest of the talk. Haitians people are not the only one who will b punish. Yours is not fa behind. Anyways you guys doesn’t know all Haitians people that ever exist in this world. Don’t say all of them are the same. If you have something negative to say don’t post them, these words are hurting many, and many of those people wouldn’t wish to say something bad to you like this. Just so you guys know we all are brothers and sisters in front of God without our skin color or differences.

By: HDenise

HDenise — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:32:01 +0000

I’m far from an atheist. You must walk in my shoes if you critize. I am surrounded by Haitians. Would you like your next door neighbor throwing his garbage out of a window? Would you like that garbage all over your neighborhood streets? Would you like to hear music blasting at 3:00 a.m.? Would you like to see 5 women dancing in the street at night, while one of their little kids are walking in the streets with cars passing? Want me to go on and on? Not all haitians are like this, but 95% are. Besides this, they knock babies out like rabbits then cry that their kids are dying from lack of food. Stop opening your legs to any gorilla that passes.

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:05:10 +0000

Having lived for a few years in a Haitian neighborhood I’d say that it would have been a bad idea to restrict immigration. The Haitians totally swamped out the long term local right wingers that were very annoying in that area.

By: Stephanie Z

Stephanie Z — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:03:18 +0000

Interesting, the one NRC document I find on the economic effects of immigration says, “the vast majority of Americans are enjoying a healthier economy as the result of the increased supply of labor and lower prices that result from immigration.”

By: Observer

Observer — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:46:32 +0000

“I don’t want any more haitians here.”

Came across some interesting figures recently. Apparently investigations of the fiscal impacts of immigration, by the National Research Council, found that low-skill immigration costs $120.000 per immigrant, in 2009 dollars. This was using the over-optimistic assumption that immigrants 100% converged to natives in 3 generations (not true empirically).

So the fiscal cost of 50% of Haiti immigrating to the US would be $600 billion. That is comparable to the direct costs of the Iraq war so far.

By: anon

anon — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:23:12 +0000

I don’t know if HDenise is an atheist. I was assuming HDenise was a Christian, and I was prodding HDenise (him or her) to admit that. However I don’t think that is going to happen now.

By: Stephanie Z

Stephanie Z — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:16:36 +0000

anon, I didn’t ask about HDenise, and I didn’t say s/he isn’t an atheist. I asked about your assumption.

By: anon

anon — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:10:02 +0000

We should let HDenise settle that question, don’t you think?

By: Stephanie Z

Stephanie Z — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:59:41 +0000

anon, why would you ever assume HDenise is an atheist?

By: anon

anon — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:48:46 +0000

HDenise, atheists like you are a bad example.