Comments on: Comparing the Chilean and Haitian earthquakes https://thenewneo.com/2010/03/01/comparing-the-chilean-and-haitian-earthquakes/ A blog about political change, among other things Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:30:36 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 By: Jesse https://thenewneo.com/2010/03/01/comparing-the-chilean-and-haitian-earthquakes/#comment-148014 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:30:36 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/03/01/comparing-the-chilean-and-haitian-earthquakes/#comment-148014 Prayer, prayer, prayer…

]]> By: Sadie https://thenewneo.com/2010/03/01/comparing-the-chilean-and-haitian-earthquakes/#comment-148005 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:42:09 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/03/01/comparing-the-chilean-and-haitian-earthquakes/#comment-148005 Cherry picking facts pretty much sums it up –
90% Haiti and 10% Chile faux reporting.

]]> By: Bob from Virginia https://thenewneo.com/2010/03/01/comparing-the-chilean-and-haitian-earthquakes/#comment-147939 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:15:36 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/03/01/comparing-the-chilean-and-haitian-earthquakes/#comment-147939 Here are some USGS earthquake summary posters concernnig the two quakes.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqarchives/poster/2010/20100227.pdf
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqarchives/poster/2010/20100112.jpg

]]> By: sergey https://thenewneo.com/2010/03/01/comparing-the-chilean-and-haitian-earthquakes/#comment-147928 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:58:37 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/03/01/comparing-the-chilean-and-haitian-earthquakes/#comment-147928 There were no mudslides in Gaiti. This proves that the quake itself was not so severe, and most of damage was in principle preventable if the most elementary rules of construction codes were abided. The quality of buildings here was not simply bad, but awfull, and this is typical for all poor and dysfunctional countries.

]]> By: Thomas https://thenewneo.com/2010/03/01/comparing-the-chilean-and-haitian-earthquakes/#comment-147920 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:03:43 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/03/01/comparing-the-chilean-and-haitian-earthquakes/#comment-147920 betsybounds Says:

“I think we can assume Dick Cheney had a lot to do with its development.”

He did, although I guess that is a small blessing. I.e., that they didn’t have it at the start of their administration… if so, imagine all the damage they’d have done. Just look at Bush’s use of the weather machine… which he did have when he took office…

]]> By: James https://thenewneo.com/2010/03/01/comparing-the-chilean-and-haitian-earthquakes/#comment-147917 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:39:08 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/03/01/comparing-the-chilean-and-haitian-earthquakes/#comment-147917 Over time, capitalistic countries build up capital. That is why their called capitalistic! The build up of capital is wealth or surplus.

Chile is a capitalistic country, Haiti is not.

When disaster strikes poor countries (ie, not capitalistic), if the capitalistic countries feel generous, they send some surplus to be generous.

But when disaster strikes capitalistic countries, the country generally helps itself from its surplus. I guess we might help Chile a little. And if an earthquake hits California, Chile might help us.

But when a disaster strikes Chile or the US, Haiti won’t be helping. They have no surplus, so nothing to offer.

James

]]> By: betsybounds https://thenewneo.com/2010/03/01/comparing-the-chilean-and-haitian-earthquakes/#comment-147916 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:23:52 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/03/01/comparing-the-chilean-and-haitian-earthquakes/#comment-147916 Plus he was pretty busy shooting his hunting buddies upwith his 12-gauge on some kind of trumped-up “hunting trip.” That Cheney. You just can’t trust Dude.

]]> By: Patrick Moran https://thenewneo.com/2010/03/01/comparing-the-chilean-and-haitian-earthquakes/#comment-147913 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:31:22 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/03/01/comparing-the-chilean-and-haitian-earthquakes/#comment-147913 Want to know which nation is more corrupt? Just check out the ratings on Transparency International.

]]> By: Jim Sullivan https://thenewneo.com/2010/03/01/comparing-the-chilean-and-haitian-earthquakes/#comment-147910 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:00:08 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/03/01/comparing-the-chilean-and-haitian-earthquakes/#comment-147910 Nah, Betsy

Dick Cheney was too busy cleaning the algae out of his drop-in piranha tank. That and finding the best way to put “friggiin’ lazer beams” on sharks.

]]> By: betsybounds https://thenewneo.com/2010/03/01/comparing-the-chilean-and-haitian-earthquakes/#comment-147903 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:39:15 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2010/03/01/comparing-the-chilean-and-haitian-earthquakes/#comment-147903 Oh yeah, that’s true, I forgot about the Super Earthquake Dynamo Weapon. Well, that changes everything, of course. This weapon, certainly, is one of the primary reasons everyone else in the world hates us so much.

I think we can assume Dick Cheney had a lot to do with its development.

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