http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gina-athena-ulysse/haitis-electionaval-2010_b_677920.html
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Jean "insults the Haitian people’s intelligence. Penn patronizes them." Jamela Khan
Maven Huggins hm...as i swivel in my office chair to turn and look you in the eye...to say....'find it odd that wyclef is campaigning for presidency in a country called haiti, in every possible platform other than those within the country?' checks audience: anybody/ Anybody?
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/38644803/ns/today-entertainment/
------------------------Emily K. Troutman: "wyclef for prez?! oy. from what i understand, he does this every election cycle just to drum up publicity. campaign song? well, there's so many to choose from...
"see i'ma tell you like you told me / cash rules everything around me / singin ...dollar dollar bill ya'll"
http://www.youtube.com/wat
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ax4grXTIL5E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyMI_pOKwj0
Introducing Michel Martelly http://www.allhiphop.com/stories/features/archive/2010/08/06/22323530.aspx
"Haiti Open For Business" the knell is never loudest than at the bell http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvRIQ9H8SBc&feature=player_embedded#!
Heru Duenas “Haiti is open for business.”
Wyclef Jean~ Ringing The Opening Bell At NASDAQ
http://drgoddess.blogspot.com/2010/08/wyclef-for-president-of-haiti-naw.html
http://www.aolnews.com/world/article/wyclef-jean-wants-face-to-face-campaign-in-haiti/19584097
Reginald Rice, 31
"Listen, Wyclef is a music dude. Wyclef knows about music. Myself, I'm not going to vote for him. And believe me, I am a big Wyclef fan. You know what? Everyone who gets elected, they do the same thing. They're lying to the people, taking their money. They say they're going to do good when they're really not.
"The only reason poor people want to vote for him is because Wyclef doesn't have an education either. You go up to the rich spots, Kenscoff, Fermate, Pelerin ... you're not going to find anybody down for that. Rich people travel and have money, they know better.
"If people downtown understood the presidential system, what's really involved, they wouldn't vote Wyclef either."
Lamartine Chardavoie, 66
"But then again, if you know politics well enough to get elected, then maybe you know politics well enough to be president."
{Interesting. in this day and age, i dont think there is any longer "know politics" now it is energy, timing, popularity, celebrity; a host of factors beyond issues and interests"; people rarely vote their interests, especially in these caribbean developing, still embryonic islands (the youth will vote their hip hop)}
source:
http://www.aolnews.com/world/article/voices-of-haiti-speak-out-on-presidential-politics/19584326
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http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2010/08/07/2010-08-07_opinion_stay_in_the_states_incompetent_egotistical_wyclef_jean_offers_only_flase.html
in reverse:
"Toupatou kote'w pase Haitien leve kont Ayisyen e yo pa janm we si ti peyi a ap trennen, querro mi payis is something they always say, epoutan se yo kap travay poul kraze'l.........TOP ADLERMAN(bagay dwol)
* saa nan premye video yo a wi.."
English translation:
[Everywhere you go, Haitians are rising against other Haitians and they never see the road that the country is travelling, I love my country is something they always say, and all the while it is they who are working to destroy it... TOP ADLERMAN (strange things)
This is in their first video ah yes..]
"@Kambale u are right Hiait has President that was kidnapped by the imperialist.
Haiti is under military occupation and Wyclef should stick to music!"
"Jean can’t even count on his former band mates. On Thursday, a former
Fugees member, Pras Michel, issued a statement endorsing one of Jean’s
competitors, another musician named Michel “Sweet Micky” Martelly, “the
most competent candidate for the job.” Besides being Jean’s former band
mate, Pras is also his cousin. Ouc...h"
why was this man's music so prophetic..."gone till November"? and "If I was Prezident"...?
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/07/opinion/07blow.html?hp
Champ Ga Is it really important who Pras endorses in the Hatian election? I am really wondering what difference it makes in the grand scheme of things. Or do you think it's the media as usual making a story out of nothing?
My Response:
definitely not making a story out of nothing Ga.
there is a wealth of buried dynamics girding Clef's positions, presidency and path to this juncture, that i believe is worthy of interrogation.
I quoted that particular paragraph because earlier this week I referenced Lauren Hill's view of Wyclef, long before and apart of any presidency...there is a long leading leash of comments, views, perceptions and experiences of him as person, man and character that bears
if you have the time, google it.
try to surmise his interest and alliances, and ask yourself is it good for Haiti. Very Right Wing, Conservative, Corporate, Anti_democracy, Opportunists threads to determine whether real or unreal.
one person said "tell the truth, someone trying to buy land when it is cheap.
His association with Clinton who reportedly wants to make Haiti a tourist destination and cheap labor market for US industries.
I see this, personally, as a poise before disaster with the masses of poor people of Haiti being kicked once again. what is peculiar is that a kind of Haitian elite maybe sidelined -the traditional color coded; but a new and different modern elite will rise up...the English speakers, who will come in, droves, and reconstitute a whole other level of exploitation.
its deep.
i am on the outside looking in though, and really just collecitng thought.
this is my leaning at this time
funny thing is, I think he is going to be successful
another peculiar piece, Clef supposedly encouraged his uncle to run...what is that about...hedging for a family plan? no matter who wins, they both collectivize their followers.
deep stuff...is that democracy?
i will let somebody else tell me?
how is that democracy when the presidential candidate does not even speak the language of the people, the masses and greater populace of the people? Deep stuff that
and i just posted "human destruction is lethal for its buried subtleties"
ah gone
thanks for making me assess my thoughts
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"please spread the news - "Wyclef Jean is not a friend of the People's Democratic Movement of Haiti""
http://peacecomrade.org/2010/08/05/wyclef-jean-candidacy-an-effort-to-put-a-smiley-face-on-military-occupation-in-haiti/
Kambale Musavuli: "Aristide remains the rightfully democratically elected President of Haiti!"
Timm Chambliss: "Speak the truth, not everyone is blind! Someone is trying to buy a country when the property values are down"
Mimi Sheller: "Just got back from Haiti and most people there thought his candidacy was a joke - they just laughed. He himself admitted that he does not speak Kreyol or French fluently, so how is he go...ing to communicate with the people? ...The... one thing I saw going for him... a bunch of really drunk 14- to 16-year old boys in Leogane went crazy dancing to Wyclef and Shakira!"
http://peacecomrade.org/2010/08/05/wyclef-jean-candidacy-an-effort-to-put-a-smiley-face-on-military-occupation-in-haiti/
http://www.haitiaction.net/News/HIP/11_2_4.html
Jamela Khan One Haitian friend described it as a tragicomedy...steups...
Maven Huggins it will be tragic if the signs on seashore are true: corporate interest, selling land on the low tide, and now this right wing stuff.
Maven Huggins it will be tragic if the signs on seashore are true: corporate interest, selling land on the low tide, and now this right wing stuff.i never wanted to write it, but all along what i was waiting for was to understand who he was in relation t...o the Haitian elite and landscape...that is emerging...he is not of the masses/. then on top of that there is an issue of him speaking neither French or Krayol well
interesting. there needs to be a facebook page on this journey and process.
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