do your homework

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Why must some people just go out and say stupid stuff without really knowing what the hell is going on? Here's an open letter being sent to many senators in the us aimed at senator dodd for recent comments he made. I know most of you have no idea what in the world is going on in haiti, so in brief this is a letter written last week after a group of individuals went to promote a better haiti in cite soleil (most dangerous area in haiti) and they were attacked by men sent by the haitian government to silence them. Later, the government turned the story around and accused the group of provoking the attacks which is ridiculous, but senator dodd had no idea what was going on over there and spoke out against the 184 organization. Do your homework, senator.

copy of letter

Senator Dodd,

Do you know who the 184 are?

Do you know what a Social contract is?

Have you read the 184's presentation of a New Social Contract?

Asking myself these questions and listening to your remarks on the

events of

Saturday July 12th in Cite Soleil, the only sense I can make of it is

that

you are not well informed.

How could you say in a declaration, that a group of people who are

trying to

find a better future for their country by meeting and consulting with

different sectors of Haitian society, provoked the Aristide supporters

by

having a private gathering in a religious school?

By the time the Caravane of Hope arrived in Cite Soleil that morning the

entire area had been terrorized by a group of Aristide supporters. These

Aristide supporters used large rocks to batter the members of the

Caravane

(teachers, human rights representative, heads of syndicates, business

men,

students, young men and women, members of the church, and many more).

the

victims never replied, they did not even have the means to defend

themselves. The police refused to protect them.

I can tell you because I was present at that meeting. I was present

because

I am a mother, a wife, a daughter, a sister, I am a Haitian. I left my

children at home that morning because I felt the need and the

responsibility

to hear and share with teachers, peasants businessmen, merchants,

workers,

industrials, Journalists, intellectuals, my feelings and vision of a

better

Haiti.

IS THIS NOT MY MOST BASIC HUMAN RIGHT? IS THIS NOT THE MOST ELEMENTARY

RULE

OF DEMOCRACY?

Having said that, I believe you owe it to your voters, your country,

your

constitution and your conscience to research the events of Saturday July

12th in Cite Soleil. Find out who the 184 are. You will see that they

are

not the opposition or a political party. They are a group of moderates

who

want a better future for their country. Read their proposal for a New

Social Contract. Ask yourself, why the Haitian government, who's very

legitimacy is contested by most, is threatened by this group of

moderates

who are gaining too much moral authority within Haitian society and in

the

eyes of the international. If this moderate group cannot meet in a

private

school to share its vision of a new social contract, HOW CAN WE TALK

ABOUT

ELECTIONS IN HAITI? HOW WILL ANY PARTY OTHER THEN THE ONE IN POWER EVER

BE

ABLE TO HAVE AN ELECTORAL CAMPAIGN?

After doing this research, I believe you will feel the need to retract

your

declaration and apologize to your fellow citizens, to all Haitians and

Haitian Americans, and to your fellow senators for the misinformation

conveyed by your light statement.

Regards.

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cnn article on the attack at cite soleil