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< August 5 2009 at 1:14 AM >
Zac says...

Mr. Doncarlos how you doing?

Your comment caught my attention, I suspect, that someone you're referring to might be me. Don't worry I have come bearing an olive branch.

I know we had a little spat regarding the Duvalier era. I wouldn't say I "blasted" you though (smile) it was more like a mild disagreement.

Despite your affinity for the Duvaliers your posts have been very sensible.

Last night I was hanging with one of my close friends, I've never met anybody smarter than him (except for myself of course)(smile)he's only 22. He's starting law school at New York University (NYU) this fall. For 9 years he has been my most trusted friend and he's also been my greatest rival, in a good way. Sometimes if you hear us arguing or debating a topic you would think we're enemies.

So last night, as we were talking he said "Zac you should do what I'm doing go to college get a degree in political science and then enter law school".

I asked him why Law school, he said it's because I'm (zac) naturally argumentative.

He said I would make a great trial lawyer.

I realize that sometimes I can be excessively argumentative and maybe a bit unrelenting.

I meant no insults.

I was born in 1987 so I couldn't possibly be an expert on the Duvalier era or Haiti for that matter.

However, to know Haitian history I've been doing a lot of research online about Haiti.

Recently Linda suggested two great books about Haiti I've already bought both of them and I'm currently reading one of them. Every article I read about Duvalier classified him as a brutal dictator.

So that's why I disagreed with you for saying that Haiti needed another Duvalier.

Plus the comment that you made about senators and different political parties not helping our cause, hit me the wrong way.,
I think it's time that we start building a lasting democracy in Haiti.

And the best way for a democracy to succeed is with a three branch government system: an executive branch, a legislative branch, and a judicial branch.

Furthermore these three branches must be independent and equal to one another.

Having senators and different political parties are not the problem, it's the elected officials that are the problem.

If the elected officials are incompetent, if they are corrupt then nothing will ever get done.

It's clear that Haiti is in a dire state but we cannot let desperation cloud our judgment.

There's a big difference between a strong intelligent leader and dictator.

We need a strong intelligent leader who's going to fight crimes, corruptions, keep the streets clean and the develop the country.

That way I'll be more incline to take my American friends to Haiti.

I'd like to know if there any candidate that interests you so far.

The topic is: HAITI NEEDS ANOTHER DUVALIER TYPE PRESIDENT
This is a reply to Msg 16181
Posted by Zac on August 5 2009 at 1:14 AM



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Mr. Doncarlos my sincere apologies, here I was thinking I'm dealing with someone who had common sense. The problem is not with having senators or different political parties. The true problem is that most senators are incompetent,ignorant and corrupt > >
Zac, 30-Jul-09 11:51 pm
Hello Zac, Do you remember that i told you that Haitian do not have respect for each other opinion? I was right about that. By saying to me (my sincere apologies, here I was thinking I'm dealing with someone who had common sence). you show no resp > >
Doncarlos, 31-Jul-09 4:09 pm
Well Mr. Doncarlos if you had called me stupid we would have taken this outside right now. I don't roll like that brother. (smile) but seriously, how do you expect me to have a serious conversation when you are seriously defending a man like Duvalier > >
Zac, 31-Jul-09 11:24 pm
My dear friend you problably in your 20s. what do you know about duvalier. I'm in my low 50 I know very little of duvalier. I know jean-claude run the country in a way that was pleasant clean street beaches hotel. I work as a nurses aide and some of > >
Angie, 3-Aug-09 12:54 am
Angie, perhaps we should make the difference between Duvalier the father and Duvalier the son. The father was a blood thirsty tyrant, the son was a good leader, but in the end he ended up being just another thief who bankrupted the country. > >
Linda, 3-Aug-09 9:35 am
Linda those people took over 30 years to end up with over $300 million. it took Aristid less than 5 year to have a wealth of $ billion. Aristid have wealth on his mother's name according to close relative in suisse a value of $150 million plus each o > >
Angie, 4-Aug-09 1:29 am
Angie, I totally agree with you. Even more important, rai chin di den'l blan; meaning that no matter what you say about the Duvaliers (both) during their time Haiti was clean, people around the world respected us, and the people could feed their chil > >
Linda, 4-Aug-09 9:55 am
Mr. Doncarlos how you doing? Your comment caught my attention, I suspect, that someone you're referring to might be me. Don't worry I have come bearing an olive branch. I know we had a little spat regarding the Duvalier era. I wouldn't say I "blasted > >
Zac, 5-Aug-09 1:14 am
Zac, although I think that the Duvalier fils era was better for Haiti, I absolutely don't think that we would ever want to go back to the period of Duvalier pere. The fact is that neither Duvalier or his son really did anything to move Haiti forward. > >
Linda, 5-Aug-09 10:55 am
sometimes you have to read as well as listen to older people. My grand parents were story tellers and always talking about what was happenning. As for duvalier he was a dictator but he was dealing only with people that wanted to give him coup d'etat > >
Angie, 6-Aug-09 12:52 am
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