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A flag is lowered as Haiti's earthquake-damaged palace is demolished at last

Band members pose for a picture in front of the rubble of Haiti's earthquake-damaged National Palace after taking down a flag that stood on the lawn in front of the building in Port-au-Prince on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012.

The J/P HRO non-profit aid group founded by Hollywood star Sean Penn is demolishing the palace, which was destroyed in Haiti's powerful 2010 earthquake. The wreckage of the palace came to symbolize the scale of devastation brought by the disaster. Read more about the razing of the palace in The New York Times.

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"I just love the smell of a KFC burning. It smells like... Arab Spring."

----Barack Hussein Obama

    Reply#1 - Fri Sep 14, 2012 12:14 PM EDT

    Nuke 'em all till extra crispy

      Reply#2 - Fri Sep 14, 2012 1:49 PM EDT

      Facts of Islam : The Prophet Muhammad married Aisha at the age of 6 years and he consummated the marrage when little Aisha turned 9.

      " Narrated 'Aisha: that the Prophet married her when she was six years old and he consummated his marriage when she was nine years old, and then she remained with him for nine years (i.e., till his death)."

      Sahih Bukhari 7:62:64

        Reply#3 - Fri Sep 14, 2012 3:56 PM EDT

        It's kinda cool, the ignorant Sons of Ishmael decide that they hate a movie, so they give it an advertizing campaign that Bill Gates couldn't afford. Ya gotta love it !

          Reply#4 - Fri Sep 14, 2012 3:59 PM EDT

          How did the Arab Spring turn out Mr. Obama? Time for a new middle east strategy. Time for a wiser administration.

            Reply#5 - Fri Sep 14, 2012 4:11 PM EDT

            Haiti, hmm, Haiti, terrible earthquake leveled the place a couple years back -- didn't say anything about the Middle East, Muslims or Mormons. Just one more country that has little or nothing to contribute to the world economy, so they get left to rot. Oh, there are billions in aid sitting in banks waiting for Haiti to establish a functional gov't, but that ain't happening. No gold, diamonds, oil or uranium? Ferget it, best of luck with all that. The term '3rd world country" is so play-out that there are now NO WORLD COUNTRIES -- places so poor that they have no resources to exploit, and except for a few world charities they can go die. The New World Order doesn't need them.

              Reply#6 - Sun Sep 16, 2012 3:19 AM EDT

              Haven't we enough going on in our world without some fool looking for fifteen minuits of fame causing our children who volunteered to our countries armed foresees and other posts getting killed. It brakes my heart to see the smallness of some people and how they abuse the rights freedoms given to them in the constitution.

                Reply#7 - Sun Sep 16, 2012 3:14 PM EDT
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