Current thoughts on the world

The disaster in Haiti has been on my mind since Hurrican Jeanne left the island. I'm half-Haitian and I always think about the trudgery of life, through which Haitians live. I had a very humanitarian idea that I could orchestrate a clothing and food drive for the people. That would be very great. I might do that. It's been reported that the U.S. will only give about $90,000 in aid to Haiti. That's rather low for us, but it's understandable because of our endeavours in protecting ourselves from terrorists and in reestablishing Iraq.

I watched the first presidential debate last night. It was good. I was glad that one was able to see the facial reactions of one opponent while the other spoke. It was ridiculous that it was made to seem that John Kerry and President Bush are the same height (really that they are "equal"), because the podium still made the President appear diminished. Plus, Kerry has a longer face and Bush's face is more round.

I hope that most Iraqis are intelligent to the needs of their country. I hope that they aren't too cross with us and that they will allow the U.S. troops to do their duty. The troops must have a clever mind about dealing with the Iraqis. I think that they should bring the soldiers that are fluent in Arabic to the front and those soldiers that are Muslim to make peace. They shouldn't wear military uniforms, but should wear the clothing of an average Iraqi to ameliorate the situation there. This covert operation might improve the peace there, but don't let the Iraqis know about it.

I wish that I had a friend in Iraq. I tried to make friends using www.penpal.net, but they didn't respond to me. I'll try again. Maybe they're weary of "American pretenders".