10,000 NGOs rub their hands in glee as disaster flattens Haiti yet again

Yup, there's another tsunami of relief money heading to Haiti! Billions upon billions will be flooding into that benighted land in the coming months.

Luckily, Haiti has the NGO infrastructure in place to absorb all that money. There's at least 10,000 NGOs on the ground to soak up all that cash. In fact, some estimates put the NGO count at over 16,000.

No matter how you look at it, there are more do-gooders on the ground in Haiti than anywhere else on the planet. The question is, are they doing any good?

Or are they just cashing in?

The results of NGO do-gooderism in past disasters have been less than impressive. You've had all the A-list superstars from Bill Clinton to Bono to Sean Penn helping Haiti, and Haiti is still totally fucked. With billions of dollars on offer and stalwarts like Bono and Bill and Penn steering the ship, wouldn't you think we'd be seeing some positive results by now?

Nope. Haiti just moves from one disaster to the next. In between, we in the Nations of Virtue sometimes have to intervene to prevent the Haitian populace from electing some wild-eyed socialist like that Aristide guy.

Like, what the fuck is he all about?... giving Haiti over to Haitians?

That is some crazy shit!

No wonder they need 10,000 NGOs... and the US military to hook him off stage every time he gets too close to the levers of power.

Canada's political elite prostrate themselves before U-2 frontman Bono

Well, this is embarrassing!

Bono is gonna take time out from his current tour to hold audiences with Big Steve, Mr. Mulcair, and that youngster with the fancy hair.

I can kinda see where Bono is on the same page as Big Steve. After all, Big Steve's initiatives to save all the women and girls in the less-fortunate world rely on pretty much the same corporate sponsors who sponsor Bono's career.

By meeting Bono, Trudeau and Mulcair are signalling that they're part of the same club.

Bad move, boys.

Progressives of all stripes are long over corporate stooge Bono. Too bad you missed the memo.