Bonjour Miami, ses alentours et les “internôtres” qui écoutent à travers le monde. CHAQUE JOUR EST À LUI SEUL UNE VIE. Dieu, le travail et la liberté. Et bonjour, bonjour la vie, bonjour l’amour, pourquoi pas? Moi’j vais bien et’j m’habitue.
LA PENSÉE DU JOUR
Cherchez la femme, elle vous fuit; fuyez la femme elle vous cherche.
L’ARTICLE SUIVANT SIGNÉ « REGULUS, »
recu de Loty.
Le Gouvernement de Transition ne fera pas un geste...Le Premier Ministre attends les instructions de ses employeurs...Si dans la situation actuelle du pays, nos soi-disant " leaders " gardent le silence mais continuent à se chamailler et à faire de leur mieux pour se positionner en vue d' obtenir la bénédiction des " étrangers " que devons-nous espérer de l'avenir d'Haiti?
Il y a longtemps que les couches saines de la Nation demandent, réclament même la re-institution des Forces Armées d'Haiti pour guarantir la sécurité des vies et des biens...Les " responsables " parachutés chez nous dans un gouvernement bancale font la sourde oreille...
Ils ne dépendent pas du Peuple Haitien et leur employeur n'en a cure de la situation dans le pays. Comme leur porteparole le dit si bien: " leur mission ne consiste pas à s'exposer pour donner la sécurité aux haitiens" ...ils sont là pour encadrer les Forces Haitiennes qui .....n'existent pas.
Malgré tout, nous continuons à faire la sourde oreille et à prétendre ne pas comprendre ce que ces étrangers nous disent...est-ce par insouciance ou par couardise...ou par esprit de dépendance ou de mendicité ou bin sommes-nous purement et simplement une bande d'affranchis qui se soucient guère de l'état du pays victime de leur cupidité et qu'ils exploitent sans rémission en attendant d'aller ailleurs jouir de leur richesse ?
Encore une fois, je le répète : " L' employé travaille au goût du maitre " et c'est ce que " Ces Messieurs" font... Ils sont de bons employés respectueux du " Boss " et ils ne veulent surtout pas perdre leur job.
Quand à la Caricom et aux Black " Coquins " du Black Caucus, on se demande pourquoi les Haitiens leur donnent tant d'importance et leur accordent tant d'attention...ce sont des filoux qui sont à la solde de la bande des malfras déchus et qui veulent revenir pour recommencer à se prélacer au soleil au bord de la piscine au chateau de Tabarre en se saoulant au Don Pérignon ( qu'ils ont découvert en Haiti ) alors que les miséreux de Cité Soleil continuent à vivre dans l'insalubrité, la crasse, la maladie, la famine et l'ignorance et que l'argent qui aurait pu servir à améliorer leur vie pourrie dans le sous-sol du chateau du " Maitre de l'heure " ...
Ces Messieurs savent très bien ce qu'ils devraient faire...le malheur c'est que nous avons mal placé notre confiance...Quand apprendrons-nous à régler nous-mêmes les affaires de notre pays? Quand apprendrons-nous à cesser de dépendre des étrangers?
Quand aurons-nous le courage de nous ceindre les reins pour résoudre nous-mêmes nos problèmes ? Quand aurons-nous la clairvoyance et le courage de nous défaire de tous nos faux prophètes, de tous nos leaders de pacotille? Quand nous mettrons-nous ensembles pour notre PAYS? Quand cesserons-nous de faire des affaires d'Haiti une thèse académique où chacun vient étaler son savoir?
“Let's walk our talk” et Haiti s'en portera mieux.
Signé: Régulus
RÉPLIQUE (de Charlot Lucien, Boston)
On a tiré quelque part…
Une mère
—Une mère, puisqu’il ne saurait en être autrement—
As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey. n Thomas A. Edison (1847-1931) American Inventor
FROM MYRIAM NADER
Hello Don Carlito,
Just to say a little hello and wish you a very happy Thanksgiving day! We have so much to be grateful for when we take the time to count our blessings.
Hope to see you next Friday at our gallery for the Legagneur's exhibit. I had sent you a special invitation. I will soon send you one by email to share with your audience. Thanks!
All the best,
Myriam GALERIE D'ART NADER FINE ART & CUSTOM FRAMING Where Art Is Simply Enchanting 1911 Ponce de Leon Blvd Coral Gables, Fl 33134 Tel:305-444-1740 Fax: 305-444-1734 Appointments:305-409-7059 www.galeriedartnader.com Email: galeriedartnader@aol.com
FROM JOHN MONPELLER, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK (some extracts)
Carl,
There he goes again on the internet that sassy guy with initials JCD!.... Offended by comments of Judith Pean and Octavien Vital regarding his boring joke, and calling them morons,
idiots ???... This guy has reached the heights of nihilism and insolence.
His handicap is no excuse….We are all in transit in this world and dealing the best we can with whatever cards fate chose to give us.
….I worked on a cruise ship in public relations, and the man would not be accepted on a Princess Cruise Ship AT ANY PRICE anyway, with such a foul language. What a looser!!!
…He is no Jerry Seinfield.
Signed: John Monpeller
MY ANSWER
Let's move on John Monpeller. This is a tempest in a bottle. It takes all kinds to make a world, mostly on the internet. So let’s smell the pretty flowers in “our” gardens and enjoy the Jerry Seinfields of the world.
Carl
OLDEST MAN DIES AT AGE 113.
November 21, 2004 -- DEWITT, N.Y. — Fred Hale Sr., documented as the world's oldest man, has died at age 113. Hale died peacefully Friday in his sleep at The Nottingham in suburban Syracuse, while trying to recover from a bout of pneumonia, said his grandson, Fred Hale III. He was 12 days shy of his 114th birthday.
The world's oldest living man is now Hermann Dornemann, of Germany, age 111. There are 26 living woman older than him, according to Gerontology Research Group. Hale last month watched his lifelong favorite baseball team, the Boston Red Sox, win the World Series again after 86 years. He outlived three of his five children. He had nine grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and 11 great-great-grandchildren.
Hale was born Dec. 1, 1890, in New Sharon, Maine, and retired 50 years ago as a railroad postal worker. AP
FROM WOODRING ST.PREUX:
Condolences to Stanley Toussaint AKA Tantan
Condolences to Stanley Toussaint AKA Tantan
I just learned today that Tantan's Mother died.
She was murdered in Haiti, shot in the head, in her place of business.
This is not exactly the kind of news a son whishes to receive.
For everything there is a season, And a time for every matter under heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; A time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; A time to kill, and a time to heal; A time to break down, and a time to build up; A time to weep, and a time to laugh; A time to mourn, and a time to dance; A time to throw away stones, and a time to gather stones together; A time to embrace, And a time to refrain from embracing; A time to seek, and a time to lose; A time to keep, and a time to throw away; A time to tear, and a time to sew; A time to keep silence, and a time to speak; A time to love, and a time to hate, A time for war, and a time for peace.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
I am sorry Brother... I don't know what to say! Signed: WOODRING ST. PREUX
FROM: makendal30@yahoo.com
Carl,
I look to your site for a concise and accurate account of the history and details of the “Bataille de Vertières,” in French or English. Thank you.
I am looking forward to reading about the subject on your site, maybe next year?
Signed: Makendal
MY ANSWER
Dear Makendal30@yahoo.com
Many fans have written and called, asking why I did not mention the “Battle of Veritères” this year? Well, to be truthful, my heart was not in it with all that’s happening presently in Haiti.
However, you will not have to wait for next year to read about it. The “Battle of Vertières,” the forerunner of Haitian Independence from the French, is like Christmas, the story never changes.
I am submitting to you the conference I had last year regarding the “Battle of Vertières,” November 18, 2003, at Kovens Conference Center, FIU North Campus 3000 NE 151st Street, North Miami Florida 33181.
It can also be found on www.fombrun.com on that same date.
Carl
OPENING STATEMENT BY PANELIST CARL FOMBRUN 18 NOVEMBER, 2003.
HACEPA Haitian-American Center for Economic and Public Affairs, Inc.
Seminar of the Year 2003: The Republic of Haiti Facing the World (January 1, 1804 - November 18, 2003) Moderator: Professor Claude Charles Panelists: Carl Fombrun, Haitian Historian.
Dr. Zdzislaw P. Wesolowski, President of Polish-American Chamber of Commerce. Dr. Nkamany Kabamba, President of Congolese-American Chamber of Commerce. Victoria Azpurua, President of Venezuelan-American Chamber of Commerce of Florida. Jane Ellen Cross, Professor of Law at Nova South Eastern University.
Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 Time: 6:00 PM To 9:00 PM.
Place: Kovens Conference Center, FIU North Campus 3000 NE 151st Street, North Miami Florida 33181.
Phone: (305) 919-5000 Donation: $20.00 Conference 18 November , 2003
OPENING STATEMENT BY: PANELIST CARL FOMBRUN. SUBJECT: BATTLE OF VERTIÈRES
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Dear Friends,
Being that today is the anniversary of that glorious Haitian Battle of Vertières, November 18, 1803, less than two months before the 200th anniversary of the Republic of Haiti, on January 1st., 2004, I will address that very subject which is of importance, and the consequences that were to follow.
I will try my very best to be an objective historian in my analysis, with the limited time which is allowed. First, let me give a synopsis of the Battle of Vertières. On November 18, 1803 at 4.00 a.m., indigenous General Clerveaux opened fire on Fort Bréda near the town of Cap. Instantly all the French forts in the town of Cap, which was called then Cap Francais, soon to become Cap Haitien, opened fire on the indigenous troops causing many deaths among them.
The French general Rochambeau, Supreme Commander of the French troops which had distinguished themselves on the battle fields with Napoleon Bonaparte in Europe, surprised by this sudden attack, took position with his honor guard in the entrenchments of this location near Cap Francais, called Vertières.
The early morning sun was rising shining on this battle in full gear. Rebel Generals Christophe and Romain had taken over a location called d'Estaing, and from there were bombarding the town of Cap Francais.
The Chief of the rebels and father of Haitian independence, General Jean-Jacques Dessalines, ordered General Clerveaux to circle Fort Bréda, and to General Capois to take over Mount Charrier which was on a higher peak and next door to Vertières.
To get to Mount Charrier it was necessary for General Capois, popularly known as "Capois, bearer of death," to go through a road and then cross over a bridge overseen by Vertières. Capois, on his horse with his regiment, crossed over the bridge when a bullet ripped off his hat. Let's get moving he yelled at his troops! A second bullet hit Capois' horse under him. Capois got up, pulled out his sword, walked ahead of his men and yelled:
" Move forward! Move forward! En avant! En avant! Les boulets sont de la poussière! "
The Supreme French Commander Rochambeau applauded, and stopped the fighting. His troops beat their drums and a senior French officer representing General Rochambeau left Vertières to go over to the rebels' camp. "Captain General Rochambeau" he stated "sends his admiration to the officer-general who covered himself with such glory." The French officer returned to Vertières and the fight continued.
We all know the outcome: France lost and the Republic of Haiti was born a few weeks later on January 1st., 1804. 1200 dead and 2000 disabled soldiers on the Haitian side.
Having finished with this synopsis, let me make a brief analysis of what happened in Haiti, formerly known as the French colony of Saint-Domingue, which brought the French troops to their knees.
The French troops which occupied one third of Hispaniola or Kiskeya known as Saint-Domingue , to become Haiti after the evacuation of the French army on January 1st., 1804, were in the first place far away from Metropolitan France. The French soldiers were also discouraged by so many dead soldiers from the Yellow fever. Moral was rather low among the French troops because so many of them had already died of yellow fever. .
By contrast the slaves had an excellent knowledge of the terrain compared to the enemy. Further, there were mercenaries and others who had no great love for the French army, like soldiers of Polish descent who joined the slaves in their revolt against the French colonizers.
Jean-Jacques Dessalines, leader of the Haitian revolution, who was against any white person becoming a Haitian citizen, would eventually recognize the Poles as Haitian citizens although they were from the Caucasian race. Some among the Poles remained in Haiti after the War, no wonder one finds today, many Haitians bearing Polish names.
There were a few defectors in the slaves' ranks to the French army, amongst them as an example, an indigenous officer by the name of Laplume in the southern part of Haiti, from the town of Aux Cayes, who remained loyal to France to the end, instead of joining the rebels.
On the slaves' side the motivation to be free was enormous and they knew they had nothing to lose. The environment was familiar to them and the yellow fever was not as devastating to the Negro race than to the Caucasian race.
We should not forget also that many of the slaves had strong beliefs in the Vaudou religion and its magic power. They were strong believers in the "loas" meaning spirits. The ceremony of Bois Caiman with the Vaudou priest Bookman on August 14 1791 was already a prelude, a preventive strike against slavery.
From that day on the slaves felt invincible, the spirit of the revolution was boiling. Further, Haitian officers like Dessalines, Christophe, Pétion, Capois, and many more had been trained by the French. As ex-French officers they knew the weaknesses of their former superiors.
Therefore, there was no other alternative than to win this battle. Their desire for freedom and being masters of their own destiny was their main goal.
The French were a minority in Haiti and they were facing many ex slaves and "affranchis", blacks and men of color, who were free. Many of them were officers in the French army, and in 1802 those officers joined with the majority of slaves in their battle for freedom.
This revolution would not have succeeded were it not for the unity of Dessalines, an ex-slave, an illiterate Black who became a French officer, and Pétion, a man of color who was born free, educated in France, also a French officer, symbolizing the brotherhood of Blacks and men of mixed blood for a free Haiti.
Another important factor in the success of this revolt was the impact of the French revolution itself in France, which declared that every man was born free and equal. The French colonizers in Saint-Domingue, were detested equally by the slaves and the "affranchis", meaning blacks and mixed blood, known as free men, due to a racist system which gave them superiority over others.
The bastardized off springs of the French masters with their slaves, many of them who were sent to France for an education, when returning to the colony were not about to continue living as second class citizens.
The educated free blacks, the educated men of color, and the illiterate masses could see the light at the end of the tunnel for a free Haiti. They all had the same vision, a unity among themselves to drown the French into the Caribbean sea.
This was illustrated by the French general Lemonnier de la Fosse in Napoleon's invasion force who declared at his arrival in Saint-Domingue: "Those are men who want to fight and are willing to die for a cause."
Already, slaves who had escaped from the plantations were leading against the French what is known today as guerilla warfare, hit and run. Napoleon Bonaparte, a genius in conventional warfare, did not realize the importance of this new unconventional way of fighting.
Henri Chistophe himself, who became king in the northern part of Haiti, an officer in the French army and who built the Citadelle, told General Leclerc, brother-in-law of Napoleon Bonaparte, commander of the invasion: " Beware of those "nèg mawon" meaning field slaves running loose.
With the French army having difficulties in receiving re-enforcements from metropolitan France, and the rise of the southern part of Haiti against them in 1803 this was the beginning of the end.
With the creation of the Haitian flag by pulling the white part out of the French flag, and joining the Blue for the blacks and the Red for the men of color, the Republic of Haiti was born.
This battle of Vertières did not last long in view of the previous struggle in the colony indicating a strong desire for freedom. It was obvious by then that the French occupation of one third of of the island of Hispaniola known as Saint-Domingue or Haiti, was over.
This was the first time in the history of the World that a slave revolution had succeeded. Haiti was the second country in the Americas to win its freedom after the United States. Haiti was also instrumental in the acquisition of the state of Louisiana from France by the U.S., after Napoleon's defeat in the former French colony.
Haiti was the first Black country to be recognized internationally. Simon Bolivar, the South American liberator, received help from Haiti to free the rest of America from Spain.
However, the consequences of this glorious battle for freedom did not bring happiness to the long suffering Haitian people. The structures imposed by the French colonizers remained after independence. Haiti became a free nation but its heroes, blacks and mulattoes, who yesterday fought the French became themselves potentates, the new masters.
The Haitian people profited very little of this new order. Not only the outside world did no really accept Haiti as a nation, for instance it took the United States 56 years after Haiti's independence to recognize it as a free nation, but also the internal political and social order, the color and class division between Blacks and mixed bloods, the confrontations of rich and poor among Haitians have remained until today.
To conclude, it's sad to realize that this same violence which gave Haiti its independence January 1st.,1804 continues until today.
CARL FOMBRUN, NOVEMBER 18, 2003, FIU NORTH, MIAMI FLORIDA.
_ tu...mi pecado _
Estoy presa de mí, presa de tí, presa de este deseo que me agobia, mas me complace al fín... Me voy hundiendo en el abismo de tu pasión obsesionada y bendigo ese momento en que soy acariciada...
Avido recorrido por mi cuerpo con tus manos de hierro. Soy tu leña, tú eres fuego que me enciendes...y me pierdo... Estamos condenados a vivir esta pasión. Y aunque seas pecado no me importa, yo me entrego... El destino ha conspirado y la lujuria es testigo, no espero la redención, si me debo condenar Yo me condeno...contigo!...
Autor de la Poesia: Liona
PAWOL LA POU JODI-A: Pale moun mal se la pryè jouda.
CHOUCHOUN (pa félix moriseau-leroy) Kou m gen kochma Se tonton makout m plede reve Lòt jou m reve Y ap fè m pote sèkèy mwen sou do m Tout moun ap ri nan tout la ri Pòtoprens
Gen 2 ou 3 nèg ki pa ri
Lòt jou m reve Y ap fè m fouye twou m nan simityè Tout moun ap ri m nan televizyon
Gen 2 ou 3 ki pa ri
Lòt jou m reve Ploton makout ap pare pou fizye m Tout moun ap griyen dan yo
Gen yon vye madanm ki pap ri Ti nèg ak ti nèges sa a yo Si m pale pase sa dyab a pran vwa m Vye granmoun lan Se Choucoun Fandal Yo te mennen vin wè makout fiziye 5 pitit gason l nan lari Gran Gozye.
MÈSI MORISO. ADYE (!) Se la map rete pou jodi-a. Na pale demen si Granmèt la vle. KAL
