"A Wikileaks post published on The Nation shows that the Obama Administration fought to keep Haitian wages at 31 cents an hour." →

greaterthanlapsed:

zosky:

baxtavius:

thenoobyorker:

hungryghoast:

Ah yes, right, the “invisible” hand of the market backhanding another poor and indebted nation….

And why? Because 61 cents an hour for Haitian laborers was just too much for Hanes and Levis to stomach and Obama was of course willing to accommodate. So next time you wonder why Haiti’s so poor and full of human and environmental strife…

This is the man that will be reelected as our president, these are the actions of a Nobel Peace Prize winner…

The worst part is, he’s the best we’ve got.

This is very sad. 

It’s kind of a bummer that he sure beats the alternatives.