Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-31

Link for the last tweet: http://bit.ly/99ziAY #
So here's the thing. If Haiti is really a failed state just who is fixing the roads & the phone lines? #
Peculiarly quiet Saturday night in town. Thought it was odd earlier but now it's midnight and there is not much noise. Not even dogs. Hm. #
Masekela's Chileshe - thinking about the complexity of the influences and wondering when we will swallow ours and put out beauty like this #
On Poland & Haiti - http://bit.ly/cM54h1 #
In T&T (and in Nassau Bahamas) business as usual: by-election in Nassau, carnival & politics in T&T #
Haitian girl survives 15 days http://bit.ly/98gDyW #
News not good about #Nettleford Intensive care in DC. Bahamian friends praying for him. #
RT @anniepaul Full 100: False alarm - Jamaican mute mistaken for Haitian refugee - JamaicaObserver.com: http://bit.ly/dz4Fui #
RT @anniepaul False alarm! CVM News says the man presumed to be a Haitian was a fisherman from Portland! His mother identified him! #
RT @anniepaul And he was so famished he went to the bar looking for food. 1st reported Haitian fugee in Jamaica. #
RT @anniepaul A Haitian man just arrived at a bar in St Mary, Ja, wet and starving, the residents fed and clothed him #
Lynn Sweeting on prejudice & hate. http://bit.ly/bUhohm #
Helen Klonaris' latest post is a must-read - on Haiti, the colonial self, race http://bit.ly/czYj5D #
LOL RT @ledrama don't u hate telling a story to a stupid person? if you don't, ur probably the stupid one. #
RT @anniepaul Jamaican icon Rex Nettleford suffers heart attack in Washington, DC, is in intensive care in a US hospital #
RT @caribbeanaxis Caricom owes debt to Haitian people http://bit.ly/aTxQbs #
RT @georgiap RT @globalvoices: Haiti: Security vs. Relief? http://bit.ly/a9vAyg #
RT @KatyEvansBush RIP Salinger on Baroque in Hackney, this news feels important http://bit.ly/1Nob92 #
RT @nplaughlin Afro Modern at Tate Liverpool: Cbn artists include Ronald Moody, Wifredo Lam, Christopher Cozier: http://bit.ly/6Rjf2l #
RT @la_davis Aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti-current numbers recorded at 170,000-just around the population of New Providence, Bahamas! #
RT @RAMhaiti Jacmel is a special town. Look like part of the French Quartier in New Orleans. An undeveloped version. #
RT @RAMhaiti Destroying historical homes in Jacmel that could potentially be saved would be a crime. #
RT @anniepaul RT @BeautyinWordz: Even tho he's in jail reggae artist Buju Banton sent clothes & cash 2 the earthquake victims of haiti #
Whose Army? Save Jacmel! RT @RAMhaiti Army Corps of Engineers want to knock down historic buildings in Jacmel. #
RT @georgiap On global Voices & the Haitian blogosphere http://bit.ly/cv1ym1 in reply to georgiap #
Well Twitlonger ga hattie do more work den - RT @anniepaul RT @ceoSteveJobs: Just to make you jealous, I'm tweeting today from the tablet. #
Cmon Arnold- the world has shrunk & sending problems offshore won't solve them. Time we all learned that. http://bit.ly/a8Ohz4 #
You probably all know this already but worth mentioning anyway: survivor rescued after 14 days. http://bit.ly/9wlRCV #
RT @OneNightStanzas RT @poetryireland Deep feeling doesn't make for good poetry. A way with language would be a bit of help. - Thom Gunn #
Or occupation? RT @RAMhaiti I hear 13,000 US troops on the island but only saw 2 sand colored jeeps 2day as I drove round town. Indecision? #
RT @RAMhaiti There's a pretty heavy duty PR campaign against African based religions as well as Afro Caribbean religions;KNOW YOUR ROOTS. #
RT @ledrama RT @Ampero: good morning gray sky, good morning nippy breeze, good morning potcakes and yellow elder trees.. I just love Nassau #
via @wardmin - a timely piece of satire: http://su.pr/2LvnXf #
Interesting: RT @pathways Coconut palms block nutrient flow in tropical ecosystems—by driving birds to poop elsewhere http://bit.ly/7LomEV #
The need for ongoing research at the College/University of The Bahamas - well said, Jones Communications: http://su.pr/6c1BF8 #
Take heart and learn how to live - http://bit.ly/8l1YSQ #
Cmon Bahamians let's get some facts straight. Silly myth no 1: the Bahamas is a small country. Nope. Third biggest AngloCarib land mass! #
RT @RAMhaiti The corruption isn't limited just to Haitians. People in the International Community are also involved. #
RT @RAMhaiti The Haitian population is convinced the Govt buildings were destroyed because of corruption #
Three local pastors respond to Pat Robertson's idea that Haiti was cursed. Read and judge. I with Myles myself. http://su.pr/9rezkc #
RT @Tribune242: Bahamas telethon for Haiti tonight 8-10 on local tv. Reporting in real time on tribune242.com. http://bit.ly/8at5VI #fb #
The Caricom initiative in Haiti, or what presented itself as such, is suffering considerably. http://su.pr/8M94U7 #
Resemblance between Toussaint L’Ouverture & Obama - http://su.pr/4glugh #
RT @anniepaul: Suggestion that Obama read Black jacobins. good one. RT @aravindadiga: Haiti: http://bit.ly/8aP6HJ #