Late-night host Conan O’Brien has touched down in Haiti, where he’ll be shooting a “Conan” travel special in response to President Trump’s recent disparagement of the country.
“Just landed in #Haiti and already made some new friends!” the TBS host tweeted late Thursday, sharing a video of himself interacting with some friendly locals. “Follow me all this weekend in real time as I explore this beautiful country. #ConanHaiti”
Over the weekend, O’Brien announced his plans to visit the Caribbean nation because he was still “reeling from @realDonaldTrump’s very negative Yelp review of Haiti.”
“I have no idea what the president has against the people of Haiti, but if the president doesn’t like them, they must be lovely people,” he said on his Monday show, later adding, “I’m sure I’m going to love Haiti, because Trump hates it so much. What I’ve noticed is whenever that guy hates something, I wind up loving it.”
Unrelated to Trump, the comedian has already taken his show on the road to Cuba, Armenia, Qatar, South Korea, Germany, Mexico and Israel.
O’Brien said he was moved by CNN personality Anderson Cooper’s powerful defense of Haiti, which was the impetus for his visit. He also tapped Cooper for recommendations — and contacts — when the journalist appeared on “Conan” on Thursday.
“It’s the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, but a country can be poor economically and rich in culture and rich in the strength of the people and rich in so many different ways,” Cooper said. “And Haiti is in that way among the richest countries I’ve ever been to.”
“Conan in Haiti” airs on TBS on Jan. 27.
Let Stop Being Narcissistic!
I’m getting tired of these videos about how proud to be Haitian, how wrong the US president is. I want to see more concrete action to remove ourselves in the “shit hole.” Talk is cheap. After all the talking, we are going back to the same “shit”, willingly wanted to stay blind, continuously living in the same “shit”ty collective “NARCISSISTIC” world until we perish.
Bon ayisyen, an nou pale, ki lè nap sispann ipokrit? Ki lè nap sispann gade reflè nou nan dlo? Ki lè nap kite “being narcissistic?” Which is “having a lack of empathy, a grandiose view of themselves, and a need for admiration.” An nou di reflè nou lèd, paske dlo-a sal, li santi, chaje ak fatra. Se nou mem ki jete fatra, ki pa pwopte dlo-a. Se pa nou kite favorize “lavalas.” Ki sa “lavalas” vle di? Kounye-a nou fache paske paske presidan ameriken di nou se lavalas (shit hole) ki gen tout malpwopte ladan li. Nou pot ko jam wè se “shit” nap brase nan peyi-a depi 1804.
Men sa ki “narcissistic “ la anko: “They think they’re amazing – they think themselves to be smarter, better-looking, more powerful than other people, and they pretty much believe it…”
Bagay ki pi enpotan nan la vie nou ki se fonde yon foyer, fèt sou mensonge, interet, ak sentiment egoyist, “low self esteem,” “folie grandeur,” pete plus pase dèyè nou, double ak yon “desir d’association à tout prix” ak tout sa ki blan e “francais” pou nou ka “look good” devan la société. Nou gen “prejugé de couleur” favorize “racism” ak pwop pitit nou, fanmi nou. Nou pap jam marye a nenpot ki, nou pap marye ak pitit soyèt, 2 mèg pa fri, neg an wo, neg anba, neg morne, abitan, peyizan, nèg Petion Ville, nèg Cité Soleil etc… Yon ansamb de proverb ak qualifikatif ki fè nou “cruel” e “racist.” Nou marye pou lajan, bèl non, bèl figi, koulè po, green card etc… Tout sa montre nou nou se yon pèp ki fè tout egzistans nan li ak mantalite esklavajist e mawonik, nou kontinye ap “struggling” sou pwen ekonomik, afèktif. Anyen pa fèt par amour, nou viv pou interet mesquin nou sèlman, nou ipokriteman e ouvèteman materiel san ideal, san panse ak “avenir” pitit nou, peyi-a; nou pa gen affection vrèman, nou “racist,” mechan nan pwop peyi nou ke nap detwi ti kal pa ti kal. Nou pa wè anyen de mal nan sa. “Et, parce que l’iniquité se sera accrue, l’Amour du plus grand nombre se refroidira.” (Matthieu 24:12)
Men karakteristik “narcissique” la anko e pa gen manti nan sa: “When someone feels special because they have a designer thing on and other people can tell, that’s special by association. For closet narcissists, they usually have self-doubt, and they are looking for the person they can idealize.” “A closet narcissist doesn’t say, ‘I am special,'” Greenberg said: “They point to something else – a person, a religion, a book, a dress designer – and they are special, so they feel special by association.” Depi 1804, nap idealize Dessalines, “les héros de l’indépendance” san nou pa jam eseye fè de plus grand progrè ke yo; nou se premye pèp nwa indepandan (my butt), yon band “bullshit” ki pa jam util nou anyen. Anfen nou renmen tout sa ki gen bull “shit.” Nou pap regle anyen de “concret,” pale “shit” sèlman depi 1804. Ponpe gorge nou pou nou di nou “fiers.” Fier de ki sa? Peyi-a se yon “shit” tout bon vre. Pou ki sa nou pati kite’l? Mezanmi an nou chanje sa pa aksyon e non pa dyol prèsse!
Leader peyi a pa wont di yo pral pran “soin” nan peyi etranje, paske pa gen lopital lakay yo, pa gen specialist. Bon yo genlè bliye peyi-a se yon ti “island;” si pou yon rezon “ligne aerienne” ki pou etranje deside pa rantre sou ile la, yo nan total “shit,” si yo malad. O! Ya pran “canter!”
Bon nap joure prezidan ameriken an nou pa jam gade tèt nou nan “miroir;” bon band leader yo, nou pa imajine koman nou fè anpil frè parey nou soufri, wont; nou pa wè “shit” la rive nan twou nen nou. Ou prezidan Martelly alias Sweet Micky, ki fè kob nan di betiz, e se pa ak etranje li fè kob la, se-a pwop ayisyen parey li, kounye-a nou vle sakrifye li paske se li sèl ki reprezante tout “shit” an Haiti, how nice! Tonnè boulem mwen nerve anpil, mwen panse nou tap pran pèl ak brouette pou ranmase fatra, fè moun pran konsyans pou kenbe peyi a pwop, o mwen pou nou ta di peyi-a pa “shit hole” literaleman palan, nou ta gen yon “acquis.”
Lot aspè nan narcissism lan: “They do what they want to do when they want to do it,” Thomas said. “And then they make themselves look like the victim.” Nou se yon band kktwè, kap viv nan “shit” hole, e kou yo dekouvri latrin lan, nou se viktim.
Map priye pou nou pran “conscience,” pou nou di a ABA a “éducation narcissique” nou resevwa. Pa jete fatra nan la rue se yon komanseman, pa pran “shit” nan men gouveneman, promote langue creole pou nou tout ka sou mem page. Nou pa we koman o “États Unis” yo pran langue maternelle la o serieux pou yo asure yo ou konprann sa yap di, pou yon communaute en particulier konprann information yo, yo mete li nan langue ou; byen ke langue ofisyel peyi a se “anglais.” Nou mem kom dabitud nou fè “l’inverse.” Pou nou voye “shit,” rete nan “shithole” la. An nou kite aktivite moun sot, an nou kite egare.
Thanks for reading, hope we change for real.
Dr. Alcide