Rootsie

http://trueslant.com/rickungar/2010/01/18/leave-wyclef-jean-alone/

I erroneously gave to Wyclef Jean's charity, not knowing these facts:

"Haitian musician Wyclef Jean used his celebrity, and the earthquake, to raise millions for his own Haitian charity.
We make no judgment on the allegations that its bookkeeping may be irregular. But it's worth noting that Wyclef Jean has family ties to the group of gangsters and thugs that the Clinton-era CIA installed in office when it removed Haiti's elected president, Jean-Betrand Aristide from office in the 1990s. Wyclef Jean has repeated the contemptible lie all over black radio that Aristide skipped the country with $900 million stolen from Haitians. We understand where this comes from. Wyclef's uncle was the Washington DC representative of the short-lived 1990s un-elected gangster government of Haiti. He runs a right wing rag of a Haitian newspaper dedicated to spreading outrageous and self-serving falsehoods against Lavalas, the only Haitian party capable of winning free elections in that unhappy country.  If Wyclef will lie about that, we wonder what else he'd lie about, and why we should trust him with our money."

source: http://blackagendareport.com/?q=content/haiti-katrina-and-why-i-wont-give-haiti-through-red-cross (http://blackagendareport.com/?q=content/haiti-katrina-and-why-i-wont-give-haiti-through-red-cross)

Now whether or not that makes Jean's organization "suspect" I don't know - but it is worth noting.

Also makes you wonder too why GW pardoned Fugees producer John Forte right before he exited the presidency:

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1417325/fugees_producer_john_forte_pardoned.html (http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1417325/fugees_producer_john_forte_pardoned.html)

Thanks for this---the analogy is that he's like the anti-Castro Cubans...
good to know

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2008588,00.html (http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2008588,00.html)