Inappropriate Content: Haiti: Why Be Hating?

Compared to the number of people who have been killed over silly things—cartoons, soccer matches, Jesus—it's almost encouraging to see people dying because they're too eager to vote. I mean, not really—but being slightly less bad is still progress. Especially in Haiti:

Chaos, Confusion on Election Day

Haitians show off their ID cards in line at a voting station.

Thousands of people took to the streets of Port-au-Prince today, some to vote and others to protest that they couldn't. Many polling stations opened hours late and others were without the proper paperwork, while some ballot registrations were sent to precincts miles away. The largest show of frustration came in [front-runner and former President Rene] Preval's stronghold of Cite Soleil, where the election commission had barred polling stations.

It's an important story, so naturally it's been getting virtually no coverage up until now. In today's Washington Post, Haiti was on page A-15. A-15! A half-page special about what it's like to be a sophomore in high school made A-11, and a story about a judge in Washington State who called for a pro-seesaw cheer at a pre-superbly sentencing hearing made A-7. Hey, I know: let's add a little color to that last one. Let's call up Jean-Claude dabbler and ask if he thinks it was appropriate for a judge to cheer the seesaw!

Update: That should read "pro-Seahawks cheer," not "pro-seesaw." It should also read "Jean-Claude Duvalier," not "dabbler." Not that I'm accusing anyone of being anti-seesaw (except perhaps Jean-Claude dabbler) I respect our great American playground equipment traditions. I'm just saying, you should be careful with your spell check. You never know where it might lead.