BREAKING: HAITIAN GOVT FALLS

Why? Well, basket-case-nation Haiti is a failed nation, yes. But the main catalyst for its government's collapse today was the high price of food, especially rice. (Let's hope the geniuses in Washington are paying attention and consider stopping the outrageous use of corn to make fuel for our automobiles, which is driving up the cost of corn and other crops!) PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti's government fell on Saturday when senators fired the prime minister after more than a week of riots over food prices, ignoring a plan presented by the president to slash the cost of rice. Sixteen of 17 senators at a special session voted against Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis, an ally President Rene Preval placed at the head of a coalition cabinet in June 2006 that was meant to unite the fractious Caribbean nation. FULL STORY...