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voodoo_schmoodoo1 | 2 Mar 2004 10:43
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The results of our Rancid polls

Greetings once again in the name of Spambo von Rancid and her 
illegitimate legion of bogus lwa and zombified Cult members!

Now you do not just have to believe what we tell you about rancid 
Racine. We bring you the results of our polls! We invited those in 
the Vodou community (who know Racine best of all) to vote for her at 
a number of online Vodou groups. People could vote here for one 
month – and, my, how they did!

The forums we selected were chosen purely on the basis of the number 
of subscribed members, so these are the largest at Yahoo! Groups. 
They were:

v	Vodou_UK
v	Voodoo-L
v	VoodooEnergy 
v	Vodou_Arts 
v	And our very own `tribute' forum, RacineAndNotHeard (OK, not 
one of the largest or the most objective, but we couldn't very well 
leave it out, now could we! Also, it is subscribed to by some of the 
people who best know Racine – by virtue of the fact that they've been 
personally abused or ripped off by her for years. So it's only fair 
really! Anyway, it hardly affects the results as you'll see)

In the polls, readers were invited to say yes to a series of 
statements about Racine if they agreed with them, or to leave them 
blank if they didn't. 

In every case, the percentage given is the percentage of the sample 
voting YES under that category.
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delacroix1932 | 2 Mar 2004 16:21
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Posting to Mambo Racine's Moderated Forums

After most recent events in Haiti it is all too apparent that Mambo 
Racine's myopic view of the crisis there was far from reality.  While 
her observations may have been true for Jacmel, she completely missed 
the turmoil that griped the rest of the country.  She was still 
describing the calmness during her most recent documented shopping 
trip while over half of the country was in rebel hands.  Luckily, her 
recent international initiate had decided to stay an extra week 
because he was having such a great time – though had he tried to make 
it to Port-au-Prince, he probably would not have gotten a flight out 
of the country.

Most of my posts to various Vodou related forums have been news 
stories describing the crisis.  However, these stories were posted, 
but not actually displayed on Vodou_Arts or VoodooEnergy, forums 
moderated by Mambo Racine.  She has stated at length that posts that 
are vulgar and/or offensive will not be allowed as shown in her 
following post:

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
From:  "racinesansbout" <racine125 <at> a...> 
Date:  Wed Feb 25, 2004  11:45 am
Subject:  Re: Racine's 'open' group Vodou_Arts
I'm sorry a few of you are upset that you can't turn Vodou Arts, the
world's largest online Vodou discussion group, into a cesspool of
hatred and vulgarity.

Too bad.

Anyone can join. Anyone can post. Posts are moderated. Vulgar,
offensive posts don't make it onto the board.
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sdmartinez2003 | 2 Mar 2004 18:45
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Re: Posting to Mambo Racine's Moderated Forums

Greetings: I have just returned from a short trip and have accessed 
the Yahoo groups. There seems to have been no message being approved 
by M. Racine in Vodou Arts since 27 Feb. I know it's just 4 days ago 
but I am concerned about Racine and her peristyle. Rumours were the 
worst possible in Santo Domingo (DR) about the situation in Haiti and 
if M. Racine is still in Jacmel, I think she should manage to leave 
the country, even if to the Dominican Republic. After all, no matter 
what, nobody wants any harm to happen to M. Racine, right? ... RIGHT?

Love,
Sofia

--- In arealvoodooclub <at> yahoogroups.com, "delacroix1932" 
<delacroix1932 <at> y...> wrote:
> After most recent events in Haiti it is all too apparent that Mambo 
> Racine's myopic view of the crisis there was far from reality.  
While 
> her observations may have been true for Jacmel, she completely 
missed 
> the turmoil that griped the rest of the country.  She was still 
> describing the calmness during her most recent documented shopping 
> trip while over half of the country was in rebel hands.  Luckily, 
her 
> recent international initiate had decided to stay an extra week 
> because he was having such a great time – though had he tried to 
make 
> it to Port-au-Prince, he probably would not have gotten a flight 
out 
> of the country.
>
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ross_heaven | 3 Mar 2004 09:19
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Re: Posting to Mambo Racine's Moderated Forums

--- In arealvoodooclub <at> yahoogroups.com, sdmartinez2003 
<no_reply <at> y...> wrote:

if M. Racine is still in Jacmel, I think she should manage to leave 
> the country, even if to the Dominican Republic. After all, no 
matter what, nobody wants any harm to happen to M. Racine, right? ... 
RIGHT?

*** Racine has been ranting that the lwa punish those who do not 
honour Gine. Maybe she was right all along and they have. That would 
explain her silence.

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mambovyezo | 3 Mar 2004 12:57
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Mambo Racine in Haiti

Dear List members,
I spoke with Mambo Racine in Haiti yesterday. She is fine, as is the
sosyete and Madame Jules. All of Jacmel is without electricity at the
moment, hence no internet service or postings. 
Honor and Respect,
P.

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kevintfilan | 3 Mar 2004 20:39
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The latest issue of Planet Magazine

... has an article on Vodou in Brooklyn, with photography by
award-winning cameraman Hans Neleman (http://www.neleman.com) and text
by yrs. truly.

It should be available at finer newsstands near you.  :)

Peace
Kevin Filan

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racinesansbout | 4 Mar 2004 05:13
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Here I am in Jacmel, Haiti...

Here I am in Jacmel, Vodouisants.  I send you all greetings in the 
name of God, the ancstors and the lwa!

I went to Port-au-Prince yesterday (Tuesday), to bring my newest 
international initiate to town.  It was quite a calm trip to Port-au-
Prince and back to Jacmel.  Port-au-Prince looks like it is in dire 
need of an army of street-sweeping machines, garbage is just piled up 
in waves and waves at intersections.

Here in Jacmel, though, life goes on much as usual.  The town is 
still clean and reasonably active, although the banks and Western 
Union are as yet not in function.  There has been little or no 
destruction here to my knowledge - some pot-shots taken at one local 
business, but no injuries, no loss of life, again to my knowledge.  
The Commissariat was not burned, though I think Teleco was a bit 
deplumed, you know?  In fact, the day after Aristide departed, the 
right-wing folks here were saying that they had sent Aristide away 
but they didn't send the police away, and would all the police please 
come out, come out, wherever you are!  LOL  And please come back to 
work!

The surrounding countryside is quiet, people are a bit fearful but 
there is no terror like in 1993.  For a while a group of young men 
with a shotgun were joyriding up and down, but they have stopped, 
probably because like everyone else they have run out of gas.  They 
didn't shoot anyone anyhow.

Gasoline, that's our problem here now.  We need more fuel to run 
Jacmel's electric generator. (That's why you haven't heard from me in 
a while, no electricity means no internet.  Plus I just finished my
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kevintfilan | 4 Mar 2004 16:43
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Haitian Charities

For those of you interested in helping Haiti in this hour of need,
here are some reputable charities which would welcome your
contributions.  These groups will provide you with the appropriate
forms for a tax deduction, and with documentation about where your
money is going.

http://www.medalia.net/Help.html lists a number of excellent
charitable organizations.  You may also be interested in:

http://www.interaction.org/haiti/
http://www.feedinghungrychildren.net/
http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org

(I particularly like the work done by Doctors Without Borders and just
made a donation there).  

Peace
Kevin Filan

 
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ross_heaven | 4 Mar 2004 20:35
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Re: Here I am in Jacmel, Haiti...

--- In arealvoodooclub <at> yahoogroups.com, "racinesansbout" 
<racine125 <at> a...> wrote:

I am going to quickly organize a way for all who desire to contribute 
to food for Haitian Vodouisants in the Jacmel area.  

*** Might i suggest you send money to a reputable charity instead of 
sending it to Racine (see Kevin's posting on this). For one thing, it 
is not just Vodouisants who are suffering in Haiti - and certainly 
not just Racine's small congregation in Jacmel (an area which she has 
been claiming for weeks is untouched by the troubles anyway) - it is 
ALL people. For another thing, after Racine's well-documented 
willingness to distribute money on the basis of 'personal favours' 
rather than genuine need (e.g. three years wages to her boyfriend for 
a single day's work), i think it would be a much safer charitable 
investment for you to send your hard-earned money to a reputable 
organisation who will distribute it fairly to the people who actually 
need it instead of using it to buy the affections of those who don't.

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kevintfilan | 4 Mar 2004 21:23
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Re: Here I am in Jacmel, Haiti...

--- In arealvoodooclub <at> yahoogroups.com, "racinesansbout"
<racine125 <at> a...> wrote:

<latest "charitable soliciation" from Spambo Restavek snipped>

Here's a little Blast From the Past from the Spambo Racine Beggin' For
Dollars School, showing that no catastrophe is so great that Racine
won't try to make a buck off it.  

* * * * *

From: racine125 <at> a... (Mambo Racine Sans Bout)
Newsgroups: alt.religion.orisha
Subject: January 2002 Kanzo!
Date: 18 Oct 2001 09:01:52 -0700
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The Roots Without End Society will again be offering kanzo ceremonies
this January, in our beautiful home peristyle in Jacmel, Haiti.

Get out of the USA for a while! We don't have terrorists in Haiti, or
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