Black History Month: "The Project" Day 14 (569 hits)
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Submitted by sicosemen (View user info) at 2006-02-20 07:01:07 EST
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We salute you Kofi Annan...
U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan had reason to smile this week, despite harsh criticism of his performance he now seems sure to keep his job. "Here is a man who has presided over the United Nations at a time of the biggest fraud ever recorded in history -- the $100 billion oil for food scandal benefiting Saddam Hussein," says Melanie Kirkpatrick. "Paul Volker, the former federal reserve chairman, is leading an international commission investigation the scandal and he found that Kofi Annan, at the very least, participated in the cover-up. So what happens?
Condoleezza Rice says she does not have a better relationship with anyone. So I'm also going to give a tacky to the administration which somehow thinks that it can effect reform at the United Nations by working with what they see as a weakened Kofi Annan rather than taking their chances on a new man."
What ever came of the food for oil scandal? Anyone? It began as a U.N. humanitarian aid program called "Oil-for-Food," but it ended up with Saddam Hussein pocketing billions to become the biggest graft-generating machine ever and enriching some of America's most forceful opponents at the United Nations.
Then it all turned to shit as Saddam finding a loophole in the system. Did this bring an end to it? Nope, instead of just canning the whole project, Kofi Annan decided that we should continue the project with the placement of stringent changes to take place immediately. Prior to this, there were no designated inspectors of any sort for anyone. There was no check and balance system in place.
After declaring that these changes should be made, little or none had taken place. Instead of ousting Annan, the United Nations(a.k.a. U.S.A.'s bitch) decided that it would be beneficial to keep a weekend Annan in his current role. This would allow us to fill our "black token" quota and have leverage in our bargaining tools. Yay, we got fucked, so let's fuck something else! Got love that mentality, huh?
Allegations continue to surface and questions continue to be asked about Kofi Annan's involvement in the Oil-for-Food rip-off. First you had the revelation that Kofi's son Kojo took money from a company involved in the scam. As if that weren't bad enough, now it gets worse.
Those at the UN and around the world that are rallying to Kofi's defense have bought his line that his son's finances are separate from his, and he had no idea what was going on. Possible, if not rather convenient. But here comes the other bombshell.
It turns out Kofi has a UN-provided residence in Manhattan. This residence is no doubt paid for by the contributions of the members of the United Nations, of which the US government is the major contributor. Translation: American taxpayers are providing Kofi with a place to live. And it's a nice place too....a three-story townhouse.
Anyway, it turns out there have been numerous times when Kojo has used Kofi's place for private parties. This one stinks to high heaven, and makes Annan's denials look like what they are: a joke.
Not lost in all of this is Kofi's Bush-bashing, and his defacto campaigning for The Poodle in the last election cycle. Remember when Kofi said the war in Iraq was illegal? You can bet the White House hasn't forgotten that one.
Looks like Kofi Annan will go down over this one....hopefully he'll take the rest of the UN with him
Thank you, Kofi Annan, for giving the black community a good name.
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Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2006-02-20 19:13:41 EST (#)
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he's not even American, dude.
This series only works with Americans - over in Africa, every month is 'nnngnnn*click*ubabauba' Month.
Submitted by Stabkill (user info) at 2006-02-20 16:11:02 EST (#)
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Submitted by MistressFist (user info) at 2006-02-20 12:24:46 EST (#)
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Submitted by badassmofo (user info) at 2006-02-20 09:41:41 EST (#)
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yep
and to those that would say 'will you do this for white history, point out white folks that have proven to be idiots'? I say sure, just as soon as it is 'ok' to have a white history month.
Submitted by freebie (user info) at 2006-02-20 09:29:22 EST (#)
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Much better. Your series needs more jesse jackson, marion barry, al sharpton, ben chavis et al.
Submitted by mbstateside (user info) at 2006-02-20 09:18:12 EST (#)
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I lost what little respect I had for him and the UN as a whole the second they decided to pull out of Iraq when the UN embassy was bombed.
Whats the one thing you're not supposed to do to Terrorists? No not piss them off. It's give in to them show them that their tactics works. Those mother fuckers ran like the prissy little bitches they are. Fuck Kofi and Fuck the UN. What's the point in having a World police force if they don't have a single pair of balls between them?