Posted on 12/30/2004 12:13:21 PM PST by Bon mots
Just saw the interview with Kofi Annan on CNN. For three days he was nowhere to be found. It turns out that for the last three days he was very busy on his ski vacation.
This after the New York Times was attacking President Bush for not springing quickly enough into action. This is actually the UN's job. Bush took over - AGAIN - because the UN under Annan - AGAIN - simply is not up to the task.
His excuse was that he could work from anywhere in the world. Right. He's always making excuses. What did he actually do over those three days then?
Now the great Annan has planned a meeting... next week. Wow.
Bush has already done plenty. Sent money. Moblized troops. People are moving.
Kofi Annan has called a meeting for next week.
was John Kerry there too? and how much has mother Teresa (aka Mamma T) donated so far?
"let-them-eat-cake" bump
Ski vacation, huh? According to Cliff May, the UN pays to monitor the snowpack for alpine ski resorts. Meanwhile the residents along the Indian Ocean are without a tsunami warning system.
Did he actually go on CNN after tht pitiful press conference?
Tell me, did he still look so "long in the face" since Bush has completley boxed him out of the "coalition?"
Move the un out of our country.
Probably in the U.S., too.
It was Jackson Hole. His UN plane had to go drag his sorry butt back to NYC.
DUers are still bashing Bush because he is still in Crawford. What is being in the White House going to do for the victims??? Is he going to magically make everything better again by sitting in his chair in the oval office? Sometimes I wonder what planet they are on.
Source? Do we know this for a fact?
Good. Keeping him occupied means he will have less chance to skim aid money.
I completely agree. We have internet, fax, phone, cell, satellites etc etc etc. Why does it not register with the MSM, Eurotrash etc. that GWB can get the job done in Crawford?
Jackson Hole. Figgers.
Source for what?
Do you belive bon mots would make this up?
I agree.....too bad the President did not get the rest he really needs. Plus...where is the outrage on where is OPRAH??? It is her good friend Nate Berkus that is over there...how come she has not been on televison or has raised some $$$!
Oh, wait...somebody posted ALL the UN"s "successes" today.....I'll get them.
BRB.
Q: From where does the leader of the Free World run things?
A: Anywhere he bloody well wants to.
And Sudan....Don't forget Sudan, right Mr. Stingy?
Its not like our president is going to fly over and assess the damage like he did with the Florida hurricanes.
The slick willie's had no home and had to foist themselves on others for freebies.......those were vacations!!!!
I loath the UN.
What do we need to do to get out of it?
Kofi Annan is Bin Laden's piss boy.
Americans need to storm the UN, drag him out of the building and burn his body in the street. Then we need to take his corpse and hang it from the Brooklin bridge.
Seriously. I would cry tears of joy.
Bush can get more done from a truck on his ranch in Texas than Koffi has gotten done from his cushy office at the UN EVER. Howlin will be back with proof.
It would take alot for the U.S. to pull out of the U.N. I would be happy just to have it based in Europe instead of here for now!
Someone should ask Annan why the UN didn't see to it that a tsunami warning system was put it place.
You got that right!
Why is everyone on this damn board so fricking touchy? Don't YOU independently confirm stories before spreading them like gospel? I am want sources so that I KNOW its true - then I can go out and rub it in the libs faces without being a Dan Rather.
Okay. I would take that.
Send it to France.
They can sit around all day and eat cheese.
They don't do anything anyway.
Black men ski?
We should give next year's UN dues to earthquake relief. I'd think that would be a far better use of the money.
Lots of testy folks around here....sticking up for each other and whatnot. Not a bad gig but you certainly don't want to get on Howlin's bad side...LOL.
The source is CNN, FNC, C-Span and MSNBC. They all carried the press conference live (C-Span is the only one that continued with the full press conference).
Koffi Annan was asked how it looked for him to be on vacation in Jackson Hole at this time. He responded that he can work from anywhere.
The only problem is, to date I can't find a single story of anything the UN has done to alleviate the suffering.
What a contrast to the United States which within 24 hours had mobilized ships to the region and forensic scientists.
Raising awareness of human rights and making the World Declaration of 1948 one of the leading documents of our time;
Contributions to establishing the Law of the Sea and other aspects of the Law of Peoples;
The successful contributions of several agencies including The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR);
Preventing civil wars during decolonization, for instance in the Congo, 1960-61;
Ending the Iran-Iraq war in 1988;
Helping to end apartheid in South Africa;
Keeping the peace on Cyprus; in Lebanon; Liberia; Angola; Ethiopia/Erithrea; the Central African Republic; Bosnia and Kosovo after the wars; in and many other locations;
Wiping out smallpox;
Monitoring and promoting free elections in countries like El Salvador, East Timor, Eritrea, Guatemala, and many other;
Preventing massive famine on the Horn of Africa in 2001;
Getting Iran to agree to spot checks of nuclear facilities. Like I said, those are just a few that come to mind.
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I tried to put the CNN.COM link in there, since it was just broadcast on CNN, but then the form required me to do an auto-excerpt which usually makes a mess of things. So I posted it without a source. This story is still getting out.
Kofi Annan was in Jackson Hole. It took him over 72 hours to get around to making his first statement. He didn't deny it, but went on the attack saying that he can work from anywhere in the world.
Too bad somebody didn't snap some pictures of him sipping a gin and tonic in the sun slopeside while kicking the snow off of his ski boots. He didn't do a damned thing for three days.
The second important fact in all of this is that this particular type of incident is smack on Kofi Annan's job description under 'roles and responsibilities', and NOT on President Bush's!
This just broke on the press conference. He was on his vacation in Jackson Hole. There is nothing on line yet.
Did you miss this part?
Just saw the interview with Kofi Annan on CNN.
Nice catch.
I'll ignore the racially sensitive aspects of this question and answer...
Skiing is a very expensive sport. To take a family of four on a ski trip you should be prepared to spend $4000.00 to $5000.00 for a week, plus another $4000.00 on equipment. Black people generally occupy a lower earning segment of our society so you will be likely to see less of them engaging in expensive sports which require expensive equipment.
That said...
Kofi Annan makes over $300,000.00 per year, plus all the money he has managed to steal via Oil-for-Food, so he can certainly afford to see and be seen in the trendiest of star-studded venues. He might not actually even ski... but he's sporting the goods, that's for sure!
You're exactly right- skiing is extremely expensive, and Jackson Hole is no bargain either. In addition, I bet there will be photos of him skiing..... they will surface.
Americans need to storm the UN, drag him out of the building and burn his body in the street. Then we need to take his corpse and hang it from the Brooklin bridge.
Seriously. I would cry tears of joy.
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That's sick. I think that Annan is a corrupt fraud, but that is disgusting.
What would possess you to even say such a thing?
It really wasn't meant to be racially insensitive. On the whole, though, black people do not participate in winter sports much. Maybe that's because they are smart enough to stay where it's warm!!!!
My second point exactly.
Kofi said he 'worked' over those missing 72 hours.
Just what 'work' did he do? What did he mobilize? What did he send? How many people did he put on the ground? What planes were loaded?
From what was said during that press conference, he planned a meeting NEXT FRIGGIN' WEEK!
My first point... was that it appears that "Nero fiddled while Asia burned"...
Or, more accurately, Kofi Skiied and Caroused While Asia Drowned and Rotted
No pun intended, but the word "nero" in Italian means "black".
Everyone else seems to understand my question and its reasonings. Why do you feel the need to take such issue with such a simple, reasonable, harmless request?
Gee, that doesn't work for 43, does it CNN, ABC, NBC/MSNBC, CBS, Newsweek, et al...
Or do you all have a different standard for Mr. Oil For Food?
um......you know she's dead, right (mother teresa)?
Why should I not say such a thing?
Do you know how many Marines and Soldiers this guy has gotten killed both in Iraq and Afghanistan?
Do you have any idea of his connections with Bin Laden?
Do you know how many Rawandan's died while he sat back and did nothing?
So you tell me?
What does he deserve?
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