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U.N. 'dirty' turns up cracks and asbestos [“...the building has not been maintained.’]
Reuters ^
| Jul 4, 2005
| By Claudia Parsons
Posted on 07/04/2005 8:26:24 AM PDT by johnny7
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The official tour will tell you the founding of the United Nations in 1945 brought the world from post-war misery toward prosperity and happiness. An alternative "dirty" tour will tell you the United Nations is crumbling.
The building, that is. While critics, particularly in Washington, may be worried about the oil-for-food scandal and investigations into mismanagement in allocating U.N. contracts, some at the United Nations have more practical concerns.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: turass
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"You see(mural) destruction, concentration camps, people fighting. Then the U.N. is founded and you see resurrection where families start to move on after the U.N. is founded."-Josephine Wanjiku, a guide from KenyaUh-hunh... how about the oil-for-food- mural... the rapings & harassment mural... where do they hide that one?!
No amount of renovation will take the stink 'outta that rathole.
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posted on
07/04/2005 8:26:25 AM PDT
by
johnny7
To: johnny7
Couldn't be done! The past Turd World SecGen's and staffers were too busy doing just what they do at home; Steal da money.
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posted on
07/04/2005 8:30:05 AM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: johnny7
Didn't Hans Blix recently inspect the UN building and found no problems?
To: johnny7
So, condemn the property and boot the UN out already.
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posted on
07/04/2005 8:32:54 AM PDT
by
steveegg
(The regularily-scheduled tagline will not be seen until the FReepathon is over. HURRY UP!!!)
To: Semper Paratus
Didn't Hans Blix recently inspect the UN building and found no problems? Blind Blinky? Yeah I think so.
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posted on
07/04/2005 8:33:17 AM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: Semper Paratus
Didn't Hans Blix recently inspect the UN building and found no problems? So did Mohamed ElBaradei.
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posted on
07/04/2005 8:33:54 AM PDT
by
steveegg
(The regularily-scheduled tagline will not be seen until the FReepathon is over. HURRY UP!!!)
To: johnny7
Financing is not finalized since the United States declined to make an interest free loan
You Americans are so ... mean. :0)
Seriously: no-one should lend money to the UN while their diplomats (all except for the British) refuse to pay for their own car-parking.
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posted on
07/04/2005 8:34:17 AM PDT
by
agere_contra
(...its almost as if God Himself had spoken - dozy Pelosi)
To: All
Hopefully, it will collapse around them while they are in session....
To: steveegg
condemn the property Seize it under eminent domain! Build a toxic waste dump on the site!
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posted on
07/04/2005 8:36:22 AM PDT
by
agere_contra
(...its almost as if God Himself had spoken - dozy Pelosi)
To: Alright_on_the_LeftCoast
Maybe we can convince OBL and aQ that we've moved all functions that were in the NY WTC Towers to the UN Building.
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posted on
07/04/2005 8:37:51 AM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: johnny7
Easy solution. Let's build a new one,,,In someone elses country.
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posted on
07/04/2005 8:38:41 AM PDT
by
Old Seadog
("The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter." -- WINST)
To: Semper Paratus
Of course he did... and Scott Ritter backed him up.
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posted on
07/04/2005 8:39:21 AM PDT
by
johnny7
(How often does a '47 Rodham require servicing?)
To: johnny7
They can rent out the top 10 floors of the Freedom Tower.
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posted on
07/04/2005 8:40:42 AM PDT
by
Incorrigible
(If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
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To: All
I hope every one reads the whole article. It's a riot!
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posted on
07/04/2005 8:43:24 AM PDT
by
LRS
To: agere_contra
Seize it under eminent domain!We're gonna need a multi-nat corporation as the anchor for this project. How about Microsoft or Progressive?
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posted on
07/04/2005 8:43:49 AM PDT
by
niteowl77
(I DEMAND that Chuck Schumer explain his hair.)
To: steveegg
So, condemn the property and boot the UN out already. Ditto that.
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posted on
07/04/2005 8:45:28 AM PDT
by
Fiddlstix
(This Tagline for sale. (Presented by TagLines R US))
To: Shaq ONeal
Well, the oil for food scandal isn't a "practical" concern, according to the article.The is no term for the word 'practical' in the Third-World.
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posted on
07/04/2005 8:46:11 AM PDT
by
johnny7
(How often does a '47 Rodham require servicing?)
To: agere_contra
Build a toxic waste dump on the site!LOL. It's already a toxic waste dump.
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posted on
07/04/2005 8:48:01 AM PDT
by
Veto!
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