Posted on 08/27/2002 2:03:08 PM PDT by NEWwoman
'Sickening' U.N. Elitists Gorge on Caviar as Africans Starve
The London Sun today blasted the "sickening champagne and caviar lifestyle being enjoyed by Earth Summit delegates."
Just like at the so-called World Food Summit, "They are gorging on mountains of lobster, oysters and fillet steak at the Johannesburg conference — aimed at ending FAMINE," raged the newspaper. And they wash it all down with the finest champagnes and wines, of course.
"As the summit began yesterday, desperate kids in nearby shanty towns queued for water at standpipes."
Even the self-styled "environmentalist" left-wing group Friends of the Earth called the face-feeding frenzy "deplorable.”
'Money Is No Object'
Desmond Morgan, head chef of the five-star Michelangelo Hotel hosting the environment-destroying Earth Summit bigwigs, described the mountains of gourmet food he is whipping up and declared, "Money is no object.”
While South Africans are starving in slums just a few miles away, Morgan bragged of the delicacies the delegates would feed on, including:
5,000 oysters, more than 1,000 pounds of lobster and other shellfish, buckets of caviar, 450 pounds of salmon and 220 pounds of "a tasty South African fish called kingclip."
piles of politically incorrect paté de foie gras.
more than 2 tons of steak and chicken breasts and more than 1,000 pounds of bacon and sausages. Naturally, taxpayers of the participating nations, including the U.S. and Great Britain, are picking up the tab for the $53 million extravaganza.
"Whether they want Beluga caviar, foie gras or bacon sandwiches, we have it all," the chef said.
'Everything They Can Possibly Want'
"In my experience, heads of state don’t decide what they want to eat or drink until the last minute. So I have to make sure I have everything they can possibly want.”
The Sun reported, "A new kitchen has been especially created for world leaders, including the Sultan of Brunei, who have their own cooks and tasters."
Apparently the elitist mainstream media either see nothing wrong with this kind of hypocrisy or don't want you to know bad things about their beloved United Nations, because few of them are covering this aspect of the conference.
The globalist boondoggle is centered around Sandton, the most exclusive suburb in all of Africa. Its streets are lined with expensive restaurants, shopping malls and villas - gated, of course, to keep out the undesirables.
"Yet close by, families scratch a desperate existence in the sprawling shanty town of Alexandra," the Sun reported.
"The average weekly wage for the few who work in the township is less than the cost of a vintage brandy at the Michelangelo."
As people who do not support themselves keep reproducing, more than 14 million southern Africans, most of them children, are at risk of starving to death, according to aid agencies.
"The 60,000 summit delegates from 182 countries are expected to drink 80,000 bottles of mineral water during the conference," said the Sun.
"Yet each day 6,000 African children die from diseases caused by contaminated water."
Reuters reported that activists vowed to press ahead with a banned protest march Saturday from a slum to the U.N. fatcats in Sandton. South African police warn they will crack down "very, very firmly."
Limousine Liberals Destroy Hundreds of Trees
And then there's this gem from the Sun: "in another ironic twist, hundreds of trees have been felled around the conference centre so fleets of limousines will have unhindered access."
Mike Childs, a spokesman for Friends of the Earth, fumed: "They are living it up while not taking action for the millions around the world who will die because of inaction.
"How can delegates sleep soundly in their beds knowing such suffering is just down the road?"
Sir Teddy Taylor, a Tory member of the British Parliament, denounced the summit as "absurd.”
'Nothing Will Be Achieved'
"The whole thing makes me feel sick. When you think about the starving people in the world and then see this sort of lavish display it just isn’t right.
"I’m sure nothing will be achieved at the meeting except for photo opportunities allowing politicians to say how great they are.”
And I rather enjoy the picture that comes to mind of these limosine liberals _REALLY_ showing they care: They should dine on a handful of parched grain and whatever bugs they can find, to give them a deeper understanding!
This is common practice in innnercity liquor stores in the US also. I've bought many a Marlboro this way myself.
A very enjoyable article proving, once again that, given the opportunity, leftist bureaucrats are even greedier pigs than those they seek to replace.
Kindly pass the fricasee of starved 3d world baby a l'orange down this end of the table, please.
That is to say, "See this starving kid here? I'd like a good chunk of your money to help feed him. How dare you criticize my cut unless you don't care about this starving kid!"
Are you aware that we are sending $260,000,000 in food aid to help the starving kids of Zimbabwe while they get rid of the white farmers who have been feeding them?
Liberalism is all about helping the disadvantaged. It is all about who gets to help the disadvantaged. It is all about who gets to take money from you to help the disadvantaged and what pay that service should receive.
Cheers.
President Bust is a whole lot smarter than the media would like to portray him.
FReegards.
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