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intaglio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-18-07 01:38 AM
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Wolfowitz resigns as World Bank president
Source: Dow jones Marketwatch

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Paul Wolfowitz resigned as president of the World Bank effective June 30, the bank's directors announced Thursday. The bank will launch an immediate search for a new president. Directors had been negotiating with Wolfowitz to step down after an internal review found that he violated the bank's code of conduct by engineering a pay raise for his girlfriend, Shaha Riza. "We are grateful to Mr. Wolfowitz for his service at the bank," the directors said in a statement. "Much has been achieved in the last two years

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Only one paragraph but it says it all


except about time
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-18-07 01:52 AM
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1. Real Men would have resigned weeks ago...Wolfie is a Coward and "Taker"
some kinda role model he is...

No Wolfie Dolls coming out this year...dats fer sure.....
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IthinkThereforeIAM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-18-07 08:03 AM
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4. Wolfowitz has acted like a teenager with hormonal problems...

... I can't see why else he would be so adamant about his "honor" for what appears to be promises made in the dark.
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-18-07 12:10 PM
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6. Apparently, he is an Abuser/Bully who wants HIS WAY all the Time
Going down in History as a person who coulda woulda shoulda but didn't...typ lazy ass selfish fkr
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Lasher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-18-07 02:04 AM
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2. Effective June 30 - timed so he gets the $400K, right?
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Vidar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-18-07 04:58 AM
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3. Glad this devil is at least temporarily out of power.
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mzteris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-18-07 08:05 AM
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5. another one bites the dust!
Hopefully the whole neocon/bushco cabal will soon be disgraced.
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classysassy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-18-07 02:01 PM
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7. Deals/steals
how many deals,and how much can he steal in two weeks?
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