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Me. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-20-06 03:59 PM
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Paul Wolfowitz Busy Neo-Conning the World Bank
01.20.2006
Paul Wolfowitz Busy Neo-Conning the World Bank: Staff Rebellion Brewing

“Paul Wolfowitz, architect of America's failing foray into Iraq as Rumsfeld's former Deputy at the Pentagon, now heads the World Bank and finally seems like his true self is coming out of the closet.

In recent months, picking up steam in recent weeks, there has been a massive exodus of top talent from the World Bank. According to reports, the senior Ethics Officer at the Bank has departed. Also on the exit roster are the Vice President for East Asia & Pacific, the Chief Legal Counsel, the Bank's top Managing Director, the Director of Institutional Integrity (which monitors internal and external corruption), the Vice President for Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development, and the head of ISG (Information Solutions Group).” Cont….

“What Wolfowitz has done that has started a serious wave of negative sentiment against him among his ranks is that he has appointed Kevin Kellems -- Vice President Cheney's former Communications Director and Spokesman -- as a "director" of the bank, which formally reports to a Vice President of the Bank -- while at the same time making him Senior Advisor to Wolfowitz.

In other words, Wolfowitz is forcing a political appointment at the "director level" of the bank -- which is never done. "Director" positions are fairly low in the World Bank bureaucracy and are filled by a competitive process and the merits of one's work -- not political imposition.” Cont…

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-clemons/paul-wolfowitz-busy-neoc_b_14159.html


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H2O Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-20-06 04:01 PM
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1. Paul Wolfowitz
is one of the worst human beings on earth today.
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Me. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-20-06 04:04 PM
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2. As If We Couldn't Tell This Would Happen
You know...it makes the head spin.
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NanceGreggs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-20-06 04:38 PM
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3. Wolfowitz ...
... never trust a man who sucks his own comb.
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Village Idiot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-20-06 04:50 PM
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4. First, he gets rid of anyone who knows ANYTHING.
Then it will be child's play to rape and pillage.
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donkeyotay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-20-06 05:54 PM
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5. Parasites. Suck the life out and leave the shell to use for whatever
the next phase of evil is they plan to unleash on the world. If all the legitimate staffing has left then legitimate financing should leave, too. Let them pay for their own crime family outings.
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