BOREV ON D'ESCOTO, Prez of Un General Assembly

[magbana]

Wake Up And Smell the Sulphur, Bitches

Migueld'Escoto.jpgHey the UN General Assembly starts this week! Chavez won't be there, but don't worry, it's not going to be boring at all because this year's General Assembly President is the ex Nicaraguan foreign minister from Sandinista times!

A former Catholic priest, Miguel d'Escoto has one heck of an impressive resume, focused primarily around his advocacy on behalf of the poor and oppr--Aww shit why don't we just let Reuters explain his whole "anti-American past":

* In 1984, he brought the US up on charges before "the International Court of Justice in the Hague for arming Contra rebels," and won! Apparently in olden times the whole world was anti-American, just like now! Also:

* One time he "ingor a reprimand by Pope John Paul II for backing Nicaragua's left-wing Sandinista revolution, ended up joining revolutionary leader Daniel Ortega's government . . . which was marked by a decade-long civil war against U.S.-backed 'Contra' rebels." See how he directly started a whole war on account of his peace-ing all over the place? Also:

* "In the 1980s, the Sandinista government accused U.S. CIA agents of trying to murder D'Escoto by sending him a bottle of Benedictine liqueur laced with the tasteless and odorless heavy metal thallium, a favorite poison among crime writers." Get it? "Crime writers" wrote about it so its FICTION (maybe)! Also:

* "In 2004 he told a U.S. news program former President Ronald Reagan was 'the butcher of my people' and called President George W. Bush Reagan's 'spiritual heir.'"

Anyway the guy has the tragic misfortune of being right like 140% of the time so obviously this is going to be the best UN General Assembly Meeting ever, and then he'll be die from being poisoned by crime writers, so enjoy it while it lasts.

http://www.borev.net/2008/09/wake_up_and_smell_the_sulphur.html

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[Judi Lynn]

1. I heard about that attempt on his life, but I forgot it was THIS GUY.

Good grief.

On the same day _Bush makes his pathetic, hateful dribble there. I hope _Bush had some way of realizing just how hated he is by the world in general.

http://www.worldpress.org.nyud.net:8090/images/20050928-bush-united-nation.jpg

Here's a photo of John Bolton and Condoleeza Rice with Stephen Hadley sitting behind their pResident as they all act like bullies at the General Assembly in the United Nations. Not much to be proud of in that photo. Assholes.

[magbana]

2. ORTEGA no longer on today's speaker list

was D'escoto too muchat the opening? or has the US detained Ortega on an airport tarmac? Or maybe it's a typo.

[Judi Lynn]

3. Can't find anything on it. Christina Fernandez de Kirchner's up next. n/t

[EFerrari]

4. LOL! Today, Ronald Raygun really knows he's in Hell.

:toast:

Hope I can catch Morales. Amy Goodman had a good interview with Lugo this morning. An embarrasment of riches. :)