Posted on 12/28/2004 5:55:35 AM PST by .cnI redruM
The UN has gone beyond the realm of effrontery. They've gone past being criminal, they've gone past being hypocritical, they've flown past the limits of churlish and ungrateful. There should be a picture of the UN coat-of-arms in the dictionary next to the word "nauseating."
The latest pile of vomitous to spew from the world's foremost unelected deliberative busybodies came from Jan Egeland who may not be a leading expert on taxation policy, but must have stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night. He offered us the following insights regarding our tax plicies and our generosity to the victims of the tsunami in Indonesia.
"It is beyond me why are we so stingy, really," the Norwegian-born U.N. official told reporters. "Christmastime should remind many Western countries at least, [of] how rich we have become."
"There are several donors who are less generous than before in a growing world economy," he said, adding that politicians in the United States and Europe "believe that they are really burdening the taxpayers too much, and the taxpayers want to give less. It's not true. They want to give more."
Now the Indonesians certainly deserve the sympathy of the world. Particularly, since they lack the wherewithal to dig out from under this deluge of watery death. However, some bean-counting prick from the pampered circles of European Academia has no valid graveman to criticize the generosity or the economic policies of the US government.
The last great aid effort I heard about the UN conducting was the Oil For Food program in Iraq. That one greatly augmented the Kofi Annan Wine and Cigar Fund, but did nothing for the suffering masses of Basra, Iraq. If we gave Jan Egeland and his corrupt, contemptutous, turgid, cynical, bureacratic frauds at the UN $30 million instead of a mere $15 million, he'd probably just buy himself another yacht. We'd wind up funding his "fact-finding" trip to Phucket, Thailand.
Yes Jan, the government and people of the US would love to give more. However, contemptible pricks like yourself are not trustworthy custodians of our aid money. We'll work through the faith-based charities instead. They have a rule the UN has never honored. "Thou shalt not steal."
>>>Yes Jan, the government and people of the US would love to give more. However, contemptible pricks like yourself are not trustworthy custodians of our aid money. We'll work through the faith-based charities instead. They have a rule the UN has never honored. "Thou shalt not steal."<<<
Ain't that the truth!!
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Yes Jan, the government and people of the US would love to give more. However, contemptible pricks like yourself are not trustworthy custodians of our aid money. We'll work through the faith-based charities instead. They have a rule the UN has never honored. "Thou shalt not steal."<<
I see the U.N. now wants to spend more money meant for victims. . .why, oh why must the United States give full dues the U.N.? We must get rid of this den of thieves and wickedness.
Someone just opened his big fat mouth and fell right in, didn't he?
Perhaps our government ONLY sent $15 billion, but that's because the American government really doesn't want the UN to waste any more of our money. I think Kofi et al have cushy enough pockets as it is.
I'll send my donations through a REPUTABLE agency, thanks. At least those poor souls are more likely to get the aid that way.
Tell me about it. That guy should be SO fired!!
Oh, and I take it back. I read in another thread here this morning that we have pumped it up to a total of 35 billion. I hope that it's 35 billion worth of equipment, potable water, food, etc. But I doubt it. Everyday people (all over the world, not just here in the U.S.) will no doubt send in plenty of cash from their own pockets. The quicker we get SUPPLIES (not cash) there, the better. I am quite sure there are some vultures out there who will be price gouging like mad to get their share of the aid money by jacking up the costs of some of the needed supplies.
...and Kofi Annan can't line his nest with water pumps and emergency food rations the way he could with unappropriated cold, hard cash.
Exactly! :)
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