[Kitten Festival]

Scandal threatens the World Bank? Given what Paul's doing, and rightwingers' loathing of multilaterals, maybe that's exactly what Paul wants to be doing, anyone think of that? The Bank certainly will shrink to insignificance if he clings to power by a thread.

[Eva]

According to the WSJ, these are trumped up charges. No, “rightwingers” don’t loathe multi-laterals, union members do. Leftwingers just want to see the US role in the world bank diminished.

[Fred Nerks]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1820479/posts

The staff member throwing the stones is Alison Cave, a little-known urban planner who chairs the bank's staff association. Cave has gained notoriety in the bank by taking the unprecedented step of seeking a bank president's resignation.

"We stand up for staff being treated equitably. There shouldn't be favoritism," said Alison Cave, head of the World Bank staff association. Staff members aligned with Wolfowitz have cast Cave as a lone actor motivated by a personal vendetta to oust the president. It is a claim she denies, but her role as leader of the bank's staff association has put her in a face-off with Wolfowitz, who is under fire for overseeing a promotion and pay raise for a woman to whom he is romantically linked.

[JasonC]

The world bank doesn't have a role, expect to give away boondoggle soft loans to dictators and notorious deadbeats.

[nickcarraway]

I hope so.

[longtermmemmory]

European vs American “world bank” efforts.

Europe just protecting their own and bashing bush as a bonus.

[montag813]

The scandal is a Jewish man bedding a Muslim woman. He should go just for that.

[Kitten Festival]

Latest: Wolfie's hired a clintonite lawyer to defend him, here.