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Clinton to dedicate life to redistributing world's wealth
The Age (Australia) ^ | 02/27/2002 | Barbara Adam

Posted on 02/28/2002 11:24:31 AM PST by Pokey78

Former US president Bill Clinton today vowed to dedicate the rest of his life to helping redistribute the world's wealth.

At his fourth Australian speaking engagement, Mr Clinton said prosperous nations including Australia and the United States held the key to the world's future.

He said it would cost America $US2.5 billion ($A4.87 billion) to meet UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's request for an extra $US10 billion ($A19.47 billion) to fight AIDS and other infections diseases.

"For us, you know what that is?" he asked the $1,100-a-head charity dinner in Melbourne for the Microsurgery Foundation.

"Two-and-a-half months of the Afghan war, and about one tenth of one per cent of the federal budget.

"That's it.

"There are 40 million AIDS cases a day and if we don't do something about it, there will be 100 million AIDS cases a day."

Mr Clinton said Australians needed to identify with people of poorer nations.

"If we can, then our children will have the most peaceful and prosperous and the most interesting and fun time in all of human history," he said.

"I'm going to do what I can for the rest of my life to make that happen, and I hope you will too.

The 42nd president of the United States said Australians should not be afraid of change, or of people who were different.

Such fears had resulted in the assassinations of Ghandi, Martin Luther King, Israeli President Yitzak Rabin and the September 11 terrorist attacks.

"We are struggling to find a balance in our two countries to not just tolerate people who are different, but actually venerate those differences, respect them, celebrate them, in the context of our common humanity," he said.

In a direct reference to the Howard government's woes, Mr Clinton also warned Australia needed to pull its weight in addressing global warming or the refugee crisis would get worse.

"If the world warms in the next 50 years as it has done in the last 10, ...agricultural production will be disrupted across the globe," he said.

"You'll have literally millions upon millions of food refugees, leading to more violence, more disruption and more boatloads of refugees that you will have to face."


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To: Pokey78
"There are 40 million AIDS cases a day and if we don't do something about it, there will be 100 million AIDS cases a day."

How Clintonesque, with out saying it, it reads "new" cases by saying "a day". At the present rate quoted, but reading "new" into it, we would run out of people in about six months.

Does anyone see this angle? Cut and paste stats., leading wording, creating fear in the sheeple?

41 posted on 02/28/2002 11:41:13 AM PST by StriperSniper
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To: Pokey78
Let's see, if he distributes the worlds wealth and , of course, takes his 10% cut off the top, he should do o k next year. Might not have to do any of those $250 K speaches any more.
42 posted on 02/28/2002 11:41:54 AM PST by fish hawk
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To: Pokey78
Can you say Ross Perot?

I can, but I'm afraid I may puke all over my monitor. ;-D

I hear ya, I was puking at the time it was happening... Our hard-line Conservative brothers and sisters walked out the door on George Sr. (who was puking on the Japaneese at the time). That gave us the fool from Arkansas.

I fear the same thing happening to GWB in a few years (you pick the issue).

43 posted on 02/28/2002 11:42:14 AM PST by rhombus
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To: Pokey78
Hmmmmmm...and the redistribution of his $10MIL book advance, $100,000-$150,000-$300,000 fees per speech and his $10,000 photo opportunities will be redistributed TO....
.......anybody???
......anybody???
......anybody???

44 posted on 02/28/2002 11:42:26 AM PST by Stand Watch Listen
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To: ProudGOP
C'mon. The math doesn't matter. The sh$%head really cares!
45 posted on 02/28/2002 11:42:37 AM PST by Wyatt's Torch
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To: Pokey78
Yeah! Our money into his pockets!
46 posted on 02/28/2002 11:42:42 AM PST by Redleg Duke
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To: ProudGOP
What am I missing?

My guess is that Bubba thinks everyone in the world has sex with as many clueless bimbos as he does; so using his deductive powers, we'll all have AIDS in 200 days.

47 posted on 02/28/2002 11:42:50 AM PST by Pokey78
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To: ProudGOP;Right_Wing_Mole_In_Seattle
See my Post#41.
48 posted on 02/28/2002 11:43:29 AM PST by StriperSniper
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To: koba
Rich liberals don't have self hate, they are riddled with "White Guilt"
49 posted on 02/28/2002 11:43:29 AM PST by Phantom Lord
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To: Pokey78
He's awful generous with our money, isn't he.
50 posted on 02/28/2002 11:43:35 AM PST by Liberal Classic
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To: Magician
The US is a permanent member of the Security Council. No citizen of the US can EVER be Secretary General. It's in the charter.
51 posted on 02/28/2002 11:43:36 AM PST by Norman Conquest
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To: rhombus
It's very basic to Communists/Socialists -- There is only one pie and if you have a bigger slice you must be taking pie away from others. They never think that it's possible to make more pie.

As they once stated in the old Soviet Union...
"They pretend to pay me...I pretend to work..."

52 posted on 02/28/2002 11:44:30 AM PST by Stand Watch Listen
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To: Pokey78
Bill, I could use a few grand to pay off my Visa.
53 posted on 02/28/2002 11:44:50 AM PST by Steve_Seattle
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To: Pokey78
We can, of course, be certain that he'll donate all the proceeds from the sales of his book (sneak-preview copy shown below) to the cause of wealth redistribution.

Clintoon's book will be published by Alfred Knopf Publishing.

“Knopf” is 13th Century German for “ incredibly stupid buyer of other peoples’ garbage.” Knopf is a very old publishing house best known for such early classics as

“How to Enjoy The Inquisition” by Father Torquemada
“You Get My Point?” by Vlad the Impaler
“Guillotine Maintenance and Repair” by Citizen Robespierre

Three of their more recent offerings are “PeeWee Herman’s Movie Guide,” “Gary Condit’s Guide to Picking Up Chicks” and “Compared to Us, Ponzi Was a Freakin’ Choirboy” co-authored by Gary Winnick, Ken Lay and Terry McAuliffe.

All available in a dumpster or landfill near you!

54 posted on 02/28/2002 11:44:51 AM PST by Dick Bachert
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To: Pokey78
Mr Clinton said Australians needed to identify with people of poorer nations. "If we can, then our children will have the most peaceful and prosperous and the most interesting and fun time in all of human history," he said. "I'm going to do what I can for the rest of my life to make that happen, and I hope you will too.

I think what he actually said, Clinton style was: "For the rest of my life, I'm going to to what I can to make our children have the most fun time in human history." Kinda like he did for Monica.

55 posted on 02/28/2002 11:45:54 AM PST by belle99
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To: Dick Bachert
“Compared to Us, Ponzi Was a Freakin’ Choirboy” co-authored by Gary Winnick, Ken Lay and Terry McAuliffe.

Social Security is far closer to Ponzi than those you named.

56 posted on 02/28/2002 11:47:01 AM PST by Phantom Lord
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To: ProudGOP
I must be missing something

Remember this is political science, not a mathematical science. Numbers in Bill's universe have aesthetic rather than logical values.

58 posted on 02/28/2002 11:47:39 AM PST by RightWhale
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To: stripes1776
What Clinton really means is that he will redistribute the world's wealth into his own pocket.

And the pockets of those who can do him some personal or political good.

59 posted on 02/28/2002 11:47:46 AM PST by Maceman
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To: Pokey78
So BillyJizz Clinton wants to be the Robin Hood of the 21st century?

I guess that's because his only legacy was redistributing his DNA all over the Oval Office sink.

60 posted on 02/28/2002 11:48:03 AM PST by hang 'em
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