Kash-for-Kofi

Despite frequent declarations of reform, it seems that United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan has learned nothing from the U.N.'s
Oil-for-Food scandal, in which Saddam Hussein's billions corrupted the
U.N.'s entire Iraq embargo bureaucracy. Earlier this month, Annan accepted
from the ruler of Dubai an environmental prize of $500,000--a fat sum that
represents the latest in a long series of glaring conflicts of interest.
....
The real issue is why on earth Kofi Annan thinks it a good idea while
serving as secretary-general to accept $500,000--for any reason--from a
high-ranking official of a U.N. member state. Sheikh Mohammed is not only
the ruler of Dubai but the vice president and prime minister of the United
Arab Emirates. No doubt he bestowed this award as a gesture of appreciation.
But if the other 190 U.N. member states were to follow his lead, Annan would
be rolling in $95 million worth of personal prize money. Once the
secretary-general allows himself to become a collector of cash awards,
where's the line to be drawn? If Syria were to offer him a $10 million
environmental prize, or China were to up the ante to $100 million, should he
grab a suitcase and go pick it up?
....
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Conten...006/781gawip.a
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Another "small item" that flew under the left-wing media's kookoo nest.

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On Thu, 23 Feb 2006 20:00:30 -0600, "SeeingEyeD0g"
wrote:

Once the
secretary-general allows himself to become a collector of cash awards,
where's the line to be drawn? If Syria were to offer him a $10 million
environmental prize, or China were to up the ante to $100 million, should he
grab a suitcase and go pick it up?

Why not, the bushies seem to do it all the time...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060224/...curity_katrina
Please note the last paragraph:

The United Arab Emirates has long-standing ties to the Bush family.
Records show the UAE and one of its sheikhs contributed at least $1
million before 1995 to the Bush Library Foundation, which established
the
George Bush Presidential Library in College Station, Texas. The
executive chairman of Dubai Ports World, Ahmed bin Sulayem, is not
listed among donors.

But of course, it's only the left who cannot see the truth...

"BFTD" indeed!

Why not, the bushies seem to do it all the time...

But of course, it's only the left who cannot see the truth...

No, it is the left who are hypocrites and condone this behavior.