Friday - November 18, 2005

Kofi Has Chutzpah

Well, it looks like Big Anus (The Koffing One) is at it again. Mo’ money! Mo’ money! Gimme! Gimme! What happened to all that cash he and his cohorts (including his criminal son, Little Anus) got in the Oil For Food bribery scandal? Can’t they spare a little of the many billions they made off of selling Sodomy’s oil? If nothing else, Big Anus needs to keep one word in mind: KATRINA.

I don’t see the UN jumping in to help get money to our hurricane refugees or to any of the thousands of homeless in Mississippi and Louisiana. I believe it’s time to give the UN a prostate exam ... so let’s everyone give a finger to the Big Anus ...

Annan Calls Asian Quake Response ‘Weak’
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP)

U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan chided the international community Friday for a “weak and tardy” response to the South Asia quake that killed more than 87,000 people. Annan said on the eve of a key donors conference that only 30 percent of the money pledged for quake relief had been donated so far. He said that paled in comparison to donations after the Dec. 26 tsunami that devastated 11 nations on the Indian Ocean.

“I think there is no doubt that donors’ response has been weak and tardy,” Annan said. “When the tsunami struck at the 10-day point we had 80 percent of the money we needed. In the case of Pakistan at the 10-day point we had 12 percent. Today we have 30 percent.” Annan warned of a “gigantic task” ahead for quake recovery efforts in northern Pakistan, saying the difficulties posed by winter’s onset and the logistics of reaching mountain villages made the Oct. 8 quake disaster comparable to the tsunami, which killed 180,000 people.

U.N. agencies have so far received cash donations of only $119 million, with another $40 million in pledges, out of $550 million they have been seeking since last month to finance emergency relief over six months. Britain said Friday it would pledge an additional $120 million at Saturday’s donor conference for post-earthquake reconstruction, to be paid out over three years. Britain already has contributed $57 million for disaster relief, the British Embassy said in a statement.

The United States has pledged $180 million in aid to Pakistan, about $54 million of which has already been spent, said Kevin Sheridan, spokesman for the U.S. Agency for International Development. Much of that went through international aid agencies outside the U.N. relief effort, he said. USAID chief Andrew Natsios said he would announce long-term support at the conference, but he declined to elaborate Friday. Annan and Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf visited families sheltering in tents in the Pakistani Kashmir capital of Muzaffarabad, and Annan said he would renew funding appeals at the donor conference for what he called “one of the largest humanitarian tragedies we’ve had to deal with.”

“I hope they will get us a better place for the winter because it’s cold here,” said Shaheen Bibi, 30, a mother of four, after Annan gave her money and blankets.Annan said he hoped conference delegates would “give willingly and generously,” but he added that if adequate funds were not raised, he would try to secure them later. “If we do not hit our target tomorrow, we need to keep trying. We have to keep pressing donor governments, the private sector and individuals to try harder. I don’t think we can cross our arms and sit back and relax because we made one attempt and we did not get all that we wanted,” he said.

- If you really want to read more of Big Anus’ crap go here

Posted by The Skipper     on 11/18/2005 at 11:27 AM   
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