Comments on: What’s Kofi Worth? — The Mystery Continues http://pjmedia.com/claudiarosett/whats_kofi_worth_we_still_wont/ Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:55:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mike DeWitt http://pjmedia.com/claudiarosett/whats_kofi_worth_we_still_wont/#comment-84 Mike DeWitt Wed, 20 Sep 2006 09:15:10 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/claudiarosett/2006/09/18/whats-kofi-worth-the-mystery-continues/#comment-84 Claudia, A thousand thanks for all the great work you've done! I don't know how you do it. The world of the UN is so perverted as to threaten one's basic standing equilibrium, much less her grasp of Reason. Mike Claudia,

A thousand thanks for all the great work you’ve done! I don’t know how you do it. The world of the UN is so perverted as to threaten one’s basic standing equilibrium, much less her grasp of Reason.

Mike

]]> By: Alex Reed http://pjmedia.com/claudiarosett/whats_kofi_worth_we_still_wont/#comment-83 Alex Reed Tue, 19 Sep 2006 13:20:57 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/claudiarosett/2006/09/18/whats-kofi-worth-the-mystery-continues/#comment-83 Kofi may yet submit a financial statement of sorts in the next four months, if only essentially to himself. However, I think that it's safe to assume that the trajectory of that financial statement and a whole alpine range of other documents is certain to find its true target in a bang up end-of-term shredding party. I dare say that Kofi can count on his entire coterie of pals and coconspirators to roll up their sleeves in a final effort to present the next SG a pristine Secretariat devoid of all the clutter of pesky documents. And think of all the money they'll save on heating bills by just chucking the shreds into the furnace.... Kofi may yet submit a financial statement of sorts in the next four months, if only essentially to himself. However, I think that it’s safe to assume that the trajectory of that financial statement and a whole alpine range of other documents is certain to find its true target in a bang up end-of-term shredding party. I dare say that Kofi can count on his entire coterie of pals and coconspirators to roll up their sleeves in a final effort to present the next SG a pristine Secretariat devoid of all the clutter of pesky documents. And think of all the money they’ll save on heating bills by just chucking the shreds into the furnace….

]]> By: Beagle http://pjmedia.com/claudiarosett/whats_kofi_worth_we_still_wont/#comment-82 Beagle Tue, 19 Sep 2006 07:42:20 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/claudiarosett/2006/09/18/whats-kofi-worth-the-mystery-continues/#comment-82 If journalistic prizes held any moral authority these days, you'd win a handful. But instead Bilal Hussein wins a Pulitzer. If journalistic prizes held any moral authority these days, you’d win a handful. But instead Bilal Hussein wins a Pulitzer.

]]> By: Brian http://pjmedia.com/claudiarosett/whats_kofi_worth_we_still_wont/#comment-81 Brian Tue, 19 Sep 2006 01:57:18 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/claudiarosett/2006/09/18/whats-kofi-worth-the-mystery-continues/#comment-81 My recollection is that when, a decade ago, the Secretary General for the next ten years was to be selected, the US was quite strongly opposed to Kofi Annan and tried to thwart his bid. I don't recall who the US favored in his place, but in the event the vote (obviously) went against us, we ate our disappointment, proclaimed we'd be happy to work with the Kofster (like we could say otherwise, given the vote was democracy, one country one vote, in action), and the rest is, as they say, (sordid) history. If my memory is correct, it looks like the US had Mr. Annan pretty well figured out even then. In passing -- a thousand thanks Claudia. A great many of us appreciate what you do and take heart from it. Plus, we use the tools you provide us, each in our small way. Brian My recollection is that when, a decade ago, the Secretary General for the next ten years was to be selected, the US was quite strongly opposed to Kofi Annan and tried to thwart his bid. I don’t recall who the US favored in his place, but in the event the vote (obviously) went against us, we ate our disappointment, proclaimed we’d be happy to work with the Kofster (like we could say otherwise, given the vote was democracy, one country one vote, in action), and the rest is, as they say, (sordid) history.

If my memory is correct, it looks like the US had Mr. Annan pretty well figured out even then.

In passing — a thousand thanks Claudia. A great many of us appreciate what you do and take heart from it. Plus, we use the tools you provide us, each in our small way.

Brian

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