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"The outgoing president of the World Bank, Paul Wolfowitz, has told the BBC an "overheated" atmosphere at the bank and in the media forced him to resign. "
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6697311.stm

Course it was Paul....nothing to do with the Cronyism, their lack of experience and skill, your lack of experience and skill, the threats, the arrogance...no.

blahblahblah liberal media bias blahblahblah

The world couldn't handle the shock of a Bushevik admitting his mistakes and accepting complete responsibility. The paradox would tear apart the time-space continuum.

blahblahblah liberal media bias blahblahblah

NO CRITICIZING THE MEDIA! THE MEDIA ARE SACRED! GO AWAY!

It's true that he wasn't treated fairly. But he gave the media enough rope to hang him with, and he shouldn't be surprised that it happened. :p

Course it was Paul....nothing to do with the Cronyism, their lack of experience and skill, your lack of experience and skill, the threats, the arrogance...no.Ah, but without the media, no one would know or care.

It's true that he wasn't treated fairly.

I fail to see how you come to that conclusion, given that they buried the report that said he had acted unethically to help him save face on his way out the door.

"The outgoing president of the World Bank, Paul Wolfowitz, has told the BBC an "overheated" atmosphere at the bank and in the media forced him to resign. "
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6697311.stm

Course it was Paul....nothing to do with the Cronyism, their lack of experience and skill, your lack of experience and skill, the threats, the arrogance...no.Yeah, it's never the wrong-doer, it's always those who find out about the wrong-doing.

It's true that he wasn't treated fairly. Why? He was a butthole when he was in the Bush admin (one of the driving forces to the Iraq war), and everyone knew he hasn't the competence to head the world bank. So what kind of 'fair' do you expect?

Why? He was a butthole when he was in the Bush admin (one of the driving forces to the Iraq war), and everyone knew he hasn't the competence to head the world bank. So what kind of 'fair' do you expect?
Haven't you heard? The new paradigm isn't that you report what happen, but if you spend half your time reporting on something bad someone has done, you have to spend the other half of the time saying something nice about them. That's our dumbass new definition of 'unbiased.'

At least he's not blaming his girlfriend (at least, not in public :eek:)

Haven't you heard? The new paradigm isn't that you report what happen, but if you spend half your time reporting on something bad someone has done, you have to spend the other half of the time saying something nice about them. That's our dumbass new definition of 'unbiased.'

Well, I would have applauded his good sense to keep his girlfriend happy and thus, putting out.

But then I saw a picture: http://www.worldbank.org/springmeetings/images/SM03-MENA-5.jpg

She looks like a more masculine version of David Spade. :p

Haven't you heard? The new paradigm isn't that you report what happen, but if you spend half your time reporting on something bad someone has done, you have to spend the other half of the time saying something nice about them. That's our dumbass new definition of 'unbiased.'Who 'our' ?

Wolfowitz's presidency of the world bank was a result of what some people (myself included) like to call "The Pitt Principle".

It's related to the Peter Principle, which says "Managers fail because they rise to their level of incompetence."

The Pitt Principle says "Sometimes incompetence is exactly what the people in charge want."

Basically, Wolfowitz was given the job precisely because he could be counted on to be incompetent.

The same principle explains why John Ashcroft is Attorney General, why William Webster was appointed head of the Securities and Exchange Commission (he isn't any more, I don't think), and above all, why George W. Bush is President of the USA.

It's true that he wasn't treated fairly.

How wasn't he treated fairly...

It's true that he wasn't treated fairly. But he gave the media enough rope to hang him with, and he shouldn't be surprised that it happened. :p

not treated fairly by whom?

the wbank treated him fairly. he broke a big rule and he had to quit. thats more than fair.

the media reported that he broke a big rule. they reported it a few times. it was true. thats fair.

so what asshole is bush going to replace him with?

bill "im a physician" frist?

Wolfowitz's presidency of the world bank was a result of what some people (myself included) like to call "The Pitt Principle".

It's related to the Peter Principle, which says "Managers fail because they rise to their level of incompetence."

The Pitt Principle says "Sometimes incompetence is exactly what the people in charge want."

Basically, Wolfowitz was given the job precisely because he could be counted on to be incompetent.

The same principle explains why John Ashcroft is Attorney General, why William Webster was appointed head of the Securities and Exchange Commission (he isn't any more, I don't think), and above all, why George W. Bush is President of the USA.
Ashcroft is not Attorney General anymore. He did something a real lawyer would do once (refusing to affirm that Bush's secret warrantless wiretap program was legal when it came up for re-approval), so they got rid of him and replaced him with someone even more incompetent, Alberto "Torture Memo" Gonzales, who never even worked in criminal law before.

not treated fairly by whom?

the wbank treated him fairly. he broke a big rule and he had to quit. thats more than fair.

the media reported that he broke a big rule. they reported it a few times. it was true. thats fair.
Well, he was allowed to leave in a dignified manner. I'm not sure he deserved that. I think if he had really been treated fairly, security would have removed him from the building.

so what asshole is bush going to replace him with?

bill "im a physician" frist?
Oh, please, please, please, let it be so (it won't be). Anything to get that dipshit out of the government.

not treated fairly by whom?

the wbank treated him fairly. he broke a big rule and he had to quit. thats more than fair.

the media reported that he broke a big rule. they reported it a few times. it was true. thats fair.

so what asshole is bush going to replace him with?

bill "im a physician" frist?

Oh, that man made me SO annoyed during the Terry Schiavo fiasco.

"The outgoing president of the World Bank, Paul Wolfowitz, has told the BBC an "overheated" atmosphere at the bank and in the media forced him to resign. "
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6697311.stm

Course it was Paul....nothing to do with the Cronyism, their lack of experience and skill, your lack of experience and skill, the threats, the arrogance...no.

What was he supposed to expect? I mean, the media hadn't gone after him for all that time when he was architecting the Iraq War and all. How was he supposed to know they'd start paying attention when he got to the World Bank?

What was he supposed to expect? I mean, the media hadn't gone after him for all that time when he was architecting the Iraq War and all. How was he supposed to know they'd start paying attention when he got to the World Bank?

Frankly, I think the only thing that made this story newsworthy at all was the realization that Wolfowitz had a girlfriend. :eek: *shudder*

Wolfowitz failed and disgraced himself and his country with his role in the Iraq war, and has now failed and disgraced himself at the world bank.

Just a useless academic in over his head, just like condoleeza rice.

How wasn't he treated fairly...

He wasn't thrown out on his ear with several footprint shaped marks on his backside. That would have been fair.

Wolfowitz failed and disgraced himself and his country with his role in the Iraq war, and has now failed and disgraced himself at the world bank.

Just a useless academic in over his head, just like condoleeza rice.
I think you can use that last line of yours on pretty much everyone within, or connected to, the Bush admin.
"Just a useless ________* in over their head, just like __________**."

* insert appropriate noun.
** insert name of some other flunky with similar background who is also part of the Bush admin.

I think you can use that last line of yours on pretty much everyone within, or connected to, the Bush admin.
"Just a useless ________* in over their head, just like __________**."

* insert appropriate noun.
** insert name of some other flunky with similar background who is also part of the Bush admin.

No argument from me...

All the way to the useless pissant failed-businessman nepotist at the very top.

Don't worry, Wolfie is now headed out for a lucrative career on the lecture circuit. He won't suffer one tiny bit. Such is the way of the world.

In the meantime, Gonzo holds onto his job.

Not much changed today, Bush will appoint another "New World Order" dickhead to the job, heaven forbid he might actually appoint a consensus candidate to the job.

See how he replaced John "Temper Tantrum" Bolton? He withdrew Sam Fox's candidacy from the Senate and then used another recess appointment to fill the job. Not giving a shit about any sort of accountability. Naturally the post is "temporary." Of course, the definition of "temporary" here is the end of the current session of Congress, which conveniently ends when Bush also no longer has a job.

Oh...and who did he appoint? Sam Fox.

It's true that he wasn't treated fairly. But he gave the media enough rope to hang him with, and he shouldn't be surprised that it happened. :p

Utter bollox. HIs appointment was forced on the World Bank. They did not want him BUT gave him a chance. When he (Wolfowitz) went on the anti corruption campaign many were optimistic.

When the revelations cam out regarding his squeeze...any chance of him being taken seriously vanished overnight. Quite rightly as well!