Heads up; some serious World Bank knowledge is about to drop. Wolfy is out, but the neo-cons want to stick with the all-American tradition of red, white and blue running the show.
That automatically eliminates highly qualified candidates like Afghanistan's former Finance Minister, Ashraf Ghani. Like they say, you've got to weed out the people who actually, you know, have experience at assembling comprehensive economic stabilization plans for impoverished nations. "Keep it American," says they.
Nobel laureate and former chief economist of the World Bank, Joseph Stiglitz, told Congress on Tuesday that the selection process should be more open. Candidates should be selected based on qualifications, not "American-ness," according to Stiglitz.
Take caution with Stiglitz dear elected representatives - the IMF and its harsh fiscal policies have already felt the hard end of his book-writing pen. You don't want to be next on his list.
Meanwhile, U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson continues his search for the best Americans around. According to a recent AP report, that list includes U.S. Sen. Bill Frist. Way to go the extra mile Paulson. Reuters and the AP have suggested that Paulson may ultimately scrap the committee process and just recommend himself as the next World Bank president. Hey Stiglitz; how's that for transparency?
According to updated odds, the linesmakers' favorite is former U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick. Enterprising young venture capitalists can find Zoellick serving as chair for an international wing of Goldman Sachs.
Our readers may remember Zoellick during the time he served on the advisory board for Enron. Or perhaps they would remember him as one of the co-signers on a 1998 letter to President Clinton, calling for "the removal of Saddam (Hussein)'s regime from power."
By the way, for those of you who were surprised by the lead-up to war in 2003, we turn your attention to the neo-con think tank PNAC's archives. Check out the famous alums of Project for a New American Century. It reads like a "who's who" list of the first-term Bush administration: Cheney, Rummy, Wolfowitz, I. Lewis Libby, John Bolton, Kristol, Quayle, (Jeb) Bush and Zoellick. They were talking invasion back in 1997. Mearsheimer and Walt knew this before embarking on their doomed campaign to stop the war, but they pretended like academic debate was still a possibility.
The most surprising part of this whole endeavour? Robert Zoellick was born July 25, 1953 in Naperville, Illinois. Before heading off to Harvard, he cut his teeth on the mean streets of 1960s N-Town. We're talking cornfield south side.
And yet, the Naperville Sun newspaper has never once mentioned Robert Zoellick. TOO BUSY COVERING MISS ILLINOIS' LONG WAIT THE AIRPORT? ZOELLICK IS YOUR BOY.
That automatically eliminates highly qualified candidates like Afghanistan's former Finance Minister, Ashraf Ghani. Like they say, you've got to weed out the people who actually, you know, have experience at assembling comprehensive economic stabilization plans for impoverished nations. "Keep it American," says they.
Nobel laureate and former chief economist of the World Bank, Joseph Stiglitz, told Congress on Tuesday that the selection process should be more open. Candidates should be selected based on qualifications, not "American-ness," according to Stiglitz.
Take caution with Stiglitz dear elected representatives - the IMF and its harsh fiscal policies have already felt the hard end of his book-writing pen. You don't want to be next on his list.
Meanwhile, U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson continues his search for the best Americans around. According to a recent AP report, that list includes U.S. Sen. Bill Frist. Way to go the extra mile Paulson. Reuters and the AP have suggested that Paulson may ultimately scrap the committee process and just recommend himself as the next World Bank president. Hey Stiglitz; how's that for transparency?
According to updated odds, the linesmakers' favorite is former U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick. Enterprising young venture capitalists can find Zoellick serving as chair for an international wing of Goldman Sachs.
Our readers may remember Zoellick during the time he served on the advisory board for Enron. Or perhaps they would remember him as one of the co-signers on a 1998 letter to President Clinton, calling for "the removal of Saddam (Hussein)'s regime from power."
By the way, for those of you who were surprised by the lead-up to war in 2003, we turn your attention to the neo-con think tank PNAC's archives. Check out the famous alums of Project for a New American Century. It reads like a "who's who" list of the first-term Bush administration: Cheney, Rummy, Wolfowitz, I. Lewis Libby, John Bolton, Kristol, Quayle, (Jeb) Bush and Zoellick. They were talking invasion back in 1997. Mearsheimer and Walt knew this before embarking on their doomed campaign to stop the war, but they pretended like academic debate was still a possibility.
The most surprising part of this whole endeavour? Robert Zoellick was born July 25, 1953 in Naperville, Illinois. Before heading off to Harvard, he cut his teeth on the mean streets of 1960s N-Town. We're talking cornfield south side.
And yet, the Naperville Sun newspaper has never once mentioned Robert Zoellick. TOO BUSY COVERING MISS ILLINOIS' LONG WAIT THE AIRPORT? ZOELLICK IS YOUR BOY.
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Pseudo-End Note(s)
1) PNAC
2) Mearsheimer and Walt
1)In 1997, William Kristol, editor of the conservative "Weekly Standard" journal, founded the Project for a New American Century (PNAC). It was a neo-con think tank that immediately began to lobby the Clinton administration to take unilateral military action against Saddam Hussein's regime.
At the time, one of the chairs of PNAC was none other than Dick Cheney.
The quick of it is: From 1997 to 2000, Cheney publicly led an organization that was hell-bent on military action against Iraq. When we elected the man in 2001, what did we really expect? He had been publicly stating his position for more than four years at that point.
This crew in office now might lie about the details (WMD etc.), but when it comes to overall goals, they have always been clear.
2) John Mearsheimer is a University of Chicago professor and the leading proponent of a political science theory called "offensive realism."
Realism takes a very harsh, brutal and militaristic view of the world. Unlike many liberal theories of international relations, realism does not shy away from mass warfare.
So it was all the more significant when, in the spring of 2003, Mearsheimer and Harvard comrade Walt embarked on a PR campaign against the pending invasion.
According to Realism, the initial invasion would be successful after only a few days (weeks at most). But U.S.-led occupation would be resisted and ultimately fail. Realism also stated that Iraq without Saddam would implode into a region of chaos.
Sound familiar?
that was delicious.
We're building a lot of momentum here.
I can't wait until our official announcement that June is "National Anti-Corn-Based-Ethanol Month."
We have confirmation from President Bush that his nominee is Robert Zoellick. CNN broke the news at 3:45 pm CST.
Anyone who bet on Zoellick at 3/1 (BoDog etc.) should start smiling.
Anyone who is concerned about more "same ol' same ol'" should not be smiling at this point.
We'll discuss Zoellick's role in Japan's controversial postal service privitization later. Just read up on this guy. Read Wikipedia if nothing else.
The Naperville Sun is racist.
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