Sunday, October 03, 2010

And there is that whole 'danger' of the USA appointing the President of the World Bank.

What is the sense in 'getting the stability of the global economy' right if the Neocons can come along and appoint a war monger to the World Bank?

FIX IT !!!!!!

More democratic with a nomination process and a voting body.

Humiltiy is bullshit.  Reputation matters.  The World Bank saves lives depending on it's policies.  This can't be taken lightly.  How many African wars did Wolfowitz stop while he was the President.  I already know.  None.

Geithner get out of the way !

...He knew they had doubts about him, (click title to entry - than you) Wolfowitz said, not least because of his role in designing the Iraq war. But he told them he was committed to the bank's goal of reducing world poverty, that he would learn from them and rely on their guidance.
According to several attendees, they were won over by his humility. "I went back and reported to my staff that I didn't see any horns," one senior official recalled. "He was personable, charming, intelligent and said all the right things. None of which he lived up to."
Thursday, two years later, Wolfowitz resigned from the World Bank, effective June 30. He had become a virtual pariah, forced out by the bank's executive board for ethics violations and reviled by much of the staff as an arrogant intellectual who cared more about his ideas and image than about the institution or its customers....