Generosity.
By on Oct 14th, 2005 at 11:50 am
Generosity.
Mohamed ElBaradei, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency plans to donate the $5 million he was awarded as part of the Nobel Peace Prize to the developing world. ElBaradei publicly questioned Bush administration claims about Iraq’s nuclear capabilities. The U.S. “campaigned unsuccessfully against ElBaradei’s reelection this year to a third term as IAEA chief.”
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*This* is the kind of guy the U.S. spends it’s time smearing.
October 14th, 2005 at 11:52 am5 million? Isn’t that the same amount that the GOP wanted to send to help in Sri Lanka?
October 14th, 2005 at 11:59 amI think the Nobel Prize commitee is sending a clear message to the world about the corruption rampent in our current administration.
Did you guys see who got the literature prize? Harold Pinter. He is the guy who told Bush at the summit in Scotalnd to leave and take Tony Blair with him. After which he got a standing ovation.
October 14th, 2005 at 12:04 pmdeegahl,
Is there a point you would like to make?
October 14th, 2005 at 12:05 pmSpudge – factor in the Economics Prize too, which went to Thomas Schelling, he of “mutually assured destruction” fame.
No-one knows exactly how the prizes are decided, but it was not difficult to join the dots this year.
October 14th, 2005 at 12:08 pmI was going for pithy, I guess not good enough. You must remember that the bushies pledged about 15 dollars after the tsumami hit Sri Lanka (before being shamed into giving more) and here is a guy that they tried to get fired pledging 5 million bucks. I like the juxtaposition. That’s all!
October 14th, 2005 at 12:09 pmThe amount is not $5 million, but 5 million swedish crowns. The total prize, 10 million swedish crowns – translates to roughly US $1 million. That makes the share of ElBaradei about US $500K.
October 14th, 2005 at 12:15 pmThis is very heartening. Anytime selflessness and generosity punch greed in the mouth, it’s a cause for hope. Thank you Mohamed.
October 14th, 2005 at 12:15 pm#7
$500k is more than I can give. I still support his donation,as to the real average citizen, $500k is a lot of money.
Maybe he wants to get rid of the money, so he doesn’t have to become a rich person and be forced to hang out with greedy republican criminals.
October 14th, 2005 at 12:24 pmAnd most galling to the Bush administration, the prize money is not going to no-bid contracts for Halliburton!
October 14th, 2005 at 12:30 pmGiving to one’s capacity… hmmm… isn’t that some kind of ideal BushCo should aspire to?
I love it. ElBaradei has done a wonderous thing. And he’s making Bushy Boy George feel some heat for the administrations blatant greed. :-)
October 14th, 2005 at 12:53 pmElBaradei is a good man. ‘nuf said.
October 14th, 2005 at 12:55 pm#9
October 14th, 2005 at 1:16 pmI agree, USD 500K is more than a lot of people will give. I was just pointing out the error because the reliability and credibitily of a site such as Thinkprogress depends crucially on having accurate facts. Otherwise, there would be no difference, except political affiliation, between sites such as this and the sites such as drudge report etc.
Whether dollars, crowns, pounds or stamps, it is still a noble gesture by a man that the low-life Bushies desparaged.
October 14th, 2005 at 1:34 pmThey sneer and sniff and look down their noses at those who don’t cower at their words, but Bush&Co. is looking smaller every day.
Good time for a Washington Post headline flashback:
“U.S. Alone in seeking Ouster: 15 Countries Rebuff Effort to Unseat Head of Nuclear Agency”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27841-2005Jan21.html
Shame on Bolton for shaming us all (and spending our taxpayer dollars tapping El-Baradei’s phone), I guess…
October 14th, 2005 at 1:55 pmquite a philanthropic gesture… it kind of puts our government to shame, too, as they’re still giving money to the rich through tax breaks and sweetheart, no-bid contracts… the White House could use a lesson from this persona non grata…
October 14th, 2005 at 3:58 pm#17
October 14th, 2005 at 6:30 pmFirst off, let me say that the ElBaradei’s act is very commendable, and I really, really hope that he continues to do his work.
Ryan, I am not saying that this site is the left-wing version of Drudge report. it is not the ONLY difference. I have always used this site for debates with the right-wingers. However, just because the goals of this site are noble does not mean it is exempt from being accurate. If, tomorrow, in a debate, I refer to information found on this site, I want to be sure that it is accurate, for it to be considered credible.
I do not wish to diminish the value of the gift, but would you rather hear about the inaccuracy – an innocent mistake, – from someone sympathetic to this site, or see it advertised as another left-wing-propaganda on the fanatic right-wing sites? Since when did criticism, which is accurate, become associated with disloyalty?
Yogesh.
Yogesh,
You don’t see the humor in demanding accuracy from the site as you post incorrect information? I’m sorry – but I do :)
Hey man, you were doing what you thought was right – but it came across rather ‘flip’ and ‘judgemental’. Lets blame it on the written word and move on. I don’t see you correcting information as being disloyal – in fact I think it’s the opposite. That’s not what I was criticizing you for. I whacked you because your tone didn’t ‘give’ anything to the gesture, it only criticized that the amount was wrong. That comes across very condescending – which you say isn’t what you intended.
As for the act of trying to correct this, as I said before, very commendable. You may not have noticed, but I corrected BOTH the story and you – so clearly I have no issue with this act!
October 14th, 2005 at 8:30 pm