Wolfowitz personally dictated girlfriend’s lavish pay.
Wolfowitz personally dictated girlfriend’s lavish pay.
The Washington Post reports:
In a memo to the bank’s vice president for human resources dated Aug. 11, 2005, Wolfowitz wrote, “I now direct you to agree to a proposal which includes the following terms and conditions.” Riza was to be “detailed to an outside institution of her choosing while retaining Bank salary and benefits.” She was to receive an immediate raise with approximate annual increases of 8 percent.
By 2010, when Wolfowitz’s five-year term expired, she would reach a salary of $244,960, significantly above the maximum of $226,650 allowable for her pay grade. On her return to the bank, she would be automatically promoted to the level of senior country director; if her return were delayed another five years by a second Wolfowitz term, she would be elevated to the level of bank vice president.
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Can we get a pic of the girlfriend so we can see what Wolfy was so dumb over.
April 14th, 2007 at 11:46 amSo long as no dress was soiled there won’t be any complaints from the Republican voters.
April 14th, 2007 at 11:49 amLooks like Wolfie is going to be spending more time with his wife….
April 14th, 2007 at 11:50 amTruth,
It doesn’t matter what SHE looks like — we know what HE looks like.
High odds that she has no teeth….
Just sayin’
April 14th, 2007 at 11:51 amIt’s not what you know, it’s who you’re willing to sleep with – no matter how creepy, grotesque or just flat out butt ugly he may be.
April 14th, 2007 at 11:54 amTruth,
Here’s your picture of the lovely Ms Riza — a real hottie. :P
http://www.persiancarpetguide.com/sw-asia/People/Bio949.htm
April 14th, 2007 at 11:54 amSaw her pic on the news last night. Not worth ending a career over, but hopefully that will be the result.
April 14th, 2007 at 11:55 amWolfowitz really didn’t want to work at the World Bank any way, he needs to get back to Washington ASAP to complete the neocon destruction of the Republican Party.
April 14th, 2007 at 11:57 amShe-wolf brings down he-wolf… film at 11…
April 14th, 2007 at 12:00 pmjust wondering – does anyone know if she is Muslim? If so, any chance we can get the Cheney smear-o-matic cranking. These folks wouldnt have any quaalms about throwing her under the bus if that would save Wolfie’s ass. Just thinking out loud here…
April 14th, 2007 at 12:01 pmWolfowitz had no business going to work at the World Bank in the first place. He probably wouldn’t have qualified for an entry level position there, let alone the presidency. His experience in banking and development are scant, not to mention his credentials as one of the main architects of the destruction of Iraqi society.
Second, since he violated the rules on Day One of his employment there by already being involved in a relationship with someone who worked there, he immediately set a standard for corruption, which ironically, he appears to be trying to make his signature issue at the Bank.
Third, Wolfowitz works for the World Bank, the Bank doesn’t work for him. He needs to follow its rules. For him to dictate to the VP of Human Resources is ludicrous. And for him to dictate salary increases of the size that he did, simply to appease his girlfriend, who did not want to leave the Bank, is abominable.
But for Wolfowitz, abomination is something he knows much about.
April 14th, 2007 at 12:03 pmThis is prostitution. She’s a ho, maybe not the nappy headed type, but a ho nonetheless and Wolfie is her pimp; the World Bank her sugar daddy.
April 14th, 2007 at 12:05 pmShe must give one hell of a BJ.
April 14th, 2007 at 12:09 pmThanks for the photo of Shaha Riza, **rolling eyes**
What a hottie…
April 14th, 2007 at 12:11 pmI can’t believe that no Bushie tapdancer has shown up to give us the “buh, buh CLINTON” song and dance.
And a’ one, and a’ two, and
April 14th, 2007 at 12:12 pmWolfy probably doesn’t cut his toenails, and we know he uses infected snot to hold his hair in place.
April 14th, 2007 at 12:12 pmHow else is Wolfy supposed to get a girl.
I mean he licks his comb for Petes sake!
yuk
I’m surprised he didn’t have to make her an ambassador or something just to get a nibble.
April 14th, 2007 at 12:13 pmHere’s your picture of the lovely Ms Riza — a real hottie. :P
http://www.persiancarpetguide.com/sw-asia/People/Bio949.htm
Comment by Zooey — April 14, 2007 @ 11:54 am
uhhhh… female right….?
:|
April 14th, 2007 at 12:14 pmThanks for the photo of Shaha Riza, **rolling eyes**
What a hottie…
Comment by ForTruth
That ain’t no woman! It’s a man, man!
April 14th, 2007 at 12:16 pm–Austin Powers
If they don’t fire his ass we will know that the World Bank is a wholly owned and operated subsidiary of the United States of America. I can’t see how he will keep his job. A majority of the people in the World Bank didn’t want him hired in the first place.
I have a question and that is why the United States gets to appoint the head of the World Bank. Who gave him that right?
April 14th, 2007 at 12:16 pmI read somewhere that he is married. I wonder if his wife knew about his mistress before this all came to light. Another Bush created creepy crawler.
April 14th, 2007 at 12:20 pmPaul Wolfowitz, Pete Domenici, Tom Delay, Jim Gibbons, Bernie Kerik, Rudy Giuliani and David Stockman:
April 14th, 2007 at 12:20 pm“The Latest Right-Wing Wrong-Doers.”
Wolfie wanted to make sure that nobody ever called her a cheap whore.
April 14th, 2007 at 12:20 pmWorfeus,
See #19.
Heh.
April 14th, 2007 at 12:21 pmBill Maher laid it all out last night in what I felt was one of his best closing peices ever.
The Bush administration is guilty of “cronyism” like never before, and there is not just a trend, but a policy it seems, of hiring undereducated underqualified bottom of the barrel candidates to run our government.
Maher pointed out Monica Goodling as a prime example. Here’s a woman who had NO prosecutorial experience, and graduated from one of the worst schools in the country (according to college rankings), Pat Robertsons “MESSIAH U”. This is a bottom teir school and Goodling was put in charge of ALL of our seasoned and experienced federal prosecutors, not because she had any qualifications whatsover, but because she was in the click of the holy rollers.
This gal (female right?) got her job because one of the cronies liked her, and wanted to tap her. This is cronism on the family planning scale.
Its time to impeach the whole lot of them, and bring in people with you know, qualifications and skills and experience and sh$t.
April 14th, 2007 at 12:21 pmWhip it; whip it good.
- Devo
April 14th, 2007 at 12:23 pmZooey, maybe it’s a matter of what she knows, after all. Could her pay and position be a payoff to keep her silent?
April 14th, 2007 at 12:24 pmIts time to impeach the whole lot of them, and bring in people with you know, qualifications and skills and experience and sh$t.
Comment by I WORFEUS
Standards!? Oy…
April 14th, 2007 at 12:24 pmWorfeus,
See #19.
Heh.
Comment by Zooey — April 14, 2007 @ 12:21 pm
She looks like the northbound side of a southbound mule.
April 14th, 2007 at 12:25 pmYou know how many “MESSIAH U” graduates the White House has appointed to cabinet positions and other important federal roles?
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY.
:|
One hundred and fifty MESSIAH U graduates.
Yea. Thats who I want running the country.
April 14th, 2007 at 12:28 pmWowow, Wolfie was willing to pay a quarter of a million dollars for the privivilege of banging Frau Blucher.
Nice work Wolfie, I bet she sucks a mean comb.
-GSD
April 14th, 2007 at 12:28 pmZooey, maybe it’s a matter of what she knows, after all. Could her pay and position be a payoff to keep her silent?
Comment by Briseadh na Faire
That’s very possible. If that were the case, and I was in Wolfie’s position, I’d do all of this exactly the way he’s doing it — virtually in the public’s face. It’s the only way he could wiggle out of a sticky situation.
Frankly, I don’t think that’s the case, but you never know. I think he’s just another arrogant prick, dodging the rules for his own benefit.
April 14th, 2007 at 12:29 pmOne thing’s for sure: she can’t darn socks!
April 14th, 2007 at 12:31 pmShe looks like the northbound side of a southbound mule.
Comment by I WORFEUS
Ouch. :D
I looked her bio, and she’s supposed to be younger than I am. Either she’s a f*cking liar, or I look fabulous.
April 14th, 2007 at 12:32 pmH#23, emphasis on the “cheap” right? And Zooey at 19, I think Austin Powers may have a point. Is it mere coincidence that Riza’s specialty is Gender and Civil Society Coordinator?
April 14th, 2007 at 12:33 pmStandards!? Oy…
Comment by Zooey — April 14, 2007 @ 12:24 pm
Thats right Zooey. In fact, I predict that thanks to the last 7 years of a government that was being run like a church bake sale, we are going to see new legislations with tougher experience and scholastic requirements.
April 14th, 2007 at 12:34 pm35, you mean she could be his brother?
April 14th, 2007 at 12:34 pmFrau Blucher.
Comment by GSD — April 14, 2007 @ 12:28 pm
“horses winnowing”
April 14th, 2007 at 12:35 pm37, how’s that for “family values”?
April 14th, 2007 at 12:38 pm“horses winnowing†LMAO!
April 14th, 2007 at 12:39 pmOne thing’s for sure: she can’t darn socks!
Comment by Briseadh na Faire
We girls are supposed to know how to darn socks?
Damn those socks, Wolfie can buy himself a pack of tube socks at the grocery store. :P
April 14th, 2007 at 12:40 pmIs it mere coincidence that Riza’s specialty is Gender and Civil Society Coordinator?
Comment by legaleze
Oh my…..that is interesting….
April 14th, 2007 at 12:41 pmThats right Zooey. In fact, I predict that thanks to the last 7 years of a government that was being run like a church bake sale, we are going to see new legislations with tougher experience and scholastic requirements.
Comment by I WORFEUS
Then we better start with pitching NCLB, and start teaching our kids about 75-100 more days per year.
April 14th, 2007 at 12:43 pm“One hundred and fifty MESSIAH U graduates.
Yea. Thats who I want running the country.
Comment by I WORFEUS — April 14, 2007 @ 12:28 pm”
That’s their plan… To take over the US and turn it into a Christian theocracy…
If Christian people work together, they can succeed during this decade in winning back control of the institutions that have been taken from them over the past 70 years. Expect confrontations that will be not only unpleasant but at times physically bloody…. This decade will not be for the faint of heart, but the resolute. Institutions will be plunged into wrenching change. We will be living through one of the most tumultuous periods of human history. When it is over, I am convinced God’s people will emerge victorious.
– Pat Robertson, Pat Robertson’s Perspective Oct-Nov 1992
We at the Christian Coalition are raising an army who cares. We are training people to be effective — to be elected to school boards, to city councils, to state legislatures, and to key positions in political parties…. By the end of this decade, if we work and give and organize and train, THE CHRISTIAN COALITION WILL BE THE MOST POWERFUL POLITICAL ORGANIZATION IN AMERICA
April 14th, 2007 at 12:44 pm– Pat Robertson, in a fundraising letter, July 4, 1991
#25 God bless Bill Maher; he’s absolutely right. Appointing underqualified idiots to high positions is part of the “starve the beast” policy the right wing used in Reagan era. We don’t have to look far for examples, they are almost endless. Remember Katrina and “Good job Brownie”?
April 14th, 2007 at 12:44 pmYou all are way funny..Clearly wolfie is paying way to much for what ever he think’s he is getting..LOL..And from this old woman, there is no amount of money that would make him passible to take one for the team, with or with out a gunny sack over his head…This old man is disgusting to look at and by his deed’s to evil to be allowed to exist….Sadly I don’t get to change that..I have seen monkey butt’s that are prettier, apolegies to monkey’s butt’s….Blessings all…
April 14th, 2007 at 12:44 pmWhat’s a nice Jewish boy doing with an Arab girl?
April 14th, 2007 at 12:45 pm“Then we better start with pitching NCLB, and start teaching our kids about 75-100 more days per year.
Comment by Zooey — April 14, 2007 @ 12:43 pm”
I second that. I’m routinely appalled by what goes on in most classrooms… Either the memorization of useless trivia for taking copious quantities of pointless tests or a lot of irrelevent nonsense. I flat out ignore the state approved curiculum for my program because it flat out sucks.
The drop-out rate is staggering… And most drop-outs weren’t even failing when they bailed… Just bored beyond belief.
April 14th, 2007 at 12:51 pmThat was funny Sharon :)
April 14th, 2007 at 12:53 pm44, yet most of the rest of us don’t understand that the Christian Coalition has given us a blueprint for creating an effective, grass-roots third party.
Look at the patience, as they targeted the local, low-level political spots, school boards, city councils, county boards of supervisors. Yet in fewer than 10 years they were able to wrest control of the Republican Party.
April 14th, 2007 at 12:53 pmUnbelievable at 44; you made up those Robertson quotes, right? I mean that’s out there; that’s truly unbelievable.
April 14th, 2007 at 12:54 pmPaul Wolfowitz should take some dating tips from Dennis Kucinich.
April 14th, 2007 at 12:55 pmUnbelievable and all, do you remember the name of the group that formed and was working to change the school’s in California quite awhie ago.? I can’t remember… The ………..Party.? My morning brain fart, sorry..
Read some where else this (wolfies) squeez is Saudi Arabia raised…Seem’s to me it is time we stood up to the fact our enemies then are still enemies now rathere they are with in our administration or one’s that helped the 9/11 bombing….Blessings
April 14th, 2007 at 12:55 pmmaybe wolfie likes her because she’s into….
April 14th, 2007 at 12:56 pmWolfowitz wobbles but he wont step down.
April 14th, 2007 at 12:56 pmTop Wolfowitz Postings Went to Iraq War Backers
April 14th, 2007 at 12:56 pm
“Unbelievable at 44; you made up those Robertson quotes, right? I mean that’s out there; that’s truly unbelievable.
Comment by legaleze — April 14, 2007 @ 12:54 pm”
Google it yourself…. It’s true.
April 14th, 2007 at 1:02 pmThe drop-out rate is staggering… And most drop-outs weren’t even failing when they bailed… Just bored beyond belief.
Comment by unbelievable
When I was still working at the courthouse, I noticed that there were actually FEWER juvenile cases in the summertime. Hello? Maybe feeling like a failure in school, and the frustration and anger that must go along with those feelings, had something to do with the juvenile crime rate?
Not a scientific study, of course, just a thought…
April 14th, 2007 at 1:03 pmComment by unbelievable — April 14, 2007 @ 12:44 pm
Unb that quote from Pat Roberston is sedition.
He is calling for sedition.
April 14th, 2007 at 1:09 pminteresting theory Zooey….
April 14th, 2007 at 1:09 pm“Not a scientific study, of course, just a thought…
Comment by Zooey — April 14, 2007 @ 1:03 pm”
I do know that the suicide rate among teens is also increasing each year… And a lot of people in Education think it’s tied to the pressure on these kids to pass all these tests, be Homecoming Queen, Student body President and get into Harvard on a full scholarship.
I don’t see why the crime rate couldn’t be just as linked to the system as suicides and drop outs… Makes sense. we live in an idealistic society of all-or-nothing, so if a kid can’t suceed in one area, then he certainly might think he’s a loser, so why not behave like one.
They also smoke pot a lot more than when I was a teenager – even the smart kids… They say it helps them escape.
April 14th, 2007 at 1:10 pmUnbelievable at 56, I never doubted you for a second; it’s true yes, but still unbelievably outrageous.
April 14th, 2007 at 1:11 pmmaybe wolfo likes her because she’s into….
April 14th, 2007 at 1:12 pminteresting theory Zooey….
Comment by whiteyfresh
Thanks, whitey. What have you seen in your school experience?
April 14th, 2007 at 1:13 pmI don’t really care if Wolfowitz and his girlfriend are both the ugliest creatures on the earth. They are still entitled to love and be sexually satisfied. I don’t even care if she is getting money for having sex with Wolfowitz. However, it should be HIS money and not, directly or indirectly, mine or anyone else’s.
April 14th, 2007 at 1:13 pm“Unb that quote from Pat Roberston is sedition.
He is calling for sedition.
Comment by I WORFEUS — April 14, 2007 @ 1:09 pm”
And yet no one in Congress is doing anything to stop it…
April 14th, 2007 at 1:14 pmunbelievable:not so much to escape, as to just not give a $hit…
;)
April 14th, 2007 at 1:14 pm58 – “sedition is the stirring up of rebellion against the government in power.”
It’s not sedition if you use the political process.
April 14th, 2007 at 1:14 pm“Unbelievable at 56, I never doubted you for a second; it’s true yes, but still unbelievably outrageous.
Comment by legaleze — April 14, 2007 @ 1:11 pm”
I agree. It’s why I keep thinking about moving to Europe…
April 14th, 2007 at 1:17 pmHowever, it should be HIS money and not, directly or indirectly, mine or anyone else’s.
Comment by PatrioticLiberalChristian(PLC)
I can agree with everything you said, PLC, except one thing: Wolfie is married. He needs to remedy that situation before he’s entitled to anything with the lovely Ms Riza.
April 14th, 2007 at 1:18 pm#58
Try perhaps being crammed into a school with a bunch of other children under the same situation with broken decades-old heaters, air-conditioners that frequently break, teachers more concerned with hearing their voice than actually teaching, asbestos dust, and probably a good lot of schools with serious rat problems. That’d be enough to throw me off, too. Fortunately, my school saved up a good enough savings fund that most of the above problems are avoided, but there are larger schools in Michigan with serious problems. Grand Rapids comes to mind.
April 14th, 2007 at 1:22 pmOk, I’m having tons of trouble commenting, so I’ll take that as a sign that need to get started studying. :)
Later, all ya’ll!
April 14th, 2007 at 1:23 pmWhat happened to the Iran link at the top of the page? Seems like it vanished about the same time they took those british sailors hostage. There was an Iran link at the top of the page wasn’t there?
April 14th, 2007 at 1:23 pmIt’s not sedition if you use the political process.
Comment by Briseadh na Faire — April 14, 2007 @ 1:14 pm
I know Bris. I wasn’t referring to him using the political process. I was referring to his quote, in which he calls for the physical shedding of blood.
April 14th, 2007 at 1:24 pmI thought wolfie and his girl friend were both divorced…hummm, more of the newt, guiliani and other’s dual standard’s…It might spin better if wolfie were a foley type…Sad indeed…Blessings
April 14th, 2007 at 1:27 pmThey also smoke pot a lot more than when I was a teenager -…
Comment by unbelievable
Ah! The old Burning Bush.
“That old Bush just keeps on burning,
April 14th, 2007 at 1:29 pmIt shares the hope for future learning,
That old Bush just keeps on burning,
And I wonder if we’ll ever feel the flame.”. E.W.& F.
With the Bushies, they “rail” against bloated government, but then put all of their cronies on the government payroll.
IT. Has. TO. End.
April 14th, 2007 at 1:30 pmAny one else having problem’s with this site today.? It’s acting like it does every time we have a shut down or lock out…What’s going on TP.?
April 14th, 2007 at 1:30 pmSharon,
Ted Stevens gave the toobz the weekend off to celebrate him becoming the longest sitting senator.
-GSD
April 14th, 2007 at 1:36 pm“not so much to escape, as to just not give a $hit…
Comment by whiteyfresh — April 14, 2007 @ 1:14 pm”
The spam filter ate my response to you… grrr…
April 14th, 2007 at 1:36 pmI wonder if the banks in hell pay this well?
April 14th, 2007 at 1:38 pmYes Sharon. It seems like they are having problems. None of the formatting tags are working for me, and the site keeps going down.
On a different off topic note, this breaking story I just saw has me FURIOUS.
It turns out that now, AFTER Iran released the British hostages in an gesture of good will, that IDIOT in the White House has changed his mind, and he will NOT release the Iranian prisoners we took!
In otherwords, the president of Iran is MORE REASONABLE than that IDIOT in the White House!!!!!!!!
ARGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
:|
Someone shoot me please.
April 14th, 2007 at 1:39 pmWolfowitz wobbles but he wont step down.
Comment by whiteyfresh — April 14, 2007 @ 12:56 pm
This has got to be the funniest damned comment I have ever read in here.
April 14th, 2007 at 1:40 pmI am also having problems posting… I’ll go do something else, which I should be doing anyway.
Good group discussion in here. Maybe the Wolfowitz threads are places the trolls won’t invade… Hmmm… :)
Later all… Have a good day!
April 14th, 2007 at 1:41 pm68 – your just not thinking “traditional marriage” where the norm is for the husband to have a mistress or two on the side (or whatever position).
April 14th, 2007 at 1:42 pmTRY AGAIN UNBELIEVABLE!oops…sorry caps…
April 14th, 2007 at 1:44 pmthanks I WORFEUS…why does that sound so familiar??
Well, it’s understandable that he’d want to reward her; being Wolfowitz’s squeeze would be some very unpleasant duty. The guy looks like a middle-aged Eddie Munster.
April 14th, 2007 at 1:46 pmI, too, was pleased with the closing essay on Bill Maher’s show last night. He clearly exposed the practice of Bush&Co to hire graduates from Messiah U and Pat Robertson’s Law School (from the bottom tier of educational ratings) and install them in high places.
For example, Goodling is 33, and one of the above noted alumnae, she has little or no experience, yet she was in a superior position over the US Attorneys across the nation, some of whom have lengthy resumes, been in practice for decades, and are graduates from some of the most prestigious law schools in America.
(Then again, what qualifications does AG himself have to be US Att. Gen?)
How insulting and embarrassing for US Attorneys to have to kowtow to the likes of Goodling and her 149 compadres in the Bush White House.
The 150 in the White House could be compared to the RNC campaign workers, Heritage Foundation clerks, and children of good Republicans (read campaign donors) who went to work for the CPA under Paul Bremer in Iraq and were put in charge of establishing their monetary system, their economy, and their government, losing $9 billion among other notable results.
April 14th, 2007 at 1:47 pmWorfie: working in a cancer clinic, I have a pretty quick wit(you have to here!)
toot!toot!
April 14th, 2007 at 1:47 pmSharon, I had some trouble, briefly, but on the second attempt, it seemed all right.
April 14th, 2007 at 1:48 pmI notice that the formatting buttons are not working, though.
Get RID of this CORRUPT TRAITOR to the USA (and NOW the World Bank).
Hopefully, SOMEONE like a US soldier PERMANENTLY WOUNDED because of this PUNK. who is in Europe,
will FRAG the coxucker….
SHWEET!!!
April 14th, 2007 at 2:04 pmI looked her bio, and she’s supposed to be younger than I am. Either she’s a f*cking liar, or I look fabulous.
Comment by Zooey — April 14, 2007 @ 12:32 pm
BOTH!!!
April 14th, 2007 at 2:09 pmJesus H. Christ! Talk about ugly ducklings getting together. Holy shit. At least I could see myself hitting on Monica Lewinsky after a couple of beers, well maybe after 6 beers. But Ms. Riza, jesus wolfie is a demented man. Imasgine what Wolfie’s wife looks like. I shiver at the thought. Time for a shower.
April 14th, 2007 at 2:10 pm#89
You are correct. Time to frag and clear the neocons.
April 14th, 2007 at 2:12 pmAnd on top of that, Wolfowitz’s girlfriend’s salary is tax free. Nice gig.
And on top of that, Wolfie’s squeeze Riza was set up in a made-to -order position in a made-to-order foundation (funded with ~$36 million in US taxpayer dollars) with no other known board members so far: The Foundation for the Future,
April 14th, 2007 at 2:14 pm
[...] The contradictions could further intensify Wolfowitz’s troubles at the Bank, where he and his office had made statements denying his personal involvement in two unusually high pay raises given to his girlfriend and fellow Bank wo…. [...]
April 14th, 2007 at 2:20 pmNo shot’s for you 1 Worfeus, your are a valued addition here…
No one has remembered for me the name of the group in California that was trying to take over the school system many year’s ago.?
Isn’t Pat Robertson the 700 club telavangelest and the moral majority spear head.? .Can’t get the iMac to bounce back and fourth from this site today..When ever TP has a problem it does a number on it..Think I to may leave shortly because of the problem..Blessings and good thought’s to all including RUCerious..You are missed my friend.
April 14th, 2007 at 2:23 pmlater all!!
April 14th, 2007 at 2:26 pmSchnecks, am I reading your post correctly.? This smells of money laundering to me…Ah yes, our gov. is now worse than the mob has ever hoped to be..Blessings
April 14th, 2007 at 2:28 pmCan’t get the iMac to bounce back and fourth from this site today..When ever TP has a problem it does a number on it. -Sharon
Try deleting cached web pages in your browser Sharon. Web pages are stored to quicken loading of a page. If TP made a change you may have to delete it from the cache thru your browsers options or tools and then when you come back to TP it should load a new web page to the cache.
April 14th, 2007 at 2:32 pmI wonder who the actual board members are?
- the Seven Dwarfs?
- Huey, Looey and Dewey?
- daryll, Daryll and daryll?
????
April 14th, 2007 at 2:35 pmI wonder who the actual board members are?
B. Y. Hook
April 14th, 2007 at 2:38 pmB. Y. Crook
B. Y. Snook
Sharon, here you go:
Citizens for Excellence in Education
http://www.skepticfiles.org/atheist/sepcs.htm
April 14th, 2007 at 2:39 pmSharon #96:
Riza’s salary is paid out of World Bank (headquartered in DC, and ~19% funded by US) accounts is exempt from Fed income tax. So are most salaries of other World Bank staff tax-exempt, by WB’s charter, including Wolfowitz’s presumably.
So said a reporter on C-SPAN Washington Journal this morning.
April 14th, 2007 at 2:41 pmAccording to Wiki:
By convention, the Bank President has always been a US citizen, while the Managing Director of the IMF has been a European. Although nominated by the US Government, the World Bank President is subject to confirmation by the Board of Directors. The President serves a term of five years, which may be renewed.
That’s probably why, when attempting to address some 200 hundred staffers of the World Bank, he was interupted with the chant “Resign. . . . “”Resign. . . . Resign.”
April 14th, 2007 at 2:43 pmAlso from Wiki:
In January 30, 2007 the pictures of Paul Wolfowitz’s socks after his visit to Selimiye Mosque in Turkey released. BBC criticized the influence the World Bank President can make over the poverty as he cannot afford a pair socks without holes. Today’s Zaman also announced that The Turkish Hosiery Manufacturers’ Association sent 12 pairs of socks after the incident.
April 14th, 2007 at 2:46 pmRemember the rocket launcher incident at the beginning of the Iraq war? The one that almost got Wolfowitz. He looked very spooked about at the time.
After all this person has done to screw up the world as we know it, it’s too bad that rocket launcher hidden inside of a generator didn’t hit the floor of the building he was on and take him out.
He deserved it!
April 14th, 2007 at 2:48 pm“The Foundation for the Future”
represented by the law firm of:
Dewey, Cheatham, and Howe
(with credit to Click and Clack)
April 14th, 2007 at 2:50 pmThe girlfriend’s salary does seem a bit high.
Her salary may be a bit high but I’ll tell you a guy’s salary that’s a bit low. More than a bit low.
This guy’s name is: George W. Bush.
George W. Bush’s 2006 salary was published the other day: $642,000. Yeah, that’s a good salary but something isn’t adding up.
Let’s do a little math.
Let’s start with the Texas Rangers. Bush invested $600,000 in 1989 and cashed out in 1998 for $15,000,000. Thats a nice big profit of $14,400,000. Yeah, he was probably stuck with a big tax bill but surely he netted $10,000,000.
Remember, this sale was in 1998.
I assume the $10,000,000 nest egg has grown considerably over the years. If it hasn’t, this fact alone points to his incompetency.
Remember, too, that the Texas Rangers’ sale is only one financial deal in the financial life of George W. Bush. Don’t you think Bush has had other financial deals? I would think so. Maybe not $15,000,000 deals but a $1,000,000 deal here, and a $3,000,000 deal there, and a $200,000 deal here, and a $700,000 deal there.
Many Certificates of Deposit, in 2006, were paying more than 5% yields. Considerably more. Just consider the $15,000,000 sale. Okay, an after-tax-profit of say $10,000,000 times 5.5% is $550,000.
Bush’s presidential salary is around $400,000.
Okay, $550,000 plus $400,000 equals $950,000. George W. Bush’s salary, in 2006, is $642,000. A good CPA should look into this.
The projected $950,000 salary is on the conservative side. Very conservative! In reality, Bush’s annual salary should easily be over $1,000,000–$1,400,000 range. Maybe more! Remember, he’s had other business deals.
Apparently, George W. Bush is incompetent running his personal financial portfolio. Surprise! Surprise! Yeah, his $642,000 income is a nice chunk of change, but it should be more. Everything spells mismanagement. Surprise! Surprise!
John
April 14th, 2007 at 2:54 pmGreat link BnF, Thank you, that’s just one group..After my second cup of coffee and morning vitamins I remembered the group name I was trying to remember..The John Birch Society….Blessings
April 14th, 2007 at 3:14 pmListen up trolls. This is what you support. This is what you enable. Raw festering corruption. Amorality. Psychopathy.
April 14th, 2007 at 3:18 pmShorter White House statement on the amorous World Bank president: “Heckuva job, Wolfie!” Right. Love is a beautiful thing. Why shouldn’t a guy be allowed to install his girlfriend at the State Department and direct that she be paid more than the Secretary of State? What’s wrong with that?
April 14th, 2007 at 3:23 pmListen up trolls. This is what you support. This is what you enable. Raw festering corruption. Amorality. Psychopathy.
Comment by VerbalKint
You know what I don’t get? I don’t get why these trolls support these high-rolling hypocrites.
No way are the trolls making enough money to benefit from the tax breaks for the rich.
They’ll be just as screwed as the rest of us if things go even more horribly wrong than they have already.
People like Wolfowitz, Cheney & Bush wouldn’t piss on these trolls if they were on fire.
People like Wolfowitz, Cheney & Bush don’t care about the traditional morals and values of conservatives and christians.
They get nothing for supporting this administration — except the delusion that they’re “right.”
I really don’t get it….
April 14th, 2007 at 3:27 pmI wonder how the US appointee to the position of President of the World Bank jibes with “bringing dignity and honor to the White House” for George Bush.
Wolfowitz is a married man (he and his wife are separated, not divorced) who has demanded preferential treatment and pay raises for his mistress.
April 14th, 2007 at 3:28 pmRichard Cohen explains the World Bank and why Wolfie went there:
April 14th, 2007 at 3:41 pm
Saw the photo of the girlfriend –Wolfowitz should be charged with animal rights violations too. Bow-wow!
April 14th, 2007 at 4:10 pmMadame DeFarge #111:
Maybe Wolfowitz is now also a bigamist if this DKos comment is accurate:
Maybe he got a divorce from Wife #1 by Blackberry, and had it approved by Gonzo and the Supremes retroactively, though.
See. It’s all perfectly legal when you’re a loyal Bushie…
April 14th, 2007 at 4:13 pmWolfowitz is separated, but not divorced.
April 14th, 2007 at 6:13 pmWhat do the Christianists think of this affair?
They say:
IOKIYAR
I don’t see any of you Democrats upset about Clinton’s pity f•cks. Monica was an intern in his employ, and what was she paid! At least Wolfowitz pays good.
April 14th, 2007 at 8:44 pmI don’t see any of you Democrats upset about Clinton’s pity f•cks. Monica was an intern in his employ, and what was she paid! At least Wolfowitz pays good.
Comment by Jake
Theres no use in constantly rehashing that for a decade Jake. I don’t see you angry over Newts affair while he was married. Stop thinking in groupt think. Your a man of God and you know as well as I that the day will come that he will be judged…so will Newt, you and me.
Hate the sin Jake not the sinner.
April 14th, 2007 at 8:52 pmAt least Wolfowitz pays good. Comment by Jake
That’s some odd rational you have there Jake. The more the ‘Ho’ gets paid the more righteous the sin.
For the record, I don’t think what Bill did was right. But men are weak when it comes listening to the brain in their penis. I see it all the time.
He did what he did and he paid the price for it. His wife obviously forgave him for his affair(s). And that is really all that matters in the end. It’s been a decade Jake, let it go. It cannot be and is not an excuse for everything these politicians do today.
April 14th, 2007 at 8:59 pmSo if a ‘ho’ is paid well that makes it more righteous Jake? So then Bills only mistake was not giving her lavish raises?
That’s some mighty irrational rational you seem to be using.
April 14th, 2007 at 9:19 pm“Monica was an intern in his employ, and what was she paid! ”
Same range as all the other interns. Clinton didn’t demand anyone give her a higher salary because he was hiding the affair.
You really should look crap up before you spew it.
“At least Wolfowitz pays good.
Comment by Jake — April 14, 2007 @ 8:44 pm”
You’re complimenting and defending and adulterer?
Good Christian… Jesus would be so proud of you… Sheesh…
April 15th, 2007 at 9:16 amIn the new America, the way to make yourself important or look important is to kiss ass all the way to the top.
April 15th, 2007 at 10:04 amThey get nothing for supporting this administration — except the delusion that they’re “right.â€
I really don’t get it….
Comment by Zooey #110
…YES you do…
April 15th, 2007 at 5:16 pm#7: “Saw her pic on the news last night. Not worth ending a career over, but hopefully that will be the result.”
Maybe it’s what she does with his comb…
April 16th, 2007 at 12:45 amas they seem to be unaware, i just sent an email to the world bank reporting mr. wolfowitz’s misuse of office and corruption, and urging his firing through their web page. the address is
April 16th, 2007 at 12:51 pminvestigations_hotline@worldbank.org
an avalanche of reports would be interesting.
yes i do
April 16th, 2007 at 3:49 pm