Wolfowitz threatens senior World Bank staff.
By on May 15th, 2007 at 11:16 am
Wolfowitz threatens senior World Bank staff.
“If they f*ck with me or Shaha, I have enough on them to f*ck them too.” — World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz’s comments according to a new special bank panel report, which concluded that Wolfowitz’s actions have “had a dramatic negative effect on the reputation and credibility” of the bank
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Wow, another class act and refugee from the Chimpy admin.
May 15th, 2007 at 11:17 am"dramatic negative effect on the reputation and credibility†of the bank"
Now that is funny.
May 15th, 2007 at 11:18 amStay classy, San Diego!
May 15th, 2007 at 11:18 amFamily values.
May 15th, 2007 at 11:18 amJust like starving rats. It's spellbindingly gruesome.
May 15th, 2007 at 11:19 amBring it on! If the entire World Bank is corrupt, let's get it out in the open!
May 15th, 2007 at 11:19 amGo ahead, f*ck with Wolfie. I want to see what he's got.
May 15th, 2007 at 11:20 amBeware of the Neocon once trapped. They morph into the Tasmanian devil.
May 15th, 2007 at 11:23 am"I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your bank down". LOL. Wolfie is hilarious. Get him a stand-up comedian job where he can say "f***" all he wants and he won't be a position of power where he can hurt any more people.
May 15th, 2007 at 11:23 amBriseadh na Faire and Zooey got it right. Smart people.
May 15th, 2007 at 11:24 amComment by Briseadh na Faire — May 15, 2007 @ 11:19 am
Great minds....
:-D
May 15th, 2007 at 11:26 amthe World Bank has credibility? That's like saying that Wolfowitz has credibility!!
May 15th, 2007 at 11:27 amWolfoshitz is a great example of these squirmy little bastards that make up PNAC. They never accept responsibility for their actions, but will lie, swear, and even kill those who use logic & truth.
This is less about him, I suspect, than it is about Bush & the growing cancer called Neocons. The World see it for what it is. Their media actually delivers news! Ours, or so it seems at times, has rehearsed talking points delivered via KKKarl's network.
Hell, the WB could have a video of Wolfoshitz & his girlfriend having sex on the office floor & Bush would still support him.
Bushie, as the now idolized Democrat/Republican Ronald Reagan once said, 'we have seen the enemy, and it is us'.
May 15th, 2007 at 11:28 am(I know, Pogo. But it sounded good!)
You've really gotta give it to good old "You're Either With Me or Against Me" Wolf-Whiz. He learned from the master (GDumbya).
I just can't help but noticing how so many of GDumbya's cronies are in deep doo-doo these days . . . Gonzales, Darth Cheney, etc. You don't suppose that it could be a sheer coincidence, do you?
May 15th, 2007 at 11:28 amwhy is he so determined to stay where he's not wanted...?
May 15th, 2007 at 11:29 amAnd, yes, I DO take it personally
Briseadh na Faire sez:
I agree. Based on Wolfie's statement: “If they f*ck with me or Shaha, I have enough on them to f*ck them too.â€, he ought to be subpoenaed.
May 15th, 2007 at 11:31 amBrought to you by the party of wholesome family values...
Between you and me, I think Paul ought to keep his personal sexual fantasies to himself.
May 15th, 2007 at 11:31 amOne thing you will never hear a neocon say: "I made a mistake, and I take responsibility for my actions." They are constitutionally incapable of honest examination of their delusions of infallibility; they live in a Fantasyland.
May 15th, 2007 at 11:34 amWolfies got "spit" and nothing else or he wouldn't be fighting for his life.
Why is this the administration where nobody quits for the good of the country? Each one of them feels they are more important than the United States.
May 15th, 2007 at 11:35 amFire the motherf*c*k*r.
Show some cojones.
May 15th, 2007 at 11:36 amsuch tough guy talk from a schmuck. oh diehard twenty-eight percenters how do you drink the kool-aid still?
May 15th, 2007 at 11:37 amGood. I'm a firm believer that, as with the Bush admin, the more crap and corruption and BS that is exposed, the better America, the world and the institution itself would be.
Sometimes there gets to be so much BS that it's better to tear the institution apart and start over with a fresh perspective.
May 15th, 2007 at 11:38 amThere's a good research paper right there, for any mass comm grad who could analyze how Wolf's comments were translated by news outfits for the 185 member countries. (I'll give you a head start: The Guardian didn't put asterisks in.)
May 15th, 2007 at 11:41 amTHIS IS THE TYPICAL EXAMPLE OF THE POLITICAL TRASH THAT'S SERVING US
SO FAITHFULLY CARESSED IN ROCK SOLID INTEGRITY
GOD HIMSELF APPOINTED THESE FLAWLESS POLITICAL
PUBLIC SERVANTS TO SERVE THE PEOPLE
OF COURSE UNDER OATH OF THE BIBLE
OF COURSE ROCK SOLID INTEGRITY
OF COURSE FLAWLESS ROCK SOLID HONESTY
GOD APPOINTED THE MOST SACRED TO SERVE THE PEOPLE
INFACT THEY ARE ALL SO FLAWLESS THEY ALL KNOW MUCH
BETTER THAN YOU DO FOR YOURSELF SO THEY ARE WELL
ABOVE YOUR ABILITY TO INFACT TO BE ABLE TO RULE YOU
THEY ALL HAVE SUCH ROCK SOLID INTEGRITY AND KNOW SO
MUCH BETTER THAN YOU DO GOD APPOINTED FOR EVERY $1
IN EARNINGS, THEY GET $.66 AND YOU GET $.33
SEE, ALL THESE ROCK SOLID PUBLIC SERVANTS KNOW MUCH
BETTER THAN YOU DO HOW TO SERVE GODS ULTIMATE PURPOSE
AND PROBABLY GOD THOUGHT YOU WOULD SIMPLY WASTE GOD'S
ULTIMATE PURPOSE,
SO..... GOD SAYS I WILL HAVE THE MOST SACRED, THE WISEST
DO MY WORK BY ENTRUSTING THE WISEST WITH ROCK SOLID
INTEGRITY
F**k FROM A PUBLIC SERVANT? CORRUPTION FROM THE DEPT OF
JUSTICE? LUCKY IF YOU GET ONE SINGLE PENNY OF SERVICE FOR
EVERY DOLLAR THAT YOU PAY? LATELY GETTING FAR SUPERIOR
SERVICE AT MCDONALD'S ???
ENTRUSTED BY GOD FOR ALL THE WONDERFUL SERVICES WE ALL
DESPERATELY NEED FROM THOSE OF THE UTMOST INTEGRITY AND
WISDOM?
BET
YOU
CAN'T GET THOSE FRIGGIN SERVICES (IF YOU TRIED)
SWINDLERS I SAY
POLITICAL PARASITES, TERMITES, SCUMBAGS
LITERALLY A SEA OF CORRUPTION, OH YEAH THEY SERVE THE PEOPLE
ALL RIGHT
AND THE WORLD BANK IS ANTICORRUPTION ALL RIGHT
ENOUGH TO DOG GONE P**E .... IT'S RIGGED DUDE RIGGED
CAUSE LINDA KNOWS WANDA KNOWS .....
LETS SEE KNOW.... LOBBYIST REFORM.... PELOSI IS A PRO AT
THAT'S RIGHT SWINDLING... MANY MILLIONS IN EARMARKS
AND THIS CESSPOOL KNOWS BETTER THAN YOU DO?
May 15th, 2007 at 11:42 amCreatures like Wolfowitz represent the people surrounding Bush. They would like to be part of the civilized world but their words and actions prove otherwise.
May 15th, 2007 at 11:44 amtaste the comb.
May 15th, 2007 at 11:45 amI liked his excuse that he HAD to give his chicky poo a huge raise because if she didn't she's sue. That's a loving couple...
May 15th, 2007 at 11:46 amAh yes, the true face of Paul Wolfowitz. The snarling animal comes forth, and now threats are being made. Is this why BuschCo wanted warrantless wire-taps, so they could get the goods on their enemies for moments like this?
May 15th, 2007 at 11:47 amwhy does he want to stay? He gets his little $400,000 retention bonus at the end of the month.
May 15th, 2007 at 11:48 amTemper, Temper!!!
May 15th, 2007 at 11:48 amFree love is a wonderful thing.
May 15th, 2007 at 11:49 am"vice president Dick Cheney defended Mr Wolfowitz, saying: "Paul is one of the most able public servants I've ever known .... I think he's a very good president of the World Bank, and I hope he will be able to continue. Now go fuck yourselves."
May 15th, 2007 at 11:51 amLest we forget, from the Washington Post editorial page, March 31, 2005:
"Mr. Wolfowitz's critics, domestic as well as international, should now get beyond their dislike of his role in the Iraq war and give him a chance to succeed at one of the world's hardest jobs."
Somebody really needs to stop these people before they kill again.
May 15th, 2007 at 11:53 amSounds like he might be gatting his advise from dickie or karl.
May 15th, 2007 at 11:53 amHas anybody else besides me noticed that Wolfy was the one to insist that the Iraqi oil revenues would pay for the war, and now the World Bank, under his leadership, is scheming to saddle the new Iraqi economy with its typical debt-privatization shackles leaving American oil companies with a big chunk of the profits?
Coincidence?
May 15th, 2007 at 11:55 amBecause Neocons don't care what outsiders think, they happily destroy their own reputations.
Let their self-destructive nature ruin them. It can't happen fast enough.
- Tom
May 15th, 2007 at 11:55 ami'm not entirely sure i see how his attitude/views are "providing finance and advice to countries for the purposes of economic development and eliminating poverty."
May 15th, 2007 at 11:56 amOK, Paul
May 15th, 2007 at 11:56 amPut your cards (and your hands) on the table.
Let's see what you got!!!!!!!!
If Wolfowitz takes down the World Bank as he falls, that's a great two-for-one deal. The World Bank's specialty is forcing client states to screw over their people in the name of saving capitalism.
May 15th, 2007 at 12:02 pmWas this the plan all along?
May 15th, 2007 at 12:04 pmPut a PNAC guy in, stir up the pot, hope it dismantles the World Bank?
They probably hoped Bolton would do the same at the UN.
DEPT OF DEFENSE
CORRUPT
EPA
CORRUPT
FDA
TOTALLY CORRUPT
EVEN FRIGGIN DEPT OF JUSTICE
FRIGGIN
TOTAL
CORRUPT
THE MOST SACRED HOUSE OF THE LAND
TOTALLY
FRIGGIN
CORRUPT
SWINDLERS I SAY
FRIGGIN LEGAL BRIBERY
LEGAL DOG GONE CROOKS
HOODLUMS
I
SAY
DOG GONE POLITICAL PARASITES
TERMITES
MAGGOTS
ROACHES
TICKS,
LEECHES
IN A SWAMP, LITERALLY A CESSPOOL
OF
May 15th, 2007 at 12:06 pmTOTAL (ALMOST)
CORRUPTION
How much longer before this cowardly psychopath relocates to Paraguay?
May 15th, 2007 at 12:07 pmMaybe this is on purpose. Maybe the hidden agenda is to destroy the World Bank. Wolfy is just the fall guy doing Rove's dirty work.
The Europeans are not going to allow this. They will either get rid of Wolfy, or if they cannot, they will pull out of the World Bank and destroy it. Maybe that's a good idea. Start over.
May 15th, 2007 at 12:07 pmWhat kind of mentality is that? "if you f* with me, i'll f* with you too". Are these adults or kids? The board of the World Bank should just kick him out. 'Nuff said.
May 15th, 2007 at 12:08 pmOH
YEAH
THE
WORLD
BANK
IS
ANTI
CORRUPTION
ALL RIGHT
SWINDLERS I SAY
May 15th, 2007 at 12:09 pmLITERALLY A CESSPOOL OF HOODLUMS
A LITERALLY SWAMP.... A SEA OF CORRUPTION
“If they f*ck with me or Shaha, I have enough on them to f*ck them too.â€
Repukes think this kind of talk is okay for the President of the World Bank or the Vice President of the United States to say in public.
I thought they were the Family Values party. Obviously not.
May 15th, 2007 at 12:10 pmTHAT, kids, is why we refer to them as (war-mongering, ChickenHawk)
May 15th, 2007 at 12:11 pmNeoCon, _scum_
Bulletin:
May 15th, 2007 at 12:19 pmWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House acknowledged on Tuesday that World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz made mistakes in his handling of a promotion and pay raise for his companion but insisted it was no reason to fire him.
So, there. We're above the law, we don't know any better, we're incapable of learning from our past mistakes or the mistakes of others. Stay the course.
Wolfowitz should stay. There's no reason for him to quit. The Europeans are being disingeuous in their assessment of the situation. Let 'em look into their own backyards before preaching to us. Anyway, I doubt they have the courage to force him out!
May 15th, 2007 at 12:19 pmConfirming what we already knew. The Bush administration has been using illegal wiretaps to gather black mail evidence against its opposition.
May 15th, 2007 at 12:20 pmFAMILY VALUES ALL RIGHT...
LIKE LINDA KNOW WANDA KNOW FREDDY KIND OF CRAP
CESSPOOL OF HOODLUMS I SAY
LITERALLY A BUNCH OF TERMITES HITTIN THE ELFS POT
POLITICAL LEECHES
SCUMBAGS I SAY LITERAL HOODLUMS
NOW JIMBO DUDE
ALWAYS
SPEAKS THE TRUTH DUDE
May 15th, 2007 at 12:22 pm#46
OH YEAH
LET THE CRIMINAL CONTINUE TO GOVERN FAMILY VALUES
AND ANTICORRUPTION ALL RIGHT
FAR FAR SUPERIOR SERVICE AT MCDONALDS FOR THE PEOPLE
SUPRISED IF YOU GET FRIGGIN ONE SINGLE PENNY OF SERVICE
May 15th, 2007 at 12:25 pmFOR EVERY DOLLAR
Remember what they said when they took over? They said the adults were now in charge. They claimed they would bring decency and honor to their offices. They claimed that even the appearance of scandal would be unacceptable.
May 15th, 2007 at 12:25 pmAnd Bush still stands by his man. Think what you want about the World Bank. Is this the kind of man we want to represent us in any capacity?
May 15th, 2007 at 12:25 pmWolfy has already had his balls clipped. He will be ineffective if he stays. I'm hoping the World Bank keeps pushing. It's been a long time since the scum has been washed out.
Convict, Resign, Repeat. Just like shampoo.
May 15th, 2007 at 12:29 pmBut why Wolfie wants to run an organization that MAJORITY members don't want him there...they voted that he should not be the boss...
Sounds familiar...
He wants to be the dictator of World Bank.
Even if he keeps his job, the majority of people in the bank do not want him there...
May 15th, 2007 at 12:30 pmDoes he understand that's democracy...
The words he is using do not reflect a behavior of a World Bank leader...but rather a 'BULLY'...
“If they f*ck with me or Shaha, I have enough on them to f*ck them too.†— World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz’s
He has enough to F with them too? Maybe it's time to subject Wolfie to some "aggressive questioning techniques" and find out what he knows.
May 15th, 2007 at 12:38 pmHow much failure can one man achieve?
Here's my question: “If they f*ck with me or Shaha, I have enough on them to f*ck them too.†Does this mean that if he isn't removed by the board that he's not going to remove the corruption he pledged to fight?
May 15th, 2007 at 12:43 pmSo, if Mr. Wolfowitz has all of this dirt on corrupt World Bank execs, and his number one priority is fighting corruption at the World Bank, shouldn't he already be, well, f*cking them?
This administration has put out some weak, weak talking points before, but this is really scraping the bottom of the barrel. "If you force me to be accountable for my secret wrongdoing, I'll force YOU to be accountable for YOUR secret wrongdoing." Wow.
May 15th, 2007 at 12:47 pmYes, you are right Wolfie is threatening these people with DOING HIS JOB.
May 15th, 2007 at 12:51 pmWonderful language from some one with such wonderful sense of morality. Finally his true colors are being exposed.
May 15th, 2007 at 12:54 pmDoes this mean that if he isn’t removed by the board that he’s not going to remove the corruption he pledged to fight?
Comment by DM — May 15, 2007 @ 12:43 pm
Very good question DM!
some excerpts:
'Sounding more like a cast member of the Sopranos than an international leader'
'The report slates Mr Wolfowitz for his "questionable judgment and a preoccupation with self-interest", saying: "Mr Wolfowitz saw himself as the outsider to whom the established rules and standards did not apply." '
'The angry comments attributed to Mr Wolfowitz came from damning testimony by Xavier Coll, head of human resources at the bank'
'According to Mr Coll's notes: "At the end of the conversation Mr Wolfowitz became increasingly agitated and said that he was 'tired of people ... attacking him' and 'you should get your friends to stop it'. Mr Wolfowitz said, 'If they f*ck me or Shaha, I have enough on them to f*ck them too'," naming several senior bank staff he felt were vulnerable.'
May 15th, 2007 at 12:57 pmI blame bloggers. Clearly Paul Wolfowitz' obscene use of the "F word" was preceded by years of vituperative bloggers.
May 15th, 2007 at 1:25 pm#61 We are nobodies, but he's a world class official. If he can't stand the heat, he must get out of the kitchen, ASAP! Letting appart the little fact that he has violated the rules of the WB, common sense ethics, the confidence of the countries that form the WB, and specially, the confidence of the countries that MUST return their credits.
Under what authority will you say to the later ones that they must follow the rules, don't bribe, don't steal, and return the interests? You know that the USA has invested a lot of money in the WB?
You're so party blind that you can't see that this is very harmful for your own country, ethics aside.
May 15th, 2007 at 1:34 pmAnd this is the chosen people? Was Yaweh drunk?
May 15th, 2007 at 1:40 pmEven Marlon Brando in 'The Godfather' used kinder language.. 'If they F..K with me or Shaha...." ....'Wow'..
May 15th, 2007 at 1:45 pm“If they f*ck with me or Shaha, I have enough on them to f*ck them too.†— World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz’s comments according to a new special bank panel report, which concluded that Wolfowitz’s actions have “had a dramatic negative effect on the reputation and credibility†of the bank
-Affirmative action: it's not for minorities anymore!
May 15th, 2007 at 1:57 pmWolfie is a gentleman. Shameless.
May 15th, 2007 at 2:15 pmThe Sand-box Two. Sounds like that old song, (sliightly redone): It's my bank and I'll trash it if I want to... You would too, if it happened to you...
Pretty Paraguay breathlessly awaits the arrival of all of the members of the Bush crime family, Wolfy too. There will be a "whole lot of brush-cuttin' goin' on..."
May 15th, 2007 at 2:25 pmHow professional of you, Wolfie. Buh-bye!
May 15th, 2007 at 2:54 pmyou putz a j*w in charge zof a bank. dis zis what ya git. shylock with a bad mouth
May 15th, 2007 at 3:14 pmHey, he's just using the same language that Deadeye Dick used on Patrick Leahy on the Senate floor. So, do W and the christofascists still want to hold him up as a positive example for their children to follow?
May 15th, 2007 at 3:18 pmSuch a potty mouth! Whoda thunk?
May 15th, 2007 at 4:01 pmAre you sure that this was Paul Wolfowitz who said this?
It sounds more like Joan Crawford addressing the board members of PepsiCo.
May 15th, 2007 at 6:20 pmA classic NeoCon response by Wolfie. Not only is he guilty of treason against the US, he also demonstrates his lack of understanding and respect for the world community at large.
May 15th, 2007 at 7:02 pmIt sounds to me as if he is threatening that he and Shaha don't want to engage in group sex--or at least not with members of the World Bank.
May 15th, 2007 at 7:08 pmTo Wolfowitz:
You have been handed your cup of hemlock. Now drink it, damn you!
May 15th, 2007 at 7:21 pmRepublican values: Possession is ten tenths of the law.
They are the ones with their hands on the reins of power, not us. Simple as that.
That will not change, except violently. Electing a Democrat is equivalent to painting over the rotted wood, when demo to foundation is required.
May 15th, 2007 at 8:48 pm