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annie_linux

The World Bank

May 19, 2007 13:13

This whole episode over Paul Wolfowitz has really made it clear to me who runs the World Bank and whose purposes it serves. On Friday, the Bush Administration said that it would move quickly to find someone to replace Paul Wolfowitz. "We want to make sure that we are selecting the best individual for the job," said White House spokesman, Tony ( Read more... )

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fantakat May 19 2007, 22:34:27 UTC

"they reiterated that the next head of the World Bank should be an American as has been every other head of the World Bank since its conception in the 1940's." + "We need the World Bank to be run by someone who is not from one of the industrialized nations just like the United Nations is headed up by Ban Ki-Moon from South Korea."

or at very least not an American... (to start with)

some "World" Bank... serves *our* world and *our* view of it (*our* of course being narrowly defined).

off topic jude May 21 2007, 01:20:09 UTC

Hey Forest, a friend of a relative is moving down to DC to teach in a few months and is trying to figure out housing possibilities. I was wondering if I could give her your contact info, since you probably know a good bit about shared housing possibilities and where's a good place to live, and all that...
many thanks. :)

Re: off topic annie_linux May 21 2007, 18:55:36 UTC

Sure, you can tell them to e-mail me at fdfisher AT gwu DOT edu, but I'm leaving for Costa Rica in 10 days and won't be back for 2 and a half months. Not sure how much help I would be. My main advice would be look for group houses in Columbia Heights, Mt. Pleasant, or near the Georgia Ave.-Petworth Metro Station. Those seem to be the best neighborhoods for group houses right now.