Fire Wolfowitz !!!!!!
- From: "diamondsouled" <rowe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 13 Apr 2007 15:29:35 -0700
Just thought this worth while forwarding.
Larry
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Dear friend,
George Bush's hand-picked president of the World Bank has been exposed
as corrupt. Click here to tell the World Bank board to sack Paul
Wolfowitz.
We will send the petition to the global media and the the World Bank
board as soon as we reach 50,000 signatures--and we'll send it again
every time we add another 50,000. A huge response could focus the
world's attention and end Wolfowitz's career at the World Bank.
Take Action Now
On Friday, Paul Wolfowitz -- President Bush's key architect of the
Iraq war, now president of the World Bank and self-styled fighter of
corruption -- was caught red-handed in a corruption scandal of his
own. He pushed a huge pay raise for his girlfriend, and hid the facts
from his organization and the world.
He's got to go.
The World Bank's board, made up of our governments from around the
world, is now deciding whether Wolfowitz should keep his job. An
immediate, massive, and global outcry could make the difference. Our
petition is three words long: "Sack Paul Wolfowitz." Sign it here:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/sack_wolfowitz/
When Paul Wolfowitz was a top official in President Bush's Department
of Defense, he was one of the Iraq war's biggest backers. When the war
became a fiasco, instead of firing Wolfowitz, Bush gave him a
promotion--to president of the World Bank. At the Bank, he vowed to
make corruption his top issue--but alienated the world by delaying aid
packages to India, Kenya, and other countries without consulting the
bank's Executive Board.
Now we've learned that he didn't practice what he preached.
Wolfowitz's girlfriend was a senior World Bank employee. When he
became president, the Bank's ethics rules would not allow him to keep
her on staff under his supervision. So he transferred her to the US
State Department--but kept her on the Bank's payroll, and gave her a US
$60,000 pay raise. Her salary rose to US$193,590, higher than Condi
Rice's. What's more, it appears that Wolfowitz hid the evidence of
what he'd done.
Fighting corruption is a key to ending poverty. But there can't be one
standard for the rich and powerful and a different one for everybody
else.
The 24-member board of the World Bank, which uncovered Wolfowitz's
corruption through a special investigation, is now deciding his fate.
Bush is likely pulling strings to help Wolfowitz keep his job. It's
time for global public opinion to weigh in--which means it's all up to
you.
Click here now to sign the petition, and then send this email to ten
friends:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/sack_wolfowitz/
Wolfowitz claimed the Iraq war would spread democracy, but it sparked
a civil war. He promised to fight corruption, but engaged in it
himself.
He talks a lot about accountability. It's time to bring some
accountability to Paul Wolfowitz.
With hope,
Ben, Ricken, Hannah, Galit, Lee-Sean, Tom, and the rest of the Avaaz
team.
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