"I made a mistake," Wolfowitz says of promotion

[maddezmom]

Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON, April 12 (Reuters) - World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz on Thursday said he made "a mistake for which I am sorry" over his handling of a promotion and pay increase for a staff member, Shaha Riza, whom he is dating.

"I proposed to the board that they establish some mechanism to judge whether the agreement reached was a reasonable outcome," Wolfowitz told a news conference. "I will accept any remedies they propose."


Read more: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/WAT007302.htm

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Hope they can his butt

[Webster Green]

1. He's sorry he got caught..

He's made quite a lot of mistakes too. This one is just the latest. He is scum!

[lumpy]

39. That pic is priceless. Two pouty disgruntled asses meet

Mrs. Pelosi.

[acmavm]

2. Boot his greedy, grasping, sleezy ass out on the street.

That's the only remedy that's acceptable.

[marmar]

3. Translation: "I'm sorry I got caught."

Wolfowitz, Rumsfeld, Cheney, Bush, Rice, Armitage, Gonzales, Ashcroft, Rove - the whole collection of these rodents needs to be tossed in a cell and the key needs to be incinerated.

[Warpy]

10. Key? Weld the door shut

I so desperately want to see these men brought to justice, but I fear human justice as we know it will not be able to devise anything that will fit the destruction of two countries.

I suppose Karma/Final Judgment/Hades will have to suffice.

However, locking them up either separately or together with no human contact except with each other (and that's debatable) for the rest of their rotten lives would at least get them out of ours.

[habitual]

4. This whole groups of ***holes thinks that their

biggest mistakes are being caught and exposed. He doesn't feel that he really made a mistake beyond not doing enough to make sure it wasn't found out. FILTHY DIRTY LIARS WITH BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS.

[partylessinOhio]

5. Tough sh!! "You're fired!

[MissMillie]

6. From what I heard on NPR this morning

this is the least of Wolfowitz's worries at the World Bank. Apparently he's so gung-ho on promoting his moral agenda that the goal to erase poverty as all but been thrown out the window. No one there wants to work with him.

on edit: here's the story: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9525865

[Roland99]

9. "moral agenda". Interesting.

Someone posted a thread up in GD, I believe, yesterday about how the neocons (under Leo Strauss) learned or deemed themselves some type of morality judges who were themselves above reproach.


Fucking batshit insane freaks is what they are.

Every last one of them.

[UTUSN]

7. Hey, ya bastid!!1 In the long list of your "mistakes" this one is minor by comparison!!1 n/t

[ChairmanAgnostic]

8. he's sniffing out corruption, nepotism and fraud, AND HE DOES THIS SHIT?

"Mr. Pot, paging Mr. Pot, there's a Mr. Kettle here."

Apparently he has made a good number of enemies at the whirled bank. all of whom he created.

everything these shits touch turns to - hmm, i am being redundant.

[E-Z-B]

11. Exactly what I was thinking.

[City Lights]

12. "Misakes were made" and "Clinton did it too" are the mottos of all

things Bushco.

They make me sick.

[nealmhughes]

13. Paul, the first rule of having subordinates is NOT to date them.

The second rule is: if you want to date them, help them find a new job first by providing a great reference.

The third rule is: if this doesn't work, then both of you deserve to get canned for cause.

To put it in academic terms, so that Mr. Wolfowitz can understand it, "It looks like you failed "basic professional ethics 101" and there is no makeup exam, no curve, and no scheduled retake of the exam. You have failed the class and it is a prereq for every advanced class. The tuition is not reimbursable, either."

[MorningGlow]

14. In addition to all the rest of this travesty

...some female is actually willing to DATE HIM?!?

:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

[MilesColtrane]

19. Which women find comb-licking a turn on?

Enquiring™ minds want to know!

[Hand]

15. MADE a mistake? Hell, you ARE a mistake. nt

[lovuian]

16. Promote the secretary you slept with

there are rules for that

[sundancekid]

17. and his proposed restitution would be??? oh, nevermind ... he's the

same blowhard that told us about being greeted with flowers and that the iraq debacle would pay for itself with the oil ... he is also beyond irony, just another member of the Mayberry Macchiavellis ... show him the street, and let the door hit him on his manhood

[yellowcanine]

18. "I will accept any remedies they propose." How about they fire your ass? Would that be an

acceptable remedy? It is what would happen to any other CEO who used the company's money to dramatically increase the salary of his girlfriend, regardless of where she worked. What is the point of having her work at the State Dept to avoid conflict of interest if boyfriend is still going to have the say so over her salary?

[roguevalley]

20. mea culpa, mea culpa. fuck him. I hope the sex was good for the

crimes he committed. go to jail, wolfie.

[The Backlash Cometh]

21. Damn straight you made a mistake you son of a bitch.

You and every white male who thinks they own the world.

[Pachamama]

22. Here's a Remedy: YOUR FIRED!!!!

And, while we are at it, investigate him....subpoena his emails - both official World Bank system and his unofficial RNC and PNAC supplied ones....

[heliarc]

23. How many mistakes can these guys make???...

Before everyone realizes they weren't mistakes at all!??!?!?!?!?!

[Charlie Brown]

24. He was caught, and now he is sorry.

that's SOP for r-wing cronies.

[IronLionZion]

25. The jewish neocon and the arab-libyan muslim

that's cool, maybe Wolfo's not as racist as I thought.

But this promotion reeks of bullshit. How is this any different from prostitution? or sexual harassment?

[The Stranger]

26. Why hasn't this war criminal been arrested yet?

[mile18blister]

27. Wolfowitz himself will be promoted.

That's the way it works in BushWorld. You fail upward.

The rest of us get fired or arrested when we screw up or break the law. :mad:

[bluerum]

28. Talk a hike Wolfie. And please, let the door smack you in the backside

on your way out you lousy lyin cheatin shrubco pos.

[TexasLawyer]

29. More details

I hadn't been following this:

<snip>

The World Bank President said that he would “accept any remedies” proposed by the institution’s directors, representing its 185 member countries, after he admitted personal involvement in the pay rise and promotion for Shaha Riza, his partner. A chastened and nervous Mr Wolfowitz told a packed press conference: “I made a mistake, for which I am sorry.”

Earlier it was revealed that he had directly intervened in the arrangements for Ms Riza’s transfer to the US State Department in mid-2005 to avoid a conflict of interest after his contentious appointment as head of the World Bank at the behest of the White House. Under World Bank rules, staff are banned for working under the direction of a colleague with whom they are romantically involved.

Details emerged of a memorandum from Mr Wolfowitz instructing Xavier Coll, the Bank’s human resources head, over the terms for Ms Riza’s secondment. This led to her being given an exceptional salary rise and enhanced annual pay awards, lifting her earnings to $193,000 (£97,600) a year tax-free — an $61,000 rise overall. The memo also set out arrangements for her promotion.

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/banking_and_finance/article1647370.ece

[TexasLawyer]

30. and a snide remark

Who would be crazy, desperate and/or morally destitute enough mate with comb-boy? Yuck!

:puke::puke::puke::puke::puke:

[calimary]

32. Honey, she was fucking his perceived power, influence and position, not him.

Who would even want to kiss him after that lovely close encounter with his frickin' COMB?????

[calimary]

31. No fucking KIDDING he made a mistake. And this is one of his lesser ones.

wolfowitz, as the architect and chief pusher of this accursed war in Iraq, YOU DESERVE TO BURN IN HELL.

[Hardrada]

33. I want that whole crew in a dank medieval dungeon

and throw the key into the moat!!

[David Zephyr]

34. Does his girlfriend get off watching him lick his comb?

The real news here is that this creepy man actually has a girlfriend.

[David Zephyr]

35. Does his girlfriend get off watching him lick his comb?

The real news here is that this creepy man actually has a girlfriend.

[arewenotdemo]

36. "I will accept any remedies they propose."

I'd like to propose a swift and painful public hanging.

[aaronbees]

37. What a loser

And to think of all the despicable things he's done, this could be his undoing.

[bmbmd]

38. Little head-

big head. Maybe she digs guys with holes in their socks.

[bdamomma]

40. I'm sorry, is not going to cut it this time.

just because somebody apologizes makes them think everything is alright, give me a break, is he a child?