Nobel for President, No Water for Citizens

[Donnachaidh]

http://www.counterpunch.org/2011/10/12/nobel-for-president-no-water-for-citizens/

The most likely ex-President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf,has been given a share of one of the western world’s most prestigious awards, the Nobel Peace Prize yet the residents of the capital Monrovia have not had running water for the full 6 years of her term in office.

Think about it, if after six years and $100’s of millions of western aid the residents of the capital have no running water how desperate must it be in the rest of Liberia?

Access to clean drinking water is the first of the fundamental human rights, including food, shelter and medical care, that make up the most primary of all human rights, the right to life itself.

Lack of clean drinking water has killed more people in Liberia, as a part of the world as a whole, than all the violence and wars combined.

More at the link --


perhaps the peace prize should be renamed Orwell. First, a president that wages war gets it, then it's given to a president that doesn't even provide the basic necessity of water.... :crazy:

[Morning Dew]

1. She currently holds a slim lead - look for a November runoff -

winner has to have more than 50% of the votes.

[FiveGoodMen]

2. Fuck Nobel.

Now and forever.