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Where, though, are the sympathy pieces for the Iraqi children who died because of the systematic defrauding of tens of billions of dollars? Where are the hit pieces on the corrupt UN bureaucrats who cut deals with a mass-murderer to line their own pockets? Why has Kofi Annan, the person ultimately responsible for the UN’s conduct, not had his feet held to the fire as any other public figure would? What’s more, why have the people who blew the lid on this scandal not been honored? The women who blew open scandals...
...reason is that the United Nations, especially among media types, still conjures up vague connotations of unselfishness, unity and peace-seeking; people find it hard to believe that the one significant institution of world wide governance is just as corrupt and dysfunctional as any third world autocracy. How is it possible that a program run to benefit Iraqi citizens could end up giving money to the terrorists who are now so regularly blowing them to pieces? Because the United Nations is, and has been for some time, corrupt. The media should lose their outdated awe for the United Nations...
...popularity at the box office to win the presidency last May; of a massive stroke; in Quezon City. The handsome, half-American, half-Filipino Poe rose from poverty to become the archetypal Tagalog movie lead and a millionaire. He portrayed honest cops or soldiers brought low by corrupt forces, who always bounced back to take bloody revenge. In some parts of the country, overheated audience members were known to fire weapons at the screen when Poe's character was attacked. Poe lost in May to incumbent Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, although he and his supporters claimed the election was rigged...
...movie takes place in 859 A.D. as China’s ruling Tang Dynasty is in decline. The most serious threat to push the increasingly corrupt government into anarchy is an underground organization known as the House of Flying Daggers...
...resulting journey of Mei and Jin across the countryside of China is symbolic: The youths must find a path between their increasingly independent inclinations and their roles as pawns of greater organizations. Over the course of their journey, both realize that the organizations they serve are equally corrupt; neither the government nor the Flying Daggers keep the best interests of the people at heart...