This is the racist schmuck Bush put in charge of aiding Darfur???

[gatorboy]

http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-09-19-voa3.cfm

U.S. officials say President Bush has decided to appoint former U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator Andrew Natsios as his special envoy on the crisis in Darfur.

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http://www.globaltreatmentaccess.org/content/press_releases/a01/060901_BG_HGAP_Natsios.html

Oh yeah. This is a great idea! :eyes:

NATSIOS CALLED RACIST; FIRING SOUGHT

WASHINGTON - Three advocacy groups yesterday called on Secretary of State Colin L. Powell to fire Andrew Natsios, US administrator for foreign aid, for his comments on Africa that they called "shockingly racist."

Twice this week, Natsios, a former Massachusetts official who only a month ago started his job as head of US Agency for International Development, said administering AIDS treatment in Africa would be extremely difficult because of a paucity of health infrastructure and because most Africans don't have clocks or watches and thus could not take medication at specific times.

He made the comments in an interview with the Globe and before the House International Relations Committee on Thursday.

In many parts of Africa, "people do not know what watches or clocks are," he said before the committee. "They do not use Western means to tell time. They use the sun. These drugs have to be administered in certain sequences, at certain times during the day. You say, take it at 10 o'clock, they say, what do you mean, 10 o'clock?"
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Someone save us...NOW!!!

[babylonsister]

1. Sounds like dimson's list of sychophants is getting

real small. I wonder if there's any confirmation process involved, or if Congress can do anything?

BTW, your second link is from 2001. Doesn't make Natsios any less bigoted though.

[gatorboy]

2. This is also the guy that thought Iraq could be rebuilt for $1.7 billion.

http://www.fas.org/sgp/temp/natsios042303.html

TED KOPPEL
(Off Camera) The Marshall Plan was $97 billion.

ANDREW NATSIOS
This is 1.7 billion.

TED KOPPEL
(Off Camera) All right, this is the first. I mean, when you talk about 1.7, you're not suggesting that the rebuilding of Iraq is gonna be done for $1.7 billion?

ANDREW NATSIOS
Well, in terms of the American taxpayers contribution, I do, this is it for the US. The rest of the rebuilding of Iraq will be done by other countries who have already made pledges, Britain, Germany, Norway, Japan, Canada, and Iraqi oil revenues, eventually in several years, when it's up and running and there's a new government that's been democratically elected, will finish the job with their own revenues. They're going to get in $20 billion a year in oil revenues. But the American part of this will be 1.7 billion. We have no plans for any further-on funding for this.

[madrchsod]

3. gee i can tell time by using the sun

it is not really hard to do if one is a human being....

no wonder the world hates bush

[opihimoimoi]

4. Where do they keep finding these guys??? (shaking head in disgust/dismay,

and embarressment)

Bush continues to gives examples of HOW TO LEAD 34.02....The Not Very Effective Level

[mom cat]

5. I think that it is he who doesn't know what time it is.