"Champion Of The Earth"
From National Review Online's Window on the Week:
Reluctant though we are to flog the dead mule that is the United Nations, we can't resist commenting on its bestowal of a "Champion of the Earth" award to Massoumeh Ebtekar, Iran's erstwhile vice president and head of the department of environment. Miss Ebtekar was rewarded for her commitment "to protect life on earth," primarily by introducing clean production technologies into Iran's petrochemical industry. She is better known to Westerners as "Screaming Mary," the sobriquet she earned as main spokesman for the hostage-takers of 1979. Asked at that time whether she would be willing to shoot the captives herself, she responded, "Yes. When I've seen an American gun being lifted up and killing my brothers and sisters in the streets, of course." She remains an adamant defender of the mullahs' regime, which is furiously trying to build a nuclear arsenal. Ah, yes: There's nothing quite like a commitment "to protect life on earth."
Unbelievable, ain't it?
Reluctant though we are to flog the dead mule that is the United Nations, we can't resist commenting on its bestowal of a "Champion of the Earth" award to Massoumeh Ebtekar, Iran's erstwhile vice president and head of the department of environment. Miss Ebtekar was rewarded for her commitment "to protect life on earth," primarily by introducing clean production technologies into Iran's petrochemical industry. She is better known to Westerners as "Screaming Mary," the sobriquet she earned as main spokesman for the hostage-takers of 1979. Asked at that time whether she would be willing to shoot the captives herself, she responded, "Yes. When I've seen an American gun being lifted up and killing my brothers and sisters in the streets, of course." She remains an adamant defender of the mullahs' regime, which is furiously trying to build a nuclear arsenal. Ah, yes: There's nothing quite like a commitment "to protect life on earth."
Unbelievable, ain't it?
posted by Jennifer at 5:47 AM
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