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"The Elders" take a roadtrip | ||||
2007-10-02 | ||||
To the Eldermobile!!! EL FASHER, Sudan - A group of elder statesmen, including ...and there'll be cake and ice cream for everybody! And pony rides too!
Speak up Nobel Peace Prize winners. We can't hear you over the gunfire. "We are not here on a sightseeing tour. We hope we can do something that will make a significant difference ... and bring peace," Tutu, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 for his fight against apartheid in South Africa, told reporters after the delegation arrived in El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur province. And I wanna win the lottery. And I will. Someday. Soon. I hope. Maybe. Earlier, the North Darfur governor, Youssouf Kabir, told the delegation the security situation in the province is "stable and good." Everything's great. So I guess you guys can go home now. Thanks for coming...
Hmmmmmm. Sounds like the rebels might be waging a fierce offensive of their own...
Make peace. C'mon, make peace. Tell 'em, Desmond. Yeah. Listen to the crazy old white man, will ya? Where's Branson? I got a good deal on a watch and I need his credit card...
Hey, buddy. This is a "symbolic visit". And a "largely symbolic" one at that. Whaddya want, everything? "We certainly hope that everybody will continue to talk to each other, including the rebels," Carter told a group of Darfur civil society workers. Getting to know you Getting to know all about you... The delegation — called "the elders" — also includes billionaire Richard Branson; Graca Michel, wife of former South African Nelson Mandela; and several prominent former statesmen from Africa. I guess Branson's there to pick up all the checks? | ||||
Posted by:tu3031 |
#5 Actually, that was the first wife, the Fabulous Winnie, another famous "freedom fighter" who had a teeny tiny problem with homicide by flaming tire. Looks like Nellie's getting to old for the trips. I guess he stays back at the Fortress of Eldertude and works the radios... |
Posted by: tu3031 2007-10-02 20:52 |
#4 You might notice they went to a UN Aid compound instead of that nasty refugee camp. They must not have had a Blackwater VIP Escort available. |
Posted by: Throger Thains8048 2007-10-02 19:45 |
#3 hmm@planecrashes.... |
Posted by: newc 2007-10-02 18:12 |
#2 Is Miss Michel the wife whose gang used to necklace dissenters? |
Posted by: trailing wife 2007-10-02 17:50 |
#1 Would an unexpected plane crash be too much to hope for? |
Posted by: Zenster 2007-10-02 14:46 |