November 20, 2003

Clueless Ken

The Independent reports:
Ken Livingstone, the Mayor of London, launched a stinging attack on President George Bush last night, denouncing him as the "greatest threat to life on this planet that we've most probably ever seen".
What! Bigger than Hitler? Yes, that’s what Ken thinks. Here’s what he reportedly had to say on the subject in an interview he gave to Lynn Barber back in 1989.
Our way of life is built on the slaughter of 15 million people in the third world every year.

Hitler’s war cost 30 million lives over six years, but the IMF, World Bank and the Western banking system do that every two years. Our financial institutions have become the greatest instruments for the slaughter of humans ever devised.
Quick! Hand me the cluebat. No, not that thing, you need a sturdy maple one for the real clowns.