Catpaw - diary of an angry cat

Back in May of this year, the UN commission for Sustainable Development chose its new chairman. Yes folks the geniuses opted for Zimbabwe as their new leader. Don’t you just want to wallow in the irony of this choice? The nation that has virtually starved its own people to death through its crackpot farm land seizures, complete ineptitude in managing existing farms and industries and to top off this stellar list of accomplishments, bulldozed thousand of homes (which resulted in over 700,00 homeless people), is now in charge of Sustainable Development.

This is a country where the life expectancy is 30 years. Jobless rate is hovering around 70%, food aid is required despite having some great farmland, inflation hit 1,042.9% in April of last year and is estimated to be around 11,000% this month alone.

The UN’s own Humanitarian Chief Jan Egeland stated in 2005 that Zimbabwe was in a “meltdown” and spoke of the criminal behaviour of the Zimbabwean government.

So to reward the Zimbabwean government for its complete lack of business sense, concern for its own people and plundering of the economy - the UN has opted to award them with a plum job overseeing SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT!

CHRIST! This group of idiots and misfits can’t even sustain the price of toilet paper. Last year a single sheet of two ply toilet paper would set you back $417 Zimbabwean dollars. Don’t ask how much an entire roll would cost. The mind shutters. Its enough to make you constipated for life. (Facts came from a NY times article in May 2006). Let me put it to you in simpler terms, each sheet of toilet paper costs .83 British Pounds or $1.77 Canadian. Lets say there is 300 sheets per roll (really don’t know how many sheets there are… never had a reason to count them):

I think it would be cheaper to use the Zimbabwean currency.

God help the countries this group is supposed to help. Looks like Mugabe and his cronies are going to have to buy bigger belts.

On a more positive note - Zimbabwe does not hold the record for the worst inflation in history. That honour still goes the Weimar Republic in Germany in 1923. So I guess on that basis alone they qualify as experts in sustaining development.

Stumble it!