124% of Columbians favour Hllary for next President

Columbia's newspaper offers a wonderful op-ed piece endorsing Hillary in the next American election, in fact they think she should just assume the position. Those silly Columbians with their quaint little political ways, they don't know that you actually have to get elected, before 'assuming the presidency'. Speaking of Columbia, I've found something about that country regarding corruption, and rather that write two separate essays, I'll just combine the two stories I found.

Like a typical third-world nation, the United States is now a great carnival of contracts to reconstruct New Orleans and other areas affected by Hurricane Katrina. In the press and on television the disgusting business has been denounced. . . . .

"In 2000, hundreds of candidates for municipal office, a keystone to carrying out Colombia’s antidrug program, were pressured for allegiance by contending armed groups, with 21 mayoral candidates murdered in the run-up to the vote."

The scandal has reached the Congress, which has named a commission to investigate what happened. In the United States - unlike in Colombia - the legislature serves, works, is respected and has immense power. ...

"In the period 1997-2000, 34 mayors were assassinated and 100 others—10 percent of the total—were kidnapped. In 2001, three members of congress were also murdered, including a leader of the Colombian congressional peace commission."

The cost projections of projects doubled and in many cases tripled, and a long list of former advisers to President Bush have been awarded deals. With remarkable cynicism, a Republican leader, who was at one time the inspector general of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, answered an interrogator's question by declaring: "the abuse cannot be prevented. The question is, what can we do to reduce it ... " Something similar to that which has been said in this country [Colombia]: "to reduce corruption to its proper proportions." In other words: rob with moderation, and without much noise. But, and yes, without pause.

"Public corruption remains one of the most serious problems facing Colombia. A March 2000 congressional graft scandal, which included $49,119 for a new toilet and $50,000 for toilet paper and soap, dealt a body blow to Pastrana’s claim that his ruling coalition would clean up a hotbed of corruption that Colombians see as reflective of their country’s moral decay. In October 2001, a former culture minister who was the wife of Colombia’s inspector-general, the person responsible for government investigations, was murdered days after being kidnapped by leftist rebels."

The United States is passing through a dark time. Its society is badly affected by the phenomena of corruption, waste and cronyism. Great newspapers such as The New York Times have published information that has left millions of Americans overwhelmed. They inhabit an opulent society, but one that is palpably in the process of ethical decomposition. . . . .

"The justice system remains slow and compromised by corruption and extortion."

With all that is going on, it is becoming clear that the next occupant of the White House will be a Democrat. It would be good for her country and the world if Hillary Clinton became a candidate and assumed the Presidency. The rest of the world needs America’s rehabilitation and she has the talent and energy to give to the task.

"Constitutional rights regarding free expression and the freedom to organize political parties, civic groups, and labor unions are severely restricted by political and drug-related violence and the government’s inability to guarantee the security of its citizens."

President Bush has done the necessary thing by ensuring the defeat of his party - the frequent mistakes of his government have fattened the electoral stock of the Democrats.

"On a more positive note, in the first six months of 2001, although 12,300 people were murdered, an average of 68 per day, 620 fewer murders occured than during the same period in 2000." I suppose we should listen to the Columbians when the speak of crime and corruption. They are one of the worlds most corrupt countries.

Italics Mine [not really, they're from here.]