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G_j

(40,366 posts)
Sat Mar 24, 2012, 11:36 AM Mar 2012

Wow! This, IMO, may be Obama's finest action (to date):




As one who has been bitterly depressed over drone strikes and immunity for war criminals and other related issues, I am REALLY impressed with this appointment. This is BIG! and I believe it will have a tremendously positive effect on our world. Thank you Mr. President!


http://www.freep.com/article/20120324/BUSINESS07/203240343/Obama-nominates-educator-as-next-head-of-World-Bank



Obama nominates educator as next head of World Bank


WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's choice to lead the World Bank isn't the usual politician, lawyer or economist.

Jim Yong Kim, the White House's surprise nominee, is an educator, a doctor and an anthropologist who has waged a sometimes audacious campaign to improve the health of the world's poorest.

In the 1990s, defying skeptics, he found a cost-effective way to fight tuberculosis in the slums of South America. And he began a program to treat millions of Africans for HIV, that virus that causes AIDS.

Since 2009, the Korean-born Kim, 52, has been president of Dartmouth College.

"He's an outstanding choice," Jeffrey Sachs, a Columbia University economist who had been lobbying on his own behalf for the World Bank post, said in an interview.

"For the first time in the bank's history, it will have a president whose life mission is what the bank aims for: the elimination of poverty ... It's a brash decision which breaks the standard practice of going with a banker or a political insider."

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Wow! This, IMO, may be Obama's finest action (to date): (Original Post) G_j Mar 2012 OP
I note he was raised in Iowa and is president of Dartmouth. Freepers ain't gonna be happy. kestrel91316 Mar 2012 #1
I'm sure G_j Mar 2012 #2
And has helped to create grassroots programs for those poor around the world. jwirr Mar 2012 #3
Holy crap! FredStembottom Mar 2012 #4
+1000 G_j Mar 2012 #17
Impressive credentials. Can't wait to see what he'll do. n/t gkhouston Mar 2012 #5
He also rocks! And I mean he actually does... Fawke Em Mar 2012 #6
Thanks for the info and sorry I missed your original post. great white snark Mar 2012 #8
Another great move by President Obama to get us on the right track. denvine Mar 2012 #7
I know very little about this man 40lbsHammer Mar 2012 #9
Rachel Maddow had a segment TuxedoKat Mar 2012 #10
It was a surprising but excellent nomination. AtomicKitten Mar 2012 #11
1 2 3 Big Better Best...once more the Presidenht chooses one of the Best Category and ends up opihimoimoi Mar 2012 #12
I am thrilled Tumbulu Mar 2012 #13
How very EXCELLENT!! BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2012 #14
Yes! Now appoint another 200 more progressives as Easter Recess Appointments!! SunSeeker Mar 2012 #15
Great News! goclark Mar 2012 #16
You know how you know it was a good move? The usual suspects here... joshcryer Mar 2012 #18
well, I've been highly critical, and still am, but G_j Mar 2012 #22
President O thinks outside the box......... TheDebbieDee Mar 2012 #19
I'm an Obama cynic 90-percent Mar 2012 #20
excellent post G_j Mar 2012 #23
To: G_j 90-percent Mar 2012 #24
It's one of the top stories in Korea this week agentS Mar 2012 #21
I'm glad that Rachel Maddow drew attention to this ... eppur_se_muova Mar 2012 #25
 

kestrel91316

(51,666 posts)
1. I note he was raised in Iowa and is president of Dartmouth. Freepers ain't gonna be happy.
Sat Mar 24, 2012, 11:56 AM
Mar 2012

They're probably frothing over his being a furriner.

G_j

(40,366 posts)
2. I'm sure
Sat Mar 24, 2012, 12:01 PM
Mar 2012

a world class snob!

...who has worked on the ground with poor people around the globe, especially in Africa.


"a true friend of Africa" and "a leader who knows what it takes to address poverty."

FredStembottom

(2,928 posts)
4. Holy crap!
Sat Mar 24, 2012, 12:13 PM
Mar 2012

At first inspection.....

this looks like the kind of appointment I have fantasized about for 30 years! You know, when I'm having one of those America-wakes-up-from-it's-coma-and-does-what's-right dreams that just seem more laughable as we devolve further each day.

I'll be checking this out. Hope it all holds up. Seems too good right now to be true.

TuxedoKat

(3,818 posts)
10. Rachel Maddow had a segment
Sat Mar 24, 2012, 02:30 PM
Mar 2012

about Kim last night. He's very impressive and sounds perfect for the job.

opihimoimoi

(52,426 posts)
12. 1 2 3 Big Better Best...once more the Presidenht chooses one of the Best Category and ends up
Sat Mar 24, 2012, 02:50 PM
Mar 2012

with Jim Kim

An Excellent choice by me....

Tumbulu

(6,267 posts)
13. I am thrilled
Sat Mar 24, 2012, 03:38 PM
Mar 2012

And feel that it is directly from some sensitivity developed by growing up with such an incredible mom.

it is a monumentally important move for humanity. Thank you President Obama!

joshcryer

(62,265 posts)
18. You know how you know it was a good move? The usual suspects here...
Sun Mar 25, 2012, 06:19 AM
Mar 2012

...have been basically silent. Can't even go out of their way to feign approval. It's silence.

G_j

(40,366 posts)
22. well, I've been highly critical, and still am, but
Sun Mar 25, 2012, 08:58 AM
Mar 2012

this is an awesome move which deserves recognition. Good or bad, I prefer to honestly express my views. I'm sure some consider me "one the usual subjects". As someone who has protested at the WB, I'm elated over this appointment.

 

TheDebbieDee

(11,119 posts)
19. President O thinks outside the box.........
Sun Mar 25, 2012, 07:24 AM
Mar 2012

This is one of the things that makes him the smartest guy in the room.

90-percent

(6,828 posts)
20. I'm an Obama cynic
Sun Mar 25, 2012, 07:33 AM
Mar 2012

Mostly in the arena of unpunished Wall Street Bankster crimes.

And the entire treasonous GW Bush White House still walks free amongst us.

And there's still Goldman-Sachs alumni serving in the Obama White House, yes?

And the erosion of our Constitutional Rights, currently exemplified in the police state responses to the various Occupy Protests going on right now.

And cracking down on pot is on the wrong side of science and history in this day and age.....

So it has an aroma of giving us Progressives a bone to chew on for some hopey-changy stuff before the election.

.......On the one hand

On the other, it seems like a beautiful and magnificent appointment for a very important post. It seems to be doing what's right and just for humanity much more so than a political ploy. I like that a lot and hope more moves towards the Progressive-ism our nation needs to heal are in our near future.

The conservatives have been creating this unjust societal cluster fuck for at least the last thirty years. It's going to take the rest of us following a just and beautiful leader to restore the dreams of democracy our Founding Fathers envisioned.

This appointment is why I voted for our beautiful President four years ago. I am overjoyed to see such things.

-90% Jimmy

90-percent

(6,828 posts)
24. To: G_j
Sun Mar 25, 2012, 09:17 AM
Mar 2012

If I have created a good DU post, it is because I stood on the shoulders of the giant that created the OP!

To: agentS

Thank you for your perspectives from South Korea. (Doosan (formally Daewoo) makes some of the best CNC machines on the planet.)

-90% Jimmy

agentS

(1,325 posts)
21. It's one of the top stories in Korea this week
Sun Mar 25, 2012, 08:23 AM
Mar 2012

I live in Korea (south, otherwise I wouldn't be able to post this) and there's been a lot of coverage about it, though the story has dropped a little in favor of the liberal party sex scandal issue.

On a side note, if you want to know what sort of news people are interested in out here, you should check out Naver.com's top 10 stories of the week, as translated by Koreabeat.com. http://asiancorrespondent.com/77338/most-read-naver-com-articles-of-the-week-march-4-2011/#disqus_thread
Here's an example that had a lot of oddities:

1. A woman was arrested for tossing a bowl of hot soup into a young boy’s face at a restaurant.

2. The owner of a cafe in Gangnam was caught with a hidden camera in the women’s bathroom, which he used to photograph over 900 women.

3. More on #1.

4. A 49-year-old man who had lost his business and become estranged from his family was found dead in a goshitel room.

5. Host bars in Gangnam are getting raunchier as they branch out into the “bodobang” business formerly reserved for female prostitution.

6. A murderer was caught thanks to a recreation of the crime being broadcast on SBS.

7. The story of how two workers in restaurant/coffee shop wound up getting into an incredibly boring fight.

8. The video of an altercation between a female student and a woman in a convenience store remained on netizen radars.

9. Another altercation between a pregnant woman and an employee of a restaurant also continued to receive attention.

10. Two brothers who had been very close to each other began drinking and fighting after their grandmother died, and police had to separate them as they fought over her bank account — all 930,000 won of it.

11. MBC reporter Kim Jae-cheol was found to be using his company credit card improperly for things like expensive hotels.

12. The government is establishing some programs to help unemployed teens and those above age 40, partly through unemployment benefits of 320,000 won.

This one from last week has something about an American photographer. http://asiancorrespondent.com/77833/most-read-naver-com-articles-of-the-week-march-11-2012/
1. Henchmen of aging gangster Kim Tae-chon are accused of sexually assaulting a nurse aiding doctors treating him for pneumonia.

2. A photo by American Matthew Hoey is being used in the campaign against the naval base being built in Jeju.

3. A female university student was sexually assaulted in her apartment in Chuncheon.

4. A group of teenagers and kids launched a direct denial of service attack on the website of the Ministry Gender and Family, which has been trying to enact laws to limit how much time they can spend playing online games.

5. Despite the decreasing adult smoking rate, the number of teens and even pre-teens who smoke is on the rise.

6. An article on what it’s like at the hospital where Kim Tae-chon is being treated.

7. The approximately 1,500 members of the first graduating class of the nation’s new law schools are finding that job market doesn’t have enough openings for all of them. One mentioned in the article is driving a taxi to make ends meet.

8. In the first mention I’ve seen in the Korean media of animal hoarding, a woman in Seoul was found dead among her over 30 cats.

9. An article on passengers behaving badly on international flights.

10. An article on upcoming changes to the judicial examination system.

eppur_se_muova

(36,227 posts)
25. I'm glad that Rachel Maddow drew attention to this ...
Sun Mar 25, 2012, 10:35 AM
Mar 2012

this could be a real sea change. Maybe the WB will finally come close to fulfilling the purpose for which it *purportedly* exists.

Now, about the IMF ...

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