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"We sure don't want these guys around if the power goes off," a native New Yorker told THE NEW AMERICAN. "They'd strip the town!" The New York City resident was referring to the cabal of privileged, pampered, and perfumed reprobates who populate the missions and headquarters office staff of the United Nations. On May 2nd, these distinguished international civil servants turned the UN Tower of Shame on the East River into a spectacle resembling the recent looting sprees of Baghdad.
When UN cafeteria employees walked out on strike, Secretary-General Kofi Annan and other dignitaries were left without anyone to serve their meals or clean their tables. A New York Post editorial described what happened: "The high-end U.N. crowd ...