And the winner of Best Acronym of 2003 is....(drumroll)

[Allah Akbar]

NEPAD!

http://www.news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=731172003

The core idea of the plan, ponderously titled the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), is a trade-off with the world’s aid-weary major powers. Africa, in an effort to shake off its persistent begging-bowl disorder, commits itself to democracy, good governance, financial discipline and market-oriented policies in return for more help from the developed countries, especially in the form of better access to their markets for Africa’s exports.

The intricate plan has obvious merit. It was drafted by Africans for Africans and so is free of any imperialist taint. Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria and Abdelaziz Bouteflika of Algeria are also co-authors.

NEPAD’s godfathers know the developed countries are sick of pouring their taxpayers’ money into Africa only to see it end up in the pockets and offshore accounts of corrupt leaders while the ordinary people - Franz Fanon’s "wretched of the Earth" - sink into ever deeper poverty.

NEPAD’s ultimate grand ideal is to end Africa’s conflicts, encourage accountable government and achieve growth rates that can at least absorb into employment the millions of African children who leave school each year, let alone the many millions who get no education at all.

(more at link)

[Allah Akbar]

1. Oh, C'mon!

No one else sees the irony and hypocrisy in their naming their "new plan for Africa" NEPAD?

They are laughing in our faces over this one.

PNAC- Project for a New American Century

NEPAD- New Partnership for Africa’s Development

It should be NPAD if anything.

They even added an E so they could pronounce it as Kneepad.

[tom_paine]

2. I'm with you on this one

Got another one for ya'.

Know who runs the Powerball game that is in like 30 provinces of the Empire now?

Multi-Use State Lottery
(MUSL)

Those criminal thugs just love their "wink-and-nod" acronyms.

If you check on Bev Harris' posts about Rigged Electronic "Voting" machines, you will find that Totalitarian Scum everywhere in the Empire have this same problem. (these partiuclar scum labeled their vote stealing files as "rob-georgia" and the like -- same principle)

They can't resist snickering at the people they are duping. They are absolutely secure in the fact that no one can do anything about it.

But, hey White Man's Burden is so stressful, these Totalitarian Monsters need some sort of comic relief.

:puke: :puke:

[tomp]

3. "...financial discipline and market-oriented policies..."

sounds like nepad = kneepad to me.

[RummyTheDummy]

4. I don't know about acronyms but....

My favorite word used frequently on this board is "cabal". Good to see that one making it back into our venacular.

[Merlin]

5. UN - BE - LEIVABLE !!!

I never ceased to be amazed by the mendacity of small minds.