The Politics of Character Assassination

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   So its been like two weeks since I've had time to make a livejournal entry, this is surely some kind of terrible terrible record. And even now I don't have much time at all. So just a quick update here.

   MUNgate: recent developements on the MUN front: Under-Secretary-General Rinaldi resigned upon the discovery that former Secretary-General Myung and others were maliciously spreading rumours about her with intent to bring about her utter character assassination. Character assassination like the bombing of the UN HQ in baghdad -- if it had been done by the unfortunate mission director's best friends. While doing so Myung notes* that she must appear uninvolved so she can count the MUN ballots and congradulates co-conspirator Shemek on similarly avoiding suspicion while gaining the other ballot counting position. Go team!

   But to be fair, two current law students, former members of MUN, have come out in support of the current MUN administration. Read their perspective here. In addition to these weighty counter-arguments, Myung herself commented, and, possibly doing more damage to their cause than help, member and former SG Janet Rossi made an amusing comment. Rossi argues that the fact that $20 dinners have only about a fifth of the turnout of lower cost dinners may be not because the rest can't afford it, but because only those who are friends with the others on Secretariat go to the expensive dinners. Yes Janet, you might be right, that might have something to do with it, but I think that portrays it a lot worse than the simple "only those who can afford it" theory.


In Other News
   Yesterday the BBC called me to ask about a US Supreme Court case. True story. It was because I'm listed as a contact for the AGnostic & Atheist Student Assn (AGASA), and it was the 10 Commandments case.

   Currently one of my papers about Chechnya is being discussed at an international relations conference in Texas. I feel special.

Previously on Emosnail
   Two Years Ago Today: UCBMUNC '03 - and IHOP adventures. Missed the first day of Berkeley because I had work. Learned today actually that some people thought I forgot about UCBMUNC the first day. Yeah not so much, I'm the only one who actually spends the whole time in committee. Who was the only one of our 37 people to win an award this time? Yeah that would be me, and I don't forget about MUN conferences.


*source: an accidently intercepted AIM conversation. Seriously if you are planning on backstabbing someone, don't leave the conversation up on a computer they use. Excerpt about the fraudulent election aspirations:
amazonjedimaster: no
amazonjedimaster: then i might be tainted
amazonjedimaster: for the election-ness
PrzemekP: yeah, well, I worked on her and Priya on the way over
amazonjedimaster: so far there is not a peep from gena about getting you on the elections -vote counting-ness

Comments

[thiswallflower.livejournal.com]

hey, that's me!

now I feel popular.

[xaositecte.livejournal.com]

Now I really want to know what you -told- the BBC about the Ten Commandments Case.

[emosnail.livejournal.com]

to talk to someone else (=

[revchad.livejournal.com]

So what were these rumours specifically?

And doesn't Gena's resignation seem to have made the evil plan work, as Gena is no longer competition for the evil ones?

At least the evil ones are getting practice for their future carears as scum suckers for real politicians.

[emosnail.livejournal.com]

Yes unfortunately it does seem to have left them successful -- not only is Gena no longer a candidate for SG (did I mention she dropped out of the running for the position), but rumour has it Catherine herself is going to take over running our upcoming conference in place of Gena -- a really theoretically deplorable consequence of everything all things considered.

I really want to recommend Catherine to Swords and Sandals, I can see them being great for eachother.

wtf

[morwin.livejournal.com]

hi, i like your hat. Will you marry me?

Re: wtf

[emosnail.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry, I'm already engaged to kelleydoodle. (=

Re: wtf

[morwin.livejournal.com]

thats cool. i still like your hat! :)

Re: wtf

[emosnail.livejournal.com]

thanks. it keeps my head warm. It was my grandfathers. Its the only hat I own. Well except for an IHOP hat.

Re: wtf

[morwin.livejournal.com]

haha right on man

Re: wtf

[emosnail.livejournal.com]

Plus my lovely girlfriend basicallyasap would probably be bothered if I took on an additional fiancee.

Re: wtf

[kelleydoodle.livejournal.com]

kris and i have been engaged for three years. get in line, tootsie.


p.s. just kidding. you can have him.




p.p.s. not really. he's mine forever.

Re: wtf

[morwin.livejournal.com]

lol :)
ur lucky! you got such a cool hat now! and an interesting fellow with it.

Re: wtf

[kelleydoodle.livejournal.com]

the way to win him is to ask him to marry you within five minutes of meeting him. online. through your friend. possibly on your friend's screenname? maybe on her screenname. i think it was.

at any rate, yeah. i'm mostly marrying him for the hat. mostly.

Re: omg wtf

[emosnail.livejournal.com]

What?! For my hat? I thought it was for my shirt!

Re: omg wtf

[kelleydoodle.livejournal.com]

that shirt is the equivalent of two mansions and a yacht as far as girl winning potential goes.

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[morwin.livejournal.com]

:) hehehehe