What’s In the Kool-Aid at UNICEF?

I heard about this fundraising campaign in Belgium being talked about on the radio yesterday, but I didn’t imagine how horrific it might be. Although the word picture painted by the description was pretty macabre, seeing this screen shot from the fundraising campaign video using the beloved Smurfs just solidifies my anger.

UNICEF, the wing of the UN that does fundraising for humanitarian aid for children, is using this newest anti-war video in their latest donation drives. Breibart broke the story today via the AP. Here’s a snippet:


Smurfette is left for dead. Baby Smurf is left crying and orphaned as the Smurf’s village is carpet bombed by warplanes _ a horrific scene and imagery not normally associated with the lovable blue-skinned
cartoon characters.


These are the scenes being shown as part of a new UNICEF ad-campaign on Belgian television. 

“It’s working. We are getting a lot of reactions and people are logging on to our Web site,” UNICEF Belgium spokesman Philippe Henon said Tuesday.

The Belgian office of the U.N. children’s fund said it has decided to use the creations of late Belgian artist Peyo to shock a complacent public into backing its fund-raising efforts for ex-child soldiers in Africa.

The 20-second video commercial clip now being shown on Belgian TV aims to show that war can happen in the most innocent of places, Henon said.

“We get reactions from all over the place,” said Henon. “People are shocked and want to know the reasons behind this cartoon image.”

The appeal is meant to raise money for UNICEF projects in Burundi, Congo and Sudan, Henon said. However, due to its graphic and disturbing scenes, this cartoon is not for everyone. The advertisement is aimed at an adult audience and is only shown after 9 p.m. to avoid upsetting young Smurfs fans.

The video is peacefully introduced by birds, butterflies and happy smurfs playing and singing their theme song when suddenly out of the sky, bombs rain down onto their forest village, scattering Papa Smurf and the rest as their houses are set ablaze.

The bombs kill Smurfette leaving Baby Smurf orphaned and crying at the edge of a crater in the last scene of the video and finishing of with the text “don’t let war destroy the children’s world.”

It calls on viewers to donate.

 

Remember, one of the famous ambassadors for UNICEF is the beloved Hollyweirdette, Angelina Jolie. “Jolie has been a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commission for Refugees since 2001.” 

I don’t know about you all, but I’ve never believed that any arm of the UN was serving the United States any purpose whatsoever. I’m still waiting for Bolton to lop off those top 10 floors. He was right… it WOULD be a good start!

As my friend likes to refer to them, they really should be called the “UNTIED” Nations!

 

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Damned if We Do, and Even More Damned WHEN We Do!

I have been waiting for this to happen, but my wait wasn’t long. The peace-loving Muslims of Pakistan are slamming the West for not acting fast enough, and with not enough money after the earthquake! Excuse me? Since when have we really “owed” Pakistan anything? I know they’ve been our “ally” in the war on terror, but I say “Hand over Usama bin Laden, and we’ll give you all the aid you need!” Get ready for a dose of insensitivity here, folks!

I am sick and tired of this “gimme” attitude that has become so pervasive in the world, even in our enemy countries, because they know the world’s “Daddy Warbucks” will always come through with the cash and goods in times of need. However, the more and more we help, the less and less they appreciate it, but they damn well expect it!

According to the Independent Online today:

Western governments rushed to step up their pledges for the earthquake relief effort after their initial response to the disaster was condemned as slow-moving and financially inadequate.

The United States, which was under pressure to increase a pledge of $500,000 (£280,000) considered almost derisory by many Pakistanis when it was made over the weekend, announced it intended to give $50m in emergency aid.

The gesture, intended to make up for the resentment caused by an initial pledge which, along with the British offering of £100,000, was labelled as “peanuts” by Qazi Hussain, the leader of the Pakistani opposition party Jamat Islami, was greeted as a major boost to the struggling relief effort.

Peanuts? $500,00 is “peanuts?” Folks, we’ve got our own damn problems right here in the United States with all the natural disasters WE’VE suffered lately! When in God’s name are we going to say “enough is enough.” Remember the poll that was taken not too long ago in Europe, where 58% of the respondents said they wished for a “weaker United States?” Well, how about if we said “Sorry Musharraf… we’re just too weak to respond.” I am sick to death of the Euro-Weenies & others complaining about us being the world’s superpower, playing “planet police,” but by God, when they are deseparate and need help, just whose pockets do they want to jam their hands down? OURS! And they want to dig REAL DEEP! 

It is likely that private donations, as usual, from Americans will far surpass government funding, as Americans have proven to be the most benevolent lot on this earth! Is it appreciated? Hell no! Is it expected? Hell yes! But the beauty of this country, is that even though this is the case, our benevolent nature will probably never wane. That’s just the way we are.

I just hope to hell some secret “rescue” units go traversing through that mountainous region of Pakistan, find UBL’s dead, crushed body, and give it the “Nick Berg” treatment. Then put his severed head on a stick smack dab in the middle of the square in Mecca,and put his four limbs in four corners around Iraq. Think that might send a much-needed message to the Islamofasict thugs? It damn sure wouldn’t hurt to try. I’m all for it, are you?

And don’t ask me what I think Qazi Hussain should do with his damn “peanuts!” I think you already know that answer.

While we’re talking about “Crazy Qazi,” here’s some very interesting reading about him. Quite a curriculum veritae! Yeah, we need him as a pal!

Now how’s all THAT for insensitive???

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