Saturday, March 19, 2005
Inappropriate Appointments
In honour of Paul Wolfowitz being appointed the new head of the World Development Bank, here are a number of less well publicised - but just as inappropriate - appointments which might surprise you:

Assistant Coach, Australian Rugby - Sir Clive Woodward
Governor General - Peter Costello (Australian Treasurer, professed republican)
Chairman, National Union of Journalists - Bill O'Reilly (Fox News)
Leader of the New Socialist Alliance - Tony Blair
Immigrant Out-Reach Officer - Pauline Hansen (Former One-Nation founder)
CEO, Human Rights Watch - Rupert Murdoch
Chief Scientist, Royal Society - George W Bush
Head of State, Commonwealth of Australia - Charles, Prince of Wales
Tight Head Prop, ACT Brumbies - Mother Theresa
Campiagn Coordinator, Concerned Citizens for Fair Justice - Donald Rumsfeld
Integrity Commissioner - Peter Beattie (Qld Premier)
CEO, Council for Catholic Maintained Schools - Rev. Ian Paisley
Integrity Commissioner – Joh Bjelke-Petersen (Former Qld Premier)
CEO, Qld Conservatorium of Music - Kylie Minogue
Any Premier Rugby League Player - State Minister for Women
Host, The Einstein Factor (ABC TV) - Anna Nicole Smith
New INXS Lead Singer - John Howard
Student Counsellor - Shane Warne
President, Australian Conservation Foundation - Paul Lennon (Tasmanian pro-logging Premier)
CEO, Healthy Waterways - Julian Amos (CEO, SunAqua aquaculture)
Editor in Chief, Fox News – John Pilger
Chairman, World Trade Organisation - Kim Jong Il
Housing Minister, Palestinian Authority - Ariel Sharon
Mid-term Campaign Coordinator, US Republican Party – Michael Moore
Child Protection Officer – Michael Jackson
Chairman, SEQROC - John Freeman
Leader, Transport and General Workers Union - H. Lee Scott (CEO and President of Wal-Mart)

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