{"id":17774,"date":"2013-03-05T13:23:36","date_gmt":"2013-03-05T18:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=17774"},"modified":"2013-03-05T13:23:36","modified_gmt":"2013-03-05T18:23:36","slug":"lets-put-the-budget-together-right-after-the-company-christmas-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=17774","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s Put The Budget Together Right After The Company Christmas Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Putting the budget together for a business right after the company <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Christmas\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Christmas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Christmas<\/a> party is ridiculous, right? Well, evidently the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"United Nations\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_Nations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">United Nations<\/a> has done that consistently in the past.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/wireStory\/us-sober-18651523\">ABC News<\/a> posted a story today quoting Ambassador <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Joe Torsella\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joe_Torsella\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Joseph M. Torsella<\/a>, who represents the U.S. on the U.N.&#8217;s budget committee.<\/p>\n<p>The story reports:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Ambassador Joseph M. Torsella, who represents the U.S. on the U.N.&#8217;s budget committee, said Monday that the tense process of <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Negotiation\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Negotiation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">negotiating<\/a> the world body&#8217;s <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Budget\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Budget\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">annual budget<\/a> is made more complicated by the number of diplomats who turn up drunk.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>The U.N. budget is finalized in December, when holiday parties apparently lead to some revelry spilling over into budget negotiations.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>The U.S. is making &#8220;the modest proposal that the negotiating rooms should in future be an <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Alcohol intoxication\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alcohol_intoxication\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">inebriation<\/a>-free zone,&#8221; Torsella said during a private meeting of the budget committee. The U.S. mission released a transcript of his remarks.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s mostly American money, so why should they worry?<a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: none; float: right;\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_e.png?x-id=9cc3f54d-a03b-4562-b75c-e6be02a76e74\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Putting the budget together for a business right after the company Christmas party is ridiculous, right? Well, evidently the United Nations has done that consistently in the past. ABC News posted a story today quoting Ambassador Joseph M. 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