-:Undertaker:-
21-02-2010, 08:57 PM
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1252707/EU-superheroes-solve-humanitarian-crisis-caused-earthquake--comic-thats-costing-taxpayer-200-000.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/7278919/Zana-and-Max-the-200000-comic-book-Eurocrats-saving-the-world.html
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/02/21/article-0-086595A8000005DC-759_233x312.jpg
A comic book portraying two fictional European Commission bureaucrats as humanitarian heroes battling to save the world is being sent to schools and homes at a cost of £200,000 to the taxpayer. More than 300,000 copies of Hidden Disaster, which is printed in five languages, are being dispersed across the UK and mainland Europe. The hardback graphic novel was written by Belgian author Erik Bongers.
It follows Zana and Max, two employees at the European Commission's Humanitarian Aid Department - or ECHO - as they try and raise money for Borduvia, a fictional state that has been devastated by an earthquake. Beautiful aid worker Zana, who wears a safari jacket with a patch depicting the European Union flag on it, is sent to Borduvia to manage the humanitarian crisis. There she meets up with local charity worker Tesjang who takes her to the worst-hit region of Kellow, an area in the Urgi mountains that is run by rebels. Tesjang takes her to meet the rebel leader who at first refuses her offer of European Commission aid. But determined Zana delivers a spirited response that is sure to leave children across Europe enraptured.
She says: 'In tragedies like this, international solidarity is normal. 'Borduvia is already accepting outside help, delivered impartially by independent agencies. If you do the same, people here will benefit... which surely is a good thing.' In another exchange with Tesjang, she is asked if there are many people from the Eureopean Commission in Borduvia. Her snappy reply is: 'No the aid is channelled through organisations like UNICEF or Oxfam. When the Commission finances them, they become what we call our "implementing partners".' Zana files reports on her progress throughout Hidden Disaster, which concludes with millions of euros arriving in Borduvia to provide clean water, food and shelter.
But Matthew Elliott, chief executive of Taxpayers' Alliance, said: 'It is deeply immoral to use taxpayers' money to promote the EU to children.
'This is pure political propaganda aimed at kids, which is a classic tactic of corrupt and unaccountable regimes down the ages. 'The EU seems to think it can buy itself popularity, but instead it simply makes itself look more out of touch and wasteful.'
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/02/21/article-1252707-086595C0000005DC-835_468x654.jpg
..and the day was saved - thanks to the power puff girls EU commissoners!
Thoughts?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/7278919/Zana-and-Max-the-200000-comic-book-Eurocrats-saving-the-world.html
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/02/21/article-0-086595A8000005DC-759_233x312.jpg
A comic book portraying two fictional European Commission bureaucrats as humanitarian heroes battling to save the world is being sent to schools and homes at a cost of £200,000 to the taxpayer. More than 300,000 copies of Hidden Disaster, which is printed in five languages, are being dispersed across the UK and mainland Europe. The hardback graphic novel was written by Belgian author Erik Bongers.
It follows Zana and Max, two employees at the European Commission's Humanitarian Aid Department - or ECHO - as they try and raise money for Borduvia, a fictional state that has been devastated by an earthquake. Beautiful aid worker Zana, who wears a safari jacket with a patch depicting the European Union flag on it, is sent to Borduvia to manage the humanitarian crisis. There she meets up with local charity worker Tesjang who takes her to the worst-hit region of Kellow, an area in the Urgi mountains that is run by rebels. Tesjang takes her to meet the rebel leader who at first refuses her offer of European Commission aid. But determined Zana delivers a spirited response that is sure to leave children across Europe enraptured.
She says: 'In tragedies like this, international solidarity is normal. 'Borduvia is already accepting outside help, delivered impartially by independent agencies. If you do the same, people here will benefit... which surely is a good thing.' In another exchange with Tesjang, she is asked if there are many people from the Eureopean Commission in Borduvia. Her snappy reply is: 'No the aid is channelled through organisations like UNICEF or Oxfam. When the Commission finances them, they become what we call our "implementing partners".' Zana files reports on her progress throughout Hidden Disaster, which concludes with millions of euros arriving in Borduvia to provide clean water, food and shelter.
But Matthew Elliott, chief executive of Taxpayers' Alliance, said: 'It is deeply immoral to use taxpayers' money to promote the EU to children.
'This is pure political propaganda aimed at kids, which is a classic tactic of corrupt and unaccountable regimes down the ages. 'The EU seems to think it can buy itself popularity, but instead it simply makes itself look more out of touch and wasteful.'
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/02/21/article-1252707-086595C0000005DC-835_468x654.jpg
..and the day was saved - thanks to the power puff girls EU commissoners!
Thoughts?