CURRENT ISSUE 12/7/04 Front Page Weekly Features Ain't That America? Ask Zarxnol Daily Probe Interview McQuigly & Moss Moth's Diary Musing With Mitch Newsmakers Say the Darndest Things! Still Life With Joan Info Previous Issues Crap Shop Who's at Fault? Contact Us! Aye, mateys! Get you some Daily Probe booty!	Kofi and Kojo: A Conversation [phone rings] Kofi Annan: Hello? Kojo Annan: Hi, Dad! Kofi: Son? Kojo: Yeah, Dad, it's me! Kofi: Why are you calling so late? Kojo: I just wanted to check in, you know, say "Hi," so here I am! Kofi: Ok, well, hi son. What have you been doing since late '98? Kojo: Oh, you know, consulting. Kofi: Consulting for who? Kojo: Oh, you know, different people. Kofi: Different people? Kojo: Oh, yeah, you know, there's work all over the place. Consulting and, you know, advising and stuff. Kofi: Anything big I should know about? Kojo: Oh, god no. Why would you even ask me that? Kofi: Well, I am the Secretary-General of the U.N... Kojo: That's so like you to throw that shit in my face! I am a *consultant*, Dad. Kofi: I know, I know.... Kojo: People, big people, pay me a *lot* of money to hear what I have to say, Dad! I may not be a "Secretary-General" or anything. Kofi: I didn't mean it like that. Kojo: Yes you did! Yes, you did! You meant it *exactly* like that! Kofi: Do we have to have this argument every time we talk? Kojo: No we don't, Dad. No we don't. If you'd just stop bringing all this shit up... Kofi: There's no need to swear, Koj. Kojo: Don't call me that! Don't call me that! I hate you! I hate the U.N.! I'm stealing every dime I can from the Oil-for-Food program! Kofi: Wait! Really? Kojo: Yes, I am! That's who I consult for, Dad. Cotecna Inspection Services SA, which from 1998-2003 held a lucrative contract with the U.N. to monitor goods arriving in Saddam Hussein's Iraq under the Oil-for-Food program, Dad. Kofi: Ok, well, I apologize. And let's not mention this to anyone. Kojo: Sure. Good luck, oldie. Kofi: Thanks for the heads-up, son. (Transcribed by Mark Niebuhr)
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