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Today’s Tidbits

October 31st, 2007 . by Basti

‘Forgotten’ Toddler Dies in Hot Car    Again!  How in the hell can you forget you have your child with you?  In the past I’ve forgotten my money, my I.D., my keys and a host of other things, but I never forgotten one of my children!

Officials: Boy With Matches Started Fire    Look for matches to soon be banned in CA.

Iowa Tax on Pumpkins Is No Treat    Politicians will tax sunlight as soon as they can figure out how to do it.

Expert: Miami Group Ready for Holy War    We have allowed the serpents of Islam to make a home in the US. 

House Committee hearing: Global warming caused wildfires…
Reid’s inconvenient theory will get House airing…     WTF!  We know at least one fire was started by a kid with matches.

MERRILL’s departing chief to get $160 million…     That’s not a ‘golden parachute’ that’s a ‘platinum parachute’.

Sex ban on the Airbus A380…     Let’s see, you rent a couple a bed, ply them with food and drink and then not expect them to do the horizontal mamba.  Nae that dog ain’t gonna hunt!

Ralph Nader Sues Democratic Party     So the poster boy for ‘Moon-Bats ‘R’ US’ is suing the Dem’s because they conspired to keep him from taking votes from them.  Excuse me, but I thought that was what politics and elections were all about, keeping the other guy from getting votes that you want.

The ‘Mastermind’ Walks    The Spanish were ‘afraid’ to convict him.  The Conquistadors must be rolling in their graves.

New Technology Can Make a Tank Vanish    The US is working on a system that does actually make tanks, planes, etc vanish and its not just a trick of the eye, its some sort of teleporting thing.

NASA boss vows to reveal safety poll     Hmm the heat must have gotten turned up on this one.

Feds want to survey, possibly clean up vast garbage pit in Pacific     This is in international waters and you can’t tell me all the debris is from the US.  So why is it our job to clean it up?

Why Americans Will Believe Almost Anything    Once it was if you read it in the papers it had to be true, then it was if you heard it on radio it had to be true, then it was if you saw it on TV it had to be true, now we’re at the, ‘it was on the Net it has to be true stage’.  In the end people believe absurd things because the absurd is so much more interesting than the mundane ho-hum of everyday life.

Ron Paul Is Not Being Included In Polls     R/P is not a serious major candidate, he’s not even a ‘has been’, he’s just a ‘never was’.

FTC pleads for more antispyware authority, Senate can’t find time to act     Get a good firewall, that stops most of it and you aren’t going to stop it all.

Dog shoots Iowa man during hunt     Dog claims to have gotten idea from Dick Cheney.

Bomb Iran, majority of Americans says in new poll    I would put the figure at closer to 60% for attacking Iran.  Only a fool or ‘usual suspect’ believes any of the lies that come out of Iran.  Remember Muslims lying to non-Muslims is not sin for them as unbelievers don’t count for jack!

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Saluting the 3rd ACR

October 31st, 2007 . by Basti

Saluting the 3rd ACR

Greyhawk (Updated)

Via email from a 3rd ACR family member, a letter from the Mayor of Tall ‘Afar, Iraq to the men and women of the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment and their families.

In the Name of God the Compassionate and Merciful

To the Courageous Men and Women of the 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment, who have changed the city of Tall’ Afar from a ghost town, in which terrorists spread death and destruction, to a secure city flourishing with life.

To the lion-hearts who liberated our city from the grasp of terrorists who were beheading men, women and children in the streets for many months.

To those who spread smiles on the faces of our children, and gave us restored hope, through their personal sacrifice and brave fighting, and gave new life to the city after hopelessness darkened our days, and stole our confidence in our ability to reestablish our city.

Our city was the main base of operations for Abu Mousab Al Zarqawi. The city was completely held hostage in the hands of his henchmen. Our schools, governmental services, businesses and offices were closed. Our streets were silent, and no one dared to walk them. Our people were barricaded in their homes out of fear; death awaited them around every corner. Terrorists occupied and controlled the only hospital in the city. Their savagery reached such a level that they stuffed the corpses of children with explosives and tossed them into the streets in order to kill grieving parents attempting to retrieve the bodies of their young. This was the situation of our city until God prepared and delivered unto them the courageous soldiers of the 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment, who liberated this city, ridding it of Zarqawi’s followers after harsh fighting, killing many terrorists, and forcing the remaining butchers to flee the city like rats to the surrounding areas, where the bravery of other 3d ACR soldiers in Sinjar, Rabiah, Zumar and Avgani finally destroyed them.

I have met many soldiers of the 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment; they are not only courageous men and women, but avenging angels sent by The God Himself to fight the evil of terrorism.

The leaders of this Regiment; COL McMaster, COL Armstrong, LTC Hickey, LTC Gibson, and LTC Reilly embody courage, strength, vision and wisdom. Officers and soldiers alike bristle with the confidence and character of knights in a bygone era. The mission they have accomplished, by means of a unique military operation, stands among the finest military feats to date in Operation Iraqi Freedom, and truly deserves to be studied in military science. This military operation was clean, with little collateral damage, despite the ferocity of the enemy. With the skill and precision of surgeons they dealt with the terrorist cancers in the city without causing unnecessary damage.

God bless this brave Regiment; God bless the families who dedicated these brave men and women. From the bottom of our hearts we thank the families. They have given us something we will never forget. To the families of those who have given their holy blood for our land, we all bow to you in reverence and to the souls of your loved ones. Their sacrifice was not in vain. They are not dead, but alive, and their souls hovering around us every second of every minute. They will never be forgotten for giving their precious lives. They have sacrificed that which is most valuable. We see them in the smile of every child, and in every flower growing in this land. Let America, their families, and the world be proud of their sacrifice for humanity and life.

Finally, no matter how much I write or speak about this brave Regiment, I haven’t the words to describe the courage of its officers and soldiers. I pray to God to grant happiness and health to these legendary heroes and their brave families.

NAJIM ABDULLAH ABID AL-JIBOURI
Mayor of Tall ‘Afar, Ninewa, Iraq

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Brave men and women doing a dirty, dangerous, and most times thankless job.  Good to see that at least some that they fought for appreciative what was done.

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Today’s Tidbits

October 29th, 2007 . by Basti

Death penalty systems ‘flawed,’ ABA reports    Damn sure is!  It’s not used often enough!  Give the offenders 3 automatic appeals in a time space not to exceed 3 years.  If none of the appeals cut the mustard, execute them post haste.  Justice should be done and seen to be done swiftly.  Some will say, “But, but what if even then we execute an innocent person?”  I say, “Really suck to be that person!”  Nothing is perfect because its made by man and we aren’t taking about thousands of innocent people being executed.The guilty go free all the time to kill and main again and again.  I say I would rather execute one innocent person, rather than let a dozen guilty goblins go free or sit on their ass’s in prison for the next 50 years or so.

Dems challenged by Iowa’s new Hispanic voters    How many of these ‘voters’ are really US citizens?  I’m betting its a very small number.

World Blog: Pakistan’s jihad schools prosper    Tell me more about how Islam is a cult of peace and enlightenment!

Forecasters Blow It, Again: ’07 Hurricane season may rank as most ‘inactive’ in 30 years…     Predicting fewer hurricanes doesn’t sell all the do-dads people buy to prepare for hurricanes.  Also predicting fewer hurricanes doesn’t fit in with the ‘human global warming bullshit’ and doesn’t sell commercial time on the Weather Channel.

Homeland Security strikes deal with NY on driver’s licenses for illegals…     Always with the frigging deals!  Arrest that asshole who’s the governor of NY and charge him with obstruction of Fed law and deport all the damned illegals.  WTF is so hard about that?

Edwards: ‘College for Everyone’…     Just what the US needs, more over educated nitwits who can’t pour water out of a boot with directions on the boot-heel.

Minorities Less Likely to Trick or Treat    Hell every day is ‘treat day’ for minorities.

Fingerpointing Over Grounded Helicopters    There are always more ‘chiefs than there are indian’s and the ‘pissing contests’ never end. 

Latin Radicals Spur Poverty     I love it when a plan comes together!

Anti-Americans Bash Anti-Islamo-fascism Week     Quote:  “In response, anti-American leftists and organizations supporting the Islamic jihad organized a national campaign of vitriol and hate almost as unprecedented. This campaign revealed the lengths to which the anti-American left will go to prevent the public from discussing the nature of the holy war that has been declared on them. It was characterized by a political McCarthyism whose levels of character assassination and slander had not been seen since the early days of the Cold War. Speakers for the events and students organizing them were attacked as religious bigots and anti-Muslim “racists” and “fascists.”

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“Supporting the Islamists’ efforts to discredit our concerns about Islamo-fascism was a panopoly of leftist websites and organizations that included the Revolutionary Communist Party, its front “World Can’t Wait,” another front “The Columbia Coalition Against the Iraq War,” the International Socialist Alliance, the Orwellian-named “National Project to Defend Dissent and Critical Thinking in Academia, the Nation Magazine, HuffingtonPost, Alternet.org., IndyMedia.org, Campus Progress (a campus organization created by the Soros and Clinton political network), the ACLU and College Democrats. Bloggers such as Joshua Micah Marshall and Matthew Yglesias piled on.

Cliopatria blogger Ralph Luker described our events as “Hate Your Neighbor Week,” which was accurate only if your neighbor were Osama bin Laden, Ayman Zawahiri or Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.”

If being anti-Islam make me a bigot, a racist, and Fascist I’m up for all that.  The Leftist traitors would make common cause with the Devil himself if they thought it would advance their agenda.  The day is coming when the traitors will be sorted from the American patriots and the traitors will get their well deserved due.

US: Iran seeks nuclear weapons    Of course Iran wants nukes.  Every little piss-ant nation on earth wants nukes.  Many say there is no proof of this.  When Iran uses a nuke what will they say?  “Oh well we’ll just have to live with it,” is what they will say.  (See directly below.)

Egypt launches nuclear power program     (See directly above)

Doctors, Torture, and the War     I don’t quibble when it comes to torture. I fully support the use of torture to obtain Intel or just because it scares the shit out of the bad guys.

British minister detained at US airport     Quote:  If DHS employees cannot tell the difference between a British Minister and a terrorist, perhaps they need to be fired – immediately.

There is no difference!!!

NYSE Eliminates Trading Curbs Dating Back to 1987     Translation:  “We have to make more profit, even if we bring down the whole house of cards.”

Folks if you have any money invested in the stock market, get it out now!  Big money is fixing to clear the board of all those nasty little investors who are in the way.

Fake FEMA news conference director gets promotion     Sure way to get a promotion when you work for the Fed’s.  FUBAR it to the max and you’ll move right up!

Video evidence of Ron Paul support being censored by Fox     Rule of thumb is, you only film and report on viable candidates and R/P ain’t a viable candidate.

US annexes Canadian landmark in new video promoted by the State Department

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30% of Americans Don’t Know When 9/11 Attacks Occurred!!     I’m totally surprised!  I’d have figured the percentage at around 50-60%!

Who is responsible for the California Fires?     OK! First Bush did it, then the rag-heads did it, then the illegals did it and now Blackwater did it.  I don’t have a door yet for this moon-bat conspiracy theory.

Medical marijuana advocate kills herself     Quote:  “At the time, the DEA special agent in charge of the Rocky Mountain Field Division said federal agents were “protecting people from their own state laws” by seizing such shipments.”

Save us from the ‘know all’ Fed’s who know all their is to know about nothing, but think they know all about everything.

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Thought for the day:

October 28th, 2007 . by Basti
Thought for the day:
Calling an illegal alien an “undocumented immigrant”
is like calling a drug dealer an “unlicensed pharmacist”.
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Amnesty

October 28th, 2007 . by Basti

Amnesty

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Today’s Tidbits

October 27th, 2007 . by Basti

UN Expert to Probe Killings by US Troops    This is none of the UN’s business.

Radical Environmentalist Pleads Guilty    These scumbags are terrorists and should either be locked up for life or executed.  Personally I prefer execution.

Activist Seeks Help for Immigrants’ Kids    Deport the nits as well as the lice.  Dropping the kid on US soil dose not a US citizen make and I don’t care that the USSC has ruled otherwise, they’re wrong!

Ruling Favors Mich. Inmates Serving Life    A life sentence should mean just that, life, no parole ever!  Otherwise what is the point of a life sentence?

Cargo Firm Admits Overbilling Military    This is real old news, because this sort of thing has been going on since at least 1776.  In the run-up to Benedict Arnold turning his coat he was caught war profiteering in Philadelphia and Congress wanted to court-martial him then.  In fairness to Arnold Congress had treated Arnold a twice wounded veteran very badly and that tradition has stayed with us as well.

Chicago Politicians Seek New Taxes, Fees    When the average family is faced with a shortfall in funds they either cut back, do without, or go bankrupt.  No so for all branches of government.  Government seems to think that the taxpayers pockets are bottomless pits.  Government at all levels will tax and tax until people move away and then moan that their tax base is gone.  Never vote for any tax increase or elect anyone who has raised taxes or wants to raise taxes.

Barring Muslim Scholar’s Visit Debated    In a sane society this would not have to be debated, this nut bag would be banned and that would be it.  However the ACLU ever vigilante for the slightest effort to defend America or American values has to stick their long noses into it.  The first thing that needs to be done in securing America from both foreign and domestic threats is to declare the ACLU a supporter of terrorist organizations, make the ACLU illegal,  and arrest every card carrying member of the ACLU in the the US.

DEMOCRATS PLAN A SHORTER WORKWEEK IN CONGRESS…      This is good news in a way.  The less time the thieves are in Congress the less time they have to screw things up.

Inhofe speech slams DiCaprio’s film as ‘scarefest’ aimed at kids, mocks poor boxoffice…     DiCaprio is just another one of the ‘Hollyweird’ pretty boys who thinks what he has to say is just so damned important.  When in reality what ‘Hollyweird has to say isn’t any more important than what the rest of us have to say.  Money and pretty do not equate knowledge.

WIRE: Hillary Could Lose Nomination… If…    She dies or quits, otherwise its a done deal.

FIRES EXPOSING SIZE OF PROBLEM IN IMMIGRATION…     Quote:  “People are dying because we can’t control our border,” Mr. Bilbray said. “That’s what they should be screaming about. Anyone who knows the land and the illegal activity in that rugged terrain knows there was no way we would avoid deaths in this.”

I’ll say it again.  “In a sane society that was concerned with the integrity of the US borders and US citizens, illegals would be deported in the millions not in the dozens.  The borders would be sealed tight and unauthorized entry would be met with lethal force.”

Big-Game Hunting in Iraq     Some don’t get it or say they don’t get it for ulterior motives.  The US Military is not the Boy Scouts or some charity.  The US Military exists to kill our enemies and break things.  The rule of thumb in combat of any sort is, “Never hesitate, kill and kill with extreme prejudice.  To do otherwise may kill you and your comrades.”

‘Shoot first’ laws make it tougher for burglars in the United States     Quote:  “Remember to load your weapon with fragmentation slugs that explode on impact, like the Glaser Safety Slugs. In addition to coupling more energy to the target (and turning the impact zone into hamburger) such bullets tend NOT to penetrate through walls intact and into your neighbors house, the way FMJ will.”

Personally I keep my .44 Roger Super Black-hawk loaded with a shot shell (Miniature shotgun shell) and a .240 grain hollow-point loaded in alternate cylinders.  I still pefer a ‘wheel gun’ as auto loaders will all jam before a wheel gun.  For close encounters I pefer a sharp fighting knife/dagger, they never jam or need reloading.

A tale of two decisions (or, how the FBI gets you to confess)      If you’re stupid enough to talk with any cop without your lawyer present you deserve what you get.  If you’re not allowed a lawyer, just say nothing.  It’s real easy, “I refuse to talk and this interview is over!”

Zionists enjoy torturing Palestinians     Contrary to what many people believe most people can and will acquire a taste for torture on the giving end.  Humans are the most violent and cruel species on this planet.  And barring the 2nd coming, this isn’t likely to change.

Is a Second More Deadly 9/11 Now In the Works? There are good reasons to believe so     This one is behind door #10 in the every growing list of conspiracy theories that are according to some perpetuated by the most inept administration in US history.

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Intruder dies after throat slashed

October 27th, 2007 . by Basti

Intruder dies after throat slashed

A GRANDFATHER has told how he desperately tried in vain to save the life of a burglar who was breaking into his home.

The burglar bled to death in the man’s frontyard after he tripped and slashed his throat while he climbed through a bedroom window.

The resident, who didn’t want to be named, said the burglar’s throat “looked like an axe had hit it” after he came down face first on the jagged glass.

The deadly mishap occurred in the Adelaide suburb of O’Sullivan Beach at 2.10am yesterday after the burglar used a concrete garden statue to smash his way into the main bedroom.

Police believe the burglar stumbled on a piece of the statue, which had broken when it struck the window.

The couple, sleeping less than one metre away from the window, were showered with glass.

“He threw one of our statues through the window,” the man said.

“It was a hell of a bang when it came through. My wife woke up screaming.”

The middle-aged man said he told his horrified wife to call police before peering out the window to see who was there.

“I didn’t know whether I was going to be fighting for my life or running for my life,” the man said.

“I didn’t know whether it would be one person or more or whether they would try and attack me.”

The resident was stunned to discover the burglar lying unconscious outside the window “in a pool of blood”.

“He wasn’t trying to talk; he was well past that,” he said.

“I took a couple of towels out there and tried to stop the bleeding.

“Once I realised he wasn’t going to attack me, I wanted to try and help him.

“I felt his pulse but he was just cold and clammy.

“He wasn’t moving and he was barely breathing.

“You could hear the air going in and out through his throat; not his nose and mouth.

“By then I realised there was nothing I could do.”

“My guess is he slipped when he tried to get inside.

“He was only wearing thongs and he must have slipped and fallen.”

This is from Australia and its good news that another one of the bad guys has shuffled of this mortal coil.  However why in the world would the person who’s house was being broken into try to save the bad guys life?  I don’t know about Australia, but here in the US you might be sued because the bad guy was injured on your property.  Of course the bad guys family may yet sue for wrongful death.  Such is the times we now live in.

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Today’s Tidbits

October 26th, 2007 . by Basti

UN WARNS OF RAPID DECAY OF ENVIRONMENT…
‘Humanity’s very survival’ at risk…
EARTH AUDIT: ‘Final wake-up call’…     It never stops and daily people are bombarded by this propaganda that is designed to destroy the US while allowing China and other nations to do as they like.

FBI Alert: Shoe bomber danger [again]…     Here we go again!  We’re worried about show bombs when a recent report showed that 75% of fake test bombs got past security at LAX!

VIDEO: Bill Clinton Takes On 9/11 Conspiracy Protesters: ‘How Dare You’…     I’ll tell you how we dare!  The bastards on the Left & globalists have lied to us since the days of FDR and they’re lying to us now.  Human global warming is a conspiracy by the Left and globalists to lower the standard of American living for the average citizen while the well to do skate merrily along!

MAG: Louisiana turning solidly Republican after Katrina…     This might sound like good news, however the Republicans have not of late impressed me with their Conservative stance.

Man arrested for eating 10 jelly beans in store…     I’ve got a ‘zero’ policy when it comes to stupid shit and this is stupid shit.

70% of callers to Spanish TV show think McCanns were lying…     I agree with the 70%, they were lying.

Florida jailers allowed ‘elaborate’ same-sex inmate wedding…     You’ve got to be kidding me!

Iran Dismisses the Chance of a U.S. Strike     This may well be wishful thinking on Iran’s part.

Truth Commission Suggested for U.S.     More ‘touchy feely’ b/s by those who don’t know how the world works, they just think they do.

Senate OKs Internet Tax Ban, E-mail Protected     This is good news, however why wasn’t the ban made permanent?  We all know that governments at all levels will tax anything and everything given half a chance and then tell you the tax is really in your best interests.  (We all know that all taxes are regressive no matter what is taxed)

Fight Over Child Health Care Persists     The US Constitution allows for some limited ‘social welfare for US citizens’.  It does not however allow for ‘Socialized Medicine’ on any level.

Famed DNA Scientist Quits Post After Race Remarks     Another brilliant man driven from his position because he dared to tell the truth.

Life Fragile on Fires’ Front Lines     Quote:  “Southern California is a desert, turned into a human paradise for 24 million residents. Most live within a dozen or so miles of its seashore. It is made livable only by cooling Pacific breezes and aqueduct-imported water. Even so, native Californians like myself are shocked when they first travel east of the Mississippi to see how lush and green those states are . . . and how rainy.”

Water taken from snow-melt has made Southern California into an artificial living area that supports a vast population of people it was never meant to support.  Before the aqueducts L.A. was little more than a village in a desert.  When the water runs out in Southern California the party will be over. 

Study: Most Immigrants See Future in U.S.     300 + Americans today.  I submit we don’t need any more people in this nation.  It has become quite clear that the infrastructure/resources can’t support what we have today.  I say stop all immigration now!  I know that an unpopular opinion, but then the truth is seldom popular.

Bridge Collapse Survivors Want Fund     After 9/11 everyone who is hurt in any way wants to get on the gravy-train.

Well, Well, WellCare?     The Fed’s involved in health-care is like a bull in a china shop, only clumsier.

IRAQ: Child prisoners abused and tortured, say activists     A 13 year old can kill you just as dead as a 33 year old.  V/Nam proved that if nothing else.

An American attack on Iran will be viewed by Moscow as an attack on Russia.     This is all bluff and bluster.  The Russkies aren’t going to war over Iran!

Attack Iran and you attack Russia     Russia doesn’t have anything in this, but Putin’s big mouth.  And I still say this is all bluff and bluster and a way for Iran to threaten the US without actually having the wherewithal to back it up.  Then once Iran has operational nukes its a whole new ballgame.  However if the price of putting down the mad-dogs in Iran is war with Russia, then so be it.

Human race will ‘split into two different species’     Quote:  “The human race will one day split into two separate species, an attractive, intelligent ruling elite and an underclass of dim-witted, ugly goblin-like creatures, according to a top scientist.”

This has already happened.  The dim-witted, ugly goblins are what we call the Left, the conspiracy moon-bats, and the Muzzies.

Photo suggests quick cleanup of suspected Syrian nuclear site     Many of us have said all along that the Iraq nuke making materials were moved into Syria before the US invaded Iraq.  Remember that Syria is still ruled by the same political party that ruled Iraq.

California Wildfires Continue to Grow: NASA Images Show Fire’s Immense Size     You’d think the entire US west of the Mississippi was ablaze to hear some tell it.

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Move the United Nations to Botswana

October 26th, 2007 . by Basti

Move the United Nations to Botswana


The world yawned as the anniversary of the United Nations came and went. The reason is simple. The League of Nations and the United Nations were both based on the flawed premise that all humans are basically good. There is ample empirical historical evidence to the contrary. Hitler, Stalin, and Pol Pot are just a few examples that prove that evil does exist.
The dream of global peace is probably as old as humans. In the aftermath of World War I, U.S. President Woodrow Wilson worked to create an organization that recognized political independence and territorial integrity, and Wilson’s dream became the League of Nations. But, World War II reminded us that flowery speeches and empty rhetoric cannot assure either political independence or territorial integrity. The League of Nations met its predictable fate in 1946 but the utopian dream of world peace prompted the creation of the United Nations in 1948. The U.N. continued the dream by pledging to promote peace, security, development, and human rights around the world.

The U.N.’s first major attempt to thwart the expansionist goals of an oppressive government occurred in the 1950s when communists in northern Korea invaded their neighbors in southern Korea. After a couple years of open warfare, peace negotiations began. A line was drawn along the 38th parallel and North and South Korea were created. And for over fifty years of diplomatic gum flapping there are still open hostilities. Yes, this is the same North Korea that threatens to ”nuke” Los Angeles. This should put to rest questions of the effectiveness of the United Nations to promote peace around the world.

The U.N. successes are miniscule and it failures are numerous. So why continue an organization that fails to meet its prime objective, costs billions a year, and elevates tyrants and dictators to the level of civilized people? The U.N. members have seen fit to elect members of U.N. Commission on Human Rights that have horrible records on human rights. You might ask, what U.N. members have been selected to be protectors of human rights? None other than Cuba, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, North Korea, and Zimbabwe, were selected to the U.N. Commission on Human Rights.

Most of the 191 nations that make up the United Nations are dysfunctional dictatorships. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Hugo Chavez, Robert Mugabe, Kim Jong-il, and Fidel Castro are all poster boys for dysfunctional governments. Three dozen of the countries in the U.N. have populations less than a million and over a dozen have populations under 100,000. Tiny Palau only has about 16,000 people. We have neighborhoods with populations over 16,000, yet these tiny countries have the same vote as any of the major countries in the U.N. General Assembly. With 49,000 employees, the United Nations actually employs more people than many of the nations it represents.

The current 38-story glass walled U.N. Secretariat building is over 50 years old and is in violation of building, health, and safety codes. If the U.N. building was the headquarters for a U.S. business it would have been condemned years ago for code violations. The Empire State Building is older and is still in good shape. The difference is that the Empire State building is privately owned and the U.N. building belongs to a dysfunctional global governmental entity. The United Nations wanted $1.3 billion to tear down the existing building and build a new headquarters. What’s worse they wanted to stick the U.S. taxpayers with a non-collectable loan. Now the United Nations wants to renovate the building. A better suggestion would be to sell the U.N. building to Donald Trump. He would turn it into moneymaking operation in no time.

In New York, U.N. diplomats and aides are notorious for not paying their parking tickets, stiffing restaurants, and snubbing their noses at local laws. In my past life I flew into Washington’s National Airport (now Reagan National Airport) numerous times. Traffic around the airport was always chaotic. Diplomatic vehicles would park in no-parking zones, double and triple park at loading zones, and abandon vehicles in the middle of the road in order to pick up some potentate. To the diplomatic elite, vehicle laws, common sense, and common courtesy are nonexistent.

Since the United Nations was created, the United States has poured billions of dollars into this global sinkhole and has received nothing but scorn in return. So it is time for the United Nations to move to some other country.

After selling the existing property mentioned above, the United Nations should be able to build a headquarters in Botswana or some other third world county. The benefits are obvious. The chosen third world country would receive a huge financial boost. The cost to build and maintain would be a fraction of the cost in Manhattan. And the United States would no longer be required to cater to these global peacocks.

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I could not agree more! The author is correct, however nothing will be done because the plan was and still is to submerge US independence under the UN.

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Fed Recall Site

October 26th, 2007 . by Basti

http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prerel.html

 

 

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