United Nations ArchivesWow. Is America cool, or what? Just. Wow.Filed under: United NationsYou say America is in decline? I say: Think again!  del.icio.us |  digg |  technorati |  stumble upon |  furl |  redditU.S. History for DumbocratsFiled under: United NationsIn 1976, because of a two-term Republican president (Richard Nixon) who had become extremely unpopular -- much more so than the current Republican president George Bush, as seen in the fact that Nixon was forced to resign from office in 1974 (the only such incident in all of American history) -- the Dumbocrats won a huge electoral victory. The Republicans were ousted from office and Jimmy Carter, hailed as a "new kind of leader," was ushered into the Oval Office with a majority of the popular vote. The Democrats held 67.1% of the House of Representatives and 62% of the Senate -- overwhelming dominance in Congress, and the presidency. They spoke of "realignment," the end of the Republican Party, conservatism, etc., yadda, yadda. What happened next? Well, four years later Carter lost his bid for reelection to Ronald Reagan by 8 million votes, taking only 41% of those cast. Republicans had a net gain of 12 seats in the Senate, gaining control of the body. Reagan was reelected in a landslide in 1984, then, after serving two complete terms, his vice president was elected to succeed him -- something that hadn't happened since Martin Van Buren succeeded Andrew Jackson in 1837. Carter was so emphatically rejected because it turned out that his total lack of experience (he was a peanut farmer) made him far too soft on America's enemies, especially Russia, and totally unable to carry out foreign policy. Reagan was elected with a mandate to get tough on the USSR, and his escalation of the arms race bankrupted it and drove it into the dustbin of history. Soon thereafter, Republicans recaptured control of the House of Representatives. Those who are celebrating the possibility that Barack Obama will win the White House this year, backed up by a Democratic Congress, would do well to remember a little history. They might also consider the fact that they've been claiming the country is about to plunge headlong into a horrible recession; if it does, Democrats will get the blame, just as they did for the nation's economic woes under Carter (which he famously referred to as "malaise"). It's striking how many unsettling similarities there are between Carter and Obama, except that of course Carter didn't have an incendiary religious background tied to racism and extremism the way Obama does with Jeremiah Wright, something that only adds more fuel to his potential funeral pyre. But the left doesn't seem to care, and is settling into an orgy of arrogance and hatred over the prospect of an Obama victory. I'm always amazed at the way liberals can attack Republicans for being unwilling to speak reasonably to and think reasonably about America's foes, seeking rather instant, hostile and arrogant confrontation, and yet adopt exactly the same attitude towards those on the right when they deal with them. Rather hypocritical, isn't it? Perhaps this general obliviousness to history is why the Dumbocrats haven't reelected a president with a majority of the popular vote since World War II. It's true that Republicans have less to talk about than Dumbocrats these days -- but that's because the vast majority of their agenda has already been enacted, often by Dumocrats themselves (like Bill Clinton balancing the budget, abolishing welfare and enacting free trade). If this is defeat, we'll have more of the same every day of the week! del.icio.us | digg | technorati | stumble upon | furl | redditBill Clinton: Mendacious, Pathological LiarFiled under: United NationsNow that the country is in the throes of deciding whether to allow another Democrat to take over the Oval Office, perhaps it's useful to consider what the country got that last time it decided to do so. Yesterday (April 28th), former President Bill Clinton, that last Democrat to hold the office, was interviewed by public radio in Philadelphia. You can listen to the interview on YouTube. At the beginning of the interview, Clinton states that he did not think it was a mistake to analogize between Barack Obama and Jesse Jackson, states that he would do it again, and states: "I think that they played the race card on me." At the end of the call, the former President, evidently unaware that he was still on the line, revealed his feelings about that line of questioning saying, "I don't think I should take any shit from anybody about that, do you?" But when asked about it today by a reporter from MSNBC (watch the exchange here), Clinton denied ever making the statement. The exchange was as follows:NBC/NJ: "Sir, what did you mean yesterday when you said that the Obama campaign was playing the race card on you?" This man is pathologically unable to tell the truth, even when the subject is something he himself said in a recorded interview the day before. And Clinton, at least, was a duly elected governor of a state, hence having clear executive credentials. Now, we face the prospect of a President Obama, mired in real estate and racism scandals and totally unqualified to hold the office. They follow him around! Remember Gary Hart? Other great hope for America's "Democratic" future! Is the Democratic Party trying to destroy America? NOTE: To comment on this post for publication, write to: kimzigfeld@gmail.com del.icio.us | digg | technorati | stumble upon | furl | redditThe News that America is Hated by its Allies . . .Filed under: United Nations. . . is greatly exagINSANEgerated (thanks in no small part to Russian barbarity -- bolshoe spasibo, dear Russians!). del.icio.us | digg | technorati | stumble upon | furl | redditAnnals of HRC Fraud at the UNFiled under: United NationsThe Associated Press reports that the UN's sham human rights entity, the 47-member so-called "Human Rights Council" in which the US is only an observer, has "agreed to continue their scrutiny of Israel while halting investigations into Cuba and Belarus." The action immediately drew fire in the U.S. Congress: An influential Cuban-American member of Congress, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Florida, said she would seek to halt US funding to the council because of the '"hopelessly flawed" rules exempting Cuba and Belarus and targeting Israel. Ros-Lehtinen, the ranking Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said she plans to offer an amendment to the Foreign Operations Appropriations legislation that is scheduled for a vote later this week by the US House of Representatives. "To its shame, the UN Human Rights Council celebrated its first birthday by giving gifts to Fidel Castro, the authoritarian regime in Belarus and the enemies of the democratic state of Israel,'" she said."The United States cautions that a biased, permanent agenda on the occupied Palestinian territories, and the arbitrary elimination of two vital country mandates, Cuba and Belarus, raise serious questions about the institutional priorities of the Human Rights council," US Ambassador Warren W. Tichenor said. The very notion that Israel, a vibrant democracy surrounded by fanatical religious dictatorships seeking to hurl it into the sea and the only nation ever formally censored by the HRC, is a bigger threat to human rights than the totalitarian dictatorships in Cuba and Belarus is a crude slur on the intelligence of every person whose tax dollars fund the United Nations. How can the UN possibly claim any moral legitimacy to address human rights issues if it proceeds in this manner? The saddest thing of all is that this salaciously fraudulent enterprise is actually a replacement of another UN group that was so corrupt it had to be abolished. del.icio.us | digg | technorati | stumble upon | furl | redditIf Imus, why not Chavez and Putin?Filed under: United Nations Shock jock Don Imus reveals himself to be a racist, sexist pig. No sooner does he do so than, hey presto, he's out on his ass. No talking about keeping him at the table so we can maximize our influence over him. No apologizing and begging for mercy. No worrying about how the ridiculous little dweeb might retaliate. Just quick as you please, chop off his head. 
So why is this individual able to contend for high U.N. office? 
And why is this individual hosting lofty G-8 conferences? del.icio.us | digg | technorati | stumble upon | furl | redditJust when you thought the United Nations Human Rights Council couldn't get worse...Filed under: United Nations... well, it does! Continuing our ongoing battle against the Human Rights Council's stupidity, it's time to unveil just how bad it had gotten over there. I don't want to take all the credit though. All of this information I'm about to show you is freely available on the council's website. As was revealed in the last post linked above, the council has been holding its fourth session since its inception, going from March 12 through the 30th. In that time it has exempted Iran and Uzbekistan, two of the world's worst human rights abusers, from examinations into their actions. And did you know that development is a fundamental human right? It's news to me... Oh yeah, and let Sudan know of its "deep concern" over the blocking of its examination team from entering the country. Today was different though! It made sure that things got much, much more stupid. Two absolutely incredible resolutions were passed today that are specifically worth mentioning: a resolution on religious defamation and another on "unilateral coercive measures" with regards to human rights. But why are these things stupid? Read on... del.icio.us | digg | technorati | stumble upon | furl | redditThe colossal failure of the UN Human Rights CouncilFiled under: United NationsForeign Policy's Passport blog has a post up about how the UN Human Rights Council has become a complete joke, a shadow of its supposed ideals. It writes about latest developments this week in Geneva:In Geneva this week, any pretense of utility or fairness that clung to the United Nations Human Rights Council finally evaporated. By a decisive margin, the Council voted to end its examination of Iran and Uzbekistan despite worsening human rights records in both countries. Japan, South Korea, and Brazil were surprising votes in favor of the free passes; they had been supported more predictably by Zimbabwe, Bangladesh, and Azerbaijan.Ironic given that Iran and Uzbekistan are perhaps some of the worst human rights violators in the world. Could Amnesty International possibly have been wrong when it declared "a new beginning for human rights" back in May 2006? No, it's a new beginning alright. It's an era of greater protection for human rights violators and back-patting for the insane leftists who supported its creation! Everyone wins! (Except the victims, but who are they, really?) In nearly a year, here is a brief list of some of the Human Rights Council's greatest accomplishemnts:
And that's just some of them, but you can see the single-mindedness and uselessness of it all. Even the Human Rights Watch people are having to admit that their early optimism was clearly misplaced as best. Human rights isn't an issue that can be politicized and decided upon in the context of regional and despotic politics. But even when the council's democratic members don't stand up for them, all hope is lost. Human rights are black-and-white. Only when a system based on objectivity and professionalism is put into place can a human rights council have any purpose other than making things worse. del.icio.us | digg | technorati | stumble upon | furl | reddit |
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