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To paraphrase Stalin...how many divisions does the UN have?Texas to World Court: Execution still on!
In May 2008, 18 year-old Ben Smith was stopped in a routine check. The police officer noticed an English flag on the parcel shelf and ordered him to remove it because it was "racist towards immigrants." One of the first things foreign powers usually do when they invade a country is to ban its national symbols. According to newspaper columnist Leo McKinstry, the English are being turned into second-class citizens in their own country: "England is in the middle of a profoundly disturbing social experiment. For the first time in a mature democracy, a Government is waging a campaign of aggressive discrimination against its indigenous population." In a survey published in April 2008, one in three medical doctors in Britain said that elderly patients should not be given free treatment if it were unlikely to do them good for long. At the same time, Muslim men with multiple wives have been given the go-ahead to claim extra welfare benefits. The "welfare state" now means that the natives should watch grandma die because she's getting old anyway and we need the money to pay Muslims with multiple wives and numerous children so that they can feel comfortable while colonizing the country. Bryan Cork, 49, was jailed for six months for "racist slurs" after he had shouted insults at Muslim worshippers outside a Cumbria mosque, including "proud to be British" and "go back to where you came from." This was after the London Jihadist bombings in 2005. Even children face this kind of ideological intimidation. Codie Stott, a teenage British schoolgirl, was forced to spend hours in a police cell after she was reported by her teachers for "racism." She had objected, in the mildest possible terms, to being placed during class with a group of South Asian immigrants who talked among themselves in a language she didn't understand. For this, she was dragged to the local police station and had her fingerprints and photograph taken. 18-year-old Jamie who has Down's syndrome and the mental age of a five-year-old was charged with "racism" after an argument with an immigrant. Meanwhile, the UK is being brought to its knees in an epidemic of violent crime and white native girls get raped by immigrants in spectacular numbers, just like all over Western Europe.
10's of thousands show up in front of the UN to support Israel, and 
Fair and Balanced, my tired Ass.
Interesting to see that in the top 5 countries in Europe, about a third feel the same way that we do. Time to disband it and start over....with an organization of the 30 or so free countries in the world.
A nice catch by the Geek. This is a pretty hard smack at the UN weak areas...but there are a couple of things they do OK - I just wish they did them in Brussels.
Tim Blair's Best Quote of 2005
Yeah, lets give the power to block whole countries from the Internet to Iran. It's bad enough we have to listen to our own government regulators.
Quelle Surpris Typical socialist reasoning. Venal politicians steal billions from a starving people, and it's your fault that you didn't stop them sooner. Of course, the organisation keeping the US from doing anything sooner was (wait for it) the UN. All of this could have ended back in '91 except for (you guessed it) the UN. It is this kind of talk from Kofi that will get Bolton's nomination affirmed. Oh, and I certainly agree we didn't do enough in the 90s, but I don't think Kofi and I have the same definition of 'enough'. I've got an idea for ya, Kofi...there are 187 countries in the UN. Take your 150 thugs, rapists, murderers, and general all-around turd-world asshats...and move to Brussels. We'll start a new organization.
Think about this for a second. The. UN. In. Charge. Of. The. Internet.Link from the Captain
One note I find interesting is that witnesses are talking freely to the press because there are no confidentiality agreements. The UN has no oversight organization to require one. That of course is one of the big problems with the UN...who controls the controllers?
What is wrong with this statement?Here is another.... Expressed as a percentage of developed countries' gross national income, global ODA currently stands at 0.25 per cent still well short of the 0.33 per cent reached in the late 1980s, let alone the long-standing target of 0.7 per cent that was reaffirmed in the Monterrey Consensus in 2002.
Kofi wants .7% of your money. He can save the world and make a few bucks on the side. There's an original thought...lets give even more money to the UN. I guess they gave the 10 Billion in Oil for Food money that they stole from Iraq to pimps for grabbing pre-teen children for their peacekeepers to rape. I remember the promise of the UN when I was young...I can't think of one thing they have done well in the past 30 years. And it goes without saying that he wants the private ownership of firearms made illegal worldwide. He can move his corrupt ass out of New York City, we'd never miss him.
There you go folks, just what the doctor ordered. Of course the UN wants control of the internet. The UN wants to be in charge of the only medium of information in the world that is not controlled by government or conventional media. What Oil for Food scandal? Dan Rather, wow he's great...and so honest. Eason Jordan, never heard of him. It's for the children t m , doncha know...that nasty spam and all. Let these pukes have the last bastion of truly free information and you can kiss the free world goodbye.
12 Days and the UN has arrived...sort of.
Sitting VERY late for two consecutive nights in interminable meetings with UN reps, hearing them go on about "taking the lead coordination role," pledges, and the impending arrival of this or that UN big shot or assessment/coordination team, for the millionth time I realized that if not for Australia and America almost nobody in the tsunami-affected areas would have survived more than a few days. If we had waited for the UNocrats to get their act coordinated, the already massive death toll would have become astronomical. But, fortunately, thanks to "retrograde racist war-mongers " such as John Howard and George W. Bush, as we sat in air conditioned meeting rooms with these UNocrats, young Australians and Americans were at that moment "coordinating" without the UN and saving the lives of tens-of-thousands of people.
The Diplomad is reminded of mythical Greco-Roman-Aztec-Egyption-bird-gods that demand constant sacrifice and feeding....in other words, the UN.
UN Delenda Est
She has spoken! At a large meeting this afternoon, she and the local UN rep, Mr. Bo "Please Wear Blue" Asplund have announced the arrival of yet another "United Nations Joint Assessment Team." But this one is very, very ultra- special. According to the UNocrats, it's not "just another assessment team." Oh, no, banish that thought! You see, "This assessment team will coordinate all the other assessment teams." In addition, the UN will set up a "Civil-Military Coordination Office to coordinate [that word! that word!] all military assistance because the military do not have experience in disaster relief (!)"
The Aussies and Red Cross were there within hours. The US had two Battle Groups there within days. Doctors, food, water, shelter, and hope has been pouring into the area for a week and a half...poured by the Aussies, Indians, Americans, Singapore, Japan, and New Zealand. Food filled C130s, choppers, water purification, medical aid...all from the above countries are already on site with more coming. The Aussies have been Awesome.The UN was too slow off the mark. The UN cannot be trusted with billions in aid monies. The UN is worthless as a disaster relief organization. The UN cannot keep the peace. The UN is a debating society for thieves and tyrants. The UN has degenerated into a worthless, money sucking, unreliable, unmanageable organization. UN Delenda Est.
The relief effort continues to be a US-Australia effort, with Singapore now in and coordinating closely with the US and Australia. Other countries are also signing up to be part of the US-Australia effort. Nobody wants to be "coordinated" by the UN. The local UN reps are getting desperate. They're calling for yet another meeting this afternoon; they've flown in more UN big shots to lecture us all on "coordination" and the need to work together, i.e., let the UN take credit. With Kofi about to arrive for a big conference, the UNocrats are scrambling to show something, anything as a UN accomplishment. Don't be surprised if they claim that the USS Abraham Lincoln is under UN control and that President Lincoln was a strong supporter of the UN.
...and this is Day 9
The Diplomad: Things That Make You Say 'Blah!' The UN Response to the Tsunami
This is posted by career Foreign Service officers who are in theater...
Our regular readers know that this blog is very critical of the Foreign Service and the State Department. But to be fair, I think Americans would be proud of the dedication shown and of the work being done by their Foreign Service, some incredibly competent and energetic USAID workers, and, of course, the US military. Everybody in the Embassy community is giving up leave, canceling long-standing holiday plans, volunteering for every imaginable duty -- including some quite hazardous ones -- and doing incredible work, all to save the lives of people, many of whom a few days ago probably would have been perfectly willing to burn down our Embassy or march against the USA. Most of the bureaucratic crap is forgotten and common sense rules the day. Americans are everywhere in this corner of the Far Abroad doing things that no other country on earth can or will do and at a truly amazing pace. Proud to be an American (and for the Aussies, you, too, can be very proud of your folks who are doing a bang up job -- as the Aussie military always does.)
Let's see, we're 5 days into it and the UN has begun to send bureaucrats out to affected areas to file reports....oh, and don't forget that children are dying all over the place and where does UNICEF want to spend its, I mean, your money? On psycho-babble training of teachers -- teachers who probably are knee-deep in mud and water right now.
I had heard that official US and civilian contributions were over a half billion dollars already...gee, imagine what it would be if we weren't stingy and unilateral.
But U.N. Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Jan Egeland suggested that the United States and other Western nations were being "stingy" with relief funds, saying there would be more available if taxes were raised.
There yer go folks...the UN thinks we should raise taxes so they can have more of our money.
The American response....
The damage that was caused, the rebuilding of schools and other facilities will take time, so you need a quick infusion to stabilize the situation, take care of those who have been injured, get immediate relief supplies in, and then you begin planning for the longer haul."
If that planning calls for significant food aid, the United States might have to scramble.
"Even before the crisis in the Asia-Pacific region and the Indian Ocean, the demands for food aid were stretching capacity: demands in Sudan, demands in West Africa, demands in other areas hit by drought and fighting," State Department spokesman Adam Ereli said.
"So even though we're giving a lot, the demand is very high," he added. "We're going to have to look at, as we move forward, what we can do to meet that demand."
Also, usually several times what the government comes up with is raised by private American donors.
UN Delenda Est - This type of thing is what they do best, and they still have to use this tragedy to whine about America. I am so sick of it. Give us your money, America, and then shaddap!
Update:
As of this moment the US has pledged $35 Million with more to come.
The US people have generated at least that much with more to come.
Europe $4.6 Million
France $136,000
Why is the UN in New York? We pay 20% of their total budget (out of 191 countries) and this elitist fuck thinks we're stingy. They need to move to Brussels...quickly.
The UN sees the United States as the 4th most serious threat to world peace. How so very very socialismo. 10 million people have died under the protection of "blue helmets" in Africa, and the US is a threat to world peace. Time for a change. UN Delenda Est
Our current struggle is the first in our history as a nation in which the roll call of the dead contains a majority of civilians. This is our enemy's goal, for they are murderers, not soldiers. - Tim OrenTreatment of Prisoners of War
Article 13 Prisoners of war must at all times be humanely treated. Any unlawful act or omission by the Detaining Power causing death or seriously endangering the health of a prisoner of war in its custody is prohibited, and will be regarded as a serious breach of the present Convention. In particular, no prisoner of war may be subjected to physical mutilation or to medical or scientific experiments of any kind which are not justified by the medical, dental or hospital treatment of the prisoner concerned and carried out in his interest.Likewise, prisoners of war must at all times be protected, particularly against acts of violence or intimidation and against insults and public curiosity.
Pretty clear, eh! Let’s take a look at who is bound by the Convention.
Article 2
In addition to the provisions which shall be implemented in peace time, the present Convention shall apply to all cases of declared war or of any other armed conflict which may arise between two or more of the High Contracting Parties, even if the state of war is not recognized by one of them.The Convention shall also apply to all cases of partial or total occupation of the territory of a High Contracting Party, even if the said occupation meets with no armed resistance.
Although one of the Powers in conflict may not be a party to the present Convention, the Powers who are parties thereto shall remain bound by it in their mutual relations. They shall furthermore be bound by the Convention in relation to the said Power, if the latter accepts and applies the provisions thereof.
This seems to suggest that those contracting to the Convention must apply it to non-signatory parties if those non-contracting parties abide by it. For your information, during the Gulf War, Iraq stipulated that it would abide by the Convention.
How about what constitutes a fighting force? I have bolded areas of interest.
Article 4
A. Prisoners of war, in the sense of the present Convention, are persons belonging to one of the following categories, who have fallen into the power of the enemy:
1. Members of the armed forces of a Party to the conflict as well as members of militias or volunteer corps forming part of such armed forces.
2. Members of other militias and members of other volunteer corps, including those of organized resistance movements, belonging to a Party to the conflict and operating in or outside their own territory, even if this territory is occupied, provided that such militias or volunteer corps, including such organized resistance movements, fulfill the following conditions:
(a) That of being commanded by a person responsible for his subordinates;
(b) That of having a fixed distinctive sign recognizable at a distance;
(c) That of carrying arms openly;
(d) That of conducting their operations in accordance with the laws and customs of war.
3. Members of regular armed forces who profess allegiance to a government or an authority not recognized by the Detaining Power.
4. Persons who accompany the armed forces without actually being members thereof, such as civilian members of military aircraft crews, war correspondents, supply contractors, members of labor units or of services responsible for the welfare of the armed forces, provided that they have received authorization from the armed forces which they accompany, who shall provide them for that purpose with an identity card similar to the annexed model.
5. Members of crews, including masters, pilots and apprentices, of the merchant marine and the crews of civil aircraft of the Parties to the conflict, who do not benefit by more favorable treatment under any other provisions of international law.
6. Inhabitants of a non-occupied territory, who on the approach of the enemy spontaneously take up arms to resist the invading forces, without having had time to form themselves into regular armed units, provided they carry arms openly and respect the laws and customs of war.
It seems to me that Item 2 would tend to include the Baath gunmen in Fallujah, If you could make a case that burning civilians to death before dismembering them and hanging them from a bridge…is a custom of war. At the least it could be said that they represent the former government. If so, then Iraq has broken the covenant.
The Abu-Sadr militias are probably a better example of Item 2.
No where in this document does a world-wide shadow organization like Al-Quada come in to play. The Geneva Convention does not require signatory countries to abide by its rules if a non-signatory combatant power does not. Wars are not required to be recognized as happening.
Article 2
In addition to the provisions which shall be implemented in peace time, the present Convention shall apply to all cases of declared war or of any other armed conflict which may arise between two or more of the High Contracting Parties, even if the state of war is not recognized by one of them.
I think it is past time for a review of Geneva Convention guidelines as they apply to multi-national terror organizations. Not that we should beheading our prisoners, don'cha know, but that we needn't be so prissy about the treatment of people who want to kill us all...and need no excuse. These groups can not be reasoned with, and cannot be appeased. They have no other goal than our total and utter destruction. They don't just want pan-Arabia to be under 8th century Islamic law, they hunger for the entire world to live with 8th century Islamic law. You cannot appease them with territory, wealth, or power.
We must destroy militant Islam or be destroyed by it. Militant Islam by definition cannot stop until it owns the entire planet. Every 4 hundred years or so the west has pushed Islam back to Africa...it falls to our time to do it once more.
A review of the Geneva Convention as it applies to state-sponsored terror organizations is in order. We can use all the help we can get.
Update: On Jan. 9, 2002, John Yoo of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel coauthored a sweeping 42-page memo concluding that neither the Geneva Conventions nor any of the laws of war applied to the conflict in Afghanistan.
This President is in love with extreme solutions....
There are 8 to 14 million illegal aliens in this country. The emphasis is on the word ILLEGAL. The President proposes to give them all a three year amnesty, incentives to go home after those three years, and the possibility of legal status thru green cards.
I have said many times that I think that we should expand and simplify migration to this country...my rational being that immigrants bring a vibrant and energetic flavor to our shores. No national group that has accepted acclimation to America has ever made us weaker...only wonderfully stronger.
LEGAL IMMIGRATION, LEGAL IMMIGRATION, LEGAL IMMIGRATION.
I've got news for you. We are doing no favor for these workers.
Pay Taxes? Pay TAXES? We don't need no stinkin' taxes! I only make 5 bucks an hour...after taxes, I'll only get $3.50. Hey, but can I get that earned income deduction...you know, the one where I list my kids and get back 17 times what I paid in?
Vote Republican? The Democrats say that they would make me an instant citizen...and the Republicans just cost me a buck fifty an hour.
Pay into Socal Security. Thats a great deal, maybe, if I live that long, if Social Security actually lasts until I can collect it. I don't want to pay into it just so the Boomers can retire fat and happy.
Fuck this! These people wouldn't piss on Bush if he was on fire...and he thinks he will get their votes!!! The DemocRATs will love this...every illegal will be voting Dem.
The only bright spot I see in this is that the largest by far group affected by this are Mexican Hispanics. They do work hard, they do try to create a normal home life for their children, their food is fucking tops, and I think they would acclimate...all that AZTLAN stuff nonwithstanding.
I ask you...how many of those 14 million people are going to figure out a way to turn this into a scam.
