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Kid, while your idea sounds good, so long as the U.N. doesn’t get dissolved, it’s better to keep the ‘devil in our bosom’, vesus some place in Switzerland or Belgium, or Africa for that matter, while we still pay the most, for their right to vote against our and Israel’s interests every time.

I believe that a taste of reality is called for, and what better way to wake up those bureocrats than to send the entire UN to the Middle East, or Africa? They wouldn’t be spending their time declaring diplomatic immunity while breaking the laws in those lands, and without having access to the vices that NY offers they might actually get something positive accomplished. By sending them off to a less civilized area it would be in their best interests to get something done.

They are demanding monies to fix the decay in their headquarters, but I believe it would be cheaper to just move them entirely. Besides, as things stand in that organisation, right now it is impossible to be rid of that decay without ridding ourselves of that corrupt body entirely.

With 9/11 comming up soon there are only 2 safe havens inside of New York. One is inside of the NY Slimes building, and the other is inside of the U.N. building. I believe that America would be better off without both.

” … faithfully reiterating the official statements of Pentagon Big-wigs and administration powerbrokers.” As if journalists are supposed to be reporting what they actually said. Sheesh. Don’t these Fox folks have Take-Everything-They-Say-Out-of-Co…

I wonder who sells them all those Israeli flags to burn. That must be a good business.

Must be Marc Rich.

Still praying, folks.
Rusty thinks things look more optimistic, given developments late yesterday:

Good news: Olaf Wiig & Steve Centanni may, in fact, be held hostage by some disgruntled Fatah members who want backpay.Bad news: Hamas is……

Are you hinting at reform in the UN? I lean towards a new “invention” entirely. I look forward to the day when the Marines (by order of President Giuliani) deliver the eviction notice.

Kid from Brooklyn on August 25, 2006 at 1:40 PM

I rest my case.

Might be time for a “reinvention.”

Are you hinting at reform in the UN? I lean towards a new “invention” entirely. I look forward to the day when the Marines (by order of President Giuliani) deliver the eviction notice.

Move over, Bob Laurence. Former Snohomish County, Wash., Democrat party official Mike Whitney has taken your place as anti-Fox News Channel scum of the week. From “uruknet.info,” a pro-terrorist propaganda outlet deemed a legitimate news source by Go…

I’m afraid we’ll have to disagree about the extent to which anti-Americanism is a rational response to our foreign policy versus an irrational political expedient for those who practice it.

…why you are our great writer and muse, and get paid the ‘big bucks’, mystery man.

THeDRiFTeR, you and yours would give Mr. Bush a 0 if he’d convert to atheism and become a Ned Lamont Leftie.

Chirac 1 Bush 0. Try living with that.

You must have missed this link the other day:

That will not be easy, in part because the entire United Nations Security Council is supposed to vote on the sanctions package. While only the permanent members can veto, the rising fear, particularly among European diplomats, is that smaller countries on the Council are so angry over how the United States, and now France, have handled the Lebanon crisis that they will give Russia and China political cover to balk against imposing tough sanctions.

While France, for instance, has been almost as insistent on a tough stance against Iran’s nuclear program as the United States, France has also in recent days alienated many members of the Security Council by offering only 200 troops to a peacekeeping effort in Lebanon.

Might be time for a “reinvention.”

I’m afraid we’ll have to disagree about the extent to which anti-Americanism is a rational response to our foreign policy versus an irrational political expedient for those who practice it.

Interesting that you haven’t applied this reasoning, one with which I agree, to the Israeli/Lebanon situation. America would have “benefited” immensly had they had a hand in “solving it”, ie forcing a quick ceasefire, than allowing the Israelis a free hand. Instead, we watched the french pull off something without having to expend an ounce of their wealth or might. Now, France invented modern diplomacy, you might say. And while that’s true, in the past 70 years we have had a greater role in its shaping.

Chirac 1 Bush 0. Try living with that. I have a hard time.

There is finally starting to be some media coverage of kidnapped Fox News reporter Steve Centanni and cameraman Olaf Wiig. I guess in today's media there has to be video for them to take notice:
The family of a New Zealand camerman kidnapped in Gaz…

Circular reasoning if I’ve ever read it.

Ha. Well, I overstated it, but it’s not circular. No one benefits from the commission of the crime here; the only beneficiary will be the party that solves it, which is Hamas. Given the fact that they’re known to dabble in “extreme” behavior themselves, it’s not exactly beyond the pale to think they might have had a hand in it.

If a Fatah splinter group kidnapped the two, why on earth would they negotiate with Fatah’s main rival for control of the Palestinian territories? Why not hand them over to Fatah or just let them go without handing them over to anyone?

If Hamas benefits from negotiating their release, doesn’t the prime suspect in the kidnapping become … Hamas?

Circular reasoning if I’ve ever read it.

I knew the real Secretary of State Jesse Jackson couldnt be far behind.

If Jackson can’t be President, at least he can be the shadow President and negotiate treaties with foreign entities on behalf of the shadow nation.

However he has gotten back hostages before, as he is happy to denounce American injustices and praise the anti-Americans.

When Jackson moves in for the spotlight no one dare interfere lest it harm the hostages

If imans are making calls for release of the hostages, then something has already been planned IMHO.

On a serious note, I believe they are held by a group related to Fatah and that their request to release the Muslims held in the U.S. is just a front for the real reason – negotiating disputes and power-fights among Fatah and Hamas. This might be good news for the captives.

Also good news – Jessie Jackson is in the region.