Comments on: Bolton on the UN Renovation: $440 million from the US

By: njcommuter

njcommuter — Tue, 06 May 2008 17:22:26 +0000

With the number of genocidal wars the UN has happily overseen, the name of Turtle Bay should join Auschwitz and Buchenwald.

By: Dr.Cwac.Cwac

Dr.Cwac.Cwac — Tue, 06 May 2008 16:43:44 +0000

UN…..GET OUT!!!!

Renovate the UN while our soldiers live in squalor. Nice.

By: dominigan

dominigan — Tue, 06 May 2008 13:41:45 +0000

I’m thinking total demolition would cost a lot less than $440 million… and would result in a lot more good than continuing this corrupt, soulless bureaucracy!

By: m1a1usmc

m1a1usmc — Tue, 06 May 2008 11:37:34 +0000

Why Turtle Bay? They should build it on Plum Island where all the other government created freaks of nature are created.

By: Dr. Bob

Dr. Bob — Tue, 06 May 2008 03:57:32 +0000

If the UN were really committed to peace, they voluntarily should move lock, stock and barrel to Israel.

Of course the Israelis would not be thrilled with all the spies and child sex ring operators in their midst.

By: i b squidly

i b squidly — Tue, 06 May 2008 03:38:18 +0000

Don’t much care for Donald (the comb-over) Trump but he ripped the UN renovation a new orifice before a House (or was it a Senate) committee. The project riddled with incompetence and corruption made Pentagon toilets a bargain.

By: CrazyFool

CrazyFool — Tue, 06 May 2008 03:33:19 +0000

$440M to buldoze the site and salt the earth it sat on? Seems kind of expensive.

That is the only kind of ‘renovations’ the U.N. should get.

That and/or move it to the center of the largest mass grave in Iraq (or Rowanda – take your pick). You can even name it after Kofi – after all he’s partially responsible for the two sites.

By: Connie

Connie — Tue, 06 May 2008 03:20:55 +0000

heroyalwhyness on May 5, 2008 at 8:40 PM

This is Gordon Brown's baby too. Based on Soros economics. Global Marshall Plan They changed their website a couple of years ago, but I kept all the original info, including names of those involved, in a rather messy text file.

By: petefrt

petefrt — Tue, 06 May 2008 02:58:25 +0000

Let’s hear it for urban renewal: Convert the UN into a Wal-Mart SuperCenter.

By: Dave Rywall

Dave Rywall — Tue, 06 May 2008 02:46:21 +0000

Two billion dollars that go right into….the hands of Americans performing the renovations.

Sounds like a pretty good deal for America.

Next.

By: 4shoes

4shoes — Tue, 06 May 2008 02:38:06 +0000

What the UN needs is an overhaul of its membership, its leadership, its bureaucracies, and the HRC most of all.

It will never happen. For what this organization is supposed to be doing, it would be better to close it down. Less expensive too.

By: mikeyboss

mikeyboss — Tue, 06 May 2008 02:15:19 +0000

profitsbeard on May 5, 2008 at 8:51 PM

~~Flatulent Absurdity would be a good name for a rock band.~~

By: njcommuter

njcommuter — Tue, 06 May 2008 02:05:20 +0000

I don’t know about POTUS, but I’d sure like to have him as Secretary of State.

By: mariloubaker

mariloubaker — Tue, 06 May 2008 01:49:44 +0000

John Bolton for President! Love him.

By: dogsoldier

dogsoldier — Tue, 06 May 2008 01:48:39 +0000

Revoke the lease. Let them build somewhere else. Who cares where. NO MONEY. They aren’t worth a plug nickel or a slug.

By: petefrt

petefrt — Tue, 06 May 2008 01:42:27 +0000

Subsidize the UN rennovation. I’d rather put the money into Iran, China, Russia (or even the DNC). At least we’d understand the effect of our taxes.

By: Corsair

Corsair — Tue, 06 May 2008 01:37:53 +0000

We need somewhere neutral to move the headquarters. I suggest we move it to Antarctica since it is shared by several countries. And put it right in the middle so as not to show any bias. Land is probably pretty cheap too.

By: Kid from Brooklyn

Kid from Brooklyn — Tue, 06 May 2008 01:34:05 +0000

$440MM before or after lopping off the top 10 floors?

By: funky chicken

funky chicken — Tue, 06 May 2008 01:27:42 +0000

For $2 billion we could build them a gleaming new headquarters in New Orleans. Help with the Katrina reconstruction, let them stay within the US (although I’d prefer they took their business elsewhere). It’s not a bad idea, right?

And then sell the current headquarters to Trump and let him turn it into condos or whatever.

By: Grayson

Grayson — Tue, 06 May 2008 01:27:38 +0000

an we pay them in monopoly money i mean thats about as much as the un is worth .

Mojack420 on May 5, 2008 at 9:09 PM

Nah, we should pay them in hookers. That’s where most of their pocketed cash goes anyway.

By: Mojack420

Mojack420 — Tue, 06 May 2008 01:09:33 +0000

can we pay them in monopoly money i mean thats about as much as the un is worth .

By: tree hugging sister

tree hugging sister — Tue, 06 May 2008 01:05:05 +0000

Donald Trump weighed in on this three years ago and it's STILL hilarious.

By: Jaibones

Jaibones — Tue, 06 May 2008 01:03:39 +0000

Demolish the sickening mess and rebuild from scratch, if indeed we must be saddled with this bureaucratic pos at all. It couldn’t cost more than 1/4 of that to build a new one, and do it modestly.

Why these career money-suckers can command luxurious headquarters is beyond me. Eff ‘em.

By: highhopes

highhopes — Tue, 06 May 2008 01:01:25 +0000

How’s this for a “formula”..

For every dollar the US gives to the UN for rennovation one staff position is eliminated from the bloated bureaucracy of America-hating thugs who inhabit Turtle Bay. Guaranteed it would be the first time ever a UN project would come in underbudget!

By: profitsbeard

profitsbeard — Tue, 06 May 2008 00:51:37 +0000

A pity the jihadi jets on 9/11 missed it.

Would’ve saved all the need to renovate this flatulent absurdity.

But they knew that it was a crucial point of their Fifth Column.

Why not relocate it to some island?

Preferably with an active volcano.