United Nations?

[elSicomoro]

You gotta watch these bastards that are pushing soy milk, too.

[Clodfobble]

Maybe if we can link tainted breast milk to terrorism......

Sadly enough, a couple women actually have been forced to drink from bottles of their own breastmilk to prove it wasn't a toxic substance before taking them on a plane. I don't know if any of them have won their lawsuits yet.

[lookout123]

US is stingy Rather than starting a new thread I thought I would just revive this one. Here is another shining example of the wonders the UN is capable of.

*UN thought process* We've got a natural disaster. We can't blame it directly on the US and Western civilization. BUT WE CAN BLAME THEM FOR NOT HELPING ENOUGH! Jacues, get a press release ready!
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If we are already pledging $15,000,000 to the relief effort and other nations are throwing millions at the effort, and it has only been a couple of days, why the devil is some Schmo with a UN title bashing us?

"It is beyond me why are we so stingy, really," the Norwegian-born U.N. official told reporters. "Christmastime should remind many Western countries at least, [of] how rich we have become." "There are several donors who are less generous than before in a growing world economy," he said, adding that politicians in the United States and Europe "believe that they are really burdening the taxpayers too much, and the taxpayers want to give less. It's not true. They want to give more."

yes,yes, that is exactly what i was thinking. tsunami's devastate a place on the other side of the planet and i'm stuck feeling guilty over how low my taxes are. here's an idea, let's raise my taxes, say $500. After that $500 makes it's way up through the layers of the US government, to the UN, through their layers of bureaucracy, to the needy nation and out to the people in need i'm certain that the recipients of my tax money will really appreciate the $2.83 they receive. I think i'll start a letter writing campaign to my congressman right now. i want my taxes raised because a tsunami caused devastation on the other side of the planet.

OR... we could toss the UN right out of New York, sell the prime real estate that they are currently using and send some of the proceeds to Indonesia, Thailand, etc...

[wolf]

Perhaps we should check how much Thailand sent us for 9/11 ... and pay them back.

The US has been the major contributor to the UN for as long as it has been in existence. We do not get much return for our dollar. You at least got a night in the Lincoln Bedroom from the Clintions. What has the UN done for us?

[glatt]

Wolf,
you help people in need because they are in need, not because you seek a reward. At least thats the way it should be.

We help because we are the good guys.

[lookout123]

you are right about that Glatt. we help because it is the right thing to do, not in expectation of something in return. but it is ridiculous that some schlep from the UN has the audacity to stand up and complain about a meager $15,000,000 donation. we, as a nation, are under no obligation to send money to disaster areas. to suggest that we could pay more taxes so we could send more money if it weren't for our stinginess, is just foolishness.

[lookout123]

Here is further clarification of the gentleman's views.

[wolf]

Precisely, we are the good guys. And that is why we are constantly vilified but everyone seems to turn to us in their time of need.

[lookout123]

i keep coming back to this because it really bugs me. i've been reading what i could find on this situation and something jumped out at me. we, western "christian" nation are villified for not doing more. indonesia has more muslim inhabitants than any other nation, meaning that many who are in dire need right now are islamic. can you guess how much money the oil producing, islamic nations of the middle east have committed to sending to help their brethren??? it would have to be a guess, since there is not one word of mention on the issue.

[jinx]

Originally Posted by lookout123

i keep coming back to this because it really bugs me. i've been reading what i could find on this situation and something jumped out at me. we, western "christian" nation are villified for not doing more. indonesia has more muslim inhabitants than any other nation, meaning that many who are in dire need right now are islamic. can you guess how much money the oil producing, islamic nations of the middle east have committed to sending to help their brethren??? it would have to be a guess, since there is not one word of mention on the issue.

Saudis: $30 million.

Donations by country: here

[lookout123]

thanks jinx. that was more of a time sensitive post, but thanks for the info.

[Griff]

Time sensitive posts are tw's dept.

[elSicomoro]

Could someone please provide me with an actual reference for Mr. Egeland's comments...that is, what he actually said? From what I've read, he was bashing the wealthy western nations, which would include us...but I didn't hear a pot shot directed at the US per se.

As far as his comments, perhaps the recent cold weather in the Northeast has affected his brain function. BFD...he's a dork who was just babbling...he's one person of many who works for the UN.

[elSicomoro]

Wow, Lookout...CNN? You're not a very good conservative, my friend.

But it reinforces what I thought...he wasn't necessarily singling out the US.

[wolf]

Oh, come on. You know he meant it!!

What I found surprising in a brief search for the full quote from Egeland was that there wasn't a scathing story to be found on the front page of wnd.com. Joe Farah despises the UN. Typically he'd be all over it. Newsmax was all over it, though.

Bonus points to frontpagemag.com for their excellent article title, "America, the Great Santa.

Clever.