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Is There New Hope for the U.N.?

January 2nd, 2007 at 09:23 by MsUnderestimated

h/t to Drudge for this late-breaking story about the new U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon via the AP. Apparently, Ban has ticked some of the U.N. appeasers and thugs off by not denouncing the death penalty carried out against Saddam Hussein.

Secy. General Ban Ki-moon

From the AP:

New U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon ran into trouble on his first day of work Tuesday over Saddam Hussein’s execution when he failed to state the United Nations’ opposition to the death penalty and said capital punishment should be a decision of individual countries.

The U.N. has an official stance opposing capital punishment and Ban’s predecessor Kofi Annan reiterated it frequently. The top U.N. envoy in Iraq, Ashraf Qazi, restated it again on Saturday after the former Iraqi dictator was hanged.

Ban, however, took a different approach, never mentioning the U.N. ban on the death penalty in all its international tribunals, and the right to life enshrined in the U.N. Charter.

“Saddam Hussein was responsible for committing heinous crimes and unspeakable atrocities against Iraqi people and we should never forget victims of his crime,” Ban said in response to a reporter’s question about Saddam’s execution Saturday for crimes against humanity. “The issue of capital punishment is for each and every member state to decide.”

His ambiguous answer put a question mark over the U.N.’s stance on the death penalty. It also gave the new chief an early taste of how tricky global issues are, and how every word can make a difference.

And here’s an even more promising passage:

Ban later addressed hundreds of U.N. staff members in New York and via teleconference at eight locations around the world, urging them to maintain the highest level of ethics and discipline in the face of recent criticism about lack of accountability, ethical lapses and inefficiency at the U.N.

“I stand before you humbled, with a heavy weight on my shoulders, but my heart is beating with quiet excitement,” he told them.

The new secretary-general has said his first priority will be to restore trust in the United Nations, whose reputation has been battered by the oil-for-food scandal in Iraq, corruption in the U.N.’s purchasing operations and sexual abuse by U.N. peacekeepers.

Oh, and guess where he ate on his first day of duty? In the U.N. cafeteria with other U.N. workers, and even stood in line to pay for his meal of meat and rice just like everybody else. Gee, what a refreshing change! I’ll bet Kofi would have never been caught dead associating with lowly U.N. staffers. The article even says the staffers were stunned by this act.

Bravo, Ban! Now we finally have a secretary general who understands what it’s like to have to deal with brutal dictators (especially their own neighbors). And I doubly agree that it’s up to the individual member state to decide their own dang policy on whatever they choose. If Iraq wants a speedy death penalty, then they can have it. I just think we should take some clues from them on convicted murderers in the U.S. Let’s hope this is a sign of good change at the U.N. Thank God Kofi is gone.

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The Impotent U.N. (CARTOON)

October 29th, 2006 at 09:22 by MsUnderestimated

I can’t believe I haven’t seen this one yet, but this is a cartoon that tells it like it is. Do we really expect the U.N. to do right by the world regarding that demented little gargoyle that runs N. Korea? I am UNconfident myself, as I’m sure many of you are, so this comic is oh-so-appropriate. Notice also that the armor is “Made In China.” Love it!

Much better than the fare offered by the likes of Ted Rall, who bow at the altar of Islam. (Oh, and in the Boston Herald of all papers! HA! Take that, Kennedy & Kerry!)

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Dennis Millers’ Real “Free Speech” on H&C, Vol. 2 (VIDEO)

September 29th, 2006 at 10:27 by MsUnderestimated

Well, hopefully H&Cs make this a permanent addition to the show, because I really love it. There is no other comic as sage and witty as Dennis Miller, and he always tells it like it is. Tonight he targets Clinton, Chavez and Ahmadinejad. Listen for Dennis’ term for Mahmoud. I love it. I also like Millers’ nicknames for Sean & Alan. Watch to hear them.

I’ll post the next installment as soon as it appears on H&C again. I’m going to write Fox and suggest they make “Miller Time” a regular segment on H&C. You should do the same.

View tonight’s Miller Time here.

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I’m Ready to Vote on Chavez’ U.N. Idea (VIDEO)

September 20th, 2006 at 09:37 by MsUnderestimated

How about you? You know, the one where he said he thought the U.N. ought to get out of the U.S.A.? I say, let’s do it and do it now. Not tomorrow, not next week, not next month, not net year - let’s start TONIGHT. Pink slips, one-way plane tickets back home, impound all their vehicles, evict them from their New York residences, and begin the demolition of the U.N. Building. I think we can get Ty Pennington and his crew from “Extreme Makeover: Patriotic Edition“… Ty and the crew LOVE them some demo!

You know, I gotta tell you… I was so angry today after I heard this bastard spewing his venom from what he turned into a bully pulpit, that I literally felt my blood pressure rise. Why did we allow him to continue this tirade without frog-marching him off stage? Why did we allow Ahmadinejad to rant on like he did last night? Why did we allow Ahmadinejad into New York in the first place? And how in HELL are we now going to justify the $5 billion that we put into the U.N.?

And what in God’s name was all the laughter and near-standing ovation Chavez got today from the rest of the U.N. delegates? Bush has never gotten that much applause at the U.N., I don’t believe. Have these people forgotten they are in OUR country? I know the U.N. building is “sovereign terroritory,” but DAMN! How would the Venezuelan people, much less the government, feel (or act) if any American, much less the President, went down to Venezuela and slammed Chavez on a world stage? This was just plain nutz, people. And I’m sick to death of it.

I am just now able to write about it without filling the post with nothing but expletives, so I’ll just give you guys some links to follow and watch the videos. This really turns my stomach.

Cindy Sheehan should go build her treehouse in Venezuela and live under Hugo as she said before that she’d prefer that to living under President Bush. Goodbye, good riddance, and take the rest off the peace-at-any-price freaks with you.

Oh, by the way…notice how like a “good Catholic” Chavez made the cross on his chest after saying the “devil” had been there the night before??? Well, I wonder how and why that sits so well with ‘Madman-in-a-Jihad’ (who hates every non-Muslim)?

Allah at HotAir has all the video coverage of everything, as does Michelle Malkin. Jay at Stop the ACLU also has coverage. Political Pit Bull has video, as well. All you have to do is look around and you’ll see that jackass’ face everywhere. I for one am through looking at both of them… he and the weird-beard from Iran. Two butt-buddies as far as I’m concerned.

I have a brief snippet of Chavez saying Bush IS the mafia and a reminder by Eric Shawn of his suggestion to move the U.N. out of the U.S. View that here, and you can read the full transcript of his speech here.

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