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Posted in Family, Regulation, Stuff, United Nations on Nov 23rd, 2009
The President has proclaimed this national family week. I applaud the sentiment behind the proclamation.
I wish some substance would be added to it. Families are often not even an afterthought in policy making. Why not have a family impact statement be required before any new regulations go into effect or we [...]
Posted in Hate Speech, United Nations on Nov 2nd, 2009
Islam has contributed a great deal to the world, but freedom of speech is not one of those contributions. Would that statement be banned under the UN treaty being considered? Why are Clinton and Obama betraying us to the hardline Muslims? The U. S. is rejecting the UN resolution on religious defamation. That sounds good, [...]
Posted in Foreign Policy, National Security, United Nations on Oct 13th, 2009
Israel’s then left wing government defended its people from constant attack in Gaza led by the terrorist group Hamas. Now a UN report is critical of Israel for civilian casualties and is raising concerns about officials of those government traveling to some European countries. Hamas is basically a civilian group. You can [...]
Posted in Foreign Policy, United Nations on Sep 23rd, 2009
Lybian dictator Muammar Gaddafi made a speech before the United Nations today. The speech lasted for 1 hour and 36 minutes, well over the 15 minutes normally allotted for speeches. According to news reports, he rambled on and on covering his opinions on world events for the last forty years, but the best thing the [...]
Posted in Change, Crime, Foreign Policy, United Nations on Aug 4th, 2009
The Lubna-Ahmed al-Hussein trial in the Sudan will resume on September 7th. Who is this woman and what did she do that has her facing 40 lashes for “indecency” in the Sudan? She wore pants in public:
Lubna Ahmed al-Hussein, who waived the immunity she has as an employee of the United [...]
Posted in Armed Forces, International, United Nations, war on Jun 19th, 2009
Reports are coming fast and furious that North Korea intends to do an ocean launch of a test-nuclear missle aimed dead-on at Hawaii. The PRESUMPTION, because we all should agree that anything that government puts out is propoganda (stealing their term), is that this is intended to fall well short of the Island-State, but the [...]
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