Imagine for a moment the race card had been used during the Republican presidential nomination process, and the United Nations was sending an envoy to investigate racism in America. Do you think the media would report it?
Probably 24 hours a day, seven days a week until every person in the country had heard about it, right?
Well, the U.N. announced on Friday that it is sending its "Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance" to visit our country from May 19 until June 6.
Although Reuters reported this at 2:48 PM EDT Friday, and strongly suggested the investigation is due to racism in the Democrat presidential campaign, LexisNexis and Google searches identified no other American news outlet covering this story. Not one!
Here was the official U.N. announcement:
GENEVA-- The United Nations Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, Mr. Doudou Diène, will undertake a country visit to the United States of America from 19 May to 6 June 2008 at the invitation of the U.S. Government.
The Special Rapporteur will visit the cities of Washington, New York, Chicago, Omaha, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Miami and San Juan, Puerto Rico to gather first-hand information on issues related to racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance. He is scheduled to hold meetings with representatives of the Government, both at national and local levels, and with members of the legislative and judiciary branches. Discussions will also be held with non-governmental organizations, community members, representatives of political parties, academics and other organizations and individuals working in the field of racism and discrimination.
The Special Rapporteur will submit a final report on the visit for consideration at a forthcoming session of the Human Rights Council in 2009.
Here's how Reuters saw it (emphasis added):
A special U.N. human rights investigator will visit the United States this month to probe racism, an issue that has forced its way into the race to secure the Democratic Party's presidential nomination. [...]
Race has become a central issue in the U.S. election cycle because Sen. Barack Obama, the frontrunner in the battle for the Democratic nomination battle, stands to become the country's first African American president.
His campaign has increased turnout among black voters but has also turned off some white voters in a country with a history of slavery and racial segregation.
Seems newsworthy, wouldn't you agree? Yet, besides Reuters, from what I can tell, not one American press outlet reported this annoucement.
Would media have boycotted this if a black candidate had run for the Republican nomination, and race had been so prominent in the campaign?
Yes, that was a rhetorical question.
*****Update: Drudge linked to the Reuters article at 11:11 AM EDT on Friday. I don't know how it did that, as Reuters claims the piece was published 3 1/2 hours later, but there it is.
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The snippet on LGF
May 17, 2008 - 17:49 ET by bcdennissays that the UN was <b>ASKED</b> to investigate by <b>our</b> government. Hmmm... I wonder who would do that?
That's really the take home question
May 17, 2008 - 20:32 ET by DaMavI'd love to have an answer to your question. Seems a decent reporter would have included that information.
Another Bush Administration treat handed to the liberals? Or something from Congress? Anyone have an answer?
NS
May 17, 2008 - 17:58 ET by BlondeWhat is a Special Rapporteur?
I know the UN is peculiar....but does a rapporteur build rapport? With whom? And why?
David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive
B
May 17, 2008 - 18:02 ET by Noel SheppardB,
Just when I thought it was safe to FINALLY jump into my pool and take some time off, someone asks me a great question:
Can I go swimming now? :-) ns
Certainly, Noel
May 17, 2008 - 18:07 ET by BlondeSince you were so kind as to teach me a new word today (and it's a beauty).
I'd suggest a little cold drink to go with that dip, though.
David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive
Blonde,
May 17, 2008 - 19:16 ET by R D HelmLOL-I thought it meant French leech. :-)
He is from the UN, after all.
R D
May 17, 2008 - 19:44 ET by DelsaYou were partly correct.
They are French leeches for sure.
In english we spell it REPORTER and that covers ALL the
Leeches
I thought it was a French
May 17, 2008 - 20:10 ET by USA4freedomI thought it was a French Rapper..
Ronald Reagan, 1962: I did not leave the Democratic party, the party left me.
Insert: your name, 2008, and the Republican party.
Romney / Jendil 2012 (if,we survive)
The first thing that
May 17, 2008 - 18:04 ET by jdhawkThe first thing that strikes me about this news item is who the hell does the UN think it is? This is an organization of 190 countries of which over 100, on a daily basis, don't just committ contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance. They torture and murder their citizens.
Given the above, I don't see the UN having the time to even visit the US. Unless, of course, they have a small army that is dedicated to this function that we somehow have not heard about.
The second thing that strikes me about this news item is - UN, go f**k yourself. Of all the worthless, good for nothing (except bilking the US tax payer of their hard earned cash) organizations on the face of the planet this has got to be it.
UN RACISM INSPECTOR
May 17, 2008 - 18:59 ET by merlin61jdhawk---agree with you 100%. Is this supposed
to scare us? Should we run and hide? What
a crock of b.s. GO HOME!!!
The Democrat party, the party of racism. . .
May 17, 2008 - 18:14 ET by TheTruthDemocrats the party of racism but it doesn’t fit the LIBERAL agenda of the main stream media, so it either will not be reported or will only be reported (spun) after other news sources like NewsBusters make it public knowledge.
Sorry I do not know the original NewsBusters poster to give proper credit for this list. . .
• Democrats fought to expand slavery while Republicans fought to end it.
• Democrats passed those discriminatory Black Codes and Jim Crow laws.
• Democrats fought against anti-lynching laws.
• Democrats fought to keep blacks in slavery and away from the polls, and they started the Ku Klux Klan to terrorize them.
• Democrat Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia, is well known for having been a "Keagle" in the Ku Klux Klan.
• Democrat Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia, personally filibustered the Civil Rights Act of 1964 for 14 straight hours to keep it from passage.
• Democrats passed the Repeal Act of 1894 that overturned civil right laws enacted by Republicans.
• Democrats declared that they would rather vote for a “yellow dog” than vote for a Republican, because the Republican Party was known as the party for blacks.
• Democrat President Woodrow Wilson, reintroduced segregation throughout the federal government immediately upon taking office in 1913.
• Democrat President Franklin D. Roosevelt's first appointment to the Supreme Court was a life member of the Ku Klux Klan, Sen. Hugo Black, Democrat of Alabama.
• Democrat President Franklin D. Roosevelt's choice for vice president in 1944 was Harry Truman, who had joined the Ku Klux Klan in Kansas City in 1922.
• Democrat President Franklin D. Roosevelt resisted Republican efforts to pass a federal law against lynching.
• Democrat President Franklin D. Roosevelt opposed integration of the armed forces.
• Democrat Senators Sam Ervin, Albert Gore, Sr. and Robert Byrd were the chief opponents of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
• Democrat public safety commissioner Eugene "Bull" Connor, in Birmingham, Ala., unleashed vicious dogs and turned fire hoses on black civil rights demonstrators.
• Democrats were who Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the other protestors were fighting.
• Democrat Georgia Governor Lester Maddox "brandished an ax hammer to prevent blacks from patronizing his restaurant.
• Democrat Governor George Wallace stood in front of the Alabama schoolhouse in 1963, declaring there would be segregation forever.
• Democrat Arkansas Governor Faubus tried to prevent desegregation of Little Rock public schools.
• Democrat Senator John F. Kennedy voted against the 1957 Civil rights Act.
• Democrat President John F. Kennedy opposed the 1963 March on Washington by Dr. King.
• Democrat President John F. Kennedy, had Dr. King wiretapped and investigated by the FBI.
• Democrat President Bill Clinton's mentor was U.S. Senator J. William Fulbright, an Arkansas Democrat and a supporter of racial segregation.
• Democrat President Bill Clinton interned for J. William Fulbright in 1966-67.
• Democrat Senator J. William Fulbright signed the Southern Manifesto opposing the Supreme Court's 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education decision.
• Democrat Senator J. William Fulbright joined with the Dixiecrats in filibustering the Civil Rights Acts of 1957 and 1964.
• Democrat Senator J. William Fulbright voted against the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
• Republicans enacted civil rights laws in the 1950’s and 1960’s, over the objection of Democrats.
• Republicans founded the HCBU’s and started the NAACP to counter the racist practices of the Democrats.
• Republicans pushed through much of the ground-breaking civil rights legislation in Congress.
• Republicans fought slavery and amended the Constitution to grant blacks freedom, citizenship and the right to vote.
• Republicans pushed through much of the groundbreaking civil rights legislation from the 1860s through the 1960s.
• Republican President Dwight Eisenhower sent troops into the South to desegregate the schools.
• Republican President Dwight Eisenhower appointed Chief Justice Earl Warren to the Supreme Court, which resulted in the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education decision.
• Republican Senator Everett Dirksen from Illinois, not Democrat President Lyndon Johnson, was the one who pushed through the civil rights laws of the 1960’s.
• Republican Senator Everett Dirksen from Illinois wrote the language for the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
• Republican Senator Everett Dirksen from Illinois also crafted the language for the Civil Rights Act of 1968 which prohibited discrimination in housing.
• The 1963 March on Washington by Dr. King was organized by A. Phillip Randolph who was a black Republican.
• Dr. Martin Luther King was a Republican.
Gee, I guess I'm a racist.
May 17, 2008 - 18:21 ET by balboaGee, I guess I'm a racist. Who knew?
Sorry balboa. . .
May 17, 2008 - 18:53 ET by TheTruthGee, I guess I'm a racist. Who knew?
Sorry balboa. . . I did not mean to imply all Democrats are racists, most are not! The Democrat party has a whole has long history of racism and the main stream media does its best to imply otherwise.
In my fifty plus years most, not all, but most instances of racism I have personally witnessed have been LIBERAL Democrats. I live in the Northeast surrounded by Democrats so demographics may be a factor in my personal experiences.
Yeah, I know. But the
May 17, 2008 - 19:54 ET by balboaYeah, I know. But the veracity of many of your list items, I assume you've got a source?
I think the "tide" switched with JFK.
I think the "tide" switched
May 17, 2008 - 21:04 ET by TheTruthI think the "tide" switched with JFK.
You mean this JFK?
• Democrat Senator John F. Kennedy voted against the 1957 Civil rights Act.
• Democrat President John F. Kennedy opposed the 1963 March on Washington by Dr. King.
• Democrat President John F. Kennedy, had Dr. King wiretapped and investigated by the FBI.
Yeah, I know. But the veracity of many of your list items, I assume you've got a source?
As stated the list was previously posted on NewsBusters. All items on the list are easy to check; if you can prove any items incorrect please do enlighten. Thank you.
You just spout out these
May 17, 2008 - 21:12 ET by balboaYou just spout out these facts without giving them any background.
For instance, why did JFK bug MLK? Because he was associated with associating with shady Soviet or communist elements that JFK feared were influencing King.
Edit: and it was actually RFK that wanted to do it.
You're right bal
May 17, 2008 - 21:27 ET by Cool ArrowNot a chance JFK knew what his little brother, the Attorney General was doing with J. Edgar Negligee behind his back. (Not that there's anything wrong with it)
OBAMA, Oh Wait!!
I'm sure JFK knew about the
May 17, 2008 - 21:31 ET by balboaI'm sure JFK knew about the bugging RFK was doing.
RFK buggery
May 17, 2008 - 21:39 ET by Cool ArrowIf not so sad it would have been laughable that Teddy gave a eulogy at Coretta Scott King's funeral.
Too much like Stockholm syndrome.
Maybe you are
May 17, 2008 - 18:46 ET by okiehawk44Balboa, most of the "jokes" and other "stories" told and written to make fun of blacks, asians, gays/lesbians, women, and Christians seem to come from socialist-democrats. And not just in Hollywood.
I've never understood why
May 17, 2008 - 18:47 ET by ApacheI've never understood why Demonrats get a majority of the black vote. I assume its a combination of corrupt so-called "black leaders" and the victim culture they created to help democrat party who needed more voters. So instead of a type of racism that overtly held down blacks, they switched to a type of racism that said "you can't succeed without our help" and essentially bought votes via affirmative action type programs and funding for inner city programs that fester a dependency on government.
I think the liberal bias in
May 17, 2008 - 18:56 ET by TheTruthI think the liberal bias in the main stream media has an enormous effect on peoples perceptions.
These daily "Democrats Are Racists"
May 17, 2008 - 20:08 ET by JerThese daily "Democrats Are Racists" reminders are really becoming tedius.
I think everyone here is well aware that the "party of Lincoln" was once the political preference for the overwhelming majority of blacks. That was one of the reasons--indeed a significant one--why the South remained monolithically Democratic for generations. Well, brace yourself for a startling revelation: Things change!
Here's a quick and admittedly simplistic overview:
During the 1930's and thereafter, FDR's New Deal policies, along with his wife's active and emphatic support for civil rights, generated a positive reaction among blacks. Truman's push for anti-discrimination legislation and integration of the armed forces resulted in a splintering of the Democrats in 1948 and the formation of Strom Thurmond's Dixiecrat party. Consequently, many blacks began viewing the national Democrats in one manner [favorably] and the southern Democrats in another [generally unfavorably]. Still, in the 1960 election, Nixon received a substantial per centage of the black vote [I think close to half]. But, during the ensuing years--with Kennedy saying the things they wanted to hear, and Johnson getting those things done, huge numbers of the remaining black Republicans switched their party allegiance. And there was a corresponding shift within the ranks of conservative southern whites Democrats who were disenchanted with the perceived "liberal" takeover of their party. This disaffection was successfully exploited by Nixon's "southern strategy" in 1968. These events permanently fractured the old Democratic New Deal coalition, sent millions of conservative southerners, e.g. Strom Thurmond, stampeding to the Republican party, and assured that the Democratic party would be the new "home" for blacks for the forseeable future.
Today, neither the Republican party, nor the Democratic party is "racist". And it is a noxious slander to say so.
Jer
Jer
May 17, 2008 - 20:43 ET by DelsaThen why is the UN coming to investigate the Democrat race??
Republicans are not involved with the Dem race for president?
I mean it is not like the UN is coming to America to investigate the General election??
And just so you know, Strom evolved over time and "stampeded" to the party of Americans and ran away from the party of GROUPS!
Who called the Dem party a "home" for Blacks?
Are Blacks monolithic?
I always thought Thomas Sowell was a Republican?
I don't actually see
May 17, 2008 - 20:54 ET by balboaI don't actually see anywhere in the release that it says they're coming to investigate the Democratic race specifically.
Delsa...
May 17, 2008 - 21:20 ET by JerThen why is the UN coming to investigate the Democrat race?
Dunno. All I know is what I read in this blog. Seems rather ridiculous though.
Republicans are not involved with the Dem race for president?
Indeed they are. So?
And just so you know, Strom evolved over time and "stampeded" to the party of Americans and ran away form the party of GROUPS!
According to whom? You or him?
Who called the Dem party a "home" for Blacks?
Me.
Are Blacks monolithic?
Depends on context. I didn't say that. I'm only pointing out that although blacks at one time were overwhelmingly Republican, they have, for the past several decades, been overwhelmingly Democratic. What do you think?
I always thought Thomas Sowell was a Republican?
Your thought is probably correct...he's certainly a conservative. But there are plenty of outstanding black Republicans. I've never suggested anything to the contrary.
Jer
Definition of "racist"
May 17, 2008 - 18:37 ET by harry flashmanI thought we all knew the definition of a "racist" by now -
A racist is anyone winning an argument with a liberal.
I am a racist
May 17, 2008 - 19:35 ET by jefflebowskiThe modern day definition of a racist is:
a racist is a white person who doesn't kowtow to the left or blacks and doesn't do or say exactly what the left or blacks want.
I hope that more white people will join me in not caring one little bit if the left or blacks call them racist.
Jeff Lebowski - Racist
10nth Frame
May 17, 2008 - 19:42 ET by harry flashmanThe Big Lebowski - don't sugar coat it like that, Jeff.
C'mon - some of my best friends are bowlers.
What we're talking about
May 17, 2008 - 19:48 ET by jefflebowskiis unchecked aggression!
Dunno
May 17, 2008 - 19:52 ET by harry flashmanYou and I seem to "checking" it - calling bullsh1t on bullsh1tters is "checking" it.
What's that line about the only thing evil needs to succeed is for good men to do nothing?
We're doin' - and not just here.
Harry, I like your style
May 17, 2008 - 20:44 ET by jefflebowskiIf we can get more and more white people to stand up....especially white men (the only being left on the planet who everyone can and does make fun of)...we can get somewhere.
Aww!
May 17, 2008 - 20:52 ET by harry flashmanGo on which you, you big Polack - you be making me all squishy up in there.
I'm from Chicago and my paternal grandmother's name, believe it or not, is Lewandowski.
Scot's, Polish, Chicago, Marine - argumentative, stubborn, proud, intelligent and blessed with the drinking gene.
Let 'em bring it on.
Harry
May 17, 2008 - 21:08 ET by jefflebowskiPlease check your personal email at newsbusters.
I must be on something
May 17, 2008 - 18:41 ET by DelsaI thought this said the UN Racist investigator??? Coming to America??
To investigate racism??
I am so pissed of I could spit nails. Tell the UN to get the hell out of NY and the United States all together and then tell this F**n piece of wok to get the hell back to where ever he comes from.
Go to hell Omama!
Get off our backs.
If they want to examine racism in this country they need to begin with the Rev. Wright, his bogus Church of Christ, and the Obama Campaign!
Now I have one more reason to make sure you are defeated!!!!!!!
AMEN
May 17, 2008 - 18:50 ET by allahallahoxenfreeWho the hell are these hypocritical asshats that they think they can enlighten this country. Manage the UN properly. Recognize TRUE evil in this world (NOT Israel). Feed the worlds poor, spread health care. Accomplish that THEN come and tell us our house is in disorder. That freaking place needs to be replaced even more than Congress.
CONGRESSIONAL TERM LIMITS!!!
Bumper Sticker Foreign Policy
May 17, 2008 - 18:51 ET by harry flashmanMay be cliche, but it resonates -
"US out of the UN and UN out of the US."
The UN
May 17, 2008 - 18:56 ET by iveseenitallI have a relative who works at the UN. The horror stories he tells about it would make your skin crawl. Most of all, so many in the UN hate America. It's disgusting.
BTW, I too believe Barry and Soros are behind this "investigation". Any criticism of the annointed black boy will be considered "racist" in this campaign. He's a "uniter", you know. As long as you do it HIS way. (I'll now go off and curse to myself since I can't do it here).
NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"
Couple of questions..
May 17, 2008 - 18:58 ET by BarkerDoes this pass John Kerry's 'global test'?
Will the Reverend Jeremiah Wright be tried in The Hauge?
"African-American?"
May 17, 2008 - 19:05 ET by harry flashmanHis mother was native born American. Why isn't he an "American-African?"
Dissin' Obambi's Mommy?
Isn't that sexist?
So we have a choice - are we racists or sexists?
It was so much easier when we were just "Imperialist running dog lackeys" - ahh, the good old days.
Who in the U.S. government
May 17, 2008 - 19:20 ET by balboaWho in the U.S. government asked them to come, and who has the authority to do that?
Nobody expects the UN
May 17, 2008 - 19:54 ET by Roger the ShrubberNobody expects the UN inquisition!
Actually, I do not believe anyone in the US gov't "invites" this, Bal. Think of it as a "mission". I hope you are not insinuating some sort of eveeel right-wing conspiracy, are you?
I was asking because the
May 17, 2008 - 19:57 ET by balboaI was asking because the article above says "at the invitation of the U.S. Government."
So...who can invite the U.N.?
Actually, bal, that is a good question.
May 17, 2008 - 20:05 ET by R D HelmI have no clue, but even if it was someone in the US government (and I have my doubts about this) I am pretty sure it wasn't Sen. Clinton. :-)
VERY Good Question
May 17, 2008 - 20:10 ET by harry flashmanExcuse the intrusion but, who does have the juice to bring the UN into a soverign nation's electoral process - much less for the express purpose of passing judgement on it?
Do I smell a peanut farmer?
harry,
May 17, 2008 - 20:22 ET by R D HelmJihad Jimmy would be really high on my list even though, technically, he isn't actually part of the government anymore.
He just thinks he is. :-)
I think its pretty safe to say that, if it actually was someone in our government, it would be someone really freindly to Barry-O's campaign.
R D
May 17, 2008 - 20:34 ET by harry flashmanYeah, all said is so but, he (Jimmah) is in so tight with the UN ...
And, considering Obambi is pursuing the Carter template, wouldn't you see the synergy of a Obambi-Carter back channel request to the UN?
Obambi IS part of the guvmint.
When the source of this invitation is finally run to ground it will redound on the Liberalites.
Certanly, no GOPer or Con, neo or paleo, asked for this intrusion.
Ack. I see your point, bro.
May 17, 2008 - 20:27 ET by Roger the ShrubberAck. I see your point, bro. Sorry!
Great credentials...lol
May 17, 2008 - 19:33 ET by PewahSo, now we get this UNESCO lacky from Senegal to come over to the U.S. and judge us and our inate racism. Anybody who cannot see what this truly all about is lame. The U.N. is asserting itself and its agendas into our sovereign election process. There are two bits of irony I see here. Firstly, the guy was schooled in France and french is his native language. We should certainly look to a fine country like France when learning how to deal with non-white sub-cultures. Yes, we could all learn something about cultural integration from the French. Secondly, he is from Senegal which is approximately 95% muslim. Again, let us borrow our ideals on tolerance from somebody who hails from the finest example of it on the face of the earth today...Islam. NO THANKS!
Let me get this right
May 17, 2008 - 19:35 ET by DelsaThe UN is investigating the Democrat race?
Everyone knows the Majority of Democrats are racists.
Where is the surprise?
Other than the second largest racist organization is investigating!
The muslim pilots
May 17, 2008 - 19:39 ET by DelsaHIT THE WRONG BUILDINGS
No offense or harm meant to iveseenitall's cousin
delsa
May 17, 2008 - 20:21 ET by MrShyYou also forgot....
No offense or harm meant to my all-time favorite movie:
http://faculty.cua.e...
:)
* * * SOCKS THE CAT '08 * * *
For REAL Change
MrShy
May 17, 2008 - 20:53 ET by DelsaOops. I forgot.
But I have you to remind me.
It was a good movie and from the pics, the buildings were almost new.
Mr Shy!!!
May 17, 2008 - 21:05 ET by candanceOMG! Long time no see! How are you?
I've been seeing your cool little signs up on here...good for you!
So what, exactly, is this "Special Rapporteur" going to do?
May 17, 2008 - 19:44 ET by R D HelmRun around and hook Hillary Clinton supporters up to a lie detector and ask them if the reason they didn't vote for Barry-O was because of his race?
I hate to tell the leeches over at the Under-funded Nations, but American citizens have the right to vote for, or against, anyone they wish, for any reason.
I think the U.S. government should tell this Doudou clown to butt out.
When you think about it
May 17, 2008 - 19:48 ET by Delsayou can't help wonder why they didn't send Jimmy Carter?
He must be busy somewhere in the world bashing President Bush and Jews
Delsa,
May 17, 2008 - 20:13 ET by R D HelmI know the Rueters story said that this clown was invited here by the US government, but I'm not sure I am buying that.
I wonder, given the support Barry-O has expressed for that stupid international poverty tax, or whatever the heck it is, might actually be what is behind this lunacy?
Just perhaps the UN goons are eyeing all that money they think they are going to get their grubby little hands on if Obama gets elected POTUS, and have decided to stick their noses where they do not belong by interfering in our election.
Maybe they were invited by
May 17, 2008 - 20:13 ET by DelsaTed Kennedy and having the story break caused him to have the seizure?
He is better now so I can say that.
Blink-Blink-Blink
May 17, 2008 - 20:17 ET by BondPlainBondWho was the person that planted this seed? It had to begin with one person. I want to be taken backwards to the very inception of this idea. That'd be an interesting journey, I'm certain.
Code words and nose of the camel
May 17, 2008 - 20:27 ET by ThisnThatLook at these code words:
Xenophobia and related intolerance - The UN wants to know why we don't want illegal aliens in this country. Look for interviews of Mexican support groups and poor farm hand afraid to identify themselves because of Mean America.
Turned off some white voters in a country with a history of slavery and racial segregation - This will be a condemnation of America. They will probably ask black voters why 90% of them are forced to vote for Obama.
The UN is looking at this as an opportunity to stick it to the US, and then to try to enact sanctions against us.
___________________________________
If you can read this, thank a teacher. If it is in English, thank a Soldier. - My barber
It takes a special kind of
May 17, 2008 - 20:38 ET by celatorIt takes a special kind of organizational blindness and arrogance for the UN to appoint itself as an investigator of racism and intolerance in any country, let alone the US. Some of its own member governments are among the most corrupt in the world, and promote racism and intolerance in their own countries.
Here's an organization that has let its own employees rape and plunder innocents in Africa, has done nothing to relieve the suffering in Darfur, and whose highest officials have enthusiastically accepted bribes from criminal governments.
The UN has not come even close to fulfilling its original mandate, and has become the laughing stock of the civilized world.
The name of the individual who will do the investigation? Doudou. Perfect, no?
Doudou
May 17, 2008 - 21:21 ET by Cool ArrowMeanwhile I suggest a whole bunch of us illegally enter Vatican City and just do the jobs those Swiss immigrants with the yellow/red striped bloomers won't do.
Maybe then Benedict won't be so high and mighty judgmental about how we feel.
OBAMA, Oh Wait!!
"It takes a special kind of
May 17, 2008 - 22:36 ET by ckc1227"It takes a special kind of organizational blindness and arrogance for
the UN to appoint itself as an investigator of racism and intolerance
in any country, let alone the US. Some of its own member governments
are among the most corrupt in the world, and promote racism and
intolerance in their own countries."
And STILL practice slavery today.
yep
May 17, 2008 - 23:04 ET by celatorYep
Well Bal, I was going by the Headline
May 17, 2008 - 21:00 ET by DelsaReuters: Dem Presidential Campaign Leads U.N. to Investigate Racism in U.S.
Yeah, I can't figure out how
May 17, 2008 - 21:01 ET by balboaYeah, I can't figure out how Reuters made that jump?
Doudou?
May 17, 2008 - 21:06 ET by harry flashmanDodo?
Don't worry Harry
May 17, 2008 - 21:22 ET by Cool Arrowextinct
OBAMA, Oh Wait!!
Arrow
May 17, 2008 - 21:27 ET by harry flashmanExactly my point.
Lol with your Vatican invasion.
And, wonder - how would Benny and the Jets feel abut illegal immigration if the one mile square Papal Estate was in El Paso?
Or Matomoros?
All depends on who's ox is getting gored.
I'll accept dodo or doodoo.
May 17, 2008 - 23:05 ET by celatorI'll accept dodo or doodoo. ;+}
As interesting as all the "race" conversations are..
May 17, 2008 - 21:47 ET by bigpapaTo me the real question is...
Why the heck is the UN coming to my country to investigate anything?????
Why aren't we kicking them out of this great country and no longer funding their socialist/communist ways?????
Screw this thing all the way around...
I smell loads of BS...
bigpapa
May 17, 2008 - 22:01 ET by DelsaNow that IS the question.
Why? Indeed!
The UN is only in NY for the hookers.
They could move to the orient?
thank you Delsa
May 17, 2008 - 22:18 ET by bigpapabut you may have to forgive me for I'm all about.....
"GET US OUT OF THE UN"....
so I may be biased... :)
Bigpapa
May 17, 2008 - 23:23 ET by DelsaI am right with you on getting out of the UN
I used to lay over in NY and where the Trump Plazza is now used to be the Commodor Hotel.
Well it was famous for all the Hookers (not flight attendants) who used to be there with these scuzz buckets from the UN
I was in the hotel one night when a hooker knifed one of the SOB's in the elevator.
When Trump bought the place it became too expensive for the UN creeps.
But I feel the way you do.
We should kick them to another planet or at the very least to the other side of the world,
AND we should get the hell out.
Delsa... I have always
May 17, 2008 - 23:35 ET by Clear thinkerDelsa...
I have always been in favor of bulldozing the UN building into the East River and then say.... ooops!
"Abstain from McCain"
Sounds like the UN
May 18, 2008 - 21:25 ET by bigpapahookers have a little attitude problem..
that's just awful...
This is not news to me. For
May 17, 2008 - 23:15 ET by Clear thinkerThis is not news to me. For those of you that have read my tirades, you know how I feel about the racists in the Democrat Party. I would give this even more credence if it was an agency other than a UN sponsored one.
I have said over and over and over.... the racists in this country are mostly on the left.
"Abstain from McCain"
"Abstain from McCain"
May 17, 2008 - 23:25 ET by harry flashmanTherefore you'll be voting for...?
The best person for the job
May 17, 2008 - 23:27 ET by Clear thinkerThe best person for the job of course.
"Abstain from McCain"
If he concludes with an
May 18, 2008 - 09:23 ET by motherbeltIf he concludes with an unfavorable report and the UN starts discussing "sanctions" I hope President Bush gives them 6 months to completely vacate the UN building before the Marines move and confiscate everything.
You have my votes on this, motherbelt...
May 18, 2008 - 09:52 ET by ThalpyYou have my votes on this, motherbelt. I'll vote, and vote often!