Irrelevant? Don't Kid Yourself!

There's good news and there's bad news. The good news is that Kofi and the boys are in a world of hurt with that pesky, world's largest scandal of all times, also known as the Oil for Food boondoggle. The bad news is the U.N. tentacles are embedded deeply into international and (far too many) domestic policies. One of the most celebrated international protocols making hay these days is the Kyoto Club.

Now that the Kyoto Club has the power of international law, it does not have to answer questions. It can simply issue decrees and declarations, create regulations, and penalize the non-compliant.

Already, the participants at COP 10 are dreaming of ways to penalize the United States, to force the U.S. to join the international global warming club. Cathie Adams, president of Texas Eagle Forum, who is attending the gathering, reports that the World Trade Organization is seen to be the enforcer of choice. Floy Lilley, vice chair of Sovereignty International, who is also attending the conference, reports that the delegates and the NGO representatives have declared that climate change is at "least as great a threat as terrorism."

The Kyoto Protocol is like a giant snowball that has been pushed uphill for 10 years, and now, with its entry into force, has passed the summit and has begun its downhill plunge. It will gather speed and force and crush whatever stands in its way - including the U.S. economy.

The Protocol enforcers, through the several wealth-redistribution schemes embodied in the Protocol, will penalize U.S. industry, artificially increase the cost of energy in non-compliant nations, and roll out the red carpet for U.S. industries to move to developing nations.

The constant pressure on the U.S. is relentless. So far, President Bush has thumbed his nose at the Kyoto aficionados and that is a good thing. We can't ever give in to these people. Regardless of the apparent irrelevancy of the U.N. because of the inherent corruption extant, we can't allow ourselves to be caught off-guard by the encroachment of the international policies that the rest of the world so willingly embraces and fully intends to foist upon the good ol' USA. Our economic (and therefore ALL our freedoms) depend on our total independence from the U.N. or any other institution like them which may replace them.

And don't forget the International Criminal Court:

A UN report issued last week called for the Security Council to refer suspected cases of war crimes to the ICC. Almost simultaneously, war crimes charges were filed in a German court against Defense Secretary Rumsfeld for prison abuses at Abu Ghraib in Iraq. A German human rights group argued, under the much abused and misunderstood concept of "universal jurisdiction," that any citizen or group can file a claim against any world leader who may be guilty of committing crimes against humanity. Can anyone reasonably believe that more such cases are not soon to follow?

Irrelevant?


Here's a good piece on Kyoto from our stalwart friends in Austrailia: Protocol is just lots of hot air.

On the subject of U.N. corruption, here's a must read: Max Boot on the U.N.

There may be a pig pile in the works, but you really need to read this Wes Pruden piece: What's that pungent smell on the East River?

Then, there' this in the American Spectator:

The U.N. is prejudging the January 2005 Iraqi elections a failure so that those who opposed Saddam's overthrow -- France, Germany, and Russia chief among them -- will be able to reject the new government as just another puppet of the United States.

Note to the U.N.: offer up some solutions to your constant bitching and complaining or just shut up. Many of us who are fed up with you and your corruption are going here to sign a petition to get you out of the U.S. May it be sooner than later!