Seriously?
Words are failing me ATM.
QuoteThe controversy over requiring voters to provide photo IDs has reached the world stage.
The United Nations Human Rights Council is investigating the issue of American election laws at its gathering on minority rights in Geneva, Switzerland. This, despite the fact that some members of the council have only in the past several years allowed women to vote, and one member, Saudi Arabia, still bars women from the voting booth completely.
Officials from the NAACP are presenting their case against U.S. voter ID laws, arguing to the international diplomats that the requirements disenfranchise voters and suppress the minority vote.
Source: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/03/14/un-delves-into-us-voter-id-laws/#ixzz1p7mRSW5N
While I disapprove of the voting laws, this is over-the-top.
It's politics. The one commentator is right in that this is a publicity stunt by the NAACP, meant to embarrass lawmakers in states trying to pass these voting laws. That's kind of the point. And yes, there are some... interesting... groups on that committee. I'm sure some of them would dearly love to stick it to us. But since when do we fear that?
It's bad form, going "outside the family" as it were, but I get it. Like anything like this, there is an opportunity here. It'll be squandered though, through a combination of mock outrage, vitriol, and arrogance. We bill ourselves as the standard bearer for truth, justice, and democracy in the world. Why in the world would we be scared of scrutiny, or consider ourselves above it?
What's the worst that the UN can do? Pass a non-binding resolution that will end up getting Fox News' knickers in a twist? They don't have the power or authority to actually do anything.
No, there's nothing they can do.
A deft Secretary of State might turn the tables and point out - correctly - that several UN members could afford to clean up their own acts before passing judgment.
Anyone taking bets on whether that will happen here?
Quote from: LongBlade on March 14, 2012, 04:18:57 PM
No, there's nothing they can do.
A deft Secretary of State might turn the tables and point out - correctly - that several UN members could afford to clean up their own acts before passing judgment.
Anyone taking bets on whether that will happen here?
+1. Exactly - opportunity is there, but it will probably be lost.
I see no reason for the UN to exist if it does not address its own hypocricy. IMO, all the Western world and democratic nations with emerging economies should pull out of the UN and create their own body.. .. e.g., "United Democratic Nations of Terra". I'd give the old UN less than a year before it implodes from its own corruption.
B_C, if you don't stop posting smart things, we may just have to make you designated political commentator for the site. ;D
Quote from: son_of_montfort on March 14, 2012, 06:40:27 PM
B_C, if you don't stop posting smart things, we may just have to make you designated political commentator for the site. ;D
No, his credentials on opposing Obamacare are still suspect. That means he's a socialist until proven otherwise.
Quote from: LongBlade on March 14, 2012, 07:30:31 PM
Quote from: son_of_montfort on March 14, 2012, 06:40:27 PM
B_C, if you don't stop posting smart things, we may just have to make you designated political commentator for the site. ;D
No, his credentials on opposing Obamacare are still suspect. That means he's a socialist until proven otherwise.
And the problem with that is... ;)
^ Obvious. :)
These forums will never be truly Godslike until they allow for the Rimshot Smiley and [irony] tags.
Until then they will continue to be merely G.I. Joes among Legopeople. There. I said it. 8)
Where's HR when you need him.
Quote from: LongBlade on March 14, 2012, 07:52:19 PM
^ Obvious. :)
only to miserly cretins that make orphans work 18 hour shifts in napalm factories .... :P
If certain members of the Human Rights Council were make any criticisms of us, it would definitely be a case of "pot, meet kettle"...
Quote from: LongBlade on March 14, 2012, 04:18:57 PM
A deft Secretary of State might turn the tables and point out - correctly - that several UN members could afford to clean up their own acts before passing judgment.
Anyone taking bets on whether that will happen here?
That would likely depend on exactly how much initiative Hillary would be allowed to take. I think she herself is smart and adept enough that she could pull it off, but the question is how tightly Obama holds onto her reins in this type of situation.
I could never be a socialist. I think I'm better than too many people to accept stooping to their level. :P
I "love" the UN! It brings Dilbertesque comedy to the world stage.
Quote from: Bayonet_Chris on March 15, 2012, 08:43:52 AM
I could never be a socialist. I think I'm better than too many people to accept stooping to their level. :P
<chuckle>
The UN makes me ill. The only thing I like less than the UN is Kofi Annan. Hate that guy.
Quote from: Gusington on March 15, 2012, 09:52:21 AM
The UN makes me ill. The only thing I like less than the UN is Kofi Annan. Hate that guy.
I hear you. I saw him on TV the other day pretending to be relevant and just had to laugh. I can't even remember what he was pretending to be important about, though I think it had to do with Syria.
I don't hate him - I just think he's a joke. A bad joke.
He has never been a neutral observer in any conflict he has had to deal with ever. I must have seen the same thing you did with Annan on the screen because it also had to do with the UN Syria vote.
Quote from: Epee1 on March 14, 2012, 08:05:57 PM
Where's HR when you need him.
in his bomb shelter eating wall paper paste
Quote from: Windigo on March 15, 2012, 10:14:36 PM
Quote from: Epee1 on March 14, 2012, 08:05:57 PM
Where's HR when you need him.
in his bomb shelter eating wall paper paste
You missed the opportunity to say "eating lead paint flakes imported from Mexico."
Never Mexico, that would be unpatriotic! He gets his lead flakes from the finest in US manufacturers by mail order... to a secret drop location 150 miles from the bunker.