[Izzy Dunne]

Sorry, but the very idea of the U.N. "giving" rights to anyone is anathema to what I believe in.

The Constitution does not "give" us rights, it says that those rights are endowed by our Creator. The Constitution is just to "secure" them.

If the U.N. tries to "give" rights, be very sure that it will come with blue helmets and enforcers.

[Little Ray]

You are, of course, correct.

The UN should endorse a God-given individual right to self defense (including property!), and the right of individuals to own the tools for self-defense including, but not limited to, firearms.

Still it is a pretty nice reversal on the evil bastards at the UN.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

The point was well made that we have freedom because WE, Americans, can protect our God given rights. Just the opposite of Obama and his assault on the Constitution and religion.

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.—That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,-—That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.”

[SandRat]

Waiting for the TV show ‘Top Shots’ to have UN Blue helmets as the contestants targets, because that's all they're good for.

[Olog-hai]

Just a cursory look at the UN’s so-called Universal Declaration of Human Rights will show how frighteningly close they are to the “rights” that the USSR’s constitution (from 1936 and 1977) promised, while leaving big holes for the totalitarianism to walk through.

The UN’s joke of a document dates back to December 1948; the Wikipedia article on it shows Eleanor Roosevelt (one of its authors) holding up a Spanish-language copy. Really shows how sympathetic the most powerful in this country were to communism, even going back that far.

[22cal]

Newt said the UN should ‘acknowledge’ this God-given right.

[khelus]

Sorry, but the very idea of the U.N. "giving" rights to anyone is anathema to what I believe in.

The Constitution does not "give" us rights, it says that those rights are endowed by our Creator. The Constitution is just to "secure" them.

If the U.N. tries to "give" rights, be very sure that it will come with blue helmets and enforcers.

AMEN !!!

[thatjoeguy]

You miss the point, watch the speech.