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To: abigailsmybaby
I think Tancredo is being premature here. I agree with what he wants in the end -- to get the U.N. out of our country -- but I think he's trying to push too much too soon.

For the U.N. to really move to another country, there need to be intermediate steps leading up to that action. You don't take up jogging by running a marathon, but by running a mile, then a couple, etc.

A few intermediate steps:

- Refuse to allow Ahmadinejad to come to the U.S.
- Cut U.S. funding of the U.N. by a significant amount.
- Tie U.S. funding to the meeting of goals for fiscal transparency (fight corruption), effectiveness (fight failure), etc.
- Get serious about vetting foreign diplomats for espionage ties, make the vetting process cumbersome (and effective)
- Have NYC get serious about rampant parking violations by diplomats who supposedly run up millions in parking fines that go unpaid, and generally park like they're king

We need to push on a number of issues, and get some cracks in the big wall, before we can think of knocking the wall down.

The most important of these ideas, by far, is to push for a serious cut in American funding of this despicable organization.

34 posted on 09/23/2008 6:45:02 PM PDT by SeafoodGumbo
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To: SeafoodGumbo

The downside is that there’s no other congresscritter who would even consider offering such a bill and Mr Tancredo is retiring.

I imagine he threw this in the ring as a farewell. He’s been fighting long and hard against illegal immigration so why not go out with a swat an the UN too.


35 posted on 09/23/2008 7:52:19 PM PDT by abigailsmybaby (I'm disinclined to acquiesce to your request.)
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