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Russia and China bridle at paying UN more
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| March 24, 2006
| Financial Times
Posted on 03/24/2006 2:27:20 PM PST by cope85
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posted on
03/24/2006 2:27:25 PM PST
by
cope85
To: cope85
We need out, let them pay for it and run it.
To: cope85
Liberals have been in favor of the principle that those with more purchasing power should pay more in taxes - or in this case - UN dues. John Bolton has hoist them on the petard of their own devotion to higher taxes on the one hand and their blind faith in the UN on the other hand. It will be fascinating to see how they reconcile their dilemma.
(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")
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posted on
03/24/2006 2:31:16 PM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: cope85
Listen here Vlad....
I am so angry Bush had to 'recess appoint' this man because a REPUBLICAN, George "weepy" Voinovich and a few others though it "was a meanie"
I sure hope he gets re-instanted after his (limited because of the recess appointment) tenure is up. He can do that right? We just need to get him through the proceedings that the others were filibustering at the time.
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posted on
03/24/2006 2:31:19 PM PST
by
FreedomNeocon
(I'm in no Al-Samood for this Shi'ite.)
To: cope85
The UN should be like a big homeowners association. Everyone pays the same annual dues!
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posted on
03/24/2006 2:32:03 PM PST
by
proudpapa
(of three.)
To: cope85
The UN should be like a big homeowners association. Everyone pays the same annual dues!
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posted on
03/24/2006 2:32:18 PM PST
by
proudpapa
(of three.)
To: cope85
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posted on
03/24/2006 2:33:18 PM PST
by
Gordongekko909
(I know. Let's cut his WHOLE BODY off.)
To: cope85
I think he's right.
John Bolton, the US ambassador to the UN, argued that the GNI-based calculations could be "greatly skewed by distortions introduced into the marketplace by currencies which are non-convertible".
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posted on
03/24/2006 2:48:13 PM PST
by
Alia
To: FreedomNeocon
John Bolton is by far the best we have ever had at this outfit...he must have to hold his nose every time he goes in there.
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posted on
03/24/2006 2:50:43 PM PST
by
eleni121
('Thou hast conquered, O Galilean!' (Julian the Apostate))
To: cope85
SQEAL like pigs you two nations ! >:)
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posted on
03/24/2006 2:52:11 PM PST
by
Centurion2000
(Islam's true face: http://makeashorterlink.com/?J169127BC)
To: cope85
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posted on
03/24/2006 2:57:07 PM PST
by
Chode
(American Hedonist ©®)
To: cope85
The US and Japan together pay over 50% of the UN's budget. The UN has like....160 member countries.
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posted on
03/24/2006 2:59:56 PM PST
by
gaijin
To: Chode
Awesome image! It would be great if Bolton ran for president in 2008 or 2012.
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posted on
03/24/2006 3:03:08 PM PST
by
Paul_Denton
(The U.N. Building. What a joke! They turned it into low rent housing. It's a dump.)
To: cope85
"PPP would radically shift the balance," said one UN diplomat. ..the libs ain't gonna like this...see, since the UN is Muslim (over half) and since the french can't see their way past burning cars, Germany got rid of the little wiener,Putin has more grease on his hands than most Iraqi's had ink on their fingers on election day. Kofi's about as effective as wet toilet paper.......and Bolton's a meanie. Too funny!!
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posted on
03/24/2006 3:05:00 PM PST
by
Doogle
(USAF ...7th AF...408MMS..Ubon ,Thailand..."69"..Night Line Delivery ..AMMO!!)
To: Paul_Denton
wouldn't THAT make the International-RAT's collective heads explode... 8^)
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posted on
03/24/2006 3:27:16 PM PST
by
Chode
(American Hedonist ©®)
To: Chode
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posted on
03/24/2006 3:45:01 PM PST
by
Paul_Denton
(The U.N. Building. What a joke! They turned it into low rent housing. It's a dump.)
To: Gordongekko909
Amen to that!
He's one of the most refreshing persons to hit the stage in years, especially at that train wreck called the UN.
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posted on
03/24/2006 3:49:49 PM PST
by
SueRae
To: gaijin
unless it has included more this year, the UN has 191 nations. That could be more because of the break up of the USSR.
Also the last figures I saw were that USA paid 23% and Japan paid 19%. I don't believe we have agreed to pay more or has Japan. Not quite 50% but it seems to me that it is way tooooo much.
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posted on
03/24/2006 4:29:17 PM PST
by
frannie
(Be not afraid of tomorrow - God is already there!)
To: gaijin
The US and Japan together pay over 50% of the UN's budget. Really? Can you provide the numbers/sources? What is the breakup of it between US and Japan?
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posted on
03/24/2006 7:32:16 PM PST
by
A. Pole
(" There is no other god but Free Market, and Adam Smith is his prophet ! Bazaar Akbar! ")
To: A. Pole
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posted on
03/25/2006 3:27:21 PM PST
by
Feldkurat_Katz
(What no women’s magazine ever offers to improve is women’s minds - Taki)
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