[proud_yank]

As much as I loathe them and worry about some of the things they are trying to accomplish, I try to remain optimistic.

Programs paramount to the UN such as gun control have cost numerous politicians their careers in the US (Gore, Tom Foley,etc...). Many of whom tried to implement parts of the UN 'global' nonsense (i.e. Gore's registry, Kyoto) have paid dearly.

Hopefully the more they try, the sooner the US will be pulling out of the UN once and for all. I hope!!

[Supernatural]

The U.N. sucks a lot of money out of us.

All their rules are against us.

They are trying to destroy us. Why we have anything to do with them is beyond me.

[o_zarkman44]

Keep in mind that nobody in the UN is elected, but appointed by the representing government. Those people are directed by high ranking government officials, usually unelected as well.

Without a popular vote against UN directives, most of the UN policy is relegated to votes by our congress, at least in America. But many member nations have no elected representitives, or a voice of the people.

In a sense, the UN is governments trying to run other governments. If the will of the people is not inserted in a governments operation, the will exerted by the UN is tyrannical compliance.

No sovergn or sane nation should follow the directives of facist or dictatorial governments regardless of how many countrys sign off on a directive. The whole concept of UN regulations is how many nations sign on in defiance of the US. They then use those numbers as psychological intimidation by making compliance seem to be a good thing for the world. The sheeple, being good citizens of the world, sign on.

Americans are citizens of the United States of America. We are not citizens of the world. No other nation or group of nations can grant us what we already possess. Nor can they remove anything that we don't willingly give up.