Mr. Brown's stupid Americans

The Washington Times ^ | June 9, 2006 | Masthead Editorial

[neverdem]

    Until this week, U.N. Deputy Secretary-General Mark Malloch Brown, a Briton, was best known as a confidante of U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan who rents his Westchester home from billionaire buddy George Soros at a price only slightly lower than his U.N. salary. But from this week forward, he will be known as the U.N. bureaucrat who tried to blow up relations with the United States by scorning "Middle America." He told us, in so many words, that we are a bunch of dumb rubes who need to be corralled by government.

    "[M]uch of the public discourse that reaches the U.S. heartland has been largely abandoned to its loudest detractors such as Rush Limbaugh and Fox News," Mr. Brown said Tuesday in a conference sponsored by two liberal think tanks. "The U.N.'s role is, in effect, a secret in Middle America" -- yes, he used the words "Middle America" -- whose media engages in "too much unchecked U.N.-bashing and stereotyping."

    His antidote? Not U.N. reform, of course -- not an end to the type of mismanagement which caused the Oil-for-Food scandal, the peacekeeper rapes or the shameful accession of Cuba to the supposedly reformed Human Rights Council -- but U.S. government action to quell the critics. The Bush administration has "fail[ed] to stand up for [the United Nations] against its domestic critics," he said. The message: If the government would only silence the media, then the United Nations could get along with its business as it has grown accustomed to.

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    What is much clearer is this: In America, the public tells the government what to do, not the other way around. We're sorry that Mr. Brown is unable to accept that fact. We're not sorry that he revealed his elitist contempt for the public, however.

[neverdem]

Are Members Of Congress Lying To You About The UN Threat On July 4th?

[sachem longrifle]

Now the UN is a quagmire we should develop a quick exit strategy for. Its a failure, when do we get out..or strategically redeploy

[Red6]

"In America, the public tells the government what to do, not the other way around." Was writen

That really is a key difference between most of Europe and the US. What the masses want is what happens in the US.

[Concho]

Fox news this morning calculated how much profit could be made by evicting the UN and turning their building into condos.

[dhs12345]

The elites in the UN have trouble understanding the US. Our society allows us to question and be critical of those governing us. Not the same where they come from.

[.cnI redruM]

Yes we should responsibly redeploy from the UN and the UN should repatriate from their Settlements by the Hudson River before they become a provocation to the indigenous population.

[FearlessFreep]

That really is a key difference between most of Europe and the US. What the masses want is what happens in the US.

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Except when it comes to taxes or border security.

[proud_yank]

LOL, it'd be nice to see that building turn into America's (& the world's) largest firearms store.

[P-40]

"The U.N.'s role is, in effect, a secret in Middle America"

If Middle America knew more about the UN...there would be no UN.

[NonValueAdded]

bump

[FlingWingFlyer]

It's tough to take seriously someone who refers to "the most recognized talk show host in America" as "Mr. Limbower." Brown is just flat weird.

[dhs12345]

LOL. I recommend that we "cut and run."

[coydog]

Turn it over to the NRA and let them turn it into a gun-themed amusement park. That silly sculpture they have out front could be re-cast into something really useful, like guitar strings or something.

[spectre]

Board the NYC HQ up and let the U.S. Government fund UN's relocation to Zimbabwe.

THAT I would pay for.

[Mr. Jeeves]

What is much clearer is this: In America, the public tells the government what to do, not the other way around.

That's the theory, anyway.

[dhs12345]

Why I despise the Liberals here in the United States. They have similar beliefs to the elites in the UN -- less individual power, more govt power.

[Abathar]

"That silly sculpture they have out front could be re-cast into something really useful, like guitar strings or something."

No silly, thats where you hang your targets from for the shooting competitions...

[50sDad]

Mr. Brown, simple farmers and tradesman kicked your great-great-great-grandfather's ass clear back to his prissy ancestral home in "Merry Old England" and built a free republic without inbred, hemophiliac, bad-teethed, embarassing royalty, and went on to save your @$$ twice in international dustups you couldn't finish, three times if you count the Rooskies. You and Lord HawHaw can go home, and don't the door hit you on the "boot" on the way out.

[wizardoz]

I guess they think Free Press means we don't pay for the paper.