Grant Co., OR - Election: "United Nations Ban" wins !!!

Grant County Oregon Clerks Office ^ | 5/22/2002 | Election Records of Grant County

[Jack Black]

The Oregonian thought this was a fun little story last week. Now that it's passed will they cover it? They might have to do more than quote a local critic with no knowledge of the UN. Nawww. They'll just ignore it and pretend it never happened.

The Sage Brush Rebellion is spreading! Sound the trumpets, gather your pitchforks!!

[Clemenza]

US OUT OF UN, UN OUT OF US!

BTW: I loved your performance in High Fidelity Mr. Black.

[Jack Black]

Jeff, I talked to the County Clerk in Grant this morning. I mentioned that Portland news was ignoring this and she said "it's big in Idaho". I've tried to find more on it via Google but no luck. If you come across any article in local newspapers could you post them.

I'd love to see this spread.

[claptrap]

And there arose a mighty beast, different from those before it! Daniel: you guess the chapter.

[headsonpikes]

"Symbolic Victory" BTTT!

Hey, it's better than a Pyrrhic victory. ;^)

[E.G.C.]

WAY TO GO, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON!!!!!!

[Anamensis]

Easterners?

[Poohbah]

The UN measure is completely unconstitutional. Take the anti-UN ordnance and line out every instance of "United Nations." Replace it with the name of your church. Would you hold the resulting ordinance to be constitutional?

[Jack Black]

Easterners? Eastern Oregonians! The wild and wooly part of the state as opposed to the coffee and granola Western I-5 corridor of Eugene, Salem and Portland. The East is the Red Zone part of Oregon, the West is Red and Blue mixed.

[gundog]

gather your pitchforks!

They'd certainly make frightening bayonets.

[Jack Black]

Could you post the ordinance please. Thanks!

[Aurelius]

BUMP

[Poohbah]

why did i know u would be the one to suck up to the un?

First, let's correct the spelling and grammar on your question. This is Free Republic, not a chat room for illiterates.

why Why did i I know u you would be the one to suck up to the un UN?

Second, I noticed that you didn't address the substance of my post--namely, that the anti-UN ordinance is grossly unconstitutional. I am not alone in saying this; the John Birch Society agrees with me. Defending the Constitution is NOT "sucking up to the UN," it's defending the Constitution.

[Rebelbase]

Easterners?

AKA, Scablands.

[Jack Black]

"No county official or officer may cooperate with the Offices of the United Nations in the performance of his or her official duties"

"No officer or official of the United Nations shall be granted special status or afforded special privilige by any employee of the county"

"We hereby declare that all United Nations initiatives concerning, controlling, and aserting dominion over citizens, resources and property in Grant County have no force of law and shall be ignored by all county employees in the completion of their official duties.".

If you substitued "Catholic Church" for "United Nations" I would still agree with these statements, and I would feel they were extremely supportive of the first ammendment, not unconstitional in any way.

[Jack Black]

So, lets see the words and critique.

[infowarrior]

Easterners/

As opposed to those more left-leaning Oregonians on the Pacific coast, or western part of the state...

the infowarrior

[NormsRevenge]

Good Job!


The United Nations Wants to Take Your Gun!

[Poohbah]

Is that the entire text of the ordinance, or did you engage in selective quotes?

There was a similar ordinance in Utah that additionally enjoined private citizens from displaying the UN emblem without a lot of official involvement (it would have created a city-managed "enemies list" of UN sympathizers). If that part was included, that's a problem.

Also, there is the small matter that the US has ratified the UN Treaty; certain UN personnel therefore have diplomatic immunity under the Vienna Convention, and said immunity is to be respected by all inferior jurisdictions, and that is pursuant to Article VI of the Constitution.