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An illusion experience must cure

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Published Wed, Jul 11 2007 12:51 PM

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As the United States pours ever more money into the coffers of the United Nations and shells out billions and billions of dollars in foreign aid, what thanks do we get? If you said little or none you'd be right.

We pour money into the United Nations as if we were trying to fill up a swimming pool with water from scratch. Yet the bureaucrats and NGOs feeding at the U.N. trough persistently berate us for not giving more. We pour billions  and billions of dollars in humanitarian aid to African nations, including money to fight AIDs and other human tragedies, and we are berated for not giving more.

We are called upon to spill our blood in support of the United Nations pitiful attempts at peacekeeping, yet we are reviled by the United Nations and the world as a "bully".

There is no action that the United States can take, whether for good or for bad, that isn't criticized by some member of the United Nations or seen by the world's socialists (including our own country's leftists) as motivated solely by profit.

Should we be surprised by this? I don't think so.

This morning, like every morning, The Patriot Post sent me their "Founders' Quote Daily." This one was particularly inspiring to me as it reminded me of the foregoing.

"Tis folly in one Nation to look for disinterested favors from another; that it must pay with a portion of its Independence for whatever it may accept under that character; that by such acceptance, it may place itself in the condition of having given equivalents for nominal favours and yet of being reproached with ingratitude for not giving more. There can be no greater error than to expect, or calculate upon real favours from Nation to Nation.

'Tis an illusion which experience must cure, which a just pride ought to discard."

-- George Washington (Farewell Address, 19 September 1796)

When, oh when will our experience with this illusion cause us to discard it? When will we stop pouring money and blood into that corrupt rathole known as the United Nations?

The United Nations has gone far beyond its original charter while ignoring it. They seek to form a single world government, erasing national sovereignty, at least for those nations not run already by socialists or totalitarian dictators and thugs. They seek global taxes to solve problems that have nothing whatsoever with the U.N.s mission to promote peace between nations.

All the while, they refuse to enforce their own security council resolutions, and apply a perverse moral relativism in the general assembly to promote the causes of nations that horribly abuse human rights and their own populations. They accuse others of violating human rights whenever they rebel against the creation of another privileged class or attempt to defend their very existence.

And we continue to pour money and blood into their every cause. What folly it is. We've abandoned the principals of our founders for a foolish dream.

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Originally posted at Reject the U.N.

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Wednesday

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Published Wed, Jul 11 2007 12:06 AM
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This linkfest is for the 11th of July, 2007.

If you have something interesting you'd like to share, feel free to link it here and leave a trackback.

Just remember the trackback policy.

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Wednesday Hero - Ryan Rahe

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Published Wed, Jul 11 2007 12:03 AM

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This Weeks Hero Was Suggested By Sunni Kay

Ryan Rahe has been active in the Special Olympics since he was in Middle School. The now 25-year-old has won quite a few medals over the years, but not all of his medals are at his Tennessee home. Some of them have been sent, by Ryan, to soldiers fighting the War On Terror for "good luck".

Jayne Rahe, Ryan's mother, said the idea of sending support to the soldiers in harm's way came about when she and Ryan were talking about news coverage of the war in Iraq. Jayne visited www.anysoldier.com and discovered how she and Ryan could let the men and women in Iraq know their efforts are appreciated.

Ryan, named 2006 Special Olympics Athlete of the Year for the Blount County Sports Hall of Fame, said he felt good when he received the box from the soldiers. He said if he could talk with them face to face, he would say, "Thank you."

The Rahes plan to continue sending care packages to soldiers, including the medals.

"Ryan is a pretty generous fellow," Jayne said. "He doesn't mind giving things to people."

In a letter that Ryan received, Chief Warrant Officer 2 Anthony W. Grillett wrote: "I and the Battalion can never thank you enough for sending us your medals. They have brought us luck and good fortune, and now as we prepare to deploy home we send them back to you with our eternal gratitude.

That you would send us something so precious is a reflection of your character. As you called us heroes; to me you are the hero. For I believe it is not who you are, or what you are that makes you a hero, it is the ability to give all especially when it is never asked.

Your courage to face the challenges required earning those medals and then so freely send them to us here in Iraq will forever make you a hero to me. I will never be able to truly express in words how honored I was when I read the letter from your Mother. It truly humbles me and shows me that what I fight for in our country will always be worth the small sacrifices asked of me. Thank you again."

Sometimes a hero is one who sacrifices everything in their life to help others. And sometimes a hero is one who sacrifices nothing more than their time. We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived

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