To: Neocon who wrote (38546 ) 9/21/2000 10:07:18 AM From: Alexandermf Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 769670 Neocon, WHO is financing the UN??? Since the U.S. is the "FUNDER" of the big$$$$$ to many of the Member Nations.... Whose aspirations are these? We have to have a U.N. and it has to have some "teeth" in its power, since to do otherwise will wreak havoc via the ATOMIC ENERGY of our times. I am not saying this from an easy Chair in my home, I am saying it from having been to many places where there is grave danger..WHERE IS THE ATOMIC ENERGY of the Russian Empire today and who has (Control) their finger on the button???? How much has been sold and to whom??? We must maintain our own Soverignity, however just like Europe and the EU. We Must move forward to ensure our own safety as well as the GLOBAL CIVILIZATION. It is easy for us "WHO HAVE IT ALL" to sit quietly and think in "ISOLATIONIST" terms, however we have become self centered and selfish. We don't even give a damn that own weak and helpless ELDERLY PARENTS WHO BUILT THIS NATION have to choose food for medecine. So how in the hell can we get past THAT "CARDINAL SIN"?? I hear constant "bitching" about TAXES, If any of these "bitchers" had seen what I have in foreign nations they would be only too happy to pay taxes to live in this very Blessed Nation. Certainly I believe in the Constitution of this great Nation, We need to KNOW JUST WHAT IS IN THE NAFTA AND THE GATT TREATY..and we need to move forward with the UNITED NATIONS while WE MAINTAIN OUR SOVERIGNITY..Just how we accomplish this will be the determining factor as to how much of our soverignity we can maintain? I do not have the answers, but we are at a crossroads and we have to choose a BOLD NEW PATH..A lot of things are "broken and must be fixed" "MEISM" is a deadly enemy in our times, It has divided us "six ways from Sunday" Look at the MEXICAN BORDER PROBLEM? "Man does not live by bread alone" WE HAVE BECOME FAT, DUMB AND HAPPY" and the thought "LET THEM EAT CAKE" comes to mind;-((( We as Americans have no time to waste on helping to pull our own Nation along in the New World which needs "Order" YET MAINTAINING CONTROL AND ORDER IN OUR OWN COUNTRY. We feel safe with a gun on our nightstand which is escelating us into a virtual Nightmare of Guns, Locks, Bars, and other safety devices which cost big $$$$$$$ and leave noone safe. (I believe I told you the story of the Man in Lakeland who went gunning for a man in a Red Car over his sons lies and killed his Neighbor,the father of four) My Son lost his best friend who was killed in a Jaguar where a truck HE OWNED hit him while running a Red Light..He was 45...what a tragedy.. We need to look at ourselves and say... WHAT CAN I DO FOR OTHERS??since we live in a fragile Global Community, there is no turning back the clock to NATIONALISM IT HAS BECOME INTERNATIONALISM, and noone is going to stop this part of MANS EVOLUTION. The Middle East is a Seething Volcano of Atomic Weaponry and we must have PEACE there, to not do so is unthinkable. "MAN HAS A WAY OF NOT SEEING THE FOREST FOR THE TREES". Now the "RANT" is over...Go in peace while thinking about what I am saying...Remember you ask.. I am always of "good cheer" ;-) <BTW> "YESTERDAY IS A CANCELLED CHECK, TODAY IS READY CASH AND TOMORROW IS A PROMISSORY NOTE"