Former Congressman Calls for the U.S. to Get Out of the U.N.

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[MarcoPolo]

Today on the Fox News Channel the former Congressman from Louisiana, Bob Livingston, openly stated to Shepard Smith that he feels that the United States should pull out of the United Nations. He was strong in his condemnation of the U.N. for its inaction in crises all over the world. When asked if he realized he was probably making news by making that statement he said, "I don't care." Maybe the efforts that many of us have made to get our country out of the United Nations is finally picking up some high profile supporters.

[MarcoPolo]

What do you guys think about this?

[Huck]

I think a former Congressman from Louisiana (didn't he resign in disgrace) has little weight in the matter.

[taxed2death]

I think this will never happen.....to many "globalists", "free-traders" (instead of fair and balanced traders) and other scum entrenched in our government to even save the US from itself.

[KansasCanadian]

Bob Livingston, openly stated to Shepard Smith that he feels that the United States should pull out of the United Nations

Bad choice of words for Livingston

[Commander8]

Why didn't he have the courage to say this while he was still in office?

[smokeyjon]

The only problem with the US actually leaving the UN is that we lose our veto, and will potentially have to "deal with" any crack-headed thing that the bitter French, Russians, or Chinese might try to force on us.

No, I saw we kick them out of New York, and seriously cut back funding, but stay on the Security Council.

[Question_Assumptions]

I think the UN will have a hard time replacing all of the money that the US takes with it...

[Digger]

Please get us out of this UN.

[lawgirl]

He was pretty fired up. while I agree with him, I don't know how much influence he has, but maybe his connections can keep us up to date on what is being said in the House.

[angkor]

Livingston was a pretty good guy. He and his aide Dave Bossie were actually out there pursuing leads during the Clinton scandals.

He was in the middle of the maelstrom, and was caught by the Clinton mud machine. A shame he left Congress, though I think he's still in DC doing lobbying.

In any case someone must start discussing the fact that the United Nations does absolutely nothing to solve real world problems (e.g. Kashimir, N. Korea, Iraq, Rwanda). This farce must be brought to public discourse, and perhaps Livingston is up to leading that kind of a political movement.

I'll say that I once worked in a "respected" multilateral organization, and every three months we'd have a one-week promenade of the worst sort of thugs and dictators you could possibly imagine, all dressed in three-piece suits, all with their palms outstretched for cash. A hall of horrors, you could see death and mayhem in their eyes.

I imagine the U.N. is no different on an ongoing basis.

[angkor]

I assure you he was doing a lot while in office.

[daler]

Yes...he had the decency to resign as congressman and Speaker-designate when an affair became (was made) public.

So, we should pay more attention to a lying rapist traitor impeached former president who had no similar sense of decency?

[Capt. Tom]

No, I saw we kick them out of New York, and seriously cut back funding, but stay on the Security Council.

Excellent idea.

The UN being physically located in NY gives every enemy of this country a base to operate against us on our own soil, as do there embassies. In the UN our enemies are all in close contact with each other.

We can cut that problem in half by getting the UN building out of the US. - Tom

[Free_at_last_-2001]

My fellow Americans today we are tasked with liberating Iraq from it's evil Dictator despite those who support terrorism - the liberation shall start in 5 minutes - we will deal with France and the UN after that - tonight I say to all terrorist and the nations who support them be afraid be very afraid – to the God fearing freedom people of the world I say stay brave and stay free!

God bless America

[KriegerGeist]

I wrote a letter to my current Representative Virgil Goode (R-VA 5th dist.) basically stating get us out of the U.N. and get the U.N. out of the U.S.

Congressman Goode wrote me a reply letter stating that he has previously voted against funding for the U.N. and will continue to.

I have yet to hear from Senators John Warner (R-VA) and George Allen (R-VA).

[Huck]

So, we should pay more attention to a lying rapist traitor impeached former president who had no similar sense of decency?

I doubt we will suffer any loss of edification by ignoring them both.

[Rippin]

This is the correct answer. Get the U.N. out of the U.S. first and maybe later get the U.S. out of the U.N.

[Randy Larsen]

Livingston was a pretty good guy. He and his aide Dave Bossie were actually out there pursuing leads during the Clinton scandals.

I could be mistaken but I thought Dave Bossie worked for Congressman Dan Burton..I could be wrong though.

[Political Junkie Too]

Here's what I think (I wrote this somewhere else last year):

After we're done in Afghanistan, we should relocate all the survivors into temporary housing and then rebuild the flatland into a new modern city. This city should be named United Nations City and become the new home of the United Nations. Then the UN can relocate out of New York City and into a region that is centrally located between Europe, Asia, and Africa, in the heart of an historically troubled region.

Either do away with Afghanistan completely and divide the land amongst the bordering countries, or create a new international United Nations zone that is independent of any nation and occupies the former Afghanistan. Either way, the UN moves out of New York City.

Think of jobs for the people of Afghanistan. They can learn the construction business like Bin Laden did, or they can learn service-related skills to support the new businesses that will emerge. Bringing the UN to that region will offer a wealth of possibilities to the locals, as well as create a new "World Diplomatic Center" that is more easily accessible accessible to many people.

And as an added benefit, would Bill Clinton still want to be Secretary General if the UN were relocated to Kabul?

-PJ

[FrankR]

"The only problem with the US actually leaving the UN is that we lose our veto..."

We test-dropped the mother-of-all-vetoes in Florida the other day.