1 This might help--- "A nice-sounding bill called the “Global Poverty Act,” sponsored by Democratic presidential candidate and Senator Barack Obama, is up for a Senate vote on Thursday and could result in the imposition of a global tax on the United States. The bill, which has the support of many liberal religious groups, makes levels of U.S. foreign aid spending subservient to the dictates of the United Nations. Senator Joe Biden, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has not endorsed either Senator Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton in the presidential race. But on Thursday, February 14, he is trying to rush Obama’s “Global Poverty Act” (S.2433) through his committee. The legislation would commit the U.S. to spending 0.7 percent of gross national product on foreign aid, which amounts to a phenomenal 13-year total of $845 billion over and above what the U.S. already spends. ... The bill defines the term “Millennium Development Goals” as the goals set out in the United Nations Millennium Declaration, General Assembly Resolution 55/2 (2000). " http://www.nationalledger.com/artman/publish/article_272618845.shtml Recall, a significant portion of US aid is from private donors. Unlike under Euro Statism. "In addition to seeking to eradicate poverty, that declaration commits nations to banning “small arms and light weapons” and ratifying a series of treaties, including the International Criminal Court Treaty, the Kyoto Protocol (global warming treaty), the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child. " Clowns versus ass-clowns--The 2008 Choice.

2 Mister "Just Say No To Foreign Aid" keeps sounding betterer and betterer. It's far too late now. No loyalty necessary. The vast bulk of them have waived any claim to the loyalty of conservatives. I'd say we need to get serious about that American Conservative Party idea I've seen floating around. .

3 I'm about to start a third party: the "Bite Me, Political Establishment" party. (Wordy, I know—it could use some editing.)