Response to "Annual Report to the Enemy"

My brother wrote an article in his blog about America giving up its sovergnity to the UN. Its actually worse than he thinks.

Some Americans actually think that our Constitution is the supreme law of the land. That may not be so. There have been federal court rulings which state that treaties duly ratified by the Senate can have a force under law that is superior to that of our Constitution. This means that all of our treaties to all nations, in some manner, reduce your freedom and liberty. Currently, there are some treaties coming before the Senate that are not in our best intrest. More importantly, though, there is a move afoot in the Senate to use a procedural tactic to get treaties ratified without a recorded vote.

Now, if our Senators are going to bind us, the people, to treaties that are superior to the constitution...we need to make sure we undersatnd who we are giving authority to. Take, for example the UN's Universal Declaration of Human RIghts, which gives the freedom of religions, speech, and press. The UN document also gives the right to life, liberty, property, and personal security. This all sounds good and just like our Bill of Rights, until you get to Article 29(3), which reads: "These rights and freedoms may in no case be exercised contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations."

So, there you have it...your right to life, your right to liberty, your right to own property and to think as you please, your right to express your opinions and to gather peacefully with others are all gone ... eliminated ... if your exercise of those rights doesn't disagree with the purposes and principles of the United Nations.

We can rewrite the entire human-rights declaration in one sentence. "You guys can do whatever it is you want to do, unless it interferes with what the government is trying to do." This is a far cry from our Founding Fathers (note: I refuse to use the politically correct term of Founding Framers) who saw that life, liberty and property come from God, not government. This means that only God can take those rights away. Government can not take away something it never gave.

Anyway...when you go to the ballot box this year, try to remeber which group of people you want to give authority over your freedoms to. Personally, I don't want to fall under UN rule...