What's old is new:
Kofi Annan's long-awaited reform report, "In Larger Freedom: Towards Development, Security and Human Rights for All," is a laundry list of changes designed to strengthen the United Nations' grasp on global governance. Virtually every recommendation in Annan's report is a regurgitation of recommendations first advanced a decade ago by the U.N.-Funded Commission on Global Governance.Kind of like an old septic tank. By the way, the author of this article, Henry Lamb, is associated with a web site that sells a pocket Constitution (in quantity). Just what you need to get the drop on ole Robert "Sheets" Byrd before he can whip his out. As an andidote to that NY Times puff piece on Senator Claghorn, try Powerline.
When the Commission on Global Governance's final report, "Our Global Neighborhood," was released in 1995, it went almost unnoticed outside the U.N. activist community. The dramatic changes the report recommends, however, have been bubbling up through the U.N. ever since.
The British have an early warning system for stupid new EU rules - but they're way behind. That's what comes of giving bureaucrats free rein. Imagine what it would be like with the United Nations kleptocrats in charge? There is a real simple solution though.
And here's more Euroweenie angst:
A website that gets unemployed Germans bidding against each other to work for the lowest wages is set to spark fresh controversy with plans for an August launch in Britain.Proving that there's no hole that can't be dug deeper, adulterous Anglican bishop Gene Robinson fires up the faithful:
Trade unions have accused jobdumping.de of promoting "slave labour" with reverse auctions that see workers compete against each other in a downward bidding spiral for odd tasks and short-term contracts.
German unemployment has reached 5.2m, the highest since the Great Depression. However, jobdumping.de founder Fabian Loew believes his model will work even better in a low unemployment country such as Britain.
"After Thatcher and Blair, the British are open to new ideas and have a much more flexible attitude to work," he said. "So I think it could be a big success over there."
Jobdumping.de invites employers with openings for waiters or construction yard workers to offer a maximum fee and wait for a crush of eager workers to knock down the price.
It's a nightmare come true for defenders of Europe's cosseted social model, already consumed by angst over a "race to the bottom" with low-wage economies in eastern Europe and Asia.
The first openly gay Anglican bishop has sparked outrage for suggesting that Jesus might have been homosexual.I wonder how he would describe a Marine platoon? But ole Gene sure has a way with words:
The Rt Rev Gene Robinson, the Bishop of New Hampshire in the Episcopal Church of the United States, said that Jesus was an unmarried, "non-traditional man" who did not uphold family values, "travelled with a bunch of men" and enjoyed an especially close relationship with one of his disciples.
"God's light and God's life ooze over me like warm butter".That's an image that's hard to forget.
Finally, Bubba Clinton may not be in the best of health, but he hasn't changed any (scroll down).
