Utah House wants America out of U.N.

[Judi Lynn]

February 4, 2004

Last modified February 4, 2004 - 12:45 am



Utah House wants America out of U.N.
Associated Press

SALT LAKE CITY - The Utah House of Representatives voted Monday to urge Congress to withdraw from the United Nations, asserting the organization was a threat to American sovereignty.

The nonbinding resolution, which passed 42-33, favors "freeing the nation from a large financial burden and retaining the nation's sovereignty to decide what is best for the nation and determine what steps it considers appropriate as the leader of the free world in full control of its armed forces and destiny."

It was a victory for state Rep. Don Bush, who for years has been trying to find approval for a resolution expressing Utah's will to the president and Congress. (snip)

Some of Utah's conservative Republicans have long harbored fears that the U.N. was plotting to take over this country, do away with freedom, create a world government and levy a global tax.
(snip/...)

http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2004/02/04/build/nation/55-utahun.inc

[Democat]

1. Is Timothy McVeigh a member of the Utah House?

This is about as crazy and far right as you can get.

It's amazing that this would be real in the year 2004. Maybe the article is from the Onion?

[wickerwoman]

2. What financial burden?

When was the last time we paid our UN dues?

What we really need is a law requiring state legislatures to perform basic research before proposing bonehead resolutions.

[rooboy]

3. To quote Mike Malloy...

dumber than frog snot.

[Terwilliger]

4. Can I go to the UN to lodge a formal complaint against the United States?

It would make the process SO much simpler...

[booksenkatz]

5. Large financial burden?

Have they ever taken a gander at the federal budget, for cryin out loud? If we Americans really want to free up some Bingo money for ourselves, we need to start with the Dept. of Defense and the cash toilet a.k.a. the Invasion of Iraq.

[Voltaire99]

6. Better idea: let's sell Utah

Wal-Mart would probably give us a pretty penny, don't you think?

[Robb]

7. This notion is shared

by the nutcase that runs the junkyard down the highway.

Or at least that's what I think the sign says... it's written in hubcaps, and his spelling is sub-par. :eyes:

[GOPBasher]

8. I wish Utah would withdraw from the US.

[hatrack]

9. As long as we get to keep the National Parks

They can have the Salt Lake Valley, Orem, Provo, et. al.

[Shakespeare]

10. ah, the John Birchers are at it again....

Nutballs.

[UpInArms]

11. well, ain't that special

Utah has gone and outdone itself in the stupid department.

I'm certain that they were right behind *Co when he declared the UN irrelevant.

And now they would like the USoA to become a rogue nation possessing WMDs.

:shrug:

[JoFerret]

12. Could we request

the members of the Utah House in favor of this OUT of the US?

[nodehopper]

13. Don Bush? Any relation?