BARACK OBAMA BELIEVES IN GUN CONTROL
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Senator Barack Obama has said that he is a friend of gun owners. Not so according to his legislative record. He has introduced the Global Poverty Act of 2007. It sounds good. When you start looking at the total package all tied up in bright red ribbon you will see that it is farce.
It is all tied up bright red ribbon with the UNITED NATIONS MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS, General Resolution 55/2 (2000). In 2000, the United States joined more than 180 countries at the United Nations Millennium Summit and vowed to reduce global poverty by 2015. It requires the President to develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to further the United States foreign policy objective of promoting the reduction of global poverty, the elimination of extreme global poverty, and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goal of reducing by one-half the proportion of people worldwide, between 1990 and 2015, who live on less than $1 per day.
This all sounds very good, kind and compassionate.
But let’s take it a step further and really look at the guts of this. The United Nations says that "The commitment to provide 0.7% of gross national product (GNP) as official development assistance was first made 35 years ago in a General Assembly resolution, but it has been reaffirmed repeatedly over the years, including at the 2002 global Financing for Development conference in Monterrey, Mexico, which President Bush attended. However, in 2004, total aid from the industrialized countries totaled just $78.6 billion-or about 0.25% of their collective Gross National Product." The Global Poverty Act adds little value but could mistakenly convey implicit United States support for the broader range of statistic economics in fashion at the United Nations, chief of which is that developed countries should provide 0.7 percent of their gross domestic product annually to developing countries. Such a commitment would require U.S. taxpayers to fund foreign aid at more than quadruple current levels, at an amount of $100 billion per year. There is little, if any evidence, that such a sum is necessary would really encourage any development.
Further research can be found at :The Global Poverty Act: The Wrong Track for U.S. Aid Policy (www.heritage.org)
Article by Ambassador Terry Miller and Brett D. Schaefer
In addition to seeking to eradicate poverty, the declaration commits nations to banning "small arms and light weapons" (for full text) http://www.un.org/millennium/declaration/ares552e.htm
9. We resolve therefore:
• To strengthen respect for the rule of law in international as in national affairs and, in particular, to ensure compliance by Member States with the decisions of the International Court of Justice, in compliance with the Charter of the United Nations, in cases to which they are parties.
• To ensure the implementation, by States Parties, of treaties in areas such as arms control and disarmament and of international humanitarian law and human rights law, and call upon all States to consider signing and ratifying the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
• To take concerted action to end illicit traffic in small arms and light weapons, especially by making arms transfers more transparent and supporting regional disarmament measures, taking account of all the recommendations of the forthcoming United Nations Conference on Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons.
and ratifying a series of treaties, including the INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT TREATY, http://untreaty.un.org/cod/icc/index.html (for full text)
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. One treaty that was not mentioned, but is included, is the UNITED NATIONS LAW OF THE SEA TREATY. http://www.un.org/Depts/los/convention_agreements/texts/unclos/part1.htm
We have dealt with the International Criminal Court Treaty before and found that it would not benefit the people of the United States. It would give the Court the right to try our soldiers as war criminals. Maybe Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi and her family would be tried there for their crimes of war. President Bush has said that he would not support the idea of a World Court.
This Senate Bill 2433 was passed out of the Senate back to the House for ratification. Please send your Representative a letter telling them not to ratify this bill.
The Global Poverty Act is the wrong track for U.S. Aid Policy.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee held no hearings on the Obama bill.
It is all tied up bright red ribbon with the UNITED NATIONS MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS, General Resolution 55/2 (2000). In 2000, the United States joined more than 180 countries at the United Nations Millennium Summit and vowed to reduce global poverty by 2015. It requires the President to develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to further the United States foreign policy objective of promoting the reduction of global poverty, the elimination of extreme global poverty, and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goal of reducing by one-half the proportion of people worldwide, between 1990 and 2015, who live on less than $1 per day.
This all sounds very good, kind and compassionate.
But let’s take it a step further and really look at the guts of this. The United Nations says that "The commitment to provide 0.7% of gross national product (GNP) as official development assistance was first made 35 years ago in a General Assembly resolution, but it has been reaffirmed repeatedly over the years, including at the 2002 global Financing for Development conference in Monterrey, Mexico, which President Bush attended. However, in 2004, total aid from the industrialized countries totaled just $78.6 billion-or about 0.25% of their collective Gross National Product." The Global Poverty Act adds little value but could mistakenly convey implicit United States support for the broader range of statistic economics in fashion at the United Nations, chief of which is that developed countries should provide 0.7 percent of their gross domestic product annually to developing countries. Such a commitment would require U.S. taxpayers to fund foreign aid at more than quadruple current levels, at an amount of $100 billion per year. There is little, if any evidence, that such a sum is necessary would really encourage any development.
Further research can be found at :The Global Poverty Act: The Wrong Track for U.S. Aid Policy (www.heritage.org)
Article by Ambassador Terry Miller and Brett D. Schaefer
In addition to seeking to eradicate poverty, the declaration commits nations to banning "small arms and light weapons" (for full text) http://www.un.org/millennium/declaration/ares552e.htm
9. We resolve therefore:
• To strengthen respect for the rule of law in international as in national affairs and, in particular, to ensure compliance by Member States with the decisions of the International Court of Justice, in compliance with the Charter of the United Nations, in cases to which they are parties.
• To ensure the implementation, by States Parties, of treaties in areas such as arms control and disarmament and of international humanitarian law and human rights law, and call upon all States to consider signing and ratifying the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
• To take concerted action to end illicit traffic in small arms and light weapons, especially by making arms transfers more transparent and supporting regional disarmament measures, taking account of all the recommendations of the forthcoming United Nations Conference on Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons.
and ratifying a series of treaties, including the INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT TREATY, http://untreaty.un.org/cod/icc/index.html (for full text)
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. One treaty that was not mentioned, but is included, is the UNITED NATIONS LAW OF THE SEA TREATY. http://www.un.org/Depts/los/convention_agreements/texts/unclos/part1.htm
We have dealt with the International Criminal Court Treaty before and found that it would not benefit the people of the United States. It would give the Court the right to try our soldiers as war criminals. Maybe Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi and her family would be tried there for their crimes of war. President Bush has said that he would not support the idea of a World Court.
This Senate Bill 2433 was passed out of the Senate back to the House for ratification. Please send your Representative a letter telling them not to ratify this bill.
The Global Poverty Act is the wrong track for U.S. Aid Policy.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee held no hearings on the Obama bill.
Two: The bill calls for achieving the Millennium Development Goal of reducing by one-half the proportion of people worldwide, between 1990 and 2015, who live on less than $1 per day. It has nothing in it about guns or gun control.
From S.2433:
SEC. 4. REQUIREMENT TO DEVELOP COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY.
(a) Strategy- The President, acting through the Secretary of State, and in consultation with the heads of other appropriate departments and agencies of the United States Government, international organizations, international financial institutions, the governments of developing and developed countries, United States and international nongovernmental organizations, civil society organizations, and other appropriate entities, shall develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to further the United States foreign policy objective of promoting the reduction of global poverty, the elimination of extreme global poverty, and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goal of reducing by one-half the proportion of people [Struck out->] worldwide [<-Struck out] , between 1990 and 2015, who live on less than $1 per day.
(b) Content- The strategy required by subsection (a) shall include specific and measurable goals, efforts to be undertaken, benchmarks, and timetables to achieve the objectives described in subsection (a).
(c) Components- The strategy required by subsection (a) should include the following components:
(1) Continued investment or involvement in existing United States initiatives related to international poverty reduction, such as the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7601 et seq.), the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.), and trade preference programs for developing countries, such as the African Growth and Opportunity Act (19 U.S.C. 3701 et seq.).
(2) Improving the effectiveness of development assistance and making available additional overall United States assistance levels as appropriate.
(3) Enhancing and expanding debt relief as appropriate.
(4) Leveraging United States trade policy where possible to enhance economic development prospects for developing countries.
(5) Coordinating efforts and working in cooperation with developed and developing countries, international organizations, and international financial institutions.
(6) Mobilizing and leveraging the participation of businesses, United States and international nongovernmental organizations, civil society, and public-private partnerships.
(7) Coordinating the goal of poverty reduction [Struck out->] with other development goals, such as combating the spread of preventable diseases such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, increasing access to potable water and basic sanitation, reducing hunger and malnutrition, and improving access to and quality of education at all levels regardless of gender. [<-Struck out] with the other internationally recognized Millennium Development Goals, including eradicating extreme hunger and reducing hunger and malnutrition, achieving universal education, promoting gender equality and empowering women, reducing child mortality, improving maternal health, combating the spread of preventable diseases such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, increasing access to potable water and basic sanitation, ensuring environmental sustainability, and achieving significant improvement in the lives of at least 100,000,000 slum dwellers.
(8) Integrating principles of sustainable development and entrepreneurship into policies and programs.
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Now please shut up about this. You have posted it before and I ignored it, but you are starting to bother me now with this crap.
2. You better do your research a little bit.
3. It was on the floor of the Senate on February 15, 2008. Senators Biden and Lugar pushed and got it past the Senate.
4. There were changes made to the bill and now it is on it's way back or is back in the House for ratification.
5. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO READ IT FINE. THEN DON'T AND KEEP YOUR COMMENTS TO YOURSELF AND YOUR HEAD BURIED IN THE SAND. BUT THE PEOPLE ALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE UP THEIR OWN MIND.
6. LEARN HOW TO READ THE US CODE THAT IS CITED IN THE BILL AND LEARN HOW BILLS ARE PASSED.
YOU HAVE THEM CITED 22 U.S.C. 7601 ET SEQ.; 22 U.S.C. 7701 ET SEQ.; AND 19 U.S.C. 3701 ET SEQ.
NOW ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TYPE THOSE IN TO YOUR SEARCH BAR AND CLICK GO. THEN READ ENTIRELY ALL OF EACH SINCE IT DOES NOT SPECIFY JUST 1 PARTICULAR PARAGRAPH.