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[boblandis]

Chavez, Ahmadinejad to Travel to NYC

Sunday, September 9, 2007 8:40 PM

Author: Stewart Stogel Article Font Size

Iran's controversial president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and

Venezuela's fiery leader, Hugo Chavez, intend to travel to NYC the week of

Sept. 24, confirm United Nations officials.

Both will attend the opening session of the annual General Assembly.

Another "personality" with a checkered background will also be at the U.N.

gathering.

Nicaragua's new president, Daniel Ortega, will also travel to the Big Apple.

Once a revolutionary firebrand detested by the Reagan administration,

Ortega, never one to pass up an opportunity to take a shot at the U.S.,

told the General Assembly in 1986:

"President Reagan should remember, Rambo exists only in the movies!"

The diplomats gave the Sandinista leader a standing ovation, and that

prompted U.S. Ambassador Vernon Walters to bolt from the assembly hall

and tell reporters:

"They may have to listen to this crap in Managua [Nicaragua's capital], but

I don't have to listen to it in New York."

Ortega then went onto a controversial media "jog" in Central Park and later

a high-powered shopping spree, capped by the purchase of a pair of designer

glasses costing $700.

Venezuela's Chavez, often labeled a "clown" by White House officials, raised

many an eyebrow when he called President Bush "the devil" during his 2006 U.N.

speech.

The White House got revenge only weeks later when it successfully blocked

Chavez from gaining a seat on the U.N. Security Council.

It is not clear what's on Chavez's agenda for 2007.

Bush intends to spend three days in NYC, say White House officials.

While in Manhattan, the president expects to confer with British Prime

Minister Gordon Brown, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, French President

Nicolas Sarkozy, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf and Iraqi Prime

Minister Nouri al-Maliki.

A meeting between a group of high-level North Korean diplomats and U.S.

diplomats is also possible, say Washington sources.

[Leonard]

Well, unless we can make them both 'disappear' and never reappear while they're here (which AIN'T gonna' happen!), then this illustrates for us once again why we should GET THE U.S. OUT OF THE U.N., AND GET THE U.N. OUT OF THE U.S.!!!

[boblandis]

I have a hunch that the European Union is going to dismantle the U.N. sooner than later. You may not like the hybrid.

[kari21]

GET THE U.S. OUT OF THE U.N., AND GET THE U.N. OUT OF THE U.S.!!!

Amen.....amen.....AMEN!!!

..unless we can make them both 'disappear' and never reappear while they're here..

Can somebody at least pee in their water pitchers?

[kat8585]

Can somebody at least pee in their water pitchers?

[MorningGlory]

GET THE U.S. OUT OF THE U.N., AND GET THE U.N. OUT OF THE U.S.!!!

Amen.....amen.....AMEN!!!

..unless we can make them both 'disappear' and never reappear while they're here..

Can somebody at least pee in their water pitchers?

Oh, I SO hope someone does!

[Guest]

Well, unless we can make them both 'disappear' and never reappear while they're here (which AIN'T gonna' happen!), then this illustrates for us once again why we should GET THE U.S. OUT OF THE U.N., AND GET THE U.N. OUT OF THE U.S.!!!

I understand there's a large amount of unclaimed land in IRAQ these days.

Why don't they move the U.N. there -- then they could show the world how well THEY can do in Iraq!

As far as the problem from Iran and the other one...............darn! I think you're right Leonard.

[kari21]

Think about it....just how many wars did the U.N. PREVENT?

The United Nations officially came into being on 24th October 1945, with the aim of saving the future generations from the scourge of war. Since 1945 until 2004, there have been nearly 300 wars with over 22 million deaths resulting from these wars.

Let's give the U.N. a round of applause!

clap.....................clap...............................clap................

........snore.

[nebula]

I understand there's a large amount of unclaimed land in IRAQ these days.

Why don't they move the U.N. there -- then they could show the world how well THEY can do in Iraq!

UN . . . Babylon . . . fitting.

[Wonderboy]

The U.N. is useless and has been useless since day one. Now days it seems the U.N.'s two main functions are to be a platform for those who hate the U.S., and an organization to bad-mouth and condemn everything that Israel does. Heaven forbid Israel should try and protect themselves from groups and countries that want to obliterate them. We should leave the U.N., and get whoever stays in off American soil. Maybe we could use the building for apartments or something. . .

Maybe a church!!