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United Nations And The New Age - Way of Life Literature

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In 1983, the British newsmagazine <strong>The</strong> Economistdescribed UNESCO staff as “trampled by a mixture <strong>of</strong>nepotism, maladministration, reverse racism, and anapparently incorrigible tilt toward the hardliners <strong>of</strong> theThird World.”In September 2008, Republican Congressman TomTancredo introduced legislation to kick the <strong>United</strong><strong>Nations</strong> out <strong>of</strong> the <strong>United</strong> States. He said:“<strong>The</strong> U.N. has coddled brutal dictators, anti-Semites,state sponsors <strong>of</strong> terrorism, and nuclear proliferators--while excluding democratic countries from membershipand turning a blind eye to humanitarian tragedies andgross violations <strong>of</strong> human rights around the globe. Irefuse to sit idly by while Americans are forced to hostIslam<strong>of</strong>ascist dictators, like Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, sothey can spew anti-American rhetoric just blocks fromGround Zero. ... If the U.N. is so keen to accommodatethe foreign policy demands <strong>of</strong> rogue nations anddictatorships, perhaps the world body might be morecomfortable relocating to one. I’m sure Ban Ki-Moon willhave no trouble securing a new location in downtownPyongyang or Tehran” (“Bill Would Boot U.N. from U.S.”WorldNetDaily, Sept. 24, 2008).Recently, some have warned that the <strong>United</strong> <strong>Nations</strong> hasabused science for the sake <strong>of</strong> its agenda. Art Robinson,co-founder <strong>of</strong> the Oregon Institute <strong>of</strong> Science andMedicine, says:16

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