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Friday, February 08, 2008
Michael Franc :: Townhall.com Columnist
The Other State of the Union
by Michael Franc
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He has lost patience with the “corrupt” and “anti-American” United Nations. According to a Heritage Foundation study, the U.N.’s pronounced anti-American streak reaches its pathological heights among those countries that receive the largest infusions of U.S. foreign and military aid. In fact, on important votes in the U.N. General Assembly the 30 largest aid recipients opposed the official U.S. position nearly 70% of the time. Economically free nations, in contrast, sided with Uncle Sam on these tough votes 72% of the time.

Congress, he said, must withhold the overly generous U.S. contribution to the U.N. until its leaders adopt a comprehensive list of financial and other.

By now, you may be wondering which State of the Union address I was watching. It wasn’t available on any of the networks. C-SPAN missed it, as did talk radio.

That’s because it was delivered by the chairman of the Senate Steering Committee, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC). It’s available only on YouTube (seen, as of mid-day last Thursday, by more than 7,000 hardy souls) and was delivered from a dimly-lit perch in the Russell Senate Office Building immediately following the president’s address.

DeMint’s creative move in recording and posting his alternative State of the Union fills the vacuum many conservatives feel these days. They yearn for an all-encompassing and visionary agenda to prove that credible alternatives still exist to the pandering mentality that dominates Washington and gives us endless earmarks and lowest common denominator stimulus plans.

“Replay”? You bet.

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A long-time veteran of Washington policymaking, Mike Franc oversees Heritage's outreach to members of the U.S. House and Senate and their staffs.

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Reply # 1
Date: Feb 10, 2008 - 8:36 AM EST
America = Militaristic Imperialism
All grandiose speeches spewed out evermore by folks who should know better, are truly nothing but the regurgitation of speechs by folks who spoke in all past defunct Empires. There is only one individual that knows the difference, and that man is Ron Paul. Yet, all the rest of the Republican presidential aspirants are really nothing but followers of Emperor George W., who with the help of Cheney, Rove, Rumsfeld, Rice, their best accomplishement has been to completely destroy and completely obliterate all that Ronald Reagan accomplished without firing a shot. Yes, while Ronald Reagan, at first thought that sticking is military nose into every corner of the world was necessary, he quickly learned otherwise and began using words rather than guns, hence the Soviet Union evaporated. Yes, if he had been immortatl and President for life, Russia and the USA would be the best of allies. Yes, he wanted a strong national defense, really as mandated by the Constitution, but never threatened other nations, while George W. each time he speaks he sounds like Mr. Hitler. No, he is not a Hitler, but his threats remind a one of them. Yes, Ron Paul speaks for the Founding Fathers, and has no use for Imperialism, period, and therefore honoring them to the fullest. This quote in closing: "Overgrown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to Republican liberty". By George Washington. America, its high time to obey him?
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Date: Feb 8, 2008 - 10:32 PM EST
The Other State Of the Union
Mr. Franc,
The Sen. whom you mentioned from S.C. is one of the few conservative republicans that we still
have, And that is why I voted for him,and will do so every time he runs for office. It is time to cut earmarks and to send the U N the message
that we will not play their games anymore.
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