Boston Bomber suspects and kin racked up on welfare benefits for refugees

The Tsarnaev brothers may have had a grudge against the U.S., but they apparentlyl appreciated the money they allegedly received from taxpayers. (Photo: FBI)The Boston Bomber suspects, Tamerlan Tsarnaev (deceased) and his brother Dzhokhar, and their family members, allegedly received substantial welfare benefits funded by both state and federal taxpayers.

The Boston Herald said the suspects and their parents "benefited from more than $100,000 in taxpayer-funded assistance — a bonanza ranging from cash and food stamps to Section 8 housing from 2002 to 2012…”

 The U.S. government lists more than 20 welfare assistance programs targeting refugees.

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Is it really fair to say the UN is anti-Israel?

Topics on the UN News Centre page reflect a single focus on the Mideast, the Palestinian Authority. (Snips from UN page)President Barack Obama’s recent trip to Israel has directed attention to the troubled Middle East. Despite half a century of negotiations, the United Nations has yet to see an agreement both Israel and the Palestinian Authority will accept.

At present many supporters of Israel perceive the UN as having an anti-Israel bias. Is that perception really fair?

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Chinese aggression shows Law of the Sea treaty is worthless

China's "Nine-Dash Line"

Supporters of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) would have us believe that the treaty makes the world a safer place.

For 30 years, the media, political, and even military elite have called for ratification of UNCLOS.

But why should the U.S. ratify a treaty that, considering Chinese territorial aggression against its neighbors, we can see is useless when it comes to maintaining “peace, justice and progress for all peoples of the world,” as the charter states?

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UN head condemns film, tramples free speech in U.S. leadership vacuum

Photo of UN headquarters: The UN websiteSadly, at a time when there’s an opportunity to message the whole world about the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, U.S. leadership has failed.

After what most believe to be a planned attack on a U.S. Consulate in Libya and U.S. interests continue to be attacked around the world, President Barack Obama has basically apologized to people who killed Americans because an amateur filmmaker made fun of their faith.

An attack on a U.S. embassy or consulate comprises an act of war.

The head of the UN, Ban ki-Moon condemned the film,  trampled free speech and again proved to the world he sees it through the single prism of one faith—Islam.

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Another call for U.S. exit from United Nations

Moments in UN history: Fidel Castro, president of Cuba, at a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly in September, 1960. (Photo: U.S. Library of Congress Digital Collection; photographer, Warren K. Leffler)Many conservatives believe the United Nations has outlived its usefulness, morphing into an imperial power intent on redistributing wealth from developed nations to the hands of tyrants.  That assessment has led us to call for the U.S. to withdraw our membership from the UN.

The latest conservative to call for a U.S. exit is National Review Online editor Jonah Goldberg.

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To stop Law of the Sea ‘Backdoor Kyoto Protocol’, 34 senators needed

Politicos like Sec. of Defense Leon Panetta and lobbyist Trent Lott are pushing the U.S. Senate to agree to the Law of the Sea Treaty. President Ronald Reagan held firm on opposing that treaty in 1982. Now Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) is doing the same, hoping to line up 34 senators to halt it.

Opponents believe the treaty would have a negative impact on the U.S. economy and U.S. sovereignty.

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Panetta happy to see lobbyist Lott push for ratification of Law of the Sea Convention

(Photo: U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Comm.)Excerpt from UN Convention on Law of the Sea. Revenue would be sent to a bureaucracy in Jamaica. (Snip from document at U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee) As hearings got underway on the Law of the Sea Convention on Tuesday, Sec. of State Hillary Clinton urged the U.S. Senate to ratify the agreement. Ms. Clinton was taking the same stance her husband took during his presidency—sacrifice U.S. sovereignty based on a lot of hopes related to a document that contains as much wiggle room as a giant strip-tease joint. 

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