Hey! An update!

Well, first of all, let me apologize for failing to update this bad boy for a number of weeks. I have been incredibly busy with class or work. This, however, is no excuse and I hope to be better in the future. Maybe not posting every day, but at least a couple of times a week.

I have been incredibly tempted to rant and rail on the so-called stimulus package. But to what end? Instead, I have been working on my own economy fixing idea that, should I get the support of the proper individuals, I intend to try and get out into the public debate and maybe get the attention of some of our lawmakers. This idea is so unique that I doubt it has occurred to anyone. However, it is also incredibly simple. Look for more on it in the coming week.

So, what is the topic for today? The push by Senator Boxer (D-California) for the U.S. to ratify the U.N. treaty on the Convention on the Rights of the Child. This is a treaty passed in 1989. A link to the original convention can be found here. I read through most of it, and a lot of it sounds good on the surface. However, there is a reason that the U.S.A is alone with Somalia as being the only nations not to ratify the treaty, and pretty much every family rights organization in America is oppossed to its passage. It presents a major threat to two different things: 1.) U.S. sovereignty & 2.) Parent's rights. As per Article VI of the United States Constitution, all treaties entered into by the U.S. government are binding over the laws of the state and federal governments of the country. For example, lets say that the commission decides that corporal punishment is inhumane. This means that parents would not longer be allowed to spank their kids. (When California, one of the most liberal states in the country, could not get legislation passed to ban spanking, it is indicative of the punishment's importance to American parents.) This is a very real possibility. In some cultures, it may not be necessary for spanking. I do not know. What I do know is that I do not want France, or Venezuela, or just Europe in general to be deciding how I will be raising my kids someday.

The fact that Senator Boxer is pushing so hard for us to pass this treaty, which has remained stagnant after former president Bill Clinton signed it but the U.S. Senate refused to pass it, is both the epitome of arrogance and incredibly insulting. "Now, all you have to do is look around the world and see these girls that are having acid thrown in their face"was what she said, which to me implies that she thinks our refusal to ratify this treaty is the cause of the acid in the face problem. I doubt our decision to refuse to ratify the treaty has caused the acid throwers to say "oh, the USA didn't ratify the treaty, it must be alright to throw this acid in this little girl's face." Give me a break.

The other really annoying thing about this is the fact that the United Nations is involved. Why should we ever be signing our sovereignty over to that pitiful organization? Between the rabid anti-American ideology, the Security Council, Kofi Annan (research oil-for-food), and the raping peacekeepers, just to name a few of the MANY U.N. problems, have we not had enough of the United Nations? Why would we give them control over the rights of our parents?

I, for one, do not want the United Nations raising my future kids.