Thursday, August 26, 2010

Obama’s UN Apology is a Blueprint for Socialism



Obama’s UN Apology is a Blueprint for Socialism By Ben Johnson


Much has been said about the first-ever report on U.S. human rights to the UN Human Rights Council, which the Obama administration released to the public this week. Most commentators have focused on how our least patriotic president apologized for America’s shortcomings.

But there is a more important facet to the report: it establishes a host of new socialist “rights” the administration hopes globalist bureaucrats will help enforce. Ditching the Constitution: Obama’s shift away from traditional American respect for our Constitution and God-given liberty is startling.

The 26-page report uses the word “progress” 18 times. After mentioning “the original flaw” of the U.S. Constitution, he makes this pivot:

“Our commitment to the rights protected in our Constitution is matched by a parallel commitment to foster a society characterized by shared prosperity.” In other words, our reverence for the barriers our Founding Fathers wisely wrote into our form of government is the equal to our commitment to “spread the wealth around”....

No comments: