Here Come the Black Helicopters!: UN Global Governance and the Loss of Freedom (19 page)

11.
“for people focused” Ibid.

12.
“the administration of”: Ibid.

13.
“because wealthy countries”: Jonathan Watts, “Rio+20 Earth summit: Walkout at ‘green economy’ talks,” guardian.co.uk, June 14, 2012, http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jun/15/rio-earth-summit-walkout-economy?newsfeed=true.

14.
“amid a global”: Ibid.

15.
“We cannot be”: Ibid.

16.
“immune from legal”: George Russell, “Mammoth new green climate fund wants United Nations–style diplomatic immunity, even though it’s not part of the UN,” foxnews.com, March 22, 2012, http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/03/22/mammoth-new-green-climate-fund-wants-un-style-diplomatic-immunity-even-though/.

17.
“possible conflicts of”: George Russell, “U.N. Climate Organization Wants Immunities Against Charges of Conflict of Interest, Exceeding Mandate, Among Others,” foxnews.com, June 12, 2012, http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/06/12/un-climate-organization-wants-immunities-against-charges-conflict-interest/.

18.
“lack of transparency”: Ibid.

19.
“the move to”: Ibid.

20.
“1.9 trillion per”: James Helser, “Green Climate Fund Demands Diplomatic Immunity,” thenewamerican.com, March 26, 2012, http://www.thenewamerican.com/tech/environment/item/7052-green-climate-funddemands-diplomatic-immunity.

21.
“to use international”: “Rio+20: Green Economy, SDGs, UNEP upgrade approved,”
Daily Independent
, July 2, 2012, http://dailyindependentnig.com/2012/07/rio20-green-economy-sdgs-unep-upgrade-approved/.

22.
“scaled-up and”: George Russell, “The tab for U.N.’s Rio summit: Trillions per year in taxes, transfers and price hikes,” foxnews.com, April 20, 2012, http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/04/20/tab-for-uns-rio-summit-trillions-per-year-in-taxes-transfers-and-price-hikes/#ixzz1xzbVB8uS.

23.
“Scaled-up”: Ibid.

24.
“there is currently”: Felix Dodds and Michael Strauss,
Only One Earth: The Long Road via Rio to Sustainable Development
(London: Routledge, 2012), p. 169.

25.
“help to clarify”: Ibid.

26.
“an estimated 25 percent”: UNEP, “Inclusive Green Economy Given Go Ahead by Heads of State at Rio+20,” UNEP.org, June 22, 2012, http://www.unep.org/GreenEconomy/InformationMaterials/News/PressRelease/tabid/4612/language/en-US/Default.aspx?DocumentId=2688&ArticleId=9195.

27.
“pension funds to”: Ibid.

28.
“encourage governments to”: Ibid.

29.
“so few specifics”: Mark McDonald, “U.N. Report from Rio on Environment a ‘Suicide Note,’ ” nytimes.com, June 24, 2012, http://rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/24/u-n-report-from-rio-on-environment-a-suicide-note/?emc=eta1.

30.
“a failure of epic”: Ibid.

31.
“sophisticated UN”: Ibid.

32.
“affirm, recognize, underscore”: Ibid.

33.
“To be sure”: Ibid.

34.
“some of the”: Bradley Brooks, “Rio+20, the unhappy environmental summit,” AP/The Jakarta Post, June 23, 2012, http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/06/23/rio20-unhappy-environmental-summit.html.

35.
“[W]e saw anything”: Ibid.

PART SIX

1.
“After 12 years”: AMICC, “Chronology of US Actions Related to the International Criminal Court,” amicc.org, http://www.amicc.org/docs/US%20Chronology.pdf.

2.
“the use of armed force”: “Delivering on the promise of a fair, effective and independent court > than the crime of aggression,” Iccnow.org, http://www,iccnow.org/?mod=aggression.

3.
“Pressure [was] building”: Reuters, “Bush Cancels Visit To Switzerland Due To Threat Of Torture Prosecution, Rights Groups Say,” huffingtonpost.com, May 25, 2011, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/05/bush-switzerland-torture_n_819175.html.

4.
“shall satisfy itself”: Marion Smith, “An Inconvenient Founding: America’s Principles Applied to the ICC,” Heritage Foundation, February 18, 2010, http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2010/02/an-inconvenient-founding-americas-principles-applied-to-the-icc.

5.
“our government has”: BBC News, “US to Resume Engagement with ICC,” bbc.com, November 16, 2009, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8363282.stm.

6.
“so far completed”: Eric Posner, “The Absurd International Criminal Court,” wsj.com, June 12, 2012, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303753904577452122153205162.html.

7.
“includes few authoritarian”: Ibid.

8.
“Now . . . it is”: Ibid.

PART SEVEN

1.
“orbital debris and”: Rose Gottemoeller, “A Code for Outer Space, as Seen From the State Dept.,” nytimes.com, March 15, 2012, http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/16/opinion/a-code-for-outer-space-as-seen-from-the-state-dept.html.

2.
“What the code would”: Taylor Dinerman, “America’s Suicidal Space Diplomacy,” Gatestone Institute, January 12, 2012, http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/2751/america-suicidal-space-diplomacy.

3.
“Outer space has”: John Bolton and John C. Yoo, “Hands off the Heavens,” nytimes.com, March 8, 2012, http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/09/opinion/hands-off-the-heavens.html.

4.
“a transparent”: Ibid.

5.
“Obama is eroding”: Ibid.

6.
“term [is] often”: Ibid.

7.
“in a war”: Ibid.

8.
“if the United States”: Ibid.

9.
“the administration asserts”: Michael Listner, “Congressional opposition to a Code of Conduct for space,” thespacereview.com, February 6, 2012, http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2018/1.

10.
“require the Department”: Ibid.

11.
“require the Department”: Michael Listner, “Congressional opposition to a Code of Conduct for space,”
The Space Review
, February 6, 2012, http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2018/1.

12.
“Imagine”: Email from Zubrin to Dick Morris, July 5, 2012.

13.
“planetary protection”: Ibid.

PART EIGHT

1.
“‘The European Union’”: Elisabeth Rosenthal, “U.S. and Europe Battle Over Carbon Fees for Airlines,” nytimes.com, July 27, 2011, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/28/business/energy-environment/us-air-carriers-brace-for-emissions-fees-in-europe.html?pagewanted=all.

2.
“a group of”: UN News Centre, “UN experts call for global financial tax to offset costs of economic crisis,” UN.org, May 14, 2012, http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=41988&Cr=economic&Cr1=crisis.

3.
“Where the world”: Ibid.

4.
“it is high”: Ibid.

PART TEN

1.
“97 smallest nations”: Wikipedia, “List of Countries by population,” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_population#List.

2.
All Told: “Voting Practices in the United Nations,” 2010, www.state.gov, http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/162416.pdf.

3.
In 2011, Freedom: Freedom House, “Combined Average Ratings—Independent Countries,” 2011, http://www.freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/inline_images/CombinedAverageRatings%28IndependentCountries%29FIW2011.pdf.

4.
“A Partly Free”: Freedom House, “Freedom in the World 2012: The Arab Uprisings and Their Global Repercussions,” 2012, http://www.freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/inline_images/FIW%202012%20Booklet—Final.pdf, p. 4.

5.
Here’s How Freedom: Freedom House, “Combined Average Ratings—Independent Countries,” 2011, http://www.freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/inline_images/CombinedAverageRatings%28IndependentCountries%29FIW2011.pdf.

6.
“Corruption is the”: “What is the Corruption Perceptions Index?,” transparency.org, http://cpi.transparency.org/cpi2011/in_detail/.

7.
They take a: Ibid.

8.
“the perceived likelihood”: Ibid.

9.
They issue a: Ibid.

10.
“series of in-country”: Ibid.

11.
“Here are the”: “Demands for Better Government Must Be Heeded,” transparency.org, http://cpi.transparency.org/cpi2011/results/.

12.
The program included: Dick Morris and Eileen McGann, Outrage (New York: HarperCollins, 2007), p. 44.

13.
“Corruption of the”: “Probe: $1.8B diverted to Hussein regime,” CNN.com, October 27, 2005, http://articles.cnn.com/2005-10-27/world/oil.food.report_1_oil-for-food-program-kickbacks-volcker?_s=PM:WORLD.

14.
Paul Volcker estimated: Morris and McGann, Outrage, p. 59.

15.
A year later: Ibid., p. 60.

16.
“Un funding arrangements”: Ibid., p. 64.

17.
“As far as I am”: Robert M. Appleton, “Chairman of the United Nations Procurement Task Force, to the United States House of Representatives, Committee on Foreign Affairs.”

18.
“the most disappointing”: Ibid.

19.
“The General Assembly’s”: “Internal Oversight and Procurement Controls and Processes Need Strengthening,” GAO.gov, April 27, 2006, http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-06-60IT.

20.
“produce a document”: George Russell, “U.N. Judges Charge Ban Ki-moon with Power Grab, Distortions of Their Rulings,” FoxNews.com, November 11, 2011, http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/11/11/un-judges-charge-ban-ki-moon-with-power-grab-distortions-their-rulings/.

21.
“despite a net”: Freedom House, “Freedom House Worst of the Worst,” http://www.freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/inline_images/Worst%20of%20the%20Worst%202010.pdf.

22.
“His government . . . uses”: Ibid.

23.
“President Lukashenka systematically”: Ibid.

24.
“The State Peace”: Ibid.

25.
“The junta drastically”: Ibid.

26.
“has never”: Ibid.

27.
“The Chinese government”: Ibid.

28.
“Freedom of the”: Ibid.

29.
“is home to”: Ibid.

30.
“torture remains widespread”: Ibid.

31.
“one-fifth of all”: Robert Zubrin,
Merchants of Despair: Radical Environmentalists, Criminal Pseudo-Scientists, and the Fatal Cult of Antihumanism
(New York: New Atlantic Books, 2012).

32.
“Longtime President”: Freedom House, “Freedom House Worst of the Worst,” http://www.freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/inline_images/Worst%20of%20the%20Worst%202010.pdf.

33.
“of cannibalism, specifically,”: Joshua Norman, “The World’s Enduring Dictators: Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Equatorial Guinea,” CBS News, May 22, 2011, http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503543_162-20065072-503543.html

34.
“has never held”: “Freedom House Worst of the Worst.”

35.
“intensified its suppression”: Ibid.

36.
“corruption and abuses”: Ibid.

37.
“Religion freedom is”: Ibid.

38.
“protection of human”: Ibid.

39.
“the political process”: Freedom House, “Freedom House Worst of the Worst.” freedomhouse.org, http://www.freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/inline_images/Worst%20of%20the%20Worst%202010.pdf.

40.
“the police and”: Ibid.

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Dick Morris served as Bill Clinton’s political consultant for twenty years. A regular political commentator on Fox News, he is the author of eleven
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