View Poll Results: Should the U.N. have control over the Internet, or should the U.S. control?

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  • The United States should keep control.

    27 50.00%
  • The U.N. should control it.

    5 9.26%
  • An International Non-prof should be created to control it.

    19 35.19%
  • I don't care!

    3 5.56%
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  1. #26
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    How they vote in UN

    Below are the actual voting records of various Arabic/Islamic States
    which
    are recorded in both the US State Department and United Nations
    records:

    Kuwait votes against the United States 67% of the time.

    Qatar votes against the United States 67% of the time.

    Morocco votes against the United States 70% of the time.

    United Arab Emirates votes against the U. S. 70% of the time.

    Jordan votes against the United States 71% of the time.

    Tunisia votes against the United States 71% of the time.

    Saudi Arabia votes against the United States 73% of the time.

    Yemen votes against the United States 74% of the time.

    Algeria votes against the United States 74% of the time.

    Oman votes against the United States 74% of the time.

    Sudan votes against the United States 75% of the time.

    Pakistan votes against the United States 75% of the time.

    Libya votes against the United States 76% of the time.

    Egypt votes against the United States 79% of the time.

    Lebanon votes against the United States 80% of the time.

    India votes against the United States 81% of the time.

    Syria votes against the United States 84% of the time.

    Mauritania votes against the United States 87% of the time.


    US Foreign Aid to those that hate us:

    Egypt, for example, after voting 79% of the time against the United
    States,
    still receives $2 billion annually in US Foreign Aid.

    Jordan votes 71% against the United States and receives $192,814,000
    annually in US Foreign Aid.

    Pakistan votes 75% against the United States receives $6,721,000
    annually
    in
    US Foreign Aid.

    India votes 81% against the United States receives $143,699,000
    annually.

    Perhaps it is time to get out of the UN and give the tax savings back
    to
    the
    American workers who are having to skimp and sacrifice to pay the
    taxes.

    Now they want to cut oil production, We should cut aid to them by 50%
    to
    start.

    Might even mention it to your congressman, who knows it anyway...what
    a
    disgrace... no wonder the world has no respect for us!

    JUST HOW STUPID IS THE U.S.A. ??????
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  2. #27
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    What? The UN hasn't been dismantled yet?? I'd have to agree that our government is pretty stupid for continually funding those who hate us and want to see us dead. The UN as a body goes against us in just about everything they do, yet we essentially fund the UN, the UN is based in OUR country!! If the US stopped paying it's dues, the UN would collapse. I really wish it would, it is corrupt and I personally don't see it doing much good, especially enough for us to spend so much on it..
    James Lumby

  3. #28
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    Originally posted by Webdude
    The internet would not be where it is today without Gates. Granted, somebody else would have eventually built such a system. However, he built it first. If someone had done it even ten years later, we would currently be 10 years behind where we are now..

    Granted, somebody "might" have built a better system, or it could have been worse. They could have been more lenient, or they could have been more controlling..
    Ummm, ... I'm surprised no-one has commented on this yet, but since when did Bill Gates "build" the Internet?

  4. #29
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    Originally posted by -T{H}R-
    Ummm, ... I'm surprised no-one has commented on this yet, but since when did Bill Gates "build" the Internet?
    I thought about it when I read it and forgot it. That's true though.. The internet was originally built by and for the military, not by Gates.
    James Lumby

  5. #30
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    And largely using taxpayers funds.

  6. #31
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    its funny - all these people that want the americans to get their noses out of world politics/issues, but are quite happy to take handouts (sorry aid).. although a brit, id be quite interested to see what'd happened if the usa kept their money to themselves. would other countries compensate? also interests me that a lot of jobs are going to india, but they're still receiving aid (albeit not much). what does it go on?

  7. #32
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    Originally posted by Slidey
    its funny - all these people that want the americans to get their noses out of world politics/issues, but are quite happy to take handouts (sorry aid)..
    Perhaps America needs to start thinking less of the "outside world", and more of its domestic issues? Sure, we live in a global economy, but America's real battleground will be domestic issues, in the future, imo.

    Just some thoughts from an Aussie.
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  8. #33
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    There are large sections of poverty even within steadily developing countries (i.e. India) and they (the Indian people/government) don't have the capital/funds to do it all themslves.

    As for other countries, all westernised countries pledge aid. As a percentage of GDP/GNP, the United States contributes a very low amount in comparison to a lot of other countries. Having said that, it's still considerably more as a total sum due to the size of the American economy.

  9. #34
    Originally posted by Webdude
    The internet would not be where it is today without Gates.
    Erm... what did gates have to do with the internet?
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  10. #35
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    Originally posted by awibble
    Erm... what did gates have to do with the internet?
    he made IE, which in turn made spyware possible, one thing led to another her we are

  11. #36
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    i think the us should run redhat servers and be done with it ...... the internet was developed for the military and not pr0n
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  12. #37
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    I thought Al Gore invented the internet

  13. #38
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    i cant wait 2-3 more years when jeb bush (presidents brother/ floridas current govenor) claims responsibility for the creation of oil
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