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UNITED NATIONS – President Barack Obama challenged world leaders Wednesday to shoulder more of the globe's critical burdens, promising a newly cooperative partner in America but sternly warning they can no longer castigate the U.S. as a go-it-alone bully while still demanding it cure all ills.
Obama to world: Don't expect America to fix it all - Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090924/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama - broken link)
If I thought this, or any UN Summit, held much water, i'd take this message to heart.
The UN is nothing more than a place to rant and rave. The only ear's being bent are those that expect some sort of monetary handout from U.S. taxpayers.