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Stop Bolton Now! Oppose John Bolton's Nomination to UN

Target: U.S. Senate
Sponsored by: Citizens For Global Solutions
UPDATE: They're listening to us! On April 19th, Senators put principles over politics and agreed serious allegations against Bolton deserve a thorough investigation. Opposition to Bolton's nomination is growing! We need your continued support to defeat this terrible nominee - please sign today!
On March 7, President Bush shocked the world by nominating John Bolton, who's dedicated his life to undermining the United Nations, to be our UN Ambassador. Bolton has made a career of ridiculing our work with other nations to achieve our goals. If Bolton is confirmed by the Senate, he will isolate America in the world, leaving us without partners to work with to keep us safe. In fact, 59 former American diplomats, from both Democratic and Republican administrations, have written a letter urging the Senate to oppose Bolton's nomination.

Just who is John Bolton?
Throughout his career in the Departments of Justice and State and in his personal writings, John R. Bolton has repeatedly belittled international institutions and undermined global cooperation. Let Bolton tell you in his own words how he feels about the United Nations:
  • "If the UN secretary building in New York lost 10 stories, it wouldn't make a bit of difference."
  • "There is no such thing as the United Nations. There is an international community that occasionally can be led by the only real power left in the world and that is the United States when it suits our interest and we can get others to go along." (both from: 1994 Global Structures Convocation, Washington, DC.)

  • Bolton's nomination is a serious threat to America's time-honored tradition of working with other nations to solve global problems. His obvious and well-known contempt for global cooperation could prove disastrous to U.S. national security. Sign this petition today to tell your Senators to oppose Bolton's nomination to the United Nations.

    deadline: 3-31-2006
    goal: 20,000
     

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    Dear Senator,

    I am writing to urge you to oppose the nomination of John Bolton as US Ambassador to the United Nations. Working with the United Nations and our allies is critical, and John Bolton has spent his whole life trying to undo that work. Bolton is not the man for the job.

    A more effective UN and a productive U.S.-UN relationship are essential for a successful American foreign policy. But John Bolton would rather retire the United Nations than reform it.

    Bolton has made his contempt for the UN all too clear, arguing that "nothing more should be paid to the U.N. system." (The Washington Times, 1998), and proudly declaring, "The secretariat building in New York has 38 stories. If you lost ten stories today it wouldn't make a bit of difference." ( Feb 1994 Global Structures Convocation, Washington, DC.)

    I urge you, for the sake of our national security and our relationships with the international community, to oppose John Bolton's nomination.

    Thank you.
    We signed the “Stop Bolton Now! Oppose John Bolton's Nomination to UN” petition!
    # 21,300:
    9:12 pm PST, Dec 27, Danny Piccirillo, Massachusetts
    # 21,299:
    1:13 pm PST, Dec 27, Jessica-Dawn Drouin, Canada
    # 21,298:
    1:02 pm PST, Dec 19, Kay Handy, Texas
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    6:05 pm PST, Dec 16, Joseph Klawiter, Virginia
    # 21,296:
    3:44 pm PST, Nov 29, Zack Gauthier, Canada
    Well first off I cant stand to hear another "when a man loves a woman" on the radio. He needs to stop singing immediately.
    # 21,295:
    1:55 pm PST, Nov 28, Dale Martin, Texas
    Bolton would be the WORST choice. 1. He has disdain for the UN 2. We need someone who will put the US FIRST!!
    # 21,294:
    12:41 am PST, Nov 27, Pei Pei Ma, Massachusetts
    # 21,293:
    12:10 pm PST, Nov 21, Alan Stout, Illinois
    # 21,292:
    1:44 pm PST, Nov 19, Dorinda Kelley, Oregon
    John Bolton has the personality of a rabid dog and needs anger management classes instead of a nomination.
    # 21,291:
    2:48 am PST, Nov 18, James Grizzell, California
    # 21,290:
    7:22 pm PST, Nov 17, Gregory Kniffen, South Dakota
    Bolton is a horrible nomination to the UN for his lack of respect for the instituion. This is not someone we need representing our country to the rest of the world, especially when our foreign relations are so dismal and our lack of foreign policy is what it is.
    # 21,289:
    5:56 pm PST, Nov 16, Carol Oakes, United Kingdom
    # 21,288:
    7:24 pm PST, Nov 11, Craig Fanslow, California
    If America has the power to be the greatest nation on the planet, then it's time to prove it by doing good for everyone. John Bolton has an agenda which only benefits those with his same agenda. Stop Bolton now.
    # 21,287:
    2:12 pm PST, Nov 11, Name not displayed, Florida
    # 21,286:
    12:45 am PST, Nov 9, Mohammed Al-qady, United Arab Emirates
    # 21,285:
    8:07 am PST, Nov 8, Lukas Piotrowski, Poland
    # 21,284:
    8:07 pm PST, Oct 29, Jason Bowman, California
    # 21,283:
    1:33 am PDT, Oct 24, Maria Romano, New York
    # 21,282:
    8:09 pm PDT, Oct 5, Lynne Stanford, Texas
    # 21,281:
    7:56 pm PDT, Sep 21, Jennie Boatman, Texas
    # 21,280:
    7:55 pm PDT, Sep 19, Rob Mulford, Alaska
    He represents wealthy corporate interests over human rights.
    # 21,279:
    3:13 pm PDT, Sep 15, Jeff Hopkins, Illinois
    # 21,278:
    7:21 pm PDT, Sep 10, Taylor Tiedemann, Minnesota
    # 21,277:
    1:37 pm PDT, Aug 29, Linda Bonura, Louisiana
    # 21,276:
    12:48 pm PDT, Aug 27, Susan P., Florida
    # 21,275:
    4:59 am PDT, Aug 26, Sherry Pilgrim, Alabama
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    6:58 am PDT, Aug 25, Name not displayed, Tennessee
    # 21,273:
    6:16 pm PDT, Aug 21, Name not displayed, Tennessee
    Bolton? You need to prop an ear at thee Angel on Your shoulder -not the scaled monkey that spits a forked tongue.
    # 21,272:
    10:30 pm PDT, Aug 2, Ben James, Minnesota
    John Bolton is in the position he's in simply to promote U.S. intrests. That is not what we need at the U.N right now.
    # 21,271:
    9:29 pm PDT, Aug 2, Jon Rothberg, New York
    # 21,270:
    6:12 am PDT, Aug 2, Jonathan Fisch, California
    # 21,269:
    10:53 am PDT, Aug 1, Robin Kivett, Kansas
    # 21,268:
    9:01 am PDT, Jul 30, Daniel Littlewood, Oregon
    Please vote against renewing John Bolton's sneaky, backhanded appointment to the UN.
    # 21,267:
    12:43 pm PDT, Jul 29, Charles L Isner, Texas
    John Bolton is not an ambassador and is not, therefore, qualified to serve as an ambassador to the United Nations. An ambassador is a diplomat. Mr. Bolton does not make any pretenses of being a diplomat. As such he constantly undermines the best interests of the US by denigrating just about everyone else in the UN. Imagine if Benjamin Franklin or Thomas Jefferson had been so arrogant when they served in diplomatic positions. The US would have died an early death. His unprecedented appointment while congress was in recess was an affront to congress. Now it is time to reject Mr. Bolton and insist on a diplomat to represent us in this critical position.
    # 21,266:
    5:15 am PDT, Jul 28, Ankur Butala, New York
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    5:44 am PDT, Jul 24, Joseph Fisch, California
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    5:39 am PDT, Jul 24, Jack Stevens, California
    # 21,263:
    2:11 pm PDT, Jul 16, Lauren Bryant, Pennsylvania
    # 21,262:
    4:09 pm PDT, Jul 15, Jon Simmonds, New York
    A person who does not believe the UN works should not have a seat!
    # 21,261:
    8:44 am PDT, Jul 8, Sherrilynne Comly, California
    # 21,260:
    12:18 pm PDT, Jun 28, Melissa Dawson Chapman, Michigan
    # 21,259:
    3:31 pm PDT, Jun 26, Mustang Beam, Montana
    Because he has made very vocal his hatred and nonbelief of the UN and is angling to get to be elected so he can finally tear down UN. UN is what brings US superpowers together in some form of "unity" (alleged unity). Bolton does not have Americas' best interests at heart.
    # 21,258:
    1:23 pm PDT, Jun 26, Roxanne Acosta, Florida
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    5:26 am PDT, Jun 16, Lawrence Smith, BA, Georgia
    Ambassador Jackass John Bolton is an idiotic moron who does NOT represent any intelligent thinking person in America! FIRE THE F@#*HEAD FOOL NOW! "For I was hungry and you gave me no food; I was thirsty and you gave me no drink; I was a stranger, and you did not take me in, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me. Then they also will answer him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to you?' Then will he answer them, saying, 'Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me." (Matthew 25:42-45) Contained within every evil(greedy profiteering republican) act are the seeds of its own destruction. Adhere to the teachings of Jesus, as contained in The Urantia Book, or else suffer the consequences. It IS that simple. TRUTH has been spoken to power, Peace will prevail. Buck Fush! SUPPORT GLOBAL PEACE AND ECONOMIC STABILITY, AS WELL AS ECOLOGICAL SUSTAINABILITY... IMPEACH BUSH AND CHENEY NOW!
    # 21,256:
    1:22 pm PDT, Jun 6, Michael Gualtieri, New York
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    8:48 pm PDT, Jun 3, Marlene Szameit, Canada
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    2:36 pm PDT, Jun 3, Brian Reynolds, New Jersey
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    10:54 am PDT, May 27, Edward Cook, Arizona
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    11:40 am PDT, May 26, Alison Moski, Connecticut
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    7:23 am PDT, May 25, Teresita Garza, Florida
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