A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

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Entry from May 11, 2017
“The UN is really just a country club”

Yhe United Nations (UN) has over 190 member states. “The UN is a country club” was posted on the newsgroup rec.aviation.military on January 22, 2003. “The UN is a Country Club” was posted on Twitter on October 29, 2008. An extension is often added, such as, “The UN is a country club for the rich.”
 
“The UN is really just a country club” was posted on Reddit—Shower Thoughts on October 21, 2015.

   
Wikipedia: United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization to promote international co-operation and to create and maintain international order. A replacement for the ineffective League of Nations, the organization was established on 24 October 1945 after World War II in order to prevent another such conflict. At its founding, the UN had 51 member states; there are now 193. The headquarters of the UN is in Manhattan, New York City, and experiences extraterritoriality. Further main offices are situated in Geneva, Nairobi, and Vienna. The organization is financed by assessed and voluntary contributions from its member states. Its objectives include maintaining international peace and security, promoting human rights, fostering social and economic development, protecting the environment, and providing humanitarian aid in cases of famine, natural disaster, and armed conflict. The UN is the largest, most familiar, most internationally represented and most powerful intergovernmental organisation in the world.
           
Google Groups: rec.aviation.military
Americans are against unilateral war in Iraq: 
Bill Reese
1/22/03
(...)
The UN is a country club, especially for some of those non-important nations that are so tiny, they can fanticize they have more power than they do…..  Nothing really important happens in the UN…  Never has.
 
Twitter   
Becca‏
@beccarisa
The UN is a Country Club.
12:15 PM - 29 Oct 2008
 
Twitter 
The Mark News‏
@themarknews
The UN is a country club. http://j.mp/hF58HJ
3:01 PM - 24 Nov 2010
 
Twitter
Mark Wilkins‏
@markleewilkins
Replying to @Seventeen_76
@ReaganStyle We need a “League of Free Nations”.  The UN is a country club for tyrants.
6:28 PM - 24 Mar 2011
 
Twitter
Gabe Bravo (DJ set)‏
@thegabebravo
The UN is nothing more than a country club.
7:09 PM - 18 Jun 2011
 
Twitter
Nicktendo64‏
@LickNanzotti
The UN is a country club
11:55 AM - 8 Oct 2013
 
Twitter
palmwinegal‏
@akosuagyameah
The @UN is basically a country club. -@KatherineLu_
1:24 AM - 11 Jan 2015
 
Reddit—Shower Thoughts
the UN is really just a country club
submitted October 21. 2015 by noooitsari
 
Twitter
Mark Koppelman‏
@mil11438
Replying to @MeytarDr @FoxNews
the un is nothing more than a country club.
1:15 AM - 23 Mar 2017
 
Reddit—Jokes
I joined a country club
submitted May 11, 2017 by Wyatt1710
The U.N.

Posted by Barry Popik
New York CityGovernment/Law/Military/Religion /Health • Thursday, May 11, 2017 • Permalink


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