"Congressman flies U.N. flag" Sam Farr has done more in his six terms (about six too many) to undermine American sovereignty than former General Secretary President Klinton did in his eight years in office.

"If the U.N. didn't exist, we'd be inventing it right now," Farr told the San Francisco Chronicle, calling the U.N. "the only way to build up the infrastructure around the globe for the human rights, labor, environmental conditions that are fair and equitable." Gee, Representative Farr, just like the U.N. is doing in Iraq right now? Like it did so successfully in Vietnam? Somalia? Rwanda? "We've got to do everything in our power to make the U.N. the leadership body it was intended to be. ... This president has no respect for the United Nations." Nor should he. Representative Farr, name one conflict the United Nations has successfully mediated to a resolution that benefited all of the people involved. You have until the next election, and if you need more time, I'm sure we can give you all you need. After toppling Saddam Hussein with the assistance of about 40 other countries who formed a "coalition of the willing," the U.S. returned to the Security Council this month to resume international diplomacy over the issue of sanctions. On Thursday, the 15-member council appeared to smooth the rift over Iraq by passing a resolution that approved the U.S.-led administration of the country. Yes, after the U.S. and its allies did all the dirty work, the U.N. decides it wants to play ball. "Reform of the U.N. is impossible. The U.N. and its agencies are fatally flawed," maintains Phyllis Kaminsky, a U.S. delegate to the Human Rights Commission and a Reagan administration official. Indeed. The U.N. has demonstrated its ineptitude in handling the Iraq situation, including its mismanagement of the entire oil-for-food program, which did little to put food on the table of a majority of Iraqis, while continuing to line Hussein's pockets. Oh, and regarding your income-tax payments this year: "Americans should take notice when pro-U.N. forces in Washington recently spent $600,000 of taxpayers' money to renovate the kitchen of the ambassador's Waldorf-Astoria apartment," Snyder said. "I bet Julia Child's kitchen didn't cost 600 grand."