Have been too busy with trading last week to check up on recent posts here, but I just wanted to share this nugget of gold with everyone: If the United Nations didn't exist, Fox News would have to invent it. There is no more satisfying all-purpose explanation for America's failure to have its way in the world than "the UN." Indeed, the United States' very own ambassador to the institution, John Bolton, has described it as "a target- rich environment" - like Iran, perhaps, but without the capacity to fight back. http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/08/11/opinion/idlede12.php