[size=9:c130d6da3c]For complete text see: http://www.wednesday-night.com/Wed1196.asp formed in 1919, following the end of World War I, in the hope of preventing the devastating wars that the world had known up until that time. When it was succeeded in 1946 by the United Nations, the new body encompassed most if not all the world’s nations at that time. Today, we are disappointed by the imperfections and downright failures of the UN, but it is difficult to conceive of what might replace it, and the UN's imperfections are correctible. Recent internal investigations of improprieties and poor governance, along with the release of the first part of the Volcker Report on the Oil-for-Food program, may well result in concrete reforms, but will these satisfy the harshest critics, including those in the U.S.? http://www.economist.com/agenda/displaystory.cfm?story_id=3639483&fsrc=nwlddress, the Administration is proposing the privatization of U.S. Social Security. Although opinion is sharply divided as to the validity of the crisis,[See: http://www.wednesday-night.com/SocialSecurity.asp EVENING [list:c130d6da3c]We have to ask what would Canada be without NAFTA. ... Throughout the world, the small countries have always benefited from free trade The issue is not to be afraid of China but how to build up Mexico. ... The frontier for North America is in Mexico It is impossible to improve the situation that we have without a vision of what we want. Canadians are especially at fault because they are the ones most affected ... The Americans don’t have a vision of North America One of the greatest achievements (of the UN) has been to make it difficult to invade and meddle in different countries … Sadly, for most countries, if you are powerful enough, it doesn’t apply[/list:u:c130d6da3c][/size:c130d6da3c]