I’m not sure where along the way I got put into the Zogby survey hopper, but I get email invitations from them to take online polls from time to time.  Today’s subject was the United Nations, its relevance, and the role of the United States.  I found it interesting that the question about the role of the United States didn’t have an option for “Get the U.S. the frack out of the U.N.” (or however they might wish to phrase it).  There was an option about “redefining the role of the U.S.”, but that didn’t seem appropriate.  Fortunately, there was an “Other” option with an entry field for me to enter more info.  However, the rest of the poll was similarly set up.  The option of taking our ball and going home just didn’t occur to them.  They asked various questions about how the UN could strengthen its viability and usefulness, but there really wasn’t any way for me to indicate that the whole crumbling, stinking, dilapidated thing should be razed to the ground and then pushed into the sea.

Sometimes, the most obvious answer is the one people don’t want to see.