I have to say, I got a good chuckle out this, considering how often the UN figures in right-wing conspiracy theories.
From the RonPaul.com blog:
Ron Paul Calls on United Nations to Confiscate Domain Names of His Supporters
Earlier today, Ron Paul filed an international UDRP complaint against RonPaul.com and RonPaul.org with WIPO, a global governing body that is an agency of the United Nations. The complaint calls on the agency to expropriate the two domain names from his supporters without compensation and hand them over to Ron Paul...
Last month, after Ron Paul expressed regret on the Alex Jones show over not owning RonPaul.com (in an interview titled “Ron Paul: The Internet Is Our Last Chance to Awaken America“), dozens of supporters urged us to contact Ron Paul to work out a deal...
The value we put on the deal was $250k; we are getting our mailing list appraised right now but we are confident it is easily worth more than $250k all by itself. Claims that we tried to sell Ron Paul “his name” for $250k or even $800k are completely untrue, and there is little doubt that our mailing list would have enabled Ron Paul to raise several million dollars for the liberty movement this year. It would have been a win/win/win situation for everyone involved.
Instead of responding to our offer, making a counter offer, or even accepting our FREE gift of RonPaul.org, Ron Paul went to the United Nations and is trying to use its legal process related to domain name disputes to actively deport us from our domain names without compensation.
Later, they quote Paul himself talking about the UN...
The choice is very clear: we either follow the Constitution or submit to UN global governance. American national sovereignty cannot survive if we allow our domestic laws to be crafted by an international body. This needs to be stated publicly more often. If we continue down the UN path, America as we know it will cease to exist.
A lot of their commenters are siding with Paul on this. A typical comment along those lines...
Seriously guys? So……where does all the money go for the sales of the hoodies, shirts, caps, cups, necklaces, stickers and so on go to. I’m thinking Ron sees 0 profits from that. And you really wonder why he would not like the idea of paying you 250k for this site. Sure, go ahead and keep making money off of the mans reputation and name. Sounds legit.
Actually, I find it hard to disagree with that sentiment.