George Bush set to nominate John Bolton as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations

Known as the treaty killer by his friends and critics, as well as the anti-Ambassador, John Bolton may well change the course of American Democracy. He hints at recognizing Taiwan, and in the past has rejected the idea of a Palestinian state. He is the man Jesse Helms would most like to stand with at Armageddon. [from MetaFilter.com]

Bolton, who once said that the UN does not exist" and that "it would not make a bit of difference" if the UN building in New York lost 10 of its 38 stories, would succeed John Danforth, a soft-spoken former senator from Missouri.