This was another story I spotted the other day, but didn’t have time to finish (okay, shouldn’t really have started it at work, and then didn’t get around to publishing it til now.

Chicago Tribune | U.S. Will Pass on Rights Council, for Now

UNITED NATIONS — The United States has decided not to seek a seat on the new U.N. Human Rights Council for now, preferring instead to see how it takes shape, a U.S. official said Thursday.

“We’re going to take a wait and see attitude,” the U.S. official said, speaking in from Washington on condition of anonymity because the announcement was not expected to be made public until later in the day.

The United States was virtually alone in voting against the council when the U.N. General Assembly approved its creation last month. U.S. officials claimed not enough was done to prevent abusive countries from becoming members.

CRIMINEY. We’re the Land of the Free. We’re supposed to be the Leaders of the Free World. Who swiped my country and substituted this secretive, wet mess that backs off from doing the hard work on human rights and performs “renditions” in the dead of night to countries like frickin’ Djibouti???