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This story has been reported since Aug 23 (as far as I can find) in Washington Post. Both the Townhall & Post stories leave out some interesting details found on AIP (Americas Independent Party) website. Major detail is that our country will be subjected to humiliating hearing by the UN on Nov 5. Instructive to see variations in the story.
AIP News (Amer Ind Party) via Free Republic
The presidents first-ever report on U.S. human rights to the UN Human Rights Council contains a rich vein of offensive material. So far, one aspect has not been reported: our petty president used the situation to bash Arizonas immigration law and possibly transfer jurisdiction over the law from Arizona to the UN. Throughout the report, which sounds like an Obama campaign speech, the president discusses the original flaw of the U.S. Constitution, Americas tolerance for slavery, and his version of our long and despicable history of discriminating against and oppressing minorities, women, homosexuals, and the handicapped. After each complaint, he addresses how he is delivering us from ourselves, patting himself on the back for such initiatives as ending torture, promoting Affirmative Action, and passing health care legislation.
In his section on Values and Immigration, he praised the Department of Homeland Securitys efforts to provide better medical care for detainees and increase Alternatives To Detention (e.g., letting them go). Then he turned to the one state that has had the temerity to stand in his way of fundamentally transforming the American electorate:
The national report is but the first step of the international governments review process. On November 5, the United States will be examined by a troika of UN bureaucrats from France, Japan, and Cameroon (an oppressive nation which is a member of the Organization of Islamic Conference). This trio will consider three items: Obamas self-flagellating report, reports written about America by UN tribunals or international governing bodies, and testimony from NGOs with a pronounced anti-American bias. It will also consider voluntary pledges and commitments made by the State, such as suspending an Arizona state law.
Then the French, Japanese, and Cameroon diplomats will draw up a plan of action for the United States to implement.
http://www.aipnews.com/talk/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=16411&posts=1&start=1
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/23/AR2010082303880.html
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100823/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_us_un_rights_1
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2576982/posts
Wow, very complete. Thanks for posting.