THIS IS DISGRACEFUL, DESPICABLE, OUTRAGEOUS – AT 7:04 P.M. ET:  Is there any end to the foreign-policy blundering of this left-wing administration?  It's hard to make this up:

(CNSNews.com) – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Thursday that the State Department is soliciting comments from citizens, advocacy groups and other non-governmental organizations on the human rights record of the United States.

“Human rights are universal, but their experience is local. This is why we are committed to holding everyone to the same standard, including ourselves,” Clinton told a press briefing at the State Department, where she unveiled the “2009 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices.”

Do we have anyone available who will stand up for the United States?

Clinton said the U.S. is now gathering facts on its own record because – as a member of the U.N. Human Rights Council – it is participating in the UNHRC’s “universal periodic review” process.

The Obama administration’s decision to join the Human Rights Council was controversial. The Geneva-based, 47-member HRC faces numerous criticisms, chief among them the presence of countries with poor rights records. Iran is currently running for a seat on the council.

Controversial?  That's an understatement.  The "Human Rights Council" is one of the most degenerate divisions of the already degenerate United Nations. 

“In the fall, we will present a report (to the UNHRC) based on the input of citizens and NGOs, gathered online and in face-to-face meetings across the country attended by senior government officials,” Clinton said on Thursday.

Sickening and disgusting.  The idea that this free nation should report to a group of thugs rips bare the agenda of the Obama administration.  Someone called Obama the first "post-American" president, and I'm afraid that's how he sees himself.

Hillary Clinton carries plenty of baggage, moral and otherwise.  But I never thought she'd agree to anything like this.  Shame.

March 12, 2010