Paranoia and UN Bashing

UN Humanitarian Aid Chief Jan Egeland has been quoted as saying the United States is stingy, he didn't. MG has his actual comments and some reaction to the press coverage over at Norwegianity.

This whole tsunami in a Sammon misquote is a little hard to take. By now I’m sure most who say Egeland called the US stingy honestly believe he said it, but damnit! Sammon and many of the initial sources either knew better and lied, or as journalists should have known better and therefore erred and should correct themselves.

This constant sky-is-falling/the-USA-is-being-disrespected stuff is demeaning and makes our nation look childish. Let’s at least fight over real stuff, and not this made-up foolishness.

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Just how thin-skinned have we become? 150,000 people and counting are dead and undies are in a bunch over a possible slight? More manufactured outrage.

Go check out the entire piece.