UN Blog Slams Roger Simon

Updated. A UN Foundation-sponsored blog is accusing Roger Simon of using oil-for-food to build hits. Of course that's it. Why didn't we think of that? See, it's not about covering the biggest nonprofit scandal in the history of the universe! It's about selfish self-promotion.

Here's the post [with a couple comments from CSM]:

20% of Roger L. Simon's blog entries during the month of April make reference to the Oil-for-Food controversy. [Indicating that he's not obsessed.]

0% of Roger L. Simon's blog entries during April make reference to the following UN-related issues:

Tackling the threat of transnational organized crime
[Like Oil-for-Food?]

Shipping supplies to millions of Iraqi schoolchildren

Controlling the Marburg virus [Viruses like Marburg and ebola generally burn out after a brief intense outbreak, so UN claims of "control" are far-fetched]

Building thousands of homes for tsunami victims

Partnering with the private sector to meet humanitarian needs

Reducing child mortality rates [While UN peace keepers work to increase child rape and sexual abuse rates.]

Rehabilitating Iraq's marshlands

Eradicating polio [The UN did this? I thought the American pharmaceutical industry did!]

Rebuilding lives in Afghanistan [Where were the UN when the Taliban was in power?]

Fighting the global malaria epidemic

Curbing the world's most hazardous pollutants

Improving global disaster and emergency response [So Kofi can ski during tsunami crises]

Building a sustainable future [Wow! That's a mighty vague and vaguely mighty claim!]
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Is Simon's hyper-focus on a single UN-related issue based on deep convictions? Unbending principles? Moral outrage? Maybe. Then again, there's his explanation:

"Thanks to the Secretary General of the United Nations for providing this blog with its first 50,000+ visitor day." - Roger L. Simon

The UN blog attempted a common and always faulty crisis ploy: Waving a flag of good works in the hopes people won't see big, bad, festering mass behind it. It never, never, never works.

And remember, this pro-UN blog is brought to you be Ted Turner. Reason enough for Roger to keep on reporting.