Press clips and blogs everywhere reveal UN ineffectiveness, incompetence, and corruption

Just a small part of the sorry record:

• Kofi Annan retires in style: Kofi's Candy Box
• Embarrassing nukes in Syria, hamhanded coverup: UN document confirms Israel hit Syrian nuclear reactor? Update: UN caught redacting document; Update: It was a translation error, claims UN
• Kosovo 'peacekeeping' failure, 2007: Bomb scare prompts UN to evacuate staff from Kosovo headquarters
• Kosovo 'peacekeeping' failure, 2006: Calm, Quiet Kosovo
• al Qaeda gets a free rein in Kosovo: Ex-Security Chief Blows Whistle on UN's Kosovo Mission
• Kickbacks to Cambodian judges paid with UN funds: Phanari: Iran Update (see final paragraph)

For a little comic relief:

Second Life Blogs: Protesting the Virtual United Nations

With cyborg kangaroos, no less. FTA:

"My biggest objection to the UN," he tells me, walking toward me through the Grand Hall chamber-- himself a kangaroo in a black matte robe similar to what Neo wore in The Matrix Reloaded-- "is that it's a corrupt organization that is trying to disguise itself as peacekeeps whose only concern is the well-being of all people everywere. A good example of this is the 'Oil For Food' scandal."

But why not leave the fabled Hear No Evil/See No Evil/Speak No Evil monkey statues, instead of, well, robot kangaroos?

"[T]o represent the potential for great power, danger, and corruption, wrapped in a warm and fuzzy package," Thorn tells me.

Oh.

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