Waking Up to CNN

Turned on CNN, and found one of the Iraqi presidential candidates using all the catch phrases, “pockets of resistance,” “free and fair elections,” “cival war,” “if Osama Bin Laden, Zalawi and Saddam don’t want us to have elections, then we have to have them,” etc. My favorite, “All we have to do is make sure that 50% of Iraqis can vote. That’s the number of people who vote in most western countries.”

Well, no, actually, that’s the number of people who choose to vote. Choosing to vote and being able to vote are different matters entirely. And the scary thing is that the US and “insurgents” get to decide *who* gets to vote.

Bah.

I think they’re working on the old premise of: if you lie long enough and often enough, people think it’s true. Oddly enough, this does sometimes work. But there’s a fine line between hope and delusion.

Next up after the break: the scandel that’s rocking the world – Prince Harry dresses up as a Nazi for a party, and the government has new weight-loss tips to share with the American people.

Gag me with a spoon.

Is it any wonder I changed the channel to the cartoon network?

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