Who are the World’s Worst Dictators? Parade has the list
Once a year or so, Parade comes out with an article worth reading. Today is that day as they have compiled their annual list of the world’s worst dictators. It goes without saying that some commenters on the Parade site added George Bush. If one really thinks he belongs on the list then it it is clear that one has not read the misdeeds that real dictators have committed. If Bush disbands Congress by sending them on one-way trips to re-education camps, executes the members of the Supreme Court that he doesn’t like, and institutes policies that drive the life expectancy of the populace under 40 years old, then he would indeed belong with the others on the list. Until then however such statements are simply asinine hyperbole for the Danny Glovers and Harry Belafontes of the world.
Similar Independent Sources posts:
- LA Times Bias Muddles Longevity Story; Death in the Golden State: In a lengthy story on the "longevity gap" between whites and blacks, the Los Angeles Times noted the difficulty in pinpointing the causes for the diff ...
- Most Important Day In World History? Apparently, It’s Next Wednesday: The future of the world is apparently going to be altered by ultra-lefty protests next Wednesday, November 2 ... at least, that's what their website s ...
- NYT: Roberts Conservative, Consistent. Off With His Head!: The New York Times continues on its John Roberts = extremist mission with a piece Thursday headlines An Advocate for the Right. ... But his internal m ...
- Not Content With Just Starving His Country, Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe Shoots the Messenger: Zimbabwe's "President" (for life) Robert Mugabe called a United Nations envoy a liar for his criticism of humanitarian conditions in Zimbabwe. Given ...
- Weekend Edition: Where Are You, whitehouse.gov?: In our recent moment of glory (two days, actually) of traffic sent by a link from KausFiles to this story about the LA Times blowing its Kerry coverag ...
January 22nd, 2006 at 11:40 pm
Everybody has gotten so negative. When I was growing up they would rank the ten BEST dictators (I rooted for Idi Amin, who was always on the bubble but would often self-destruct by decapitating some of his citizens just before the final rankings). Now it’s all about the bad news. If it bleeds it leads. If it goes boom we make room. If a tiger eats Roy we report it with joy. Make your wife bleed and you’ll get a live feed. This obsession with ordinal rankings of negative phenomena I refer to as “The Mr. Blackwellization of America. And it needs to stop. We can have that gray-haired little fanny-jammer inspiring a cultural paradigm shift.
January 22nd, 2006 at 11:43 pm
Anybody ever get any sporting gear from fogdog.com? Just wondering how the service is. I need some light running shoes for my fartlek days.
January 23rd, 2006 at 6:28 am
Hey, where is Saddam?
Oh wait, he’s off the list
January 23rd, 2006 at 8:29 am
[...] m-the-last-dictator; You-wanted-me-this-way” Department
Our Friends over a Independent Sources pointed us to Parade Magazin [...]