[Dean's World] Dave Price: Reaching for Bad News

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Posted by Dave Price:
Reaching for Bad News
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1148490851.shtml


   Well, I couldn't but laugh at [1]this piece of oh-so-newsworthy news.

     An editorial cartoon Wednesday in an Arabic-language newspapers
     sold in Baghdad, meanwhile, cast doubt on the strength of
     al-Maliki's new government.
     The cartoon in Asharq Al-Awsat, a Saudi newspaper based in London,
     showed al-Maliki sitting nervously atop a huge bull he was about to
     ride bare back at a rodeo. Beside him, Uncle Sam looked at his
     watch to see how long al-Maliki would survive the ride.

   My God, an editorial cartoon mocking the nation's leader was published
   in Iraq! Such a thing has never happened in America, and the incident
   clearly demonstrates just how weak the new government is. Why, Saddam
   would have chopped their fingers off!

References

   1. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060524/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_060524130314;_ylt=AgFN2OUvWzJizRbpTxg32TBX6GMA;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl