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The Dictator-A Film Review by Gilad Atzmon

On the face of it, Baron Cohen’s The Dictator is a horrid film. It is vulgar, it isn’t funny and if it has five good jokes in it, they appear in the two minute official trailer. In short, save your time and money – unless of course, you are interested in Jewish identity politics and neurosis.

Similar to Cohen’s previous work, The Dictator is, once again, a glimpse into Cohen’s own tribal morbidity. After all, the person and the spirit behind this embarrassing comedy is a proud self-loving character who never misses an opportunity to express his intimate affinity to his people, their unique comic talent and their beloved Jewish state. But let’s face it, Cohen isn’t alone, after all, he has created The Dictator together with a Hollywood studio. So, it’s reasonable to say that what we see here is just one more Hollywood-orchestrated effort to vilify the Arab, the Muslim and the Orient.

In the film, the Dictator, Cohen plays General Hafez Aladeen, the Arab ruler of the oil-rich North African rogue state Wadiya. On the face of it, he is the satirical version of Saddam Hussein and Muammar Gaddafi, but in reality, Aladeen’s actions are no less than a vast amplification of the crimes committed by Israel and its war criminals such as Shimon Peres, Ehud Olmert and Tzipi Livni.

When Baron Cohen ridicules the Arab Dictators who obsessively seek WMD and nuclear weapons he should bear in mind that it is actually his beloved Jewish state that has, since the 1950s, been pushing the entire region into a nuclear race. It is his Israeli brothers and sisters who express every too often their lethal enthusiasm to destroy Iran and other regional entities.

When Baron Cohen mocks the Arab rulers who murder their opponents and kill kids, women and elders, he once again projects Israeli symptoms because it is actually the Jewish state that so often engages in systematic mass murder and war crimes on a colossal scale. Someone should remind Cohen that the pictures of white phosphorus pouring over UN shelters were taken in Gaza, not in Saddam’s Baghdad, Homs (Sirya) or imaginary Wadiya.

When Sacha Baron Cohen presents the Arab leader as a savage rapist he may want to remind himself that Moshe Katzav, who was, until recently, the President of the Jewish State is now locked behind bars after being sentenced for rape. It is therefore far from coincidence that when Cohen attempts to bond with his protagonist Dictator Aladeen, he actually speaks in his mother tongue, Hebrew. Cohen speaks Hebrew because Aladeen is not an Arab dictator, he is actually an Israeli patriot like Cohen himself.

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Wall Street's IQ Plunges , Triggering A 'Too Dumb To Fall' Bailout

New York City — The collective IQ of Wall Street executives has dropped below the stupidity mark of 70 for the first time ever, prompting the Federal Reserve to impose the “too dumb to fall” provisions of the Barney Frank Act.

Implementing a sweeping bailout package, Fed Chairman Benjamin Bernanke tapped into the government’s reserve of senior scooters, and issued a motorized chair to any executive on Wall Street who holds a management title or a key to the Goldman Sachs’ executive restroom.

“These puppies have been dealing in dumb ideas for so long, most of them have forgotten how to walk,” Bernanke said. “Hopefully, they will still have the mental capacity to learn how to operate a chair. The plan is to have them master turning before they hit the harbor.”

Other provisions of the bailout law remove all sharp and otherwise dangerous objects from the reach of the Wall Street fraternity. These include knives, forks and credit default swaps.

“What we have to do first is protect these Wall Streeters from themselves,” the Fed Chairman stated. “They have been sitting around for the past few years coming up with really idiotic investment concepts, and then betting on them, using their clients’ money. That’s why we’re including a gift membership to Gamblers Anonymous with every bailout kit issued.”

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who made a fortune on Wall Street stealing other people’s ideas, challenged the federal government’s assessment that the Wall Street elite have gone from being “the smartest guys in the room” to “please help me wipe my behind.”

“These IQ numbers are all wrong,” the mayor said. “If you want good numbers, come to Bloomberg. Bloomberg will give you good numbers. Bloomberg’s got the best numbers money can buy.”

Meanwhile, the Federal Reserve has begun an IQ Easing round to make up for Wall Street’s deficit in brainpower. The Government Engraving Office has been authorized to print 40,000 advanced economics degrees, which will be distributed to the city’s cab drivers.

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