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The Republicans have got to be sweatin’ this one. We’re less than a year away from the 2012 elections now, and the only people they have running are a carnival of freak-a-zoids and one robotic Ken doll sent from outer space to study the humans.
http://veracitystew.com/2011/11/16/indecision-2012-come-on-really-video/The Republicans have got to be sweatin’ this one. We’re less than a year... more
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Internal British government documents provide new details about how Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown curried favor with Libyan dictator Muammar Gadhafi before Scottish officials freed Lockerbie bomber Abdulbaset Ali al-MegrahiInternal British government documents provide new details about how Prime Ministers... more
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There's a new AUTO-TUNE the NEWS and it stars Hugo!
I'd say this is the only viral video series that I'm consistently excited about. I like jokes about news and politics, and of course I love the auto-tuner.
Stay-tuned to the end for a very special cameo.There's a new AUTO-TUNE the NEWS and it stars Hugo!
I'd say this is the... more
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I find myself in an ambiguous ethical dilemma. I am an avid supporter of democracy. Philosophically, I reject authoritarian regimes. Unfortunately, I am easily amused. There is always something funny to me about how despots act in the public sphere.
This morning I watched Muammar al-Gaddafi (though I prefer spelling it Qaddafi) give a rambling speech to the UN General Assembly. He had some insightful thoughts. Further investigating the abuses at Abu Ghraib. He condemned the current war, as well as previous military intervention in Korea, Vietnam, and Grenada.
To his credit, this was his first convo with the UN. It's been 40 years, so he covered a lot.
He finally got a chance to talk about JFK conspiracies. "Why did this Israeli kill the killer of John F. Kennedy? ... We have to open the files!" He probably started thinking about this theory in '91, because he loved JFK. (I imagine he thinks that Waterworld tanked, because of a worldwide conspiracy against Kevin Costner.)
He got topical too. Qaddafi suggested that “this swine virus may be one of those viruses that was created in the laboratory and it got out of control because it was meant to be a military weapon."
Qaddafi shows off his detailed notes (photo via)
Qaddafi gave Fox News fodder for their continuing coverage of Obama being unAmerican, by calling him a son of Africa. I wonder how Glenn Beck will spin “we are content and happy if Obama stays forever as President." Will he connect the dots to suggest that Obama is going to try to stay in power forever, like 'other prominent African dictators.'
Other highlights from the speech included: suggesting renaming the Security Council the Terror Council. And dissing the entire UN by saying they are "like speakers on Hyde Park Corner. You make a speech and then disappear. That's all you are right now." The latter makes me giggle like a teenager, 'cuz like he is saying that, but like that's what he's also doing, ya know, it's like irony or something.'
My favorite part was when he suggested that the United Nations needs to move somewhere more comfortable. He's not talking about uncomfortable chairs, Qaddafi stays in a tent. He's talking about the distance that New York is from the rest of the world. This man is suffering from jet lag people! "You will thank me for the proposal of (reducing) the suffering of flying for hours to come to this place."
Perhaps Qaddafi overlooked his own mistakes. He didn't mention Lockerbie, supporting a murderous regime in Sierra Leone, and simply not abdicating power after forty years. But he's done a service to the world, by providing us with so much entertainment.I find myself in an ambiguous ethical dilemma. I am an avid supporter of democracy.... more
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