Report: Saddam hanged; Update: Last word — “Muqtada” (Update: Video added)
posted at 10:09 pm on December 29, 2006 by see-dubya
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Word just in from al-Arabiya that Saddam Hussein al-Tikriti is dead.
Sic Semper Tyrannis. Watch this space for more details.
Update (AP): Al-Hurra is reporting it too. I’m monitoring Al Jazeera in the expectation that they’ll have the video before American media does.
Al-Hurra’s the American-backed Arab station, FYI, so their sources here are probably trustworthy.
Update (AP): HuffPo “celebrates.”
Update (AP): Al-Arabiya (via Fox) says photographers and cameramen were on the scene.
Update (AP): “‘Peace,’ he said, grinning and laughing. ‘Now there will be peace for my family.’”
Update (AP): Human Rights Watch sticks to their wormy script: “The execution of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein following a deeply flawed trial for crimes against humanity marks a significant step away from respect for human rights and the rule of law in Iraq, Human Rights Watch said today.”
Update (AP): An excellent, unsparing obituary from the Times of London.
Update (AP): Here’s a twist — Fox says Al-Arabiya is claiming that, contrary to earlier reports, it happened outside the Green Zone. Nice head fake.
Update (AP): What to do with the body? There’s “wide disagreement” among U.S. and Iraqi officials, says the Times:
The most discussed options include sending his body out of the country to his family in Jordan, where two of his daughters live; burying him in a secret location never to be made public; burying him in a secret location but, after a period of time, having him disinterred and sent to his family or tribe; or sending him immediately to his hometown of Tikrit to be buried with members of his tribe.
In fact, a top Sunni politician even raised the prospect of holding a state funeral for Mr. Hussein. That idea, a Western official said, had very little chance of becoming reality.
Update (AP): “State-run Iraqiya television said: ‘Criminal Saddam was hanged to death’, and played patriotic music, while showing images of national monuments and other landmarks.”
Update (AP): Who said it? “Just in time for Eid, the Iraqis decided Saddam Hussein was one old acquaintance who really should be forgot.” Who else?
Update (AP): Here’s the graphic FoxNews.com is using. Heh.
Update (AP): The first bucket of cold water from the Times splashes down.
Update (AP): CNN says al-Iraqiya will air photos of Saddam on the way to his execution. And now Fox is saying they’ll show the video, too. I don’t get al-Iraqiya, but I do get Al Jazeera. If the video makes its way onto the air there, it’ll be here soon after.
Update (AP): CNN is quoting Iraq’s NSA as saying Saddam had “fear on his face.” We’ll see.
Update (AP): This is going to be some video: “What the images might also show, according to one eyewitness to the event: observers chanting and dancing around the body.”
Update (AP): Bush’s reponse is low key. According to Fox, he was, er, asleep when it all went down.
Update (AP): More on reaction at the scene, plus your quote of the year:
Witnesses to the execution told NBC News’ Richard Engel that they were cheering around the body of Saddam after the execution.
NBC could hear cheers and celebrations in the background while talking to an official in the prime minister’s office.
“This son of a bitch is lying under my feet.… I can’t talk now because of all the cheers!” a witness said.
Update (AP): It’s not clear yet whether Saddam’s half-brother and his former chief justice were hanged with him or whether their executions were postponed until after Eid. Iraq’s NSA says it’s the latter.
Update (AP): Iraq’s NSA is on the phone with Anderson Cooper right now and says Saddam carried a Koran, refused a hood to cover his face, and tried to look brave but was clearly “broken” by what was happening. He died “very quickly.”
Update (AP): His last words, according to one witness quoted by Fox? “Allahu Akbar,” of course.
Update (AP): Actually, not quite:
Sami al-Askari, the political adviser of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, told The Associated Press that Saddam struggled when he was taken from his cell in an American military prison but was composed in his last moments…
“Saddam later was taken to the gallows and refused to have his head covered with a hood,” al-Askari said. “Before the rope was put around his neck, Saddam shouted: ‘God is great. The nation will be victorious and Palestine is Arab.’“
Update (AP): Al Jazeera English says the hanging took place at a Justice Ministry in northern Baghdad. Meawnhile, the reprisals have begun — a car bomb went off this morning in a crowd of people in the Shiite holy city of Kufa. Witnesses report “dozens” of casualties. And Fox is just now reporting at 2:35 that the Fallujah courthouse has burned down.
Update (AP): 30 dead at Kufa.
Update (AP): The LA Times has the fullest account so far of the execution scene, courtesy of Iraqi judge Munir Haddad. Cycle of life, cycle of savages:
A defiant Saddam Hussein was hanged at dawn today in a secret concrete death chamber here as the Muslim call to prayer echoed over the capital.
Hussein and 14 Iraqi government representatives were flown by helicopter to the site, according to Iraqi High Tribunal Judge Munir Haddad. Guards escorted Hussein into the room, where he denounced the West and Iran.
Hussein then climbed the high ladder to the gallows.
As his executioners placed a noose around his neck, Hussein blanched but betrayed no emotion, Haddad said.
Hussein refused to wear a hood.
The charged silence that settled over the execution chamber was broken by an exchange between Hussein and four guards, who were apparently followers of Muqtada Sadr, the militant Shiite cleric whose father was killed by Hussein.
“Muqtada Sadr!” they cried out.
Hussein scoffed in reply.
His last word was a sarcastic “Muqtada,” Haddad said. “And then he was hanged.”
Update (AP): The cameraman speaks.
Ali Al Massedy was 3 feet away from Saddam Hussein when he died. The 38 year old, normally Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s official videographer, was the man responsible for filming the late dictator’s execution at dawn on Saturday. “I saw fear, he was afraid,” Ali told NEWSWEEK minutes after returning from the execution. Wearing a rumpled green suit and holding a Sony HDTV video camera in his right hand, Ali recalled the dictator’s last moments. “He was saying things about injustice, about resistance, about how these guys are terrorists,” he says. On the way to the gallows, according to Ali, “Saddam said, ‘Iraq without me is nothing.’”
Ali says he followed Saddam up the gallows steps, escorted by two guards. He stood over the hole and filmed from close quarters as Saddam dropped through—from “me to you,” he said, crouching down to show how he shot the scene. The distance, he said, was “about one meter,” he said. “He died absolutely, he died instantly.” Ali said Saddam’s body twitched, “shaking, very shaking,” but “no blood,” he said, and “no spit.”
Update (Ian @ 4:29am): Video of Saddam being prepared for death:
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Remember, folks, the same media that is predicting a lot of violence at the announcement of the hanging are the same ones that predicted violence because of his capture (didn’t happen), his trial (didn’t happen), his verdict (didn’t happen) and during each of the elections (didn’t happen).
So don’t be surprised if there isn’t any upheaval this time, either.
crosspatch on December 29, 2006 at 11:48 PM
T
Man! I feel your pain. But the mute works better for me. ;-)
R D on December 29, 2006 at 11:50 PM
Greta and her “commentators” might as well be on msnbc..ridiculous!
Having said that…….“DING DONG THE MONSTER’S DEAD..”
GOOD!
labwrs on December 29, 2006 at 11:50 PM
I really wish we’d just dispose of more of these guys, especially some of the ones we missed out on. I’ll never forgive Carter for Pol Pot. He really made me sick to my stomach.
Vincenzo on December 29, 2006 at 11:53 PM
Oh! I know … Fox should see if they could get Hugh Hewitt to do an evening show! Interview guests by telephone and maybe sometimes have someone in the studio sitting with him for an in-depth interview. He would be great for that kind of a show.
crosspatch on December 29, 2006 at 11:53 PM
Greta “the bulldog” Van Sustern needs to go back to cnn. Replace her with anybody else. Also relating to Fox; Do Not let Colmes on air w/o Hannity to keep it balanced.
R D on December 29, 2006 at 11:58 PM
what’s the over/under on rosie o’donnel saying the execution was wrong.
Vincenzo on December 29, 2006 at 11:59 PM
Rosie will say it was wrong. I put 100 quatloos on that!
R D on December 30, 2006 at 12:02 AM
Wow! According to Fox News, the videos and stills could be released any time. I may stay up a little bit longer for that, since I know the Hot Air crew is all over this.
R D on December 30, 2006 at 12:06 AM
I’ve posted the exclusive video
RightWinged on December 30, 2006 at 12:08 AM
That it is, but that’s Fox. They, and Murdoch, have a weakness for tabloidy crud. Almost nothing on Greta’s show constitutes national news.
jaleach on December 30, 2006 at 12:10 AM
Oh, in reference to Saddam’s execution. Huzzah and all that, but can we send our death row inmates over to Iraq? I much prefer to think of the scum we have in our prisons going to the gallows in a few months versus the one to two decade vacation they receive here.
jaleach on December 30, 2006 at 12:12 AM
Greta’s show is still better than anything on the other networks, except Glen Beck.
R D on December 30, 2006 at 12:16 AM
Can you people PLEASE stop with the fake s**t?
Yeah, funny once.
Twice, sorta.
FIVE TIMES… no.
Ugly on December 30, 2006 at 12:17 AM
I’m with you on that one!
R D on December 30, 2006 at 12:18 AM
Greta’s show is better than “anything”? Excuse me? During the Scott Peterson case it was day after day after day after day … then it was Aruba … I have no idea what subject she is driving at (over and over and over and over) these days, I stopped watching.
crosspatch on December 30, 2006 at 12:20 AM
Get a load of the @sshats over at Editor and Publisher:
Quick, someone nominate them for the Walter Duranty award.
Laura on December 30, 2006 at 12:20 AM
I’d like to take this opportunity to dedicate one of my favorite Led Zeppelin songs to Saddam … Gallows Pole!
(link is Plant/Page performing the song in 1996)
Lyrics:
Hangman, hangman, hold it a little while,
I Think I see my friends coming, Riding a many mile.
Friends, you get some silver?
Did you get a little gold?
What did you bring me, my dear friends? Keep me from the Gallows Pole.
What did you bring me to keep me from the Gallows Pole?
I couldn’t get no silver, I couldn’t get no gold,
You know that we’re too damn poor to keep you from the Gallows Pole.
Hangman, hangman, hold it a little while,
I think I see my brother coming, riding many a mile.
Brother, you get me some silver?
Did you get a little gold?
What did you bring me, my brother, to keep me from the Gallows Pole?
Brother, I brought you some silver, yeah.
I brought a little gold, I brought a little of everything
To keep you from the Gallows Pole.
Yes, I brought you to keep you from the Gallows Pole.
Hangman, hangman, turn your head awhile,
I think I see my sister coming, riding many mile, mile, mile.
Sister, I implore you, take him by the hand,
Take him to some shady bower, save me from the wrath of this man,
Please take him, save me from the wrath of this man, man.
Hangman, hangman, upon your face a smile,
Tell me that I’m free to ride,
Ride for many mile, mile, mile.
Oh yes, you got a fine sister, She warmed my blood from cold,
She warmed my blood to boiling hot to keep you from the Gallows Pole,
Your brother brought me silver, Your sister warmed my soul,
But now I laugh and pull so hard And see you swinging from the Gallows Pole
But now I laugh and pull so hard And see you swinging from the Gallows Pole
Swingin’ on the gallows pole!
thirteen28 on December 30, 2006 at 12:24 AM
My apologies if others had posted the same thing… I was unaware, just thought folks might get a kick out of it.
RightWinged on December 30, 2006 at 12:25 AM
Or how about just a retard award?
thirteen28 on December 30, 2006 at 12:25 AM
Well then, you can have Nancy “The Murderer” Grace, on cnn.
R D on December 30, 2006 at 12:27 AM
gee, i wonder how our resident liberal trolls are feeling right now, now that one of their best friends is dead.
Starblazer on December 30, 2006 at 12:31 AM
crosspatch
I’ll admit that Nancy is better to look at, but if you close you’re eyes, Greta wins.
R D on December 30, 2006 at 12:31 AM
Proverbs 11:10 “When the righteous prosper, the city rejoices; when the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy.”
Now Saddam is being greeted in hell by the million or so souls that HE sent there. Saddam, c’mon over here baby. You have some ’splainin’ to do.
Mojave Mark on December 30, 2006 at 12:32 AM
Choosing between those two reminds me of the old junior high sleepover question: Would you rather slide down a razor blade into a vat of acid or suck a baby’s nose until its head caves in?
I mean, do we really have to choose between the Missing White Women Show and the Accusatory Shrieking Banshee Hour? None Of The Above, thanks.
Laura on December 30, 2006 at 12:33 AM
Does everyone get a sickening feeling that the MSM will mourn more for Saddam than Gerald Ford?
kevcad on December 30, 2006 at 12:35 AM
Laura: The really funny part is how E&P missed the fact that the statement was inherently ironic - it can’t be delivered otherwise.
It just wasn’t snarky, which is what E&P THINKS irony means.
Merovign on December 30, 2006 at 12:37 AM
And while the Kos kids and the MSM mourn Saddam, I’ll be mourning right alongside them — but not because the Iraqis hung their former dictator, but because that bastard Slobodan Milošević cheated all of us. Oh well. Bygones, I guess. Chemical Ali is the next one up (to be tried). My outlook for the future is starting to feel upbeat.
CyberCipher on December 30, 2006 at 12:37 AM
Kevcad has a point, when Gerald died CBS didn’t even cover it until they got called on it. I’m sure thet CBS will have human rights organizations on telling the world how evil it was to kill poor little Saddam.
webdemon on December 30, 2006 at 12:40 AM
Now see? As much as I can’t stand Islam at least they understand that much about human rights and what life is worth. Life is too precious to be wasted by the likes of Saddam Hussein. He had to suffer the worst possible consequences for his actions.
armyvet on December 30, 2006 at 12:43 AM
Laura, you may be showing your age with that quote, although I heard it a little different when I was growing up. But onto your other statement. No, we don’t have to watch either one. I don’t.
R D on December 30, 2006 at 12:45 AM
I said a few months ago when Israel went into southern Lebanon to “clear out” the Hezballah strongholds that it must suck being a liberal when you have to side with the Hezballah just because you hate George Bush that much. Man it must suck being a liberal - you’re just constantly at odds with your own country.
Do they suck on lemons all day? How awful. I’m actually starting to feel sorry for them - NOT!
armyvet on December 30, 2006 at 12:47 AM
kevcad
I get that feeling too. It is a sad feeling.
R D on December 30, 2006 at 12:49 AM
The thing is, once someone has exhausted all means of appeal (as Saddam did under the legal system in Iraq), there is no point to postponing the execution. It is cruel for the accused to keep that hanging over their head, it is also cruel to families of victims and to survivors of his brutality. In addition, it is cruel to the general population to keep a dictator alive who still commands the loyalty of many insurgents who would still attempt to bring him to power in the future if they could, or at least spirit him out of the country to a safe exile someplace.
The kindest thing for all involved it to simply bring the situation to a close as quickly as possible. And it was so done.
Now … if we could just get some pictures …
crosspatch on December 30, 2006 at 12:53 AM
Not your link specifically
ALL the fake links to pics, videos, etc, purporting to show Saddam’s hanging.
No offense meant.
Ugly on December 30, 2006 at 12:54 AM
Drudge has this:
http://www.drudgereport.com/sh1.jpg
Ugly on December 30, 2006 at 12:56 AM
any bets that the Hollywood left will make a movie about their hero Saddam, i’m guessing that Michael Moore will direct it. Cindy Sheehan will probably play one of his wives. does anyone have any suggestions on who should play Saddam and what other role can any liberal actor play.
Starblazer on December 30, 2006 at 12:57 AM
correction - and what other roles can any liberal actor play in this movie
Starblazer on December 30, 2006 at 12:58 AM
Not according to the liberals. Here’s a quote from one of yesterday’s threads:
I responded with
I was probably lucky that I didn’t get banned.
CyberCipher on December 30, 2006 at 1:00 AM
Allac Baldwin would love to play that roll. It would be the best roll he’s played since Malice, and he wasn’t even good in that. The best roll he has had recently is the fat slob in “The Cat in the Hat” He would make Saddam’s character likeable and snuggly. A real teddy bear that got framed.
webdemon on December 30, 2006 at 1:01 AM
LOL Now THAT’S a good reply. They didn’t ban you cause you were just telling the truth.
“Just the facts ma’am.”
armyvet on December 30, 2006 at 1:03 AM
Saddam already did that some time back. He was the brave hero in an ambush he was part of, where he was shot in the leg. I’m pretty sure Baghdad’s film industry once rivaled Bollywood *cough*
Editor on December 30, 2006 at 1:07 AM
Most of us grew up watching “The Wizard Of Oz” at Christmastime. Can you imagine the PC liberal outcry at the Munchkins’ “Ding Dong the Witch is Dead” were it to come out today? “OMG, the right-wing Christian theocrats are persecuting those poor Wiccans!”
@thirteen28: Playing that song now as we speak. \m/ \m/
infidel4life on December 30, 2006 at 1:09 AM
Probably like the Kurd’s felt while Hussein was having them gassed.
Goodbye and good riddence.
BacaDog on December 30, 2006 at 1:10 AM
hey E.L., what did that terrorist supporting Alan Colmes say that made you yell at the t.v. which is understandable when it come that moron. i’ve done that many times before when that idiot comes on. i reallty feel sorry for Sean Hannity
Starblazer on December 30, 2006 at 1:11 AM
BBC is reporting he was hooded:
crosspatch on December 30, 2006 at 1:13 AM
With a gray beard, black hair and a bit of imagination you might have your man for the Saddam role.
Entelechy on December 30, 2006 at 1:14 AM
Funny I don’t yell at the TV when Alan comes on. I go into a little dream state where in my visions I am beating allan with a chair “Smack Down” style, or telling him to shut the F*&# up! Either way it gets me through the show until Sean comes back on.
webdemon on December 30, 2006 at 1:15 AM
Sean Penn=Uday Ben Aflack (quack) afleck?=Qusay.
R D on December 30, 2006 at 1:15 AM
I think Dennis Miller should play Saddam.
crosspatch on December 30, 2006 at 1:16 AM
Starblazer, search on ‘Colmes’ on this thread.
Entelechy on December 30, 2006 at 1:20 AM
BBC Morning show just said he was “either first hooded and then asked for it to be removed or refused the hood.”
He was not hooded, according to BBC, but I guess the video will tell.
Editor on December 30, 2006 at 1:21 AM
I suppose if you like drama, Hollyweird’s choice of Brolin would be adequate. He is loonier than George Clooney.
I like comedy. How about Danny Devito? That little twerp is pure evil.
CyberCipher on December 30, 2006 at 1:21 AM
Then BBC is publishing conflicting reports
LINK
crosspatch on December 30, 2006 at 1:23 AM
Sean Penn is too small to play Uday.
Entelechy on December 30, 2006 at 1:24 AM
No No No. Devito HAS to be Baghdad Bob!
R D on December 30, 2006 at 1:25 AM
*gasp* They never!
Editor on December 30, 2006 at 1:29 AM
How long before Hugo Chavez trades his Che Guevara T-Shirt for a Saddam one?
5-4-3-2….
infidel4life on December 30, 2006 at 1:29 AM
Sean Penn is too small to play anything. I just thought it would be good to see the killing of Uday/Sean.
R D on December 30, 2006 at 1:29 AM
Dennis Miller as Saddam with Mr. T and Jacky Chan as Uday and Qusay.
crosspatch on December 30, 2006 at 1:30 AM
Wait. Maybe Hugo could play Saddam. Then. When the execution scene comes at the end, well, you know.
CyberCipher on December 30, 2006 at 1:32 AM
Damn…Fox keeps teasing that they will get the videos and pictures at any moment now. I think I’ll trust AP. (Our AP)
R D on December 30, 2006 at 1:34 AM
“See-dubya” is stepping on Allahpundit’s toes on this one.
middleroad on December 30, 2006 at 1:35 AM
I like the way you think, CC.
infidel4life on December 30, 2006 at 1:38 AM
Maybe you and I are the only ones that really know how this is supposed to work?
R D on December 30, 2006 at 1:39 AM
How long do you think it will take someone to set the hanging to music? I’ll try, I’m looking for the appropriate music right now.
webdemon on December 30, 2006 at 1:40 AM
Another One Bites The Dust?
I’ll Be Home For Christmas?
Highway To Hell?
Dead Man’s Curve?
Leader Of The Pack?
He’s A Rebel?
infidel4life on December 30, 2006 at 1:48 AM
webdemon, anything from Les Miserables would do…
…but Fox just displayed “Saddam struggled when taken from his cell”. He was invited to a “necktie party” where he was to be the guest of honor. Somehow, though, he was scared.
“Courage”, as his friend Dan Rather would say…
Today/tonight I missed our trolls the most.
The leftie media and blogs are highly hypocritical and amusing once more. Totally predictable and yet…no heart for the victims, no concept what a dictator is.
…how I wish to finance for them to be forced to live under tyranny for a predetermined period, without knowing that they could return to their (ignorant) freedom.
Entelechy on December 30, 2006 at 1:52 AM
no “Young Jeezy” huh?
How about “Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life?”
webdemon on December 30, 2006 at 1:55 AM
Slipknot?
webdemon on December 30, 2006 at 1:56 AM
My Ex-Wife took the Le-Mis CD and I didn’t have it copied… I don’t have that on but let me check my P2P… Legally of course.
webdemon on December 30, 2006 at 1:57 AM
Yeah, but once we start hangin’ people, it’s hard to stop. For that reason, it’s probably a good thing they weren’t here. I’d be tempted.
CyberCipher on December 30, 2006 at 1:58 AM
Yeah, what was with Alan Colmes playing the ‘kumbaya, let’s not kill Saddam because he might give us new intel’ line of B.S.? He kept going OVER and over the fact that GHWB was photographed shaking hands with Saddam Hussain. BFD. Who cares, Alan Corpse? I’m beginning to really believe Alan is truly mentally retarded.
Saddam more valuable alive? Gimme a freakin’ break!
MsUnderestimated on December 30, 2006 at 1:58 AM
How about Heretic anthem?
webdemon on December 30, 2006 at 2:01 AM
In elementary school I remember friends wearing “So damn insane” t-shirts with Saddams’s face on them, and “Wanted Dead or
AliveDead” ones.This marks the end of a very long chapter in the book of dictators.
Next! (ahem, Hugo, Kim…)
I don’t know what’s more surprising- that this actually went throught without Sheehan using herself as a human shield of some sort, or that T-shirts like those described above were once allowed in school instead of just Che Guevara ones.
NTWR on December 30, 2006 at 2:02 AM
Well, if he had gotten the electric chair, I would suggest “You light up my life” but for a hanging … I dunno … how about “Wear my ring around your neck” by Elvis Presley
crosspatch on December 30, 2006 at 2:02 AM
Hmmm. Elvis huh? How about “You ain’t nothing but a hung dog, u-huh-huh.”
CyberCipher on December 30, 2006 at 2:06 AM
Must be a sad day for Michael Moore who would like us to believe that Iraqi was such a lovely place before the war.
RightWinged on December 30, 2006 at 2:14 AM
By the way Moore is on the sarcastic congratulations “Bush got his revenge” bandwagon as well, and still talking about those “16 words” that we all KNOW were ACCURATE! Not only is this retarded, why is that part of his headline right now? 16 words? WTF does that have to do with millions of Iraqis getting to put to death the man who killed hundreds of thousands, if not millions of his own people?
RightWinged on December 30, 2006 at 2:17 AM
With apologies to Roger Miller:
“Hang me! Hang me! They just took a rope and, hang me!”
and…
“Hussein swings like a dictator do….”
;-)
kevcad on December 30, 2006 at 2:19 AM
All of a sudden, I feel really old.
R D on December 30, 2006 at 2:21 AM
I just shot off a quick email to Ian and Allah… doubt they’ll capture and post the video becuase it’s not really their kind of thing, but thought I’d mention it for HA readers… because I’m lazy I’m just going to paste the subject and content of my email:
RightWinged on December 30, 2006 at 2:25 AM
Working on a couple of test songs here, just waiting for them to upload to my site…
webdemon on December 30, 2006 at 2:25 AM
This is a huge defeat for the worldwide “progressive” movement and a huge embarrassment for their MSM megaphones. The man who personified resistance to Bush - the very core of “progressive” self-image - has been deposed, caught and hanged. The ones who aren’t openly condemning his execution (like many in Europe) are silently smoldering and plotting revenge, which will undoubtedly include increased “progressive” support for Iran, Syria, Hezbollah, Hamas and even al-Qaeda. Since 9/11 they’ve gotten hold of Spain, the US congress, and will most likely take over England after Blair. This hanging will ignite more of their bad-will.
One can only hope the Iraqis make a strong statement shoving it in the face of “progressives” who marched in 2003 to save that evil monster and who’ve done nothing but ridicule the nascient Iraqi democracy ever since. Winning the war, now more than ever, means exposing the Fifth Column - and now’s a good time to see their real sympathies on display.
Halley on December 30, 2006 at 2:28 AM
And if you were offended by the whole “Madonna hanging on a cross” thing, wait until you see who the Kos Kidz have hanging on the cross (in a photoshopped image).
Of course, if we were REALLY all as bad as what they are saying we are, they’d all be dead by tomorrow morning for insulting our religion. How can that many people all simultaneously compete for the same Darwin award?
CyberCipher on December 30, 2006 at 2:33 AM
RightWinged on December 30, 2006 at 2:25 AM
If they think this trial was unfair, here’s a reminder for them, from the Ceausescu executions:
- Dec. 22, 1989 - tried to flee - were captured
- Dec. 25, 1989 - both executed by firing squad, with numerous volunteers, who refused the procedural ‘blind’ bullets. By the time the orders were given, they were already obliterated. I have the tape.
Nothing about those procedings is worth dwelling on. And the world and Romania moved on…regardless of what the media thought…And, yes, the media and the lefties thought it was barbaric.
Entelechy on December 30, 2006 at 2:37 AM
It seems that the Kos Kidz are not only convinced that
Bush == Hitler
but, as of today,
Saddam == Jesus
More evidence that liberals can’t balance their own checkbook.
CyberCipher on December 30, 2006 at 2:39 AM
CyberCipher
25% of the world are retards. And then there are those that believe them….
R D on December 30, 2006 at 2:45 AM
“25% of the world are retards”
By definition, 50% of the population is of below the median intelligence level … and it only takes 50% + 1 person to win an election.
I suppose that is why our founders were so adamant that our country be a republic and not a democracy.
crosspatch on December 30, 2006 at 2:50 AM
A new definition of ‘nothing’:
Entelechy on December 30, 2006 at 2:51 AM
Sweet - they shot it in HD. Hanging in 16×9.
Editor on December 30, 2006 at 2:53 AM
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