Weird, how much this bugs me.

[apocalypsos]

The top three sarcastic responses I made in my head to Saddam Hussein's execution:

1. I haven't checked Guinness yet. Did we beat the land-speed record for execution?
2. So now will the Iraqi people be giving me my pony?
3. Great news! I've always wanted world peace!

I know he was a dictator and all, but something about the whole thing makes me cringe.

I was just asking someone at work the other day who they thought the third celebrity death would be after James Brown and Gerald Ford. Funny, you think I would have put my (not really any) money on Saddam.

Comments

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

That's cool. This is just the post to be a miserable git on. ;)

And dude, I'm not one of the ones you've got to tell any of this to. The ones who watch Fox News and think that this was a fair and balanced trial and that we'll be looked at as heroes for this, too? Those are the schmucks we've got to worry about.

[cdybedahl.livejournal.com]

I know you're one of the sensible ones. I've seen enough posts from the other ones today (although, on the good side, far fewer than I expected too). It's just that I've been on the Internet for long enough that I got tired of debating with that kind of person during the first USA-Iraq war, so mostly I've been practicing Shut Up-Fu this time around. This seemed like moderatly safe place to let out a little steam :-)

[lots42.livejournal.com]

The ones who expect reality from Fox News should be worried about. (Fox, or CBS, ABC, NBC, The Today Show, Colbert Report...none of them focus on reality)