[lbo-talk] Fwd: more from The Onion...

joanna bujes joanna.bujes at sun.com
Thu Apr 24 13:22:46 PDT 2003



>Tortured Ugandan Political Prisoner Wishes Uganda Had Oil
>
>KAMPALA, UGANDA—A day after having his hands amputated by soldiers backing
>President Yoweri Museveni's brutal regime, Ugandan political prisoner
>Otobo Ankole expressed regret Monday over Uganda's lack of oil reserves.
>"I dream of the U.S. one day fighting for the liberation of the oppressed
>Ugandan people," said Ankole as he nursed his bloody stumps. "But, alas,
>our number-one natural resource is sugar cane." Ankole, whose wife,
>parents, and five children were among the 4,000 slaughtered in Uganda's
>ethnic killings of 2002, then bowed his head and said a prayer for petroleum.
>
>* * * * *
>
>http://www.theonion.com/onion3915/new_fox_reality_show.html
>
>New Fox Reality Show to Determine Ruler of Iraq
>
>LOS ANGELES—Fox executives Monday unveiled their latest reality-TV
>venture, Appointed By America, a new series in which contestants vie for
>the top spot in Iraq's post-war government...
>
>[snip]
>
>
>"What is hateful to you, do not to your fellow man. That is the entire
>Law; all the rest is commentary."
>
>--Rabbi Hillel
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