Calling all comedians

As the comedy show in New York winds down its long-running counterpart in Baghdad meanders right along.

Let's recap: after the chief judge practically walked over and kissed Saddam's rear in open court the tribubal protested and al-Maliki fired him. His replacement started day one by playing "the new sheriff in town" game, kicking lawyers and dictators out the door in a frenzied shouting match.

When added to the 'surfuric el diablo why does America hate us' UN sideshow surely that's enough stand up comic material to last for months. That's really the only way a rational person can react to such nonsense.

As to Saddam, the highlight of Wednesday's proceedings might have been the following quote, one that should be recorded for posterity's sake:

"This is our personal right" Saddam shouted as he pointed his finger at the judge and pounded his fist on the podium. "You must deal with us as the law dictates."

See, Saddam does cherish the law when it applies to him. But that wasn't the end of the comedy. Human Rights Watch weighed in on the removal of the judge:

"This appears to be improper interference in the independence of the tribunal, and may greatly damage the court,"

Gee, and allowing the chief judge to make prejudicial editorial comments wouldn't? If a Nuremberg judge had told Goering, "yeah, I never thought you were evil, it was the Nazis around you that made you that way", I think he'd have been history.

MORE 9/21/06

The world seems to have no problem believing Chavez might work with Islamic terrorists and vice versa, so long as both are enemies of America. Why then was that standard not applied equally to Saddam? Oh that's right, it was--during the Clinton years.

HARKIN BACK, SENATOR 9/21/06

In defending el Loco Diablo's speech, Senator Tom Harkin uttered these words:

Harkin says, "We tend to forget that a few days after 9-1-1 thousands, thousands of Iranians marched in a candlelight procession in Teheran in support of the United States. Every Muslim country was basically on our side. Just think, in five years, President Bush has squandered all that."

Not so fast, sir. Let me refresh your memory.