Shaping up to be the Worst Week Ever...Ever

Some of the worst news to surface recently:

Vladimir Putin announced that he will run for Russia's Prime Minister, neglecting to add that his replacement as president is a complete puppet.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/10/01/russia.putin.ap/index.html?iref=newssearch

While denouncing torture in public, the Bush Administration had found loopholes to approve extreme torture in private.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/04/washington/04interrogate.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

Myanmar, if at all possible, has taken a turn for the worse. Journalists are being harrassed more than ever and telephone lines and internet connections are being severed in order to halt the flow of information to the outside world.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/10/04/myanmar.capital.ap/index.html?iref=newssearch

Worst Week Ever

This week could be subtitled "World's Most Disasterous Subjects". (Myanmar, Iraq, Bush, Airlines, and Iran) But it's not. It's the Worst Week Ever.

1. Myanmar.
2. A bait strategy used by United States snipers to kill those who are alledgedly insurgents. The irony: it was invented by the insurgents.
3. Bush's stance on healthcare, specifically because he is expected to deny millions of children access to healthcare because it comes to close to his definition of universal healthcare. And he says the Dems are playing politics.
4. Carol Ann Gotbaum died after trying to escape handcuffs after being arrested for disruptive behavior. Will Gotbaum be the name that the masses yell when The Passanger Uprising of 2007 begins? I hope so.
5. The handling of Ahmadinejad's visit to Columbia University. Yes, the man is a complete crackpot. But he was also a guest. Save the belittling him until he spews his filth.

Political Cartoon of the Week

So far, this is one of the only cartoons dealing with the blatant human rights violations and senseless violence in Myanmar, including the killing of a Japanese photojournalist.