>>>This is an interesting take regarding the standing of the US in the eyes of the world. Particularly among the current leaders.
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>>>http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=293411477645900
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>>That site is a hoot! Thanks.
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>I'm sure you'll enjoy the editorial cartoons of their 2008 Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist and Senior editor.
>http://ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=292547745727945
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>Careful though, you may just laugh, despite yourself. ;)

Michael Ramirez lived in Memphis for many years and was editorial cartoonist for the Commercial Appeal (Comical Appeal, Communist Appeal, etc.) He still comes back to town on occasion and does a radio talk show with Mike Fleming (local talk show guy) and also with Paul Shanklin. Paul Shanklin does the parody songs for Rush Limbaugh, and once did one on our voting problems to the tune of Walking in Memphis - Voting in Memphis. I do a weekly radio spot with Mike Fleming called "Thug Thursday" where we "honor" a new recipient of the "Thug of the Week" award. In order to qualify, a person has to have been arrested 100 times or more. We have 140 people who qualify.

How many degrees of separation is that?<g>