Saddam Hussein asked us to create the soundtrack to his execution shindig this weekend. Thoughts?* “Dead Man Walking,” Bruce Springsteen
* “25 Minutes to Go,” Johnny Cash
* “Gallows Pole,” Led Zeppelin
* “Let Him Dangle,” Elvis Costello
* “Hang On,” Teenage Fanclub
-- Rolling Stone
That's amusing enough, albiet in poor taste (in a Rantburg kind of way), but the reaction in the comment box by one of the compassionate antiwar crowd is pure comic gold:
From a journalistic stand-point, for a publication with the historical significance of RS to post something like this is really an embarrassing sign of the times . . . Essentially, you are mocking the life-works of artists like Bob Dylan and John Lennon who represent your audience.
(h/t "Relaped Catholic")