By Larry Pressler is a former Republican senator from South Dakota in the NYT, 03/21/05

Now this, found on Coyote Blog is really funny!

You Know its a Dictatorship When:

Michael Moore portrays the country as a kite-flying paradise

Jimmy Carter sanctioned their last election

The UN certifies that there is no genocide

They…

In addition, some people seem to think that I am arguing that the U.S. is a dictatorship. I DON’T think that the U.S. is a dictatorship. To the contrary, I think that the U.S. IS THE GREATEST DEMOCRACY IN THE WORLD! And this may sound corny, but every day that I read about the terrible things that are going on around the world, I thank my lucky stars that I was born here. I just thought it was ironic that most of the Coyote’s original posts could be applied (some a little loosely) to the this great democracy.

I know I’m being a little too serious for this post, but I’m not a big fan of making light of dictatorships, particularly in light of our continued support and close ties with them when it suits our needs (i.e. Rice is visiting Pakistan this week).

I hope President Bush’s actions in the middle east work out and that in 15, 25, 50 years, we won’t have any more dictatorships in this world. But there is a need for an institution where the world’s nations can come together. Is the U.N. that institution? I don’t know. To say that the U.N. is dysfunction, inept, and counter-productive is putting it kind. But what has the U.S. done to fix the U.N.? Maybe it can’t be fixed, but I’m not a fan of just bashing it either. I’m hopeful that John Bolton’s blunt approach is what is needed to begin reforming the U.N. But if the U.N. can’t be made to work, then what is the U.S. still doing as part of it? If it can’t be made to work, don’t we need to create another institution where the world’s nations can come together to deal with political, economic, environmental, and social issues?

Sorry to be so serious and rain on everyone’s parade.

……You know it’s a dictatorship when CNN has to change the camera angle to keep the mass graves out of the picture.

Yeah, CNN and the rest of the leftist media dependably in Walter Durranty mode.

……. When you receive the verbal or material support of former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark.

Never met a socialist mass butcher he didnt like.

…… Your country’s internal security policies regarding the imprisonment of librarians and permanent quarantine of the HIV-infected are spun by your foreign admirers as proof of the super-high national literacy rate and far-sighted, progressive national health care system.

He left out the part of sending them abroad while holding relatives at gunpoint back “home” to keep them from defecting

Clintons scheme of keeping a Cuban slave surrounded by Castros invited Cuban Killers on American SOIL !!!, was a nice touch, showing just how “centrist”, ahem, a dependably morally obtuse leftist he truely was.

…… When you issue Fatwahs against book authors and send sharp-tongued teenage girls to the gallows.

Brothers Hussein used em for sex toys and live tiger food, Mc Dermit flew to Iraq to get a piece of that action, I suspect.

Course, that would only raise his status with the morally obtuse leftists that elected him, perhaps his co-patriot could comment on Saddamns day care centers.

How about this, you know your a leftist hellhole with mass graves but good Socialist credentials when you get visuts from the likes of Billy Carter and Roger Clinton and maddie bomber Albright gives you accolades on the fine food the good cognac and the massive parade dancing.

With only 3 shot in the head after you left for falling out of step.

Coyote Blog has a hilarious, and largely true list of “You Know It’s a Dictatorship When…” Pay special attention to his last link, which covers the link between long-term economic freedom and economic prosperity.