Pino - We Hardly Knew Ye
What is it about Pundits on the Right that they feel the need to express their solidarity with Dictators on the Right? In case you hadn't heard, Pinochet, the former Dictator of Chile, responsible for the torture, disappearance, murder of thousands of civilians in that country - is dead.
Good - right?
Welllll, not if you're on the Right, it seems. Because apparently all that Strongman Thuggery resulted in the trains running on time in Chile. I'm not making this up. The National Post editorial board - admittedly, not the brightest lights on the planet, probably not even the brightest lights in a room with a 20 watt bulb - took great pains to bring us the good side of Pinochet in its editorial today,
This is my favourite line from the eulogy (But read the whole thing - it's quite unbelievable - as in, UNBELIEVABLY WHACK!!):
"But as we contemplate the man's life, it is important that we examine the full picture, and not just the black-and-white villain image that the Western media too often promotes."
What the fuck?! You ARE the Western media you Peabrained Eedjits! Good Gawd in Hell! Has the world turned UPSIDE DOWN?!
But remember when Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher weren't in power yet and General Augustus Pinochet was a brutal Dictator who murdered thousands of people? And then they WERE in power and he was the darling of the Right's "Jellybeans and Tea" set? I mean, it's not just that a democratically elected leader was murdered to make way for a Fascist Thug, with the American C.I.A. playing a lead role in the actual murder part, it's that... no wait... IT IS THAT A DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED LEADER WAS MURDERED TO MAKE WAY FOR A FASCIST THUG!
Imagine, if the brave men, women and children who had protested that reality then, knew that this would be our reality now. That one of our - Canada's - National Newspapers - the editorial board, no less - would be eulogizing their Oppressor, a Murderer of Thousands, because they JUST CAN'T HELP THEMSELVES!
He's not "on the Left", therefore - he can't be ALL bad. Let me ask you, and I'm serious - should there be a ban on editorial board commentaries? Because I really don't think people that stupid should be allowed to take up oxygen someone less stupid could be breathing - let alone take up space in a newspaper. It's a wonder we can't hear the thousands of tortured and murdered rolling over in their graves.
But yes - Pinochet made the trains run on time. I guess that's what matters to the National Post editorial board at the end of the day. Order.
Nevermind the Peace and Good Government part of the ballgame. Well, heck - what am I saying? All George W. Bush needs is a little Order brought to the American economy and he'll be right up there with General Augustus Pinochet, I guess.
Rest in peace. I'll just be here in the corner having an ANEURISM!
