Generalísimo Francisco Franco is still dead.....

richlevy · 12-23-2006, 10:40 AM

..and so are these guys.

I'm starting this thread to (dis)honor the memory of those who we are not sad to see go.

Augusto Pinochet - Chile
President Saparmurat Niyazov - Turkmenistan

Probably noone remembers the running gag on Saturday Night Live about Franco, but the fact was that his death was big news due to the power vacuum it left. With the Pact of Madrid Franco was another anti-communist dictator ally of the United States. 30 years after his death, most Amercians forget that Spain was a dictatorship up until 1975.

As for Niyazov, he was another cult-of-personality type, like Kim Jong-il. Noone would have noticed him if it weren't for the natural resources in Turkmenistan and it's strategic location.

After hearing about the death and illness of various Russian figures from radiation and dioxin poisoning, you have to wonder if Niyazov's heart attack was a natural occurrence. If so, well, I'm not going to go all Pat Robertson and advocate the assassination of political leaders, no matter how odious I find them, but you're not going to hear me complain about this one much.

12-23-2006, 10:40 AM	#1
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	Generalísimo Francisco Franco is still dead..... ..and so are these guys. I'm starting this thread to (dis)honor the memory of those who we are not sad to see go. Augusto Pinochet - Chile President Saparmurat Niyazov - Turkmenistan Probably noone remembers the running gag on Saturday Night Live about Franco, but the fact was that his death was big news due to the power vacuum it left. With the Pact of Madrid Franco was another anti-communist dictator ally of the United States. 30 years after his death, most Amercians forget that Spain was a dictatorship up until 1975. As for Niyazov, he was another cult-of-personality type, like Kim Jong-il. Noone would have noticed him if it weren't for the natural resources in Turkmenistan and it's strategic location. After hearing about the death and illness of various Russian figures from radiation and dioxin poisoning, you have to wonder if Niyazov's heart attack was a natural occurrence. If so, well, I'm not going to go all Pat Robertson and advocate the assassination of political leaders, no matter how odious I find them, but you're not going to hear me complain about this one much. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

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