The Great Myanmar Debate

From today's Onion.

As an aside, I'd rather see a baked potato named man of the year than the guys who invented YouTube, who didn't invent YouTube this year but sold it to Google for more money than they deserved, setting off a frenzy of bullshit Web 2.0 companies in the tech sector. I'm all for Web 2.0, but I'm not for a tulip fiasco. Anyhoo--

Dictator Slays Millions In Last-Minute Push To Be Time's Man Of The Year

YANGON, MYANMAR Although Than Shwe is considered a sadistic and merciless tyrant within the borders of Myanmar, his human-rights abuses have long been ignored in the international media.

What's actually up with Than Shwe http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Than_Shwe&oldid=93916121