Monday, May 05, 2008

The Clown of Turkmenistan

Look Everyone, Im a moronHow does any country anywhere let bozos like this amass this much power?

Nobody, and I mean nobody, is this important.

A 246-foot tall, rocket ship-like monument to the late ruler of Turkmenistan, topped with a golden statue of himself that rotates to always face the sun, will be removed from the center of the Turkmen capital, state news media there have reported.

A decision by President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov to move the monument was his latest step in dismantling the personality cult of Saparmurat Niyazov, whose often bizarre decrees turned the isolated, energy-rich country into the punch line of a bad international joke.


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