on front page Italy's most widely selling newspaper today

[stephinrome]

Vignette on the front page of today's Corriere della Sera.


http://www.corriere.it/gallerie/20061230.shtml

Steph

[Waya]

1. Ouch!

[ContraBass Black]

40. Exactly.

[malaise]

2. A stunning cartoon

Poignant and better than 1,000 words.

[Chipper Chat]

52. France should demand we return the Statue of Liberty.

We dont deserve her anymore.

[liberalnurse]

3. That about sizes thing up alright.

A picture is worth 1,000 words.

[bertha katzenengel]

4. Beautiful. n/t

[aaronbees]

5. That's what we've become

:scared:

[marmar]

6. The rest of the world gets it....

but as witnessed by some of the unbelievable dolts that called in to CSPAN WJ today, there's still a big segment of this country that doesn't.

[illinoisprogressive]

10. The Wingers are primed Today on cspan

These guys are so unbelievable today. and of course, there is the usual caller who is so upset because we don't worship the beloved Bush. They are on all the lines today so everyone can hear how stupid they are.

[Stevepol]

19. Actually, these are the only Repubs left to call in.

And since C-Span has it arranged so they take a Dem caller and Repub caller alternately, half the time you're going to hear the rankest of the rank, the dregs of the Repub party still supporting El Residente.

[LynnTheDem]

28. Forget CSPAN WJ...read some of the DU posts.

You know your country is truly fucked when so many supposed progressives snort and wallow in someone's blood.

[leftchick]

34. Isn't that the truth

:(

[Kerrytravelers]

49. I don't agree with the death penalty, but I know people who do.

No one I know dances a jig of joy over any death. I can't imagine doing so, no matter who the person.

[illinoisprogressive]

7. So true

this is what this country has sunk to. The whole world knows. Everyone in the world know how Bush has ruined our standing in the world.

[Jeanette in FL]

8. Wow

That is a stunning picture. My oh my.

[peacetalksforall]

9. A perfect silhouette of us. Absolutely perfect and accurate.

And I'm sure that's a bible in the left hand.

I pray that I will live to see a reversal of the horror we're spreading and it will show a silhouette of success.

[beam me up scottie]

11. Liberty among the minarets.

Not.

K&R

[sarge43]

12. She was once a symbol of hope.

Thanks heaps Smirky.

[Little Star]

13. I never thought (before*) I'd see the day we would

become such a backward country. Its a pity because we held such great promise...... Shining city in the cesspool.

[Wetzelbill]

14. It truly hurts having our reputation sink this low

Breaks my heart.

[GenDem]

15. WOW -- very powerful

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

16. Exactly. nt

[Callalily]

17. This vignette makes me

sad, just breaks my heart. How ever will we be able to turn things around. I feel helpless, I feel hopeless.

[Stephanie]

18. the world's hangman

quite apt

[Solomon]

20. (bowing head in shame)

[phiddle]

21. Worth a thousand words (at least)

[CrispyQ]

22. Stunningly accurate.

Heartbreaking.

[YankeyMCC]

23. How the mighty have fallen

and isn't it ironic that when you hear that phrase, which I'm sure we will many times over the next few days and more, that it is the US and it's moral standing that people will think about as having fallen not some petty dictator.

[Usrename]

24. What a disgrace.

How can we continue like this?

[Usrename]

25. What a disgrace.

How can we continue like this?

[tblue37]

26. This is from an article on AOL:

http://news.aol.com/topnews/articles/_a/iraqi-government-executes-former/20061229140609990001
U.S. troops cheered as news of Saddam's execution appeared on television at the mess hall at Forward Operating Base Loyalty in eastern Baghdad. But some soldiers expressed doubt that Saddam's death would be a significant turning point for Iraq.

"First it was weapons of mass destruction. Then when there were none, it was that we had to find Saddam. We did that, but then it was that we had to put him on trial," said Spc. Thomas Sheck, 25, who is on his second tour in Iraq. "So now, what will be the next story they tell us to keep us over here?"<emphasis added>

[LuckyLib]

42. tblue37 -- start a thread on this: "What will be the next story they tell us to keep us over there?

It would be interesting to hear the DU weigh-in on this.

[tblue37]

43. OK. (eom)

[LynnTheDem]

27. That sums up worldwide feeling.

If more Americans knew just how the world views America lately, I suspect we'd see bush leaving the WhiteHouse earlier than expected.

Hell, we could perhaps work on actually improving our image by improving our behaviour, as a nation, rather than just spouting propagandistic lies only swallowed by Americans.

[kineneb]

29. An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.

Mahatma Gandhi, (attributed)

pretty much says it all...

we have become the world's hangman.


kb

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

30. We have become the monster we killed.

[windbreeze]

31. Wonderful....

just fucking wonderful...thanks *...
wb

[emald]

32. the only thing I might add to this otherwise excellent cartoon

is gwbushit behind liberty with his middle digit up her ass. It is bushits desire for blood, especially it seems Saddam's blood, that is driving this ugliness. Saddam was an ugly man, responsible for much death and destruction, and who knew nothing of the spiritual beyond that which he could manipulate for his purposes. He deserved to die, but not from the stilted kangaroo court bushit set up. Saddam should have been referred to the world court in the hague, the proper venue I think for this sort of thing. bushit belongs there also, btw.

[XOKCowboy]

33. I'm so proud of my country today...

:sarcasm:

[mod mom]

35. WOW! forwarded to friends. Thanks for posting it.

[Solly Mack]

36. Nothing to say

That pretty much says it all

[calimary]

37. There's your legacy, junior. You've made it ALL of ours.

Feeling perty good today, 'eh, little "cowboy"?

[stephinrome]

38. about the cartoonist...

Emilio Giannelli, was born 25 February 1936 in Siena, where he lives and works. He completed his classical studies at the Enea Silvio Piccolomini Secondary School in Siena, went on to obtain a degree in law at the University of Siena and subsequently qualified as an attorney at the Court of Appeals in Florence.

Giannelli was director of the Monte Paschi di Siena legal office and from 1997-2000, he held the position of Director General of the Monte Paschi di Siena Foundation. He is currently in private practice.

Since his youth, he has cultivated the hobby of humorous drawings and caricatures and has published his drawings in local newspapers, news sheets and goliardic publications. In the early 60s several of his vignettes appeared in the “ Travaso delle idee ” under the direction of Guasta.

In 1980, he contributed to Satyricon , the satirical insert of the “Repubblica” edited by Forattini, Bucchi and Bevilacqua. In 1982, alternating with Bucchi, Giannelli began to publish vignettes on the commentary page of Repubblica under the direction of Scalfaro.

In 1991, he moved on the Corriere della Sera and since then his vignettes have been published every day on the front page of the newspaper.

more at: http://www.premioischia.it/vinc_en.html

[beam me up scottie]

39. Thank you.

He is incredibly insightful.

No words could ever equal the power in that one simple drawing.

[Lena inRI]

47. BRAVISSIMO Signore Giannelli. . .

The wise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the
fool when he speaks--(Yiddish proverb)


La Bella Italia. . .delicious food, gorgeous climate, historical sensibilities, cultural strengths, and now, FREER MAINSTREAM PRESS. . .heck what am I waiting for. . .let me SERIOUSLY expatriate myself al'Italia!

"America the best country". . . NOT ANYMORE. . ."Love it, or leave it". . .YOU BET it's time to leave. . .that's my New Year's resolution numero uno!





:rant: :rant: :rant: :rant: :rant:

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

41. junior better send karen hughes to italy asap.

[diane in sf]

44. Truly disgusting. And what a vicious way

for Bush to treat his former business partner. What a disgusting pack of mobsters.

[aikoaiko]

45. That image speaks for both sides -- its ambiguous.

[ContraBass Black]

46. Which is the side not reflected in most of the comments here?

[aikoaiko]

50. Sure here it speaks to us, but I somewhere else they are saying...

... "Damn right! Liberty brings harsh and swift justice".

or something like that.

[aaronbees]

53. Perhaps, but...

it's hard to look at Lady Liberty -- a symbol of freedom and most importantly welcome to so many not only here but across the globe -- and see her association with a noose as anything but monstrous and sad.

[spanone]

48. Thank You mr. bush*.

:sarcasm:

[Canuckistanian]

51. Wow. That says it all.

Bastards.

K&R.

[midnight]

54. Very effective graphic. This sure does cast the American

image with that dark deadly look. We no longer appear to want to greet with open arms.