Gotta Feel for Cardinal Fans in Libya

Yesterday they get news that ace pitcher Adam Wainwright could be lost for the year, and today all signs point to the fact that their leader has done gone lost his mind.  When he's not blaming bin Laden for hooking up his citizens with drugs, Colonel Gaddafi's wondering why no one is trying to finish the job Reggie Jackson started.  In a rambling phone call to a local news station in Libya, Gaddafi let off this gem: "There are people who have been in power longer than me, like Queen Elizabeth of Britain. And nothing's happened to her."  Maybe we should go to the tale of the tape to see just how similar these two are.

Gaddafi's been linked to some pretty horrific events the past 40 years.  For brevity's sake, let's just name a couple of the bigger ones.  First off, we've got the Black September movement that carried out the Munich massacre at the 1972 Olympics.  Rumor has it that Gaddafi financially backed these terrorists (apparently Eric Bana and friends were unable to locate Gaddafi during their quest for revenge).  Then we've got the 1986 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, allegedly ordered by Gaddafi--for which Libya later admitted responsibility.  Gaddafi is also responsible for the attempted murder of Doc Brown at the Twin Pines Mall just a year before the Pan Am bombing.  Sprinkle in executions of any dissidents brave enough to speak out against him (even hunting these 'disloyal citizens' in other countries), and Gaddafi pretty much encompasses all of the worst parts of the Bible.

Queen Elizabeth, on the other hand, has her own demons from the past.  She's been known to serve lukewarm tea on occasion.  She fell asleep at a dinner in 1997.  That same year, she told a racist joke to a group of children.  After a bumpy '97, she laid low until 2005, when she got liquored up and dropped a 'c bomb' on Prince Harry's then-girlfriend after a heated cricket match.  Since then, she's been squeaky clean.  Despite that, I've heard rumblings that a team of Navy SEALs and Army Rangers are constantly on her tail--just waiting for the green light from DC.  RTB's Washington correspondent could neither confirm nor deny this report.  It's safe to say that our government agrees with Gaddafi--enough is enough Liz!

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