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Both Stroessner (93) and Botha (90) died earlier this year.

Is Pinochet next?

I predict he'll be six feet under by the end of the year.

what about castro?
for all we know he could already be dead

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6203476.stm

Both Stroessner (93) and Botha (90) died earlier this year.

Is Pinochet next?

I predict he'll be six feet under by the end of the year.

And Hussein has been sentanced to death and Milosevic died in March from a heart attack.

what about castro?
for all we know he could already be dead

Castro's neither right-wing nor an ex-dictator.

And Hussein has been sentanced to death and Milosevic died in March from a heart attack.

Neither of them were right-wing, though.

what about castro?
for all we know he could already be dead

Castro isn't dead yet...if he was they would have had a state funeral for him in Havana by now.

Neither of them were right-wing, though.

Weren't they? Well neither were exactly left wing or liberal either were they?

Castro's neither right-wing nor an ex-dictator.

depends on your definition of right-wing (i'd say authoritarian as much as right-wing economically)
also, he will be an ex-dictator once he's dead

Castro isn't dead yet...if he was they would have had a state funeral for him in Havana by now.

they might still be working out who should take over
won't do the regime any good if that takes too long after the funeral

depends on your definition of right-wing (i'd say authoritarian as much as right-wing economically)
also, he will be an ex-dictator once he's dead

Authoritarian does not mean Right Wing. As he is a socialist/communist he is a left-wing dictator, just as Stalin was.

Castro isn't dead yet...if he was they would have had a state funeral for him in Havana by now.

Latin American leftists do have this bizarre habit of keeping dead people "alive" long after their deaths.

Weren't they? Well neither were exactly left wing or liberal either were they?

Hussein was a socialist in bed with the U.S.S.R. Milosevic was a former member of the Communist Party.

I predict he'll be six feet under by the end of the year.

I'd wager more on circa 2 metres.

I want Pinochet to live to be the oldest man in the world. He deserves every minute of it.

I want Pinochet to live to be the oldest man in the world. He deserves every minute of it.

Why?

Why?

Because his medical problems will make him suffer for every single minute.

they might still be working out who should take over
won't do the regime any good if that takes too long after the funeral

If they were working out who should be leader we would have heard by now - theremust be so many wanting the job that they must be prepared to do anything to get support for their bid to replace him.

Because his medical problems will make him suffer for every single minute.

Good point. :D

Hussein was a socialist in bed with the U.S.S.R. Milosevic was a former member of the Communist Party.

I apologise for my mistake. Shall we just say that its been a bad year for ex-dictators in general?

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/12/03/pinochet.heart/index.html

Pinochet is in critical condition. He receive his last rites.

Quick! Predict I'll win $50 million and retire to a lovely house with a nice swampy back yard and be constantly harassed by nubile young nymphomaniacs.

Please. :)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6203476.stm

Both Stroessner (93) and Botha (90) died earlier this year.

Is Pinochet next?

I predict he'll be six feet under by the end of the year.

its a good year for ex dictators when they get to die in their own beds rather than in the prison they deserve to be in (or in front of a firing squad)

Because his medical problems will make him suffer for every single minute.

LOL:D

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/12/03/pinochet.heart/index.html

Pinochet is in critical condition. He receive his last rites.

Quick! Predict I'll win $50 million and retire to a lovely house with a nice swampy back yard and be constantly harassed by nubile young nymphomaniacs.

Please. :)

I predict you'll become the world's richest clown and win a lifetime supply of tacos! :D

its a good year for ex dictators when they get to die in their own beds rather than in the prison they deserve to be in (or in front of a firing squad)

At least they're dying...right?

I predict you'll become the world's richest clown and win a lifetime supply of tacos! :D

YAY! :D

Because his medical problems will make him suffer for every single minute.

Awww, man, you stole what I wanted to say! Now YOU will get the cookie! :(

*Hands a cookie to Andaluciae, dejectedly*

:D

Because his medical problems will make him suffer for every single minute.

I laughed when I read this, 'cause I was thinking the same thing. :D

what about castro?
for all we know he could already be dead

Wasn't Castro left wing?

Castro isn't dead yet...if he was they would have had a state funeral for him in Havana by now.

I don't know... I can kinda imagine the Cubans having a little fun seeing how long they can make people think he's till alive. Like, if you ever saw that film where those guys had to pretend their friend wasn't dead so they could claim a cash prize or something, like that, but with Castro.



(P.S. I thought the film was called Drop Dead Fred, but that's something different, so, multiple points for whoever knows what film I'm talking about...)

I don't know... I can kinda imagine the Cubans having a little fun seeing how long they can make people think he's till alive. Like, if you ever saw that film where those guys had to pretend their friend wasn't dead so they could claim a cash prize or something, like that, but with Castro.



(P.S. I thought the film was called Drop Dead Fred, but that's something different, so, multiple points for whoever knows what film I'm talking about...)

Weekend at Bernie's. :)

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/12/03/pinochet.heart/index.html

Pinochet is in critical condition. He receive his last rites.

Quick! Predict I'll win $50 million and retire to a lovely house with a nice swampy back yard and be constantly harassed by nubile young nymphomaniacs.

Please. :)

But can he last until January?

But can he last until January?

My gut tells me no.

Then again, my gut doesn't have a brain, so lol. :p

But can he last until January?

They basically had to restart his heart with a plunger. It doesn't look good.

Hussein was a socialist

Whose party came to power in a coup against a (relatively) leftist regime that was deemed too close to the Iraqi Communist Party.

(P.S. I thought the film was called Drop Dead Fred, but that's something different, so, multiple points for whoever knows what film I'm talking about...)
What is Waking Ned Devine (or just Waking Ned if you're a damn furner)?

Whose party came to power in a coup against a (relatively) leftist regime that was deemed too close to the Iraqi Communist Party.

By socialist, I mean state socialist. Not the brand you (and most NS socialists) follow.