Showing posts with label Michigan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Michigan. Show all posts

Friday, December 29, 2006

Well hung

The listed 'story highlights' on CNN's article about Saddam Hussein's execution are currently the following:

• NEW: Hussein refused to wear black hood
• NEW: Hussein told witness, "Don't be afraid"
• NEW: Bush praises Iraqis for giving fair trial
• Celebrations break out in Baghdad and Michigan


Not to make light of things, but I can't help being amused by the 4th highlight. It sounds like the punchline to a joke.

(Now I'll read the article and see if there's a good reason for their being celebrations in Michigan versus other places in the U.S. -- and perhaps have egg on my face for being insensitive, but we'll see what's in the article.)

Update: Apparently, Dearborn, Michigan has the largest "concentration" (although I think the article actually means raw population) of Iraqi-Americans in the United States. (I wouldn't have guessed that.) So, my comment was a bit insensitive, but I still think that headline is amusing, and I'm not going to lie to myself and pretend otherwise.