Posted 11:06 PM by Floyd

InstantMan linked to a story about a political song mocking German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder. The song was interesting, partly because of the weird lyrics that probably make more sense in German. I noticed this statement near the end:

Schroeder, who has thick black hair, won a court bid in May to stop a news agency repeating a suggestion that he dyed it.

You know, if I lived in a country that had been the home of the most vicious and destructive totalitarian state known to man, I would want that country to have a strong commitment to civil liberties. I don't remember Ronald Reagan -- you remember, the horrible cowboy ogre who offended the peace-loving Europeans every day he was in office -- ever attempting to censor anyone in the American media who asked how a 70 year old man could have such lustrous black hair.