Who said this? Test your smarts! Political quiz!
POSTED BY: SignyM
UPDATED: Monday, April 24, 2006 20:29
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1. "If the President orders it, that makes it legal"
a) Vladimir Putin, with regard to jailing oil businessman Mikhail Khodorkovsky and nationalizing the Yukos oil company.
b) Richard Nixon, with regard to the Huston Plan, which advocated wiretappings, "black bag jobs", mail openings and infiltration against antiwar groups and others.
c) Alberto Gonzales, with regard to W Bush's extra-FISA wiretaps.
d) Saddam Hussein, with regard to the execution of alleged rebels.
2) Known first as a businessman, this national leader encouraged deregulation and then presided over years of major business scandals and corruption involving his closest business associates and losses of hundred of billions of dollars. This man is
a) Alberto Fujimori, Peru (exiled in Japan)
b) Vicente Fox, Mexico
c) George W Bush, United States
d) Junichiro Koizumi, Japan
3) Viewed as a holder of weapons of mass destruction, this leader has openly considered using them against religious zealots in other countries who have made threats against his nation's existance. He is
a) Ariel Sharon of Israel, against the Palestinians
b) Vladimir Putin of Russia, against Chechnyan rebels
c) Saddam Hussein of Iraq, against Iran
d) George W Bush of USA, against Iran
4) This leader of an oil-rich nation came to office duing an election that was marked by irregularities committed by sympathetic local election officials, charges of intimidation at the polls, and selection by a politically-motivated judiciary. He is
a) Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe
b) George Bush, United States
c) Hugo Chavez, Venezuela
d) Islam Karimov, Uzbekistan
Answers to come later. Feel free to add your own! (But ya gotta provide answers and links.) 
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1) b) Nixon
4) d) Karimov
Not too sure about the other two, although I do have my suspicions. I'd have to do some research to be sure though, and I think that's against the rules.
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1) Smartypants!
4) Not exactly.....
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Don't feel like doing a lot of research, but I did do a bit of wiki-ing, so my best guesses (with some help) for the other two are:
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2) a), 3) a)
(spoilered because I had some help (although I'm not saying my answers are right)).
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Originally posted by SignyM:
4) Not exactly.....
WTF!? And I was sure of that one!
Oh well
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Okay, here's an easy one.
This leader was so offended by a historic national statue that he ordered it covered.
a) Mullah Omar, Afghanistan Taliban
b) John Ashcroft, Attny General USA
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Ashcroft. Ironic that he had the "Spirit of Justice" covered up, don't you think?
Is it 4) c) then?
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Originally posted by Khyron:
Ashcroft. Ironic that he had the "Spirit of Justice" covered up, don't you think?
Is it 4) c) then?
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I suspect his ego could not handle sharing the stage with another " boob "
" Over and in, last call for sin
While everyone's lost, the battle is won
With all these things that I've done "
The Killers
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/killers/allthesethingsthativedone.html
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Lol yeah. But that one was sort of a dead give-away even if one didn't know about that incident. Mullah Omar is well-known for having statues of things he doesn't like simply blown up (such as centuries-old Buddha statues).
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Quote:
Originally posted by SignyM:
Okay, here's an easy one.
This leader was so offended by a historic national statue that he ordered it covered.
a) Mullah Omar, Afghanistan Taliban
b) John Ashcroft, Attny General USA
Let's see...Ashcroft had one covered up, Omar had many blown up, including the Bamiyan Buddhas.
http://www.photogrammetry.ethz.ch/research/bamiyan/buddha/destruction.
html
So who wins the evilness prize in this matchup? Is it easier to pull a drape back, or recreate blasted giant 2,000 year old limestone carvings?
"Keep the Shiny side up"
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