Iraq Body Beautifuls flex in honor of hero Arnie. ESPN didn't cover it??

[flamingpie2500]

This just absolutely blew me away. The propaganda machine in full swing again.


By Luke Baker
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - They grunted, they flexed and they posed in their tight swimming trunks in downtown Baghdad on Friday, all in honor of Arnold Schwarzenegger, the former bodybuilder turned politician.

It was the governor of California's 57th birthday, and thousands of miles away in blisteringly hot Baghdad members of the Arnold Classic gym celebrated too, staging what they said was the country's first postwar bodybuilding competition.

"This is for Arnold, our hero and the greatest champion ever," announced Sabah Talib, owner of the gym and himself a former Asian bodybuilding champ, as he launched the event.

"No day could be better than on Arnold's birthday."

http://www.headliner.nl/headliner.php?c=us&id=222020&abbr=reuters

[Algorem]

1. Ooh.they'd be great in Abu Grabbe layouts.

[Utmost Certainty]

2. Um...

I'm not following... how is this a sign that the propaganda machine is in full swing?

[flamingpie2500]

3. Why is this a news story? Let's not forget that Arnold is now Gov.

And that hypocrite Bush has the gaul to say that Kerry relies on Hollywood.
Innocent people are dying every day over there--THAT should be the headline. Things are NOT normal and this kind of crap gives people the illusion that they are. IMHO