i dinne cry when me own father was hanged for stealing a pig...

[robservation]

i realize that there's a war going on and there's an evil man sitting in the white house doing all kinds of crazy shit, so there's an overwhelming glut of news stories i could post on here. but this one is just too gal-darn depressing:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3559516.stm