They're holding elections in that blighted land as we speak. I'm secretly impressed with Mugabe's campaign slogan; no "Ready on Day One" or "Change We Can Believe In" for him, no, that would be too mellow -- his personal and party slogan is Get Behind the Fist.

Lovely.

With most news agencies banned, getting news devolves to bloggers and the few journos who are tolerated.

Extra credit bonus material: Samantha Power's 2003 essay, How to Kill a Country, with its patented ten-step program for utterly destroying your nation. (Yes, this the the same Powers who called Senator Clinton a "monster.")

So what do the Orgahs think? Will Zimbabwe get behind the fist? Will Zimbabwe turn into another North Korea, a blighted, blasted place where people starve in silence while a few elite leaders drink cognac? Or will they descend into revolution? Why haven't they revolted already? Is Mugabe just that good at strangling dissent and killing opponents? What's the idea? Why can't they get rid of the crazy dude?