jere7my | Ripped from the headlines, wadded into a ball, and ironed flat for YOU

I decided to turn my frustration over the Jyllands-Posten Mohammed cartoon controversplosion into something constructive. Possibly, it was a bad idea. Probably. Nevertheless, in the great tradition of Jon Stewart, the Onion, and Weird Al, only less so, I present my latest recording: All-Mohammed Cartoon Feature. (Your choice of MP3 or AAC—only the former will play nicely with the Quicktime plugin, I think, but you can control-click to download the latter.)

All-Mohammed Cartoon Feature
based on Science Fiction - Double Feature from The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Salman Rushdie was cursed for his Satanic verse,
They took pictures at Abu Ghraib.
Lynndie England was pointing at a captive's groin
It almost made you miss the Crusades.
Then to everyone's shogh, Theo Van Gogh
Was shot for his celluloid slam.
But then a friendly Dane said, "I can heal the pain."
And this is how the headline ran:

All-Mohammed cartoon feature.
Denmark versus Muslim preachers.
Declare a fatwa on all belittlers.
Anne Frank's in bed with Adolf Hitler.
Oh-oh-oh-oh, in the world-wide Jyllands-Posten picture row.

I heard Anders Rasmussen say "It's not persecution,"
But some people say he's lost in a Fogh.
And George W. said, of the cartoons he'd read,
"Gosh, that Marmaduke's a heck of a dog."
Ayatollah Khamenei went a little insane, he
Blamed the Zionists for all of their ills.
But when cultures collide, said Sam Huntington snide-
Ly, we expect that some folks will get killed, over an:

All-Mohammed cartoon feature.
Are they racists, or freedom-of-speechers?
Declare a fatwa on all belittlers.
Anne Frank's in bed with Adolf Hitler.
Oh-oh-oh no, it's the world-wide Jyllands-Posten picture row.
Don't call him Moe, oh-oh-oh-oh, in the world-wide Jyllands-Posten picture row.
His hat explodes, oh-oh-oh-oh, in the world-wide Jyllands-Posten picture row.
Thank Flemming Rose, oh-oh-oh-oh, for the world-wide Jyllands-Posten picture row.

If you're likely to be horribly offended...well, don't click the links, I guess. I think there's enough idiocy on every side that mockery is appropriate here, but if you don't, that's okay too. I sort of pegged the Obscure-o-meter with the allusions, but Wikipedia is your friend.

(Mmmm. Musical therapy.)