A Polar Bear for Every Zoo and a Drug Free Parliament by 2020

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(this from "Zero Hedge" -- follow link to original)

A Polar Bear for Every Zoo and a Drug Free Parliament by 2020
By Marla Singer
Created 05/31/2010 - 08:48

Just occasionally there are those stories comprised of such self-evident moment (and perhaps more than a touch of such deliciously placed absurdity in the form of a Tina Turner theme song) as to render any attempt at comment redundant at best and destructive at worse. This, dear readers, is one of those occasions.

Promising a polar bear for the Reykjavik zoo, free towels at all swimming pools, a Disneyland theme park at the airport and a drug-free parliament by 2020, the newly formed Besti Flokkurinn (“The Best Party”) took the political establishment by surprise when it became the biggest party in Sunday’s municipal elections in the Icelandic capital, Reykjavik, securing six out of 15 seats in the new city council.



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The Best Party in Reykjavik was established just half a year ago by a core group of comedians, actors and musicians....



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According to the EUobserver, The new party ran their campaign under the slogan “Whatever Works"....