Funniest guy on the Web is Andy Borowitz. His take on politics, world events, etc uses a scalpel rather than a bludgeon.
Sample - Today's Report:
State Department Offers Support =91to Whoever Winds Up Winning=92 Promises =91Strongest Possible Monitoring of Events from Afar=92
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) =96 As pro-democracy protests spread around the world, the US State Department today issued its strongest words to date about the situation, offering =93to stand by whichever side winds up winning.=94
That pro-winning-side message, articulated today by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, was intended to send a clear signal that the United States is willing to put all of its power and prestige on the line as soon as matters are settled by others.
=93The United States has and will always be a beacon of freedom and democracy,=94 Secretary Clinton said. =93And in that capacity, we are vigilantly standing on the sidelines and offering the strongest possible monitoring of events from afar.=94
Joining her at the State Department press conference, President Barack Obama echoed her statement, telling reporters, =93I am behind Secretary Clinton=92s mixed message one hundred percent.=94
=93To dictators who think they can get away with oppressing their people, let me say this,=94 President Obama continued. =93The United States of America is standing by, thousands of miles away, to see how this mess turns out.=94
As for any possible change in policy in the future, Secretary Clinton seemed to rule that out: =93We will remain consistent in our policy of issuing meaningless statements at random intervals.=94
Sec. Clinton, however, did urge dictators to resist the temptation to pass power on to their sons: =93If that had happened on =91The West Wing,= =92 that would have been Charlie Sheen.=94
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