  WTF This is really a funny ass section of an&nbsp;article on MSN.&nbsp; I wondered if it was real news.&nbsp; I have italicized/colored the lines I find especially funny. Saddam writes poetry, gardens in prison Newspaper: Former Iraqi leader appears 'dejected' The Associated Press Updated: 12:04 p.m.&nbsp;ET July&nbsp;26, 2004 LONDON - Saddam Hussein appears depressed and demoralized in solitary confinement, spending his time writing poetry, tending a garden and reading the Quran , according to a report published Monday in The Guardian newspaper.
advertisement urlLink One of Saddam’s poems is about George Bush , though the report did not specify whether that referred to President Bush or his father, Saddam’s foe in the 1991 Gulf War. The newspaper quoted Bakhtiar Amin, the human rights minister in the new Iraqi government, who said he had visited Saddam’s cell on Saturday.
Amin said he did not speak to the former Iraqi leader. Bakhtiar said Saddam appeared “in good health and being kept in good conditions,” but he “appeared demoralized and dejected,” The Guardian reported. Saddam’s air-conditioned cell in a U.S. military prison is 10 feet wide and 13 feet long, Amin said. Saddam is not allowed to mix with other prisoners. Saddam likes American muffins, cookies. Amin had little to report on Saddam’s poetry.
“One of the poems is about George Bush, but I had no time to read it,” Amin said. He reported that Saddam was being treated for high blood pressure and a chronic prostate infection, and was gaining weight after losing 11 pounds during a time when he resisted all fatty foods. Saddam and other detainees get an MRE (meal ready to eat) breakfast, and hot food twice a day, Amin said. Dessert might include oranges, apples, pears or plums, but Saddam also likes American muffins and cookies , The Guardian quoted Amin as saying. Saddam is not allowed newspapers, TV or radio, but has access to 145 books — mostly travel books and novels — donated by the Red Cross.
Amin said Saddam tends a garden during his daily three-hour exercise period. “He is looking after a few bushes and shrubs and has even placed a circle of white stones around a small palm tree, ” said Amin. “His apparent care for his surroundings is ironic when you think he was responsible for one of the biggest ecocides when he drained the southern marshes.” 
