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Back in 1973, National Lampoon ran a satirical cover image of a very cute, very worried-looking puppy with a gun pointed at its head. The headline read "If You Don't Buy This Magazine, We'll Kill This Dog" - motivation by emotional blackmail, taken to its absurdist extreme...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EPA's CO2 Finding: Putting a Gun to Congress's Head | 4/18/2009 | See Source »

Obama, President Barack • kids of finally get their dog...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Paul Slansky's Weekly Index of the News | 4/17/2009 | See Source »

...capture of one of Colombia's most wanted drug lords - who had, according to the police, been hiding in the country's northwestern jungle "like a dog" under a shelter of palm fronds - has led to major rejoicing in the country's war on drugs. Daniel Rendon Herrera, alias "Don Mario," allegedly headed a vast narcotrafficking operation, run largely out of the country's northwest, that caused a surge in drug violence in the nearby city of Medellin. The activities of his drug empire were allegedly responsible for 3,000 deaths in the last 18 months alone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Big Arrest Could Revive Medellin Drug War | 4/17/2009 | See Source »

Cristiano: How about first family honor the mutt's honorable heritage by naming the dog after one of the few good things Portugal has going...

Author: By Elias J. Groll | Title: Yay! OMG! Puppies! | 4/15/2009 | See Source »

Name aside and cuteness aside, Bo is likely to leave at least some feathers ruffled. After Obama announced his intention to get a dog for his kids, discussion raged over the internet about what dog the first family should buy. At one point, the family said they would buy a Goldendoodle, a mix between a Golden Retriever and a Poodle, but animal rights activists have clamored for the family to procure one of the millions of dogs in animal shelters. Shephard Fairey even deployed to help the cause. FlyBy: "Seriously...

Author: By Elias J. Groll | Title: Yay! OMG! Puppies! | 4/15/2009 | See Source »

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