linc, a thicker skin?! no way pal, I use moisturizers regularly to keep it silk soft ..:P

Jokes aside, the worst is yet to come from Stewart (although he gained my respect in his Rally for Sanity Campaign) and Colbert...etc. My generation is -to a fair degree- used to but not thankful nor appreciative of those who make fun of their own mothers to get their point across. Not my type.

Where I come from, we make fun of the president-who's glued to his seat against all odds- and the cabinet in our daily opposition press and TV channels. It's not a novelty to dart at the gov. Qatar's rulers are no exception.