Turkmen President Bans Lip Synching

[Lord_of_the_Dense]

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan - He has outlawed opera and ballet and railed against long hair and gold teeth, but now Turkmen President Saparmurat Niyazov is determined to wipe out another perceived scourge: lip synching.

Niyazov has ordered a ban on lip synching performances across the tightly controlled Central Asian nation, citing "a negative effect on the development of singing and musical art," the president's office said Tuesday.

"Unfortunately, one can see on television old voiceless singers lip-synching their old songs," Niyazov told a Cabinet meeting in comments broadcast on state TV on Tuesday. "Don't kill talents by using lip synching... Create our new culture."

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We could have used him nearly 20 years ago.

::cough::millivanilli::cough::

[Shawn]

Or today...

::cough:halfofthem:cough:: :D

[Ken]

He has outlawed opera and ballet and railed against long hair and gold teeth

This guy is off his rocker.

He's also oppressive (in a Chinese government sort of way) but that should go without saying.