The Robot Legislature Speaks
Many have noted the amusing tendency for the news media to refer, without apparent irony or qualification, to members of Iraq's fake parliament as "law-makers" or "legislators."
I wasn't going to say anything, but I do believe that the SF Chronicle's Onion-esque sub-head highlights the absurdity more clearly than most:
DEFIANT LAWMAKERS URGE HUSSEIN TO DO WHATEVER HE THINKS IS BEST