‘South Park’ to reference Blackwater gun fiasco

It’s a case of art imitating life imitating art: Last month, our sister site in Washington broke the story that employees at the military contractor Blackwater had diverted hundreds of guns from U.S. weapons bunkers in Afghanistan for “personal use,” and someone from Blackwater used the name of “South Park” character Eric Cartman to check out some of the guns. It’s not a laughing matter — hundreds of the missing weapons, which included 500 AK-47s, have not yet been returned — but that’s not stopping “South Park” from referencing the fiasco. The Washington Independent reports that the show’s Mar. 17 season premiere will feature Cartman signing for the guns. Watch it: