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Extra! Extra! White House Shake-up!
— Bumper sticker of
the week: Intelligent design—Evolution for dummies.
— Quote of the week:
ÒIÕm the decider and I decide whatÕs best.Ó George W., on keeping Rumsfeld as Secretary
of Defense.
— White House
cleansing: Bush is clearing out a bunch of his old cronies and bringing in some
new ones. That should be refreshing.
— HereÕs Donnie: Mr.
Rumsfeld. Our Sec. of Defense. I bet he knows a lot about war. HereÕs a guy who
has made his living off the Bushs. Daddy Bush is his good buddy. He was mainly
brought on board to make sure Bush Jr. didnÕt do anything stupid. ItÕs pretty
obvious that didnÕt work.
— Gold headed up:
Gold is always a sure bet when you got a moron for President. If I ever get
close enough to Bush, or his mother, IÕm going to thank them. IÕve made a
bundle. It was a sure thing.
— How to let someone
know youÕre tired of listening to their bull:
¥ Tell them youÕre tired of
listening to their bull.
¥ Go out to a pasture and
get a cow, or better yet, bull pattie. The next time someone starts giving you
the bull, throw the pattie on their shoes and say, I can sling a little bull of
my own.
¥ You can always give them
the bull right back. It never hurts to be confrontational, meeting bull with
bull. (See above).
¥ Some days when the bull
is really thick, which it is quite often in my business, I just fall asleep.
ThereÕs something sleep inducing about overdosing on so much bull.
¥ Bull spreaders are kind
of comical. Take people like Limbaugh, Bush, Robertson, OÕReilly, Cheney,
Rumsfeld, Rove. As long as you understand itÕs bull theyÕre spreading, and not
facts, itÕs kind of cute.
— The Paper: I like
The Paper. ItÕs kind of like having a blonde-headed, blue-eyed, short-skirted
cheerleader. Rah, Rah, Rah. IsnÕt the status quo great? They ainÕt about to
rankle any of their advertisers. Now we got two papers that are firm supporters
of the old guard. There is a positive side: it definitely helps The Zephyr
circulation.
— Labor laws: You
remember, there were once protections against employers who thought they could
do anything they wanted. Today the American worker has fewer rights than the
Republican Party has liberals. The underlying rascals have been pro-business,
anti-union attorneys and Republican legislators. Since most workers are now
without representation, meaning no one is there to protect their rights and
speak up for them, just about everything imaginable is being done to employees
to demoralize them and scare them into submission. People are afraid to utter a
word to poor management, for fear of being fired, for absolutely no reason.
ThatÕs at-will-employment, a Republican invention. Add to that the loss of your
health insurance if you are indeed fired for Òinsubordination,Ó or some other
trumped up stupidity, and it's "Hello, bread line."
— I wish I were a
playwright. Think of the story you could tell about the first six Bush years:
¥ Act I: How to take office
without being elected.
¥ Act II: Screwing the poor
into oblivion, and making the rich filthy rich.
¥ Act III: Destroying
worker rights and making the employer a charter member of the oligarchy.
¥ Act IV: Starting a war
with a lie, all for Daddy.
¥ Intermission
¥ Act V: How to take office
without being elected.
¥ Act VI: Stacking the
Supreme Court with right-wing, Christian Soldiers.
¥ Act VII: Destroying the
environment in the name of democracy.
¥ Act VIII: How do I get my
brother in office without being elected?
¥ The End: Everybody in the
audience bends over, sticks their head between their legs, and kisses their ass
goodbye.