the olive ream

We were all feeling so good about doing something positive for a change by watching the Live8 concerts, in support of the Make Poverty History campaign, where internationally celebrated stars like Madonna, adorned in diamond studded jewelry, reminded us of how revoltingly rich artists like herself, are so deeply concerned about the subject of global poverty. She truly felt the pain, as evidenced by the amount of profanity she used during this live television performance.

And as our collective attentions were diverted towards such noble causes as dropping the debt of the world’s poorest nations, increasing and improving aid, and negotiating fairer trade rules in the interest of poorer countries, the ubiquitous Al Qaeda struck once again to basically scare the living crap out all of us. We have been reminded once again of the ‘real’ issue that we should all be concentrating on; the global terrorist threat of ‘islamic extremism’ represented by the Al Qaeda Network Inc. and its official ‘Sleeper Cell’ partners. They can strike anywhere and at anytime, like a US led invasion of an oil rich sovereign nation under false pretenses.

This time again, we were all caught unawares. The incident as described by the first associated press report happened thus: “GLENEAGLES, Scotland - President Bush collided with a local police officer and fell during a bike ride on the grounds of the Gleneagles golf resort while attending a meeting of world leaders Wednesday.”

Needless to say but we were all horrified to hear that such a devastating incident has happened again, after he had made headlines only last year when he fell off his bicycle and scraped his knee. I think it is fair to say that majority of us knew that it was Al Qaeda behind this devious plot to disrupt the presidential transportation system (bike) and injure not only the president but also innocent people (the poor police officer who Bush slammed into while admiring the scenery). As a result of this accident, transportation systems in all major cities have been put on High Alert.

It was additionally reported that Bush was wearing a helmet at the time, so luckily he did not suffer any injuries to his scrotum.

Initial intelligence reports sourcing an undeniably solid piece of evidence (a post on web site) confirmed that this was the work of the scheming ‘Secret Organization of Al Qaeda in Europe and The Outer Hebrides’.

The US president later commented on the attack, “I have great resolve, and I shall recover soon. It is just like learning to ride a bike, once you learn how, you can frequently forget and fall on your ass.”