the olive ream

Dear Congress,

Please find enclosed the four-volume set of the 2008 Federal Budget Books for your review – and they are absolutely free for yours to keep! I am asking you all to approve this $2.9 trillion dollar budget without the necessary due care and attention, as you have done so in the previous years. By the way, does anyone know how many zeros there are in a trillion? They tell me it is a lot, so I am suitably impressed.

Apart from pledging allegiance to the flag of these United States, I also pledge to balance this here budget by the year 2012. Now I realize that is a long ways off, but let’s be honest here, with the way things are going in the Middle East and the fight I’m soon to pick with Iran, balancing of the budget should be the last of year worries for the future.

With this budget, I intend to make my first-term tax cuts permanent! I’m sure you all will agree to that as it provides the break for all our repulsively rich fat cat friends we have sponsoring our positions in government. So let’s not hear any bitching about this later.

You should be happy to know that with this budget, we would achieve nearly $100 billion dollar in savings by expertly trimming down on increases in Medicare, the health insurance program for the 43 million retirees and disabled, and Medicaid for the poor. You see, I’ve decided to attack only those people that I know cannot hit back. So, no real change there in my policy.

Just so you know, I’m asking for a $100 billion dollars more for Iraq and the war on terror. And, this is in addition to $70 billion I asked for earlier. Now, don’t all of you get your panties in a bunch over this amount cause it ain’t much, believe me! I could have asked for much more. I expect you all to approve it as early as possible, or else I will declare all of you “enemy combatants” and then you’ll rot in a federal prison for life, without your families ever knowing where and how you are.

And I might as well tell you now; I am increasing the Pentagon budget by relatively decent 11 percent. This brings there 2008 budget to 481.4 billion dollars but I better not get any complaints from you guys, got that?! How else do you expect me to sponsor the attack on Iran? …with f*cking food stamps?!

Now go do what you do best, act like you care about the people and argue and fight about this budget, before most of you cave-in and approve everything I’ve proposed.

Take care,
Love and kisses,
George
(The Prez)

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X: Psst! Did you see this story in the newspaper?

Y: Yes, I did. Another ‘alleged’ terrorist arrested attempting to blow-up a building.

X: Say, are you a Pakinisian?

Y: No I am not a Pakistani, but I am of Arab origin, if that’s what you meant.

X: Don’t it bother you that so many Moslems are dying in Iraq?

Y: Yes it does but it isn’t just Iraq.

X: You must do something about it.

Y: Like what?

X: Take some action, buddy!

Y: I do protest by writing my opinions on a few websites and…

X: Nobody reads that! You must take action. You must retaliate against what is happening to you Moslems.

Y: Retaliate? You mean protest on the streets against the government?!

X: No, no! What good would that do? Plus, you could get arrested for doing that these days.

Y: So what are you suggesting?

X: You know, blow some stuff up…it’ll get you the attention.

Y: Ah! I see, well…let me just say that you might have mistaken me for an escapee from the mental asylum but I assure you I am not. In fact, I will go further to suggest that you commit yourself in an institution.

X: Oh, c’mon! Do it! Do it for your Moslem brothers and sisters. Here, I’ve got details instructions on the ‘How To’ in these notes, in Arabic. I’ll just stuff this in your bagpack.

Y: Piss off! … and stop sniffing diesel oil, it’s killing your brain cells.

X: I’ve got these blue-prints for various prominent locations and I…

Y: Go sell crazy to someone else. In fact, let me direct you to the Department of Homeland Security. They desperately need loons like you to parade on television.

X: Well, how about some bags of fertilizer I have stored in my warehouse. I can give those to you and other household items to build your self some dangerous explosive and then you..

Y: I don’t need bags of fertilizer from you!! There’s enough bullshit coming out of your mouth to fertilize most of Wyoming. Now, leave!

X: Listen brother. I’ve already have you assigned as a leader to our yet undisclosed organization. I’ve been following you for months, and by the way, the instructions, blue prints, 80 bags of fertilizer and 8 large thin crust pizzas are being delivered to your home as we speak.

Y: Who the hell are you?!

X: I am undercover officer of the Anti-Terror squad, and you my friend, are under arrest!

Y: WTF?! What for?!

X: For being the leader of an evil terror organization that was planning to attack prominent landmarks and we have the evidence to prove it, as it has just been delivered to your home.

Y: This is a bloody set-up!! I want to call my lawyer..

X: You don’t get a lawyer, remember? You are classified as ‘enemy combatant’. Now do me a favor, just keep your mouth shut and don’t shave for the next few days because we’ve got the PR press photos planned for this bust for Tuesday and we need you looking evil and beardy.

Y: Sigh.

X: Don’t sulk. You’ll be famous. You might even be qualified as so dangerous that DHS will shift the threat level up one category and that is something you can be really proud of.

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Inspired by this

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The 78th Annual Academy awards will be presented on March 5th, 2006 at the Kodak Theatre, and I for one am on tenterhooks. I can’t wait till it is all over. The understandable excitement for the Oscars ceremony has resulted in much hair loss and rectal prolapsing amongst all Hollywood bigwigs. This year’s selection is rather special as it covers the gamut of topical issues from cowboy manhandling to terrorists with a conscience. You will definitely need to take a box of tissues (and a clean pair of underwear) with you to go watch these films.

With much further ado, I present the nominees for this year’s Best Motion Picture Award:

Redneck Mountain
An epic love story, set against the sweeping landscapes of Texas that tells the story of two old, extremely rich men–a Vice President and a lawyer–who meet in February of 2006 while driving through a ranch apparently hunting for birds. They unexpectedly forge a lifelong connection, when the VP accidentally shoots the lawyer in the face, mistaking him for a quail. The resulting complications, joys and tragedies provide a testament to the endurance and power of love.

Kaput!
The brutal murder of more than a hundred thousand Iraqis and two thousand plus American soldiers in the invasion of Iraq sent shockwaves through the world – and captured the attention of an author named William Blum.The movie covers his journey to create a bestseller ROGUE STATE: A Guide to the World’s Only Superpower. Through his extensive research, Blum compiles a detailed list of US governments involvement since WWII in torturing, kidnapping, harboring terrorists, using chemical and biological weapons and utilizing many other lovely foreign policy tools. The book got a recommendation from the most wanted and homicidal of terrorists, Ossama Bin Laden. (I am not kidding!)

Crash (and burn)
A Danish Cartoon(ist). A rightwing-liberal newspaper. A Prime Minister in shock. Thousands of pissed off Muslim protestors. They all clash due to the re-printing of sacrilegious caricatures and over the question of freedom of expression. The protests start out with reasonable and legitimate verbal and written exchange but over the course of a few weeks turn into insanity driven, politically charged riots resulting in damage to property and human life. In the end, most of the protestors have forgotten what they were actually protesting about and end up smashing windows and peoples’ heads for the heck of it.

Good Bye and Good Riddance
Taking place in the post 9-11 era of broadcast journalism, the movie chronicles the real life conflict between Bill O’ Reilly (of Fox News) and those possessing sanity. With a desire to distort facts and promote sycophancy for the Administration, Bill ends up looking like an ass after each show. The movie is about O’ Reilly’s spiral downwards in the cesspool of tabloid journalism. Even the famous late night talk show host, David Letterman, known for his irreverent and ridiculous sense of humour, tells Bill, “60% of what you say is crap.” (Absolutely true – this actually happened.)

Munchen
Set in the aftermath of the US invasion of Iraq and the Abu Ghraib scandal, the story follows the secret CIA chartered flights that originate from various European cities (including Munich) to pick up ‘suspected’ Al Qaeda terrorists to be flown to other (suspect) countries for illegal detention and torture. As the news breaks in the mainstream media of these flights, it is up to the CIA to come up with more creative and innovative ways to cover their tracks (and their ass) in order to continue what they are doing.

As esteemed members of the academy, please submit your vote for the Best Picture and I shall see you all at the Oscars!

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