That monumental clap of thunder you heard this morning was the sound of millions of Repuglican assholes slamming shut at the news that Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Mao Zedong Pol Pot Josef “Uncle Joe” Stalin Barack Saddam Hussein Obama has won the Nobel Peace Prize.
Now, I can sympathize with those who may consider this award a tad premature. It’s not unlike stopping the Tour on stage 5 and saying, “Aw, fuck it, give the jersey to Michael Barry. Nice guy, hard worker, real good sport. Chapeau. OK, guys, let’s ride on to Paris, whaddaya say?” There are a few other guys in the contest, and lots of summit finishes and hairpin descents and road furniture between here and there.
Still, it works just fine as a review of the eight-year-long rendition of “The Horst Wessel Song” as performed by the evil organ grinder Darth Cheney and his monkey. Perhaps the award should be renamed this year as the Holy Shit Are We Ever Glad the American Executive Branch Is No Longer Insane Prize.
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My wife called out from the bedroom this morning as I warmed up the espresso machine–“Obama has won the Nobel Peace Prize!” and I quickly replied, “for what, NOT being GW Bush?” I think the prize ought to go to the American voters who rejected Mr. Magoo and Caribou Barbie almost a year ago. I wish Obama luck in undoing eight years of Daffy/Fudd mistakes, missteps and handouts to their rich pals. I find it interesting the same folks who are now screaming that Obama is breaking the budget and piling up huge deficits were strangely silent on financial issues when Daffy/Fudd said “deficits don’t matter” and started two mis-guided wars while at the same time lowering taxes. How can they refuse to believe those actions are at least part of the reason our economy is in terrible shape? Osama bin Laden couldn’t have dreamed of a better scenerio than the Daffy/Fudd administration’s response to 9/11. Those guys must have been pretty upset when Obama was elected. My simple advice to Obama–think about whatever the Daffy/Fudd administration would do in any scenario—and just do the opposite, including putting an end to the Afghanistan adventure.
Hey, Patrick, you left off a few endearing leaders in your renaming of Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Mao Zedong Pol Pot Josef “Uncle Joe” Stalin Barack Saddam Hussein Obama.
C’mon…Really should be Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Mao Zedong Pol Pot Idi Amin Josef “Uncle Joe” Stalin Ho Chi Minh Dick “Darth Veder” Cheney Barack Saddam Hussein Obama
Shades of the spammity-spam skit….
I was pleasantly surprised this morning. Usually when the radio turns on and NPR starts droning on with the news, its led by another bombing in the Middle East or some bad economic forecast. I actually sat up and smiled when I heard this one.
I’m going to wake up and this will all have been a dream, and I’ll still be a brain damaged cripple with no chance of getting either a job or disability. Dammit!