Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling for November 02, 2002

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Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling The Bush Administration Players Present IRAQ'S NEXT PRESIDENT Man #1: Well, that bombing was less than plesant! Man #2: Yes, but now Saddam Hussein is gone, and YOU'RE our elected president! American Man: You sure you're gonna be okay here without an American military presence? Man #1: After all, we've got a Jeffersonian democracy with three branches of government! Man #2: Mr. President! Syria, Saudi Arabia, and Iran on Line 1. Man #1: Hello? What's that? You've seen how nifty our government is, and you're all becoming secular democracies?! Great! 'Kay. B-bye. Man #1: What a swell, stable group of fellas! Man #3: Praise Allah! Our new American cable system gets "Starsky & Hutch"! Man #1: The Americans thought of everything! Man #2: My kids love these "I Heart Democracy" buttons! Man #3: Look! An ethnic Kurd, a Sunni Arab, and a Shiite Muslim -- all repairing a bombed school! Man #1: We've taken to heart the American example of ethnic and racial harmony. Man #1: Well, enough chit-chat! We've got to sell those Americans some CHEAP OIL! Man #2: Whew! I'll say! What's gas up to--$1.80? They've suffered enough!