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How proud I would be if I had written this one: << <"In his State of the Union Address, Bush Calls Iraq, Iran and North <<Korea < <'Axis of Evil" < <-- N.Y. Times, 1/30/02 < < < < * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * < <ANGERED BY SNUBBING, LIBYA, CHINA and SYRIA FORM "AXIS OF JUST AS EVIL" < <Cuba, Sudan, Serbia Form Axis of Somewhat Evil; Other Nations Start Own < <Clubs < < < <Beijing -- Bitter after being snubbed for membership in the "Axis of <Evil," < <Libya, China, and Syria today announced they had formed the "Axis of Just < <as Evil," which they said would be way eviler than "that stupid < <Iran-Iraq-North Korea axis President Bush warned of" in his State of the < <Union address. < < < <Axis of Evil members, however, immediately dismissed the new axis as < <having, for starters, a really dumb name. "Right. They are Just as <Evil... < <in their dreams!" declared North Korean leader Kim Jong-il. "Everybody < <knows we're the best evils... best at being evil... we're the best." < < < <Diplomats from Syria denied they were jealous over being excluded, <although < <they conceded they did ask if they could join the Axis of Evil. "They <told < <us it was full," said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. "An Axis can't <have < <more than three countries," explained Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. <"This < <is not my rule, it's tradition. In World War II you had Germany, Italy, <and < <Japan in the evil Axis. So you can only have three. And a secret <handshake. < <Ours is wicked cool." < < < <THE AXIS PANDEMIC < < < <International reaction to Bush's Axis of Evil declaration was swift, as < <within minutes, France surrendered. Elsewhere, peer-conscious nations < <rushed to gain triumvirate status in what became a game of geopolitical < <chairs. Cuba, Sudan, and Serbia said they had formed the Axis of <Somewhat < <Evil, forcing Somalia to join with Uganda and Myanmar in the Axis of < <Occasionally Evil, while Bulgaria, Indonesia and Russia established the < <Axis of Not So Much Evil Really As Just Generally Disagreeable. < < < <With the criteria suddenly expanded and all the desirable clubs filling <up, < <Sierra Leone, El Salvador, and Rwanda applied to be called the Axis of < <Countries That Aren't the Worst But Certainly Won't Be Asked to Host the < <Olympics. < < < <Canada, Mexico, and Australia formed the Axis of Nations That Are <Actually < <Quite Nice But Secretly Have Nasty Thoughts About America, while Spain, < <Scotland, and New Zealand established the Axis of Countries That Be <Allowed < <to Ask Sheep to Wear Lipstick. "That's not a threat, really, just <something < <we like to do," said Scottish Executive First Minister Jack McConnell. < < < <While wondering if the other nations of the world weren't perhaps making < <fun of him, a cautious Bush granted approval for most axes, although he < <rejected the establishment of the Axis of Countries Whose Names End in < <"Guay," accusing one of its members of filing a false application. < <Officials from Paraguay, Uruguay, and Chadguay denied the charges. < < < <Israel, meanwhile, insisted it didn't want to join any Axis, but <privately, < <world leaders said that's only because no one asked them. < ? < < < < < _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx
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