Illumination Inflation

Way back in June, I received a report that seven Bush administration officials were necessary to change a lightbulb. Today I received a report indicating that number has now risen to ten. And when I compared the two lists, after eliminating overlap, it actually appears to be eleven.

  1. One to deny that a light bulb needs to be replaced.

  2. One to attack and question the patriotism of anyone who has questions about the light bulb.

  3. One to blame the previous administration for the need of a new light bulb.

  4. One to arrange the invasion of a country rumored to have a secret stockpile of light bulbs.

  5. One to tell the nations of the world that they are either for changing the light bulb or for darkness,

  6. One to get together with Vice President Cheney and figure out how to pay Halliburton one billion dollars for a light bulb.

  7. One to arrange a photograph of Bush, dressed as a janitor, standing on a step ladder under the banner “Light bulb Change Accomplished”.

  8. One administration insider to resign and write a book documenting in detail how Bush was literally “in the dark”

  9. One to viciously smear #8

  10. One surrogate to campaign on TV and at rallies on how George Bush has had a strong light-bulb-changing policy all along

  11. And finally, one to explain to Bush the difference between screwing a light bulb and screwing the country.

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