You know, after all that has gone on this past week, I remembered an old TV show--I thought it was starring Billy Mumy, but it really starred Georgie W. Bush!
But -- beware
You are about to enter
The Twilight of the Constitution Zone....
Update: If you have to explain the joke.. well this refers to an old Twilight Zone episode called ``It's a Good Life'' and I adapted from that intro by the inimitable Mr. Serling for this one. In that episode, Billy Mumy plays the worst spoiled kid in the world. Sounds a lot like W. to me.
It's A Good Presidency
"Tonight's story on The Twilight of the Constitution Zone is somewhat unique and calls for a different kind of introduction. This, as you may recognize, is a map of the United States, and there's a little town there called Washington DC.
On a given morning not too long ago, the rest of the world disappeared and Washington was left all alone. Its inhabitants were never sure whether the world was destroyed
inhabitants were never sure whether the world was destroyed and only Washington left untouched or whether the village had somehow been taken away. They were, on the other hand, sure of one thing: the cause. A monster had arrived in the village. Just by using his mind, he took away the constitution, the courts, the congress - because they displeased him - and he moved an entire nation back into the dark ages - just by using his mind. Now I'd like to introduce you to some of the people in Washington. This is Mr. and Mrs. John Q Public. It's in their White House that the monster resides.
And this is Mrs. Press, who probably had more control over the monster in the beginning than almost anyone. But one day she forgot; she began to sing aloud about his constitutional abuses. Now, the monster doesn't like that kind of singing, so his mind snapped at her, turned her into the smiling, vacant thing you're looking at now. She sings no more.
And you'll note that the people in Washington DC have to smile; they have to think happy thoughts and say happy things because, once displeased, the monster can wish them into a cornfield or change them into a grotesque, walking horror. This particular monster can read minds, you see. He knows every thought, he can feel every emotion. Oh yes, I did forget something, didn't I? I forgot to introduce you to the monster. This is the monster. His name is Georgie W. Bush. He's fifty nine years old, with a cute little-boy face and brown, guileless eyes. But when those eyes look at you, you'd better start thinking happy thoughts, because the mind behind them is absolutely in charge. This is the Twilight of the Constitution Zone."
``Like all little boys, Georgie sometimes like to play
dress up''
"Here we are at a press conference with little Georgie, but we have to say: No comment here, no comment at all. We only wanted to introduce you to one of our very special citizens, little Georgie W. Bush, who lives in a village called Washington in a place that used to be the United States. And if by some strange chance you should run across him, you had best think only good thoughts. Anything less than that is handled at your own risk, because if you do meet little Georgie you can be sure of one thing: you have entered the Twilight of the Constitution Zone."
``Remember: KEEP LITTLE GEORGIE HAPPY!!! He may be a monster, but he is the kind of monster you would want to sit down and have a beer with.''