[Dialogue] Garry Wills Op-Ed piece: The Day the Enlightenment Went Out

[David Jago]

Hello all --

So, is it accidental that no one actually changes the lightbulb?

Cheers!

David Jago


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> How many members of the Bush Administration are needed to replace a
> lightbulb?     TEN:
> 1. one to deny that a lightbulb needs to be changed,
> 2. one to attack the patriotism of anyone who says the lightbulb needs
> to be changed,
> 3. one to blame Clinton for burning out the lightbulb,
> 4. one to tell the nations of the world that they are either for
> changing the lightbulb or for darkness,
> 5. one to give a billion dollar no-bid contract to Halliburton for the
> new lightbulb,
> 6. one to arrange a photograph of Bush, dressed as a janitor, standing
> on a step ladder under the banner "Lightbulb Change Accomplished",
> 7. one administration insider to resign and write a book documenting in
> detail how Bush was literally "in the dark",
> 8. one to viciously smear #7,
> 9. one to campaign on TV and at rallies on how George Bush has had a
> strong light-bulb-changing policy all along,
> 10. and finally one to confuse Americans about the difference between
> screwing a lightbulb and screwing the country.
>