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03/17/2005: "Muses of Mirth"

Taking a swing through Hollywood on vacation last week, I had a chance to catch the famous “sore winner” billboard, the one showing pictures of various Hollywood celebrities (Michael Moore’s picture being the largest), thanking them for Four More Years. In that same spirit, I’d like to thank this country’s extreme right wing for making it so easy to formulate humorous mockery day after day. I mean, how could anyone have made up the antics they consistently hand to me and my ilk! Just consider the top of news during 1Q05. Wolfowitz in the World Bank! Drilling for oil in wildlife refuges! Fake reporters! Hot military studs with White House Press Passes! The House Ethics Committee requiring agreement from a member of the party being investigated before an embarrassing investigation goes forward! And then DeLay machine-gunning his foot! Calling Democrats “obstructionists” when they’re not able to vote on bills already passed among the Republicans and, even better, not even being invited to the meetings of their committees! The Senator with greatest authority over the broadcast industry wanting to ban R content on cable or satellite! Bush lecturing the country on moral responsibility for the fiscal health of future generations when he’s already dumped extra trillions of dollars on their heads! No wonder Bill Maher gave Bush that endorsement before the last election! Admittedly, when he called for Four More Years he was going for a laugh, but that’s why he gets the paycheck. Now that we’re in the new quadrennial, it’s only right to note how, for political humorists, the good times they are a rollin’!