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-Short Attention Span Theater- |
White House Seeks Crises with More Intellectual Depth |
2010-05-28 |
Op-Toons Review This is satire . . . we hope . . . Saying the President finds gushing oil leaks and religiously-motivated terrorists "mind-numbingly dull," Obama's White House advisers are seeking out crises "with more intellectual depth" to capture the President's imagination. "The President is so cerebral," said one official, "that what he really needs is, say, a super-villain like Brainiac to challenge him to a chess game for world peace. That would really get the President engaged. A guy trying to blow up a car stuffed with propane tanks in Times Square? Not so much." Obama's advisers said that while the President did watch some footage of the largest oil spill disaster in U.S. history, he remarked "Wow, a bunch of crap coming out of the ground," with more than a little sarcasm. "Then he changed the channel to PBS and watched a show on the life cycle of cuttlefish." |
Posted by:Mike |
#4 He can be the basketball president. At least that gets his attention. Live weekly press conferences with Marv Alpert. |
Posted by: ed 2010-05-28 20:32 |
#3 A question of golf in Mexico? |
Posted by: swksvolFF 2010-05-28 12:28 |
#2 Why does this remind me of the scene from "A Fish Called Wanda"? Otto - "Apes don't read philosophy!" Wanda - "Yes they do, Otto. They just don't understand it!" |
Posted by: DarthVader 2010-05-28 12:27 |
#1 Actually, the scary thing is that this is pretty close to the mark. |
Posted by: James Carville 2010-05-28 12:13 |