To: American Spirit who wrote (159837 ) 7/11/2001 9:54:46 AM From: J.B.C. Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 769667 Somewhere in the depths of the Washington Post news Room a phone ringsā¦.. (ring, ring) (Post reporter): Hello, this Sam (all good reporters are named Sam) (voice): Hi my name is American Spirit. (Post reporter): OK (American Spirit): I've got information about a scheme by Bush and Cheney to jack up energy prices and gouge the American people. (Post Reporter): That's interesting, fuel prices have been coming down? (American Spirit): Look it's true. Since Bush has been in office, he and Cheney have gotten together with oil producers to control prices (Post Reporter): That would be OPEC. (American Spirit): Yeah those guys. (Post Reporter): But that's what OPEC does. They've been around since the '60's (American Spirit): Look don't confuse me with the facts! Bush and Cheney are behind it! (Post Reporter): Oil prices have been rising since '97, and actually have been coming down since Bush has been in office? (American Spirit): Look I told you not to confuse me with the facts. They're also in on natural gas. (Post reporter): Let me see, Natural Gas peaked last December/January and actually have dropped dramatically since then. President Clinton was in office. (American Spirit): Do I have to say it again? Don't confuse me with the facts. If you investigate this you'll be bigger than Tracey and Hepburn! (Post Reporter): You mean Bernstein and Woodward? (American Spirit): Yeah, those guys. (Post Reporter): Are you a member of the Religious Left? (American Spirit): No, I'm a conservative, I voted for Condit, honest. (Post Reporter): Ok, we'll get right on it. (American Spirit): Thanks this is huge. Goodbye. (Post reporter): Bye. (hangs up phone) Somewhere in California, American Spirit thinks to himself " Finally someone will find out what kind of fruitcake Bush really is. Somewhere in the depths of the Washington Post News room: (Joe): Sam who was that? (Sam): Just some California Fruitcake, fugit about it. (Joe): 'k