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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (89881)	11/25/2006 9:26:44 PM
From: SiouxPal	Respond to of 362386

Our Wile E. Coyote Moment in Iraq Larry Arnstein 11.25.2006 The United States has purchased a pair of used, Acme Rocket-Powered Roller Skates for $200 billion from Halliburton, who got them from Wile E. Coyote for $40. Since we like to use the stuff we purchase, we've now strapped the rocket-powered skates on, and in a desperate attempt to achieve victory in Iraq, have blasted ourselves off a cliff. This is exactly what happened to Wile E. Coyote, who originally purchased the skates directly from the Acme company. Coyote thought they would help him catch Road Runner, but at the last moment Road Runner executed a dazzling 90 degree turn, and Coyote sailed way, way off the cliff. At some distance from the edge, Coyote sensed that something was amiss, looked quizzically at the camera, then down at the canyon floor below, then one more time back at the camera. You know the rest. We are now past the first, quizzical look at the camera, somewhere between looking down, then looking back up. Except for The Decider, who is still poised over thin air above the abyss, and hasn't yet sensed that anything is wrong. The laws of physics being what they are however, it will take just a moment before our POV changes and we see ourselves from above, getting rapidly smaller to the sound of a whistle descending the musical scale, finally ending in a distant poof! sound, and then the tiny dust cloud caused by our impact on the canyon floor. Those of us who are a little older than our youthful appearance suggests remember all of this from Vietnam. We should definitely try to get the $200 billion back from Halliburton, and also the $40 from Wile E. Coyote who knew, or ought to have known, that the rocket-powered skates would not work. Probably Halliburton also knew, but that will be harder to prove. And we should also impeach Bush. But first, let's get our money back. huffingtonpost.com