"Bush Cuts Off Diplomatic Relations With Congress"

[FourScore]

(I hope this isn't a dupe. Mods, please feel free to delete it if it is.)

"WASHINGTON, DC—President Bush announced Monday that his administration will permanently sever ties with the democratically controlled United States Congress, ending a nearly 220-year-old alliance between the two governmental branches.

"Our administration no longer recognizes the authority of this rogue body," said Bush in a televised Oval Office address. "Clearly, these combative men and women have a political agenda in direct opposition to our own. They have no concern for my national interests, and have left me no choice..."

SNIP

"Cheney, speaking from an undisclosed location, said the White House's policy toward a Democratic Congress has always been regime change.

"These people acted as though they had control over domestic issues, and were threatening to affect international policy, as well," Cheney said. "It was clearly time to put a check on this antiquated, ineffective system of checks and balances..."

SNIP

"After delivering his announcement, President Bush reportedly entered a closed-door meeting with several key Cabinet members where his privatized Social Security plan was drafted, voted on, and subsequently passed into law."


http://www.theonion.com/content/news/bush_cuts_off_diplomatic_relations

[AnneD]

1. Excellent headline...

NOW can NOLA get the money they need in the form of foreign aid. Folks in New Mexico are next in line.

[shadowknows69]

2. Sadly the line between satire and truth

is becoming blurry. Everytime I see an Onion headline I fear for a second that it's true.

[FourScore]

3. That's so true!

[subterranean]

4. And sometimes when I see real newspaper headlines

I think they're from the Onion.

[Esra Star]

5. For "undisclosed location" read "Fuehrerbunker" n/t