[Newspoetry] be all that you can be

[Joe Futrelle]

This response gave me the wistful feeling of "what if Maiko was my
representative?"  '02.  Think about it.

On Wed, Jan 10, 2001 at 06:55:21PM -0600, Maiko Covington wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Jan 2001, Joe Futrelle wrote:
> 
> > The new slogan is "An Army of One".
> > 
> > Dear Representative,
> > 
> > If we have an Army of One,
> > why does it cost
> > hundreds of billions of dollars?
> 
> 	Why, because it is determined to fly itself around in a B-2
> bomber. With an anti-missle defense shield, plus some scanners to detect
> the rogue missiles (from Nations Formerly Known as Rogue States, of course)
> being delivered by pizza delivery van from time to time. All that, plus
> a swanky golf umbrella to keep the plane dry in case of rain, starts to
> add up to some substantial buckage.
> 
> 	Maiko "Army ONE, the low-calorie alternative" Covington

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