[Newspoetry] war declared

[Jay Morris]

There's apparently a "War on Tax Cheats" too:

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/05/business/05IRS.html

The tanks should be rolling up to the doors of corporate headquarters'
everywhere any time now.  Won't that be nice? If only Cheney could find his
receipts in that undisclosed location ...

jay


----- Original Message -----
From: "Editor-Within-Chief" <futrelle at shout.net>
To: "Newspoetry" <newspoetry at lists.groogroo.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 12:17 AM
Subject: [Newspoetry] war declared


> George W. Bush Declares War
>
> WASHINGTON, D.C. (Associated Poets):  In what is being seen as an
> eleventh-hour bid to secure republican control of congress in
> tomorrow's mid-term election, George W. Bush has declared war on the
> economy.
>
> The approach appears to be working.  "I'm very concerned about the
> economy," said Bill Smirphanorblepnipznif-Jones, a longtime
> democract, "and it appears that George W. Bush and the republican
> party are finally doing something about it."  Mr.
> Smirphanorblezxpnipznif-Jones said he had been planning on voting for
> the democratic candidates in his district, but is now undecided.
>
> For their part, democrats have been quick to fall in line behind
> Bush's delcaration of war, convening a special 11 PM session of
> congress tonight to grant the president broad and unprecedented
> powers to strike banks, brokerages, accounting firms and consumers if
> they are suspected of harming the economy.
>
> --
> Joe Futrelle
> Editor-within-chief
> http://www.newspoetry.com/
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