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Bush and the Beanstalk. A worrisome tale Involving a cow and an empty milk pail. But was it the cow or merely the bull? What was Chalabi trying to pull? An added inducement to go after Iraq? More misinformation they'd otherwise lack? Even Cheney complained that cows must produce: "Exchange 'blankety' cow for a hen or a goose." So Bush went to Baghdad to arrange a cow swap, But soon was enmeshed in a Rove photo-op, Where he traded said cow for a magical bean, Which like W.M.D. he could buy sight unseen. 'Vice' was so furious at Bush's results He favored his boss with his usual insults: "You don't know your 'blank' from a damn hill of beans. Beans make me gassy. I need salad greens." So saying the bean was tossed into the pail, That desolate bucket at the start of this tale. But with little attention, Bush had a green thumb, It sprouted a beanstalk that was tall and then some. A debate soon ensued as to who'd do the climbing With Cheney demurring because of the timing. "You're a much better climber than you are a talker, And I climb real slow because of my walker." So Bush started up and the higher he went Found he'd not been this high since they made him repent. But just about then's when 'Vice' kicked the bucket, And a plummeting Bush heard his last words, "Oh, 'blank' it." There's a moral, of course: Who's to say who's at fault If there's no bean pole there when you start your pole vault? Bob Carlson |