Palast - "So, Osama walks into this bar, see?"

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So, Osama walks into this bar, see?
Published by Greg Palast August 14th, 2006 in Articles
by Greg Palast
Monday August 14, 2006

So, Osama Walks into This Bar, See? and Bush says, “Whad’l'ya have, pardner?” and Osama says…

But wait a minute. I’d better shut my mouth. The sign here in the airport says, “Security is no joking matter.” But if security’s no joking matter, why does this guy dressed in a high-school marching band outfit tell me to dump my Frappuccino and take off my shoes? All I can say is, Thank the Lord the “shoe bomber” didn’t carry Semtex in his underpants.

Today’s a RED and ORANGE ALERT day. How odd. They just caught the British guys with the chemistry sets. But when these guys were about to blow up airliners, the USA was on YELLOW alert. That’s a “lowered” threat notice.


According to the press office from the Department of Homeland Security, lowered-threat Yellow means that there were no special inspections of passengers or cargo. Isn’t it nice of Mr. Bush to alert Osama when half our security forces are given the day off? Hmm. I asked an Israeli security expert why his nation doesn’t use these pretty color codes.

He asked me if, when I woke up, I checked the day’s terror color.

“I can’t say I ever have. I mean, who would?”

He smiled. “The terrorists.”

America is the only nation on the planet that kindly informs bombers, hijackers and berserkers the days on which they won’t be monitored. You’ve got to get up pretty early in the morning to get a jump on George Bush’s team.

There are three possible explanations for the Administration’s publishing a good-day-for-bombing color guidebook.

1. God is on Osama’s side.

2. George is on Osama’s side.

3. Fear sells better than sex.

A gold star if you picked #3.

Read the rest of the story here:
http://www.gregpalast.com/so-osama-walks-into-this-bar-see

This would be funny if not so dang serious.

[KurtNYC]

1. Osama walks into a bar so Don Rumsfeld and *

pull all of our troops out of the bar and send them to Iraq instead.

(not funny - I know).

[The_Casual_Observer]

2. It's worse than that, they didn't even have chemistry sets.

[TomInTib]

3. Great article. Thanks for the post.

I just sent that one all over the place.

[MrPrax]

4. Palast is cracking...

The first part is good..but the Israeli security expert bit was too much...

What was the point of the dropping leaflets on Lebanon, if not to ALSO tell the 'terrorists'?

Seems Palast has been lately seeing a lot of trees, but missing the forest.

[halobeam]

5. great article... some facts I've learned too... never can catch up

with the ways this cabal profits.. it is endless.. unreal.

He's such a good writer.