Bremmer Addresses Congress on State of Iraq

I
just heard Sheppard Smith on Fox News announce that US Administrator
L. Paul Bremer was in Washington today, filling the US Congress in
on the State of Iraq. Wow! That’s news!

I just have one question: When did they decide to make Iraq the 51st
State, and how did they manage to slip it by the US public? I know I’m
not the most alert guy in the world, but I try to stay abreast of the
major issues of the day, and this is the first I have heard of this one. Eat
your heart out, Puerto Rico!

Of course, it is a brilliant stroke, however they did it. Another religious,
oil-rich state with a healthy fear of immigrants and a tradition of hard
work
and ingenuity. It will also be a lot easier to get that $87 billion dollars
out of Congress now that Iraq is part of the United States. Plus, I bet
they elect two Republican senators, breaking that pesky deadlock and
freeing up the Vice President for more important duties than casting
tiebreakers.

I am glad to see the administration thinking outside the box, expanding
its support base, and diversifying the American electorate. Bagdad, of
course, will become the state capital. Wonder if they need a used monument
of the Ten Commandments?

from
the Washington Post.