Every now and again, when I need a laugh with a little political and social bite, I will head over to The Onion — one of the best satricial newspapers ever produced.
So, if you’re feeling a bit gloomy and pessimistic about the future of humanity, or the rapaciousness of the Bush Administration, take a gander at these stories (with excerpts), clear your mind, and laugh your head off:
(1) Poverty-Stricken Africans Receive Desperately Needed Bibles
Moussa Yaouli, a 35-year-old farmer, was particularly interested to learn more about the doctrine of transubstantiation, which Living Light personnel told him involved the eating of wafers. “It is said to be a big wafer. I am sure it will feed many of my children.”
(2) Bush Increasingly Focused on How Revisionist History Will See Him
“He reportedly asked an aide if, decades from now, the deluded would see him as great, like Ronald Reagan, or merely a fully redeemed elder statesman, like Richard Nixon.”
(3) Report: Many Jobs Lack Benefits to Cut
Smills noted that 97 per cent of the possible benefit cuts in American jobs had already been made, reducing the potential for greater company profits, and executive-level benefits, to “alarming lows”.
