We had a major blow-up on the LG Forums over the AXIS OF FEAR. Thought the following e-mail message I received would give everyone a good laugh.
Hope it doesn't offend anyone. Just laugh. I also mean no disrespect to President Bush.
>Sorry about all of the >s.
>
> > "In Speech, Bush Calls Iraq, Iran and North Korea 'Axis of
> > Evil" -- N.Y. Times, 1/30/02
> >
> >
> > ANGERED BY SNUBBING, LIBYA, CHINA
> > SYRIA FORM AXIS OF JUST AS EVIL
> > Cuba, Sudan, Serbia Form Axis of Somewhat Evil; Other Nations
> > Start Own Clubs
> >
> > Beijing ? Bitter after being snubbed for membership in the
> > "Axis of Evil," Libya, China, and Syria today announced they
> > had formed the "Axis of Just as Evil," which they said would
> > be way eviler than that stupid Iran-Iraq-North Korea axis
> > President Bush warned of his State of the Union address.
> >
> > Axis of Evil members, however, immediately dismissed the new
> > axis as having, for starters, a really dumb name. "Right.
> > They are Just as Evil... in their dreams!" declared North
> > Korean leader Kim Jong-il. "Everybody knows we're the best
> > evils... best at being evil... we're the best."
> >
> > Diplomats from Syria denied they were jealous over being
> > excluded, although they conceded they did ask if they could
> > join the Axis of Evil.
> >
> > "They told us it was full," said Syrian President Bashar
> > al-Assad.
> >
> > "An Axis can't have more than three countries," explained
> > Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. "This is not my rule, it's
> > tradition. In World War II you had Germany, Italy, and Japan
> > in the evil Axis. So you can only have three. And a secret
> > handshake. Ours is wicked cool."
> >
> > THE AXIS PANDEMIC
> >
> > International reaction to Bush's Axis of Evil declaration was
> > swift, as within minutes, France surrendered.
> >
> > Elsewhere, peer-conscious nations rushed to gain triumvirate
> > status in what became a game of geopolitical chairs. Cuba,
> > Sudan, and Serbia said they had formed the Axis of Somewhat
> > Evil, forcing Somalia to join with Uganda and Myanmar in the
> > Axis of Occasionally Evil, while Bulgaria, Indonesia and
> > Russia established the Axis of Not So Much Evil Really As
> > Just Generally Disagreeable.
> >
> > With the criteria suddenly expanded and all the desirable
> > clubs filling up, Sierra Leone, El Salvador, and Rwanda
> > applied to be called the Axis of Countries That Aren't the
> > Worst But Certainly Won't Be Asked to Host the Olympics;
> > Canada, Mexico, and Australia formed the Axis of Nations That
> > Are Actually Quite Nice But Secretly Have Nasty Thoughts
> > About America, while Spain, Scotland, and New Zealand
> > established the Axis of Countries That Be Allowed to Ask
> > Sheep to Wear Lipstick.
> >
> > "That's not a threat, really, just something we like to do,"
> > said Scottish Executive First Minister Jack McConnell.
> >
> > While wondering if the other nations of the world weren't
> > perhaps making fun of him, a cautious Bush granted approval
> > for most axes, although he rejected the establishment of the
> > Axis of Countries Whose Names End in "Guay," accusing one of
> > its members of filing a false application. Officials from
> > Paraguay, Uruguay, and Chadguay denied the charges.
> >
> > Israel, meanwhile, insisted it didn't want to join any Axis,
> > but privately, world leaders said that's only because no one
> > asked them.
I especially liked the Axis of Nations That Are Actually Quite Nice But Secretly Have Nasty Thoughts About America. 
Greg
OVE alone is eternal and unconquerable.
Carrie
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-Kahlil Gibran
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