I read yesterday that Ashcroft is taking the Patriot Act on "tour". All seriousness about the problems surrounding this legislation aside, I just couldn't help but laugh at the notion of taking the Act on tour. I can see it now....
The lights fade to black. A spotlight starts flashing around the podium. The "pump-you-up" strains of the Rocky theme trickle out of some speakers and gradually gain volume. And then the announcer booms in true "Let's get ready to rumble fashion:"
"And now, straight from DC on its Great American Tour, the little legislation that could....the Patriot Act!"
The lights come up and the music swells. Ashcroft waves as he wheels a plexiglass box containing some papers to podium. Then he begins his infamous ventriloquism act:
"Hi, I'm the Patriot Act. I've been saving the US from terrorists all day. Boy am I tired."
Amused chuckles.
Methinks Ashcroft is going to find a much tougher crowd than he expects.
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