posted on March 24, 2005 05:32:25 PM new
This is circulating around London. It's a made up letter from Bush to Prince Charles. Take it as it's intended - humor - if you can at all manage it.
Dubya's Letters: Waiting for the wedding invitation
27 Feb 2005 by Malcolm Drury
Prince of Charles
Buckingham Castle
U of K
Febuerry 27, 2005
Dear Prince
Hi, how ya doing. Congradulations on the wedding, I thought I'd just rite to let you know my invite hasn't arrived yet, I gess it's still in the mail. Me and Laura have got you a reel nice wedding present, a reel Texas gas barbeykew. Boy, she's a reel man's thing, the barbeykew, I mean, not Laura, well I gess she is too, twin tanks, ate berners, nine if you count the built-in microwave, and all done out in black and crome, she's a reel beuaty. I gotta be honest with you, I was gonna keep it for myself but Laura said no, you've got seven already, you don't need another.
Sorry I didn't get to see you while I was in Yoorup but I was reel busy, I was gonna apologise in the RPVS to the wedding invite but like I say I haven't reseeved it yet. The worst part was when I had to talk to Sheerac, boy I just wanted to call him a monkey surrendering cheese boy but the guys had told me I'd better not in the innerests of innernational diplomassy. Sheesh, the only diplomassy he unnerstands is a kick up his Eyeful Tower. We had to go to some kind of dinner with him, I figgered at least there would be some French fries and maybe a stake but there weren't any at all, just some disgusting cheese that smelled like somebody had been wearing it for a coupla months in the middle of the summer, if you take my meaning.
Boy, let me tell ya, he's the worst but all them Yoorapeens are all reel wierd, not like us, speshally them Natonians, everybody just kept saying what to me whenever I said anything. Funny thing though, I couldn't find Nato in My First Atlas, probbly reel small like Monica and Frankenstine [presumably Liechtenstein - Ed.]. Ackcherly I gess your kinda Yoorapeen reelly, too, in the U of K, but your more like America, you even speak American, sounds reel funny but we unnerstand you pretty good. Well most of the time. Anyway, I was glad to get back here to the good old US of A, just between ourselves I'm always kinda worried when I go away in case Donny dissides to libberate somewhere without my say so.
Speaking of which, and keep this reel conffidential, don't go to Iranistan or Syriaq for your honeymoon if you catch my drift, OK, one frend to another.
Did ya see that photo of Condi in her lether boots with spiky heels and her short skirt? Boy, I tell ya, I was looking at that for a long time but unforchernatly Laura caught me, she said what are you smiling at, had to think quick so I said oh it's just something in this newspaper artickle about Condi. So she said oh reelly, well do go on, so I said it's just a joke that Condi said. So Laura said OK what is it then, so I had to think reel quick again so I said sorry, I think there's somebody at the door, I'll go see. I think I got away with it, won't be sure until I find out if I have to sleep on the Oval Offis floor again.
Anyway I gotta go to Wal-Mart and get some pretzels ready to watch the Oskers, so I should close for now. Looking forward to seeing you, hope the invite gets here soon or I might think your not inviting me ha ha! Just kidding.
Say hi to your Mom and Dad for me, they're reel nice folks, tell them I'll see them at the wedding.
Your frend,
George W. Bush, President and CEO, US of A.
P.S. Maybe it would be easier just to fax the wedding invite.
P.S. 2 Do you think you could arrange for me to sit next to Sherry Blair at the wedding?
posted on March 25, 2005 05:14:47 AM new
CBlev65252,
I find the letter funny and lighthearted. Looks like the Bush voters don't have much humor in their hearts these days about this White House.
If old George doesn't get an invite soon what will happen. I'm betting he gets his republican buddies in Congress to make a new law after midnight. The law will say the good old U.S. of A doesn't recognize the Prince's marriage on moral grounds as set by the Honorable Tom Delay. LOL
He may be up the creek, so to speak, with the UK soon. It appears as though the Labour Party may lose the upcoming election and then there goes Blair.
In discussions with my friend over there, their Labour Party is like our Democratic Party. However, it's seemed the reverse lately. The Conservative Party (like our Republican Party) dislikes Bush and company while the Labour Party seems to like him.
Here's interesting information on what's happening in their pre-election days! Sound familiar?
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From London (and a Conservative, I might add):
Subject to the proviso that a Parliament may not last for more than five years, the Prime Minister can otherwise call a General Election at any time he chooses. However, the speculation is now so great that there will be a General Election on 5th May ( a year early) that the campaign, which usually lasts around four weeks, started way back in December.
It is getting very dirty. The Labour Party has already been forced to withdraw posters depicting the Leader of the Opposition as Shylock from the Merchant of Venice and he and the Shadow Chancellor as flying pigs. Even more distasteful was a comment comparing Conservative policy on illegal gypsy encampments with the Holocaust. Sure, the Leader of the Opposition is the son of Jewish immigrants, but his grandparents also died at Auschwitz. And there is no way you could accuse him of being anything less than 100% British.
Equally disturbing are the Prime Minister's constant references to proposed Conservative 'cuts' of £35 million in public expenditure. The true situation is that the Conservatives plan for £35 million less in future tax increases. That is not a cut - you cannot 'cut' that which is not currently being spent! And Blair has rightly been given a roasting by the press for claiming that you can.
The Prime Minister is being hammered hard in pre-arranged 'non election' (since one has not been called) broadcasts. Women - the group he so carefully cultivated 8 years ago - have clearly turned against him. So too have pensioners - promised so much, but receiving so little. Both groups have given him a rough ride in unscripted 'question time' sessions. It's good to see him squirm!
Record amounts of money have been ploughed into the National Health Service - but things are no better and are, in many cases worse, than before Labour came into government. Nobody objects to extra taxation to support the NHS - but we do expect a return on our investment!
It was quite entertaining to watch the Deputy Prime Minister (Blair is out of the country - again!) taking today's Questions to the Prime Minister. Three times in the space of half-an-hour he blamed problems on the "previous administration". Excuse me? The Labour Party has now served EIGHT YEARS - too long, I would have thought, to blame anybody but themselves!
Foreign policy is not an issue. But the electorate has not forgotten the lies told about Iraq at the time.
Everybody is assuming that Labour will win a third term with another huge majority. I doubt it - this could be very close indeed!
