SCN: Fw: Axis nonsense

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> > ----- Original Message -----
> >
> > 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 far more evil than the Iran-Iraq-North Korea
axis
> >
> > President Bush warned of in  his State of the Union address.  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 Hafez 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. "
> >
> > 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 Bu> 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.
> >
> >
> >
>

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