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October 07, 2005

C'mon ride the (terra) train!

Despite the unprecedented crackdown in New York, security experts say it is impossible to completely safeguard the city's 467 subway stations.

Police officials said that they've been finding painted white bricks in subways with the warning, "If this was a bomb, you'd be dead."

But Deputy Police Commissioner Paul Browne said the bricks were believed to be a protest of the random bag searches.

But, I told my friends and family this week, stock up on duct tape and plastic sheeting, it'll be All Terra All The Time! for the next few weeks on every news channel. BushCo. needs the mother of all diversions to distract America from pending possible indictments, DeLay's indictments, Frist's insider trading investigation, Abu Ghraib photos which may be released, the embarrassment of 9 Senators voting in favor of torture. Interesting times, indeed!

Speaking of diversions...

HE TRIES TO NESTLE HIMSELF BACK TO SLEEP. AMES NUDGES HIM.

AMES
We can't afford a war.

BREAN
We aren't going to have a war. We're going to have the
"appearance" of a war.

AMES
I'm not sure we can afford to have the "appearance" of
a war.

BREAN
What's it gonna cost?
(HE SHRUGS AND STARTS TO ROLL OVER TO GO TO SLEEP.)

AMES
But, but, but, "they" would find out.

BREAN
Who would find out?

AMES
...the... (HE GESTURES OUT OF THE WINDOW)

BREAN
The American "people"?

AMES
Yes...

BREAN
Who's gonna tell'em?

AMES
...but...

BREAN
What did they find out about the Gulf War? One shot:
one bomb, falling though the roof, building coulda been
made of Legos.

HE ROLLS OVER AGAIN.

AMES
(AS IF REHEARSING IT TO HIMSELF)
...you want us to go to War...

BREAN ROUSES HIMSELF, SHRUGS, TAKES OUT A NOTEBOOK, AND BEGINS TO WRITE.

BREAN
...that's the general idea.

AMES
Why?

BREAN
Why not, what've they ever done for us...? Also: they
sound... Ah, you see, this is why we have to mobilize
the B-2 Bomber...

AMES
...they sound what?

BREAN
Shifty. Who knows anything about em...

AMES
Hold on, hold on, hold on --

BREAN
Well, I'm gonna hold on, but you want to win this
election, you better change the subject. You wanna
change this subject, you better have a War. What do
you need? It's gotta be quick, it's gotta be dramatic,
you got to have an enemy. Okay? What do you need in
an enemy? Somebody you fear. Who do you fear?
Somebody you don't know.

AMES
Who?

BREAN
Well, I'm working on it....

Posted by Jeff at October 7, 2005 08:01 AM