A TEXTBOOK EXAMPLE
It's beginning to look like the Pentagon's $300 million propaganda PsyOps campaign isn't limited to planting bogus "good news" stories in the Iraqi news media. Controversy recently erupted here in Pakistan when it was discovered that an English textbook contains a poem with a subliminal message extolling Preznit Dubya's virtues to unwitting high-schoolers. While Pakistani military dictator Pervez "the Perv" Musharaf backs America's Middle East policy, most Pakistanis aren't quite so simpatico, and demands that the offending poem be removed have already been agreed to.
When cornered on the subject, Federal Education Minister amother Genral Javed Ashraf Qazi declared: "It will be stretching the matter too far to assert that the poem was inserted in the book deliberately to enumerate the qualities of President Bush." Pay special attention to the first letter of every sentence.
THE LEADER
Patient and steady with all he must bear,
Ready to accept every challenge with care,
Easy in manner, yet solid as steel,
Strong in his faith, refreshingly real,
Isn't afraid to propose what is bold,
Doesn't conform to the usual mold,
Eyes that have foresight, for hindsight wont do
Never back down when he sees what is true
Tells it all straight, and means it all too
Bracing for war, but praying for peace
Using his power so evil will cease:
So much a leader and worthy of trust,
Here stands a man who will do what he must
Ready to accept every challenge with care,
Easy in manner, yet solid as steel,
Strong in his faith, refreshingly real,
Isn't afraid to propose what is bold,
Doesn't conform to the usual mold,
Eyes that have foresight, for hindsight wont do
Never back down when he sees what is true
Tells it all straight, and means it all too
Bracing for war, but praying for peace
Using his power so evil will cease:
So much a leader and worthy of trust,
Here stands a man who will do what he must
Coincidence? Maybe. But just in case it isn't, here's a re-write.
THE LOSER
Petty and cruel in all that he does,
Reptilian ethics, he does things: "Because!"
Empty of reason, yet sure of himself,
Some days he looks like a dumb,
drunken elf.
Insane in the membrane, he chats with the Lord,
Dreaming of plough shears smashed into swords.
Eyes that are beady, like piss-holes in snow,
Nostrils that flare, where cocaine used to go,
Talks like a cowboy with an I.Q. that's low.
Berating his underlings, hurling abuse,
Using 9/11 as an all-purpose excuse.
Such an unworthy man for such difficult times,
History will surely judge him harshly for his crimes.
Reptilian ethics, he does things: "Because!"
Empty of reason, yet sure of himself,
Some days he looks like a dumb,
drunken elf.
Insane in the membrane, he chats with the Lord,
Dreaming of plough shears smashed into swords.
Eyes that are beady, like piss-holes in snow,
Nostrils that flare, where cocaine used to go,
Talks like a cowboy with an I.Q. that's low.
Berating his underlings, hurling abuse,
Using 9/11 as an all-purpose excuse.
Such an unworthy man for such difficult times,
History will surely judge him harshly for his crimes.
