I was flyin’ down to take on Biden in the Big Debate on one of John-John’s planes (he’s got a bunch). I was watchin’ this movie, a Clint Eastwood western, to get my testosterone levels up and show me some good mad faces to imitate. But I fell asleep. And while I was sleepin’ I had this nightmare. It seemed so real, so terrifyin’….yup yup….My brain is gettin’ ready for the big day….
Setting: D.C. (the District of Crawford), a sprawling, lawless territory in Texas
Cast of Characters:
The Decider – Mayor of D.C. (the District of Crawford) and propietor of the Chickenhawk Ranch
Big Dick Cheney – his foreman
Alberto Gonzales – the crooked sheriff of D.C.
The Maverick – Hotheaded gunslinger and owner of more ranches in D.C. than he can count
Calamity Sarah – The Maverick’s sidekick, a pistol-packing, sure-shot frontierswoman
Rummy – Rich ranch-owner, an old buddy of The Decider
Hal Burton – The richest man in D.C.; he owns the town
Condy – A dance hall queen. She is in love with The Decider
Ben Lawdin – Leader of a band of outlaws, he has declared war on D.C.
Sammy Hussein – Propietor of the I-Rock Ranch and old enemy of The Decider
Ahmadinejad – Propietor of the I-Ranch
The Peons – Minimum wage laborers of the town and its various ranches
Barry O’Bama – A greenhorn community organizer from the east, come to town to help the townsfolk
ACT I
Main Street in D.C. The town is in disarray. Several of the buildings are on fire. Townsfolk run panicking willy-nilly through the streets. A rider, bitter-faced and grimacing under the wide brim of a 10-gallon hat, holding a shotgun in his right hand, careens into town on his horse, which leans far to the right, due to the fact that there is a wheeled sidecar attached. Inside the sidecar sits a man wearing a blank expression and an enormous white cowboy hat. The horse and sidecar pull up in front of The Republican Saloon, where Alberto Gonzales, Hal Burton, and Rummy greet them.
RUMMY: Howdy, Big Dick. Er, Decider, how come you’re ridin’ in that funny contraption? What happened to your horse?
BIG DICK: (Spits a wad of tobacco juice on Rummy’s boot) Dog-gone it, Rummy, how many times do I got to tell you? The Decider’s afraid of horses. Has been his whole life.
THE DECIDER: (Climbing out of the sidecar) Howdy Rummy, Bert, Hal. What’s all the commotion?
HAL BURTON: Dadgum it, Decider, where you been? We had us a stampede! A buncha Mexicans ‘er somethin’ come a-rippin’ through town with a herd o’ cattle, a rootin’ and a-tootin’, runnin’ people over, shootin’ their pistoleros everywhere. Dern near burned the whole town down! (He raises his boot and looks at the sole, grimacing) Left their steamin’ cow pies everywhere!
THE DECIDER: Shoot Hal, I been out to the Chickenhawk, clearin’ brush.
HAL BURTON: Clearin’ brush? Again? Dad-bern it, Decider, that’s all you been doin’ since I made you Mayor nine months ago–clearin’ brush! You’re supposed to be here in town, keepin’ an eye on things…
THE DECIDER: Well heck, Hal, you misunderestimate me. That’s what I hired Bert for, to keep an eye on things. He’s the Sheriff.
HAL BURTON: That nitwit? Why, I wouldn’t hire him to polish my spittoons. He can scarcely buckle his pants, the lame-brained fool!
They look over at Alberto, who stands at attention and salutes. His pants promptly fall down.
HAL BURTON: See, what’d I tell ya?
Suddenly the saloon door swings open and Dan Quayle, an empty-headed dude, steps out.
THE DECIDER: Quayle!
BIG DICK: Where? (Wheels wildly around with his shotgun, firing. A blast of pellets strike Rummy in the face and he falls to the ground, writhing in pain. Quayle screams and runs back into the saloon)
THE DECIDER: Damn, Big Dick, you shot Rummy in the face.
BIG DICK: So? (Spits a wad of tobacco juice on Rummy’s boot as it kicks spasmodically in the dirt) You oughta know better than to yell “Quail!” around me.
ALBERTO GONZALES: (bending over and pulling up his pants) Poor Rummy. Someone shoulda yelled “Duck!”
BIG DICK: Where? (Wheels wildly around with his shotgun, firing again. A man standing across the street suddenly screams, holding his face, and collapses to the ground, writhing in agony)
HAL BURTON: Damnit, Big Dick, you done it again. You shot that feller in the face.
BIG DICK: So? (Spits a wad of tobacco juice on Hal Burton’s boot)
HAL BURTON: (Looks down at the tobacco juice on his boot and rubs at it with his other boot) Gentlemen, please, can we return to the business at hand?
THE DECIDER: What’s that, Hal?
Barry O’Bama suddenly steps around the corner and into the conversation.
BARRY: The stampede. All this…destruction. Someone’s got to pay! We’ve got to find whoever did this and bring them to justice!
THE DECIDER: Who the H-E-double hockey sticks is this fancypants dude?
BARRY: (Tipping his bowler hat) I’m Barry O’Bama, Community Organizer.
THE DECIDER: Communial what?
BARRY: Community Organizer. I’m here to organize the good citizens of the District of Crawford. Help them out. Teach them how to help themselves pull themselves up by their bootstraps and get jobs. Good jobs, with health care benefits and higher wages than what you’ve been paying them.
BIG DICK: (Spits a wad of tobacco juice on Barry O’Bama’s patent-leather shoes) Go uckfay yourself, greenhorn.
THE DECIDER: (Laughs idiotically) Yeah, Mister Arugula-Eatin’ Liberal Elite. Go commune with your organ somewhere’s else, before you really make Big Dick mad.
BARRY: Thanks, but I think I’ll stay.
THE DECIDER: Suit yourself. But see you keep your fancy elitist ideas to yourself. We don’t like uppity eastern agitators out here in Crawford. Now, Hal, anyone see who these evildoers were that stampeded through town?
HAL BURTON: Well, uh, yeah. A buncha the peons said it was Ben Lawdin and his men.
BIG DICK: Are ya sure it wasn’t Sammy Hussein and his outfit from over to the I-Rock Ranch?
THE DECIDER: Yeah! I’ll bet that’s who it was! Sammy Hussein–he once threatened to kill my dad!
HAL BURTON: No, it was Ben Lawdin all right. He even left this note. (Pulls out a piece of paper and reads from it) “We take credit for this stampede against D.C. Signed, Ben Lawdin and his Elk-Ida
outlaws”
BIG DICK: (Leans over and snatches the paper out of Hal Burton’s hands) Lemme see that. Hmmm. (Spits a wad of tobacco juice on the paper) Looks like Sammy Hussein’s handwriting all right.
THE DECIDER: Yeah, it does! Come to think of it, we passed old Colin Powell on the way in here. He said he saw Sammy Hussein and a bunch of those I-Rock hands runnin’ a herd a cattle this-a-way…
BIG DICK: (Looks slyly at The Decider and grins evilly) Say, that’s right, we did, didn’t we! Hey, Bert, did you see ‘em? Wasn’t it Hussein and his I-Rock bunch come a stampedin’ through town causin’
all this commotion?
ALBERTO GONZALES: (Looks confused at Big Dick, lets go of his pants to scratch his head. As he does so, his pants fall down again) Uhhh, gee Big Dick, I was in church with Monica Goodling. She’s got such purdy hair. I didn’t see nuthin…
Big Dick nudges The Decider, who then kicks Bert in the shin.
ALBERTO GONZALES: (Hopping) Ow! What you do that for, George?
THE DECIDER: Hey Bert, there’s winders in that church there, ain’t they? Like, them fancy painted winders?
ALBERTO: Painted winders? I don’t know what you’re talkin’ ‘bout, George…
BIG DICK: I think he means stained glass windows, is what he means, Bert. Didn’t you peek out them stained glass windows when all that commotion was goin’ on and see Sammy Hussein and his I-Rock bunch stampedin’ through town?
BARRY O’BAMA: Now wait just a dog-gone minute. You heard him. He didn’t see anything…
BIG DICK: (Pointing his shotgun toward O’Bama) Shut up, you, ‘er I’ll give you a pepperin’. (He swings the shotgun toward Bert) Now, Bert, you saw Hussein and the I-Rock boys, didn’t you?
ALBERTO: (Grinning stupidly and scratching his head) I did?
THE DECIDER: There, see? That there is what you call an eyewitness-type situation.
BIG DICK: Yeah. (Spits another wad of tobacco juice onto the ground) We’re gonna need to gather a posse and go round up Hussein and these I-Rock terrorists. Otherwise, they’ll come back and do it again. It’s an imminent threat to the town of D.C.
THE DECIDER: That’s right. (He looks confused) Inniment.
BARRY O’BAMA: Now just who do you think you’re gonna get to join this posse of yours? All these folks here know the truth. They know this Sammy Hussein had nothing to do with it. They want to go get Ben Lawdin. I know. I’ve talked to them. They’re sensible people. They’re not about to be hoodwinked by your under-handed shenanigans.
THE DECIDER: The dude’s got a point, Big Dick. He’s funny-lookin’, and he uses big words, some of which I misunderstand, but he’s got a point. We need to make the pie higher.
BIG DICK: You’re right. You’re a moron, but you’re right. We’re gonna need someone to run herd over these peons. Someone they trust.
THE DECIDER: You mean like a hero?
BIG DICK: Hmmm, a hero. Yes, a war hero.
THE DECIDER: Heck, that leaves out you and me, Big Dick. When I was s’posed to join the army, my daddy got me out of it.
BIG DICK: Yes, and I had other priorities.
THE DECIDER: (Snaps his fingers) I know! The Maverick!
HAL BURTON: The Maverick? Oh, no. That sumbitch is crazy as an outhouse rat!
ALBERTO: He’s scary!
RUMMY: (Sitting up with a bloody face) He’s insane!
WOUNDED MAN ACROSS STREET: (Sits up with bloody face) He’s old!
THE DECIDER: He’s old AND insane!
BIG DICK: So insane that it just might work! Bert, bring me the Maverick!
ALBERTO: Aw, why me? The Maverick scares me!
THE DECIDER: Chicken!
BIG DICK: Where? (Wheels wildly around with his shotgun, firing again. A man standing across the street screams, holding his face, and collapses to the ground)
THE DECIDER: (Wincing) Oooh. My bad.
Big Dick looks at Alberto, spitting a wad of tobacco on his shoe. Alberto stoops over and pulls his pants up, then salutes, and, as his pants fall down again, runs over and jumps on his horse. He rides off to find The Maverick, then suddenly stops, turns his horse around and rides back to the saloon.
ALBERTO: Uhh, George, where am I s’posed to find this Maverick feller?
THE DECIDER: How should I know? Try one of his ranches.
ALBERTO: But which one? He’s got seven or eight of ‘em.
BIG DICK: Try ‘em all, every last one of ‘em until you find him! (He pumps his shotgun) And Bert, if you don’t find The Maverick, don’t bother comin’ back.
Alberto blanches, then turns his horse and rides off.
THE DECIDER: Damn, Big Dick, sometimes I wonder if our children is learnin’ at all. (He rolls up his sleeves) Come on, let’s go clear some brush. Daddy wants to build another golf course at the
Chickenhawk.
The Decider walks over and climbs into the sidecar while Big Dick, grumbling and grousing, reluctantly walks over and climbs onto his horse. They ride off down the street, through the rubble and fire, into the sunset.
The Palin Prophecies
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Brent Mooseburger, Alaskan Pentecostal sports reporter, has been selected, much to his surprise, by God Our Heavenly Father as the man to channel Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s messages to the American people, since neither she nor God trust the elite media. In this almost-daily blog, Mr. Mooseburger will decode Palin’s prophecies for a nu-clear age. Reader responses are not welcome, unless you show the proper respect and deference.
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