If you close your eyes because the house is on fire....

I wouldn't annoy you by sending this as an email forward, so why am I about to put it up here? Well, I'm a sucker for an old chestnut, and nothing is older or chestnuttier than a screw in a lightbulb joke, no? Combine it with hatred of the Bush clan and I just can't stop myself. So, without further ado, I bring you the following:

Q: How many members of the Bush administration does it take to screw in a light bulb?

A: Ten.

1. One to deny that a light bulb needs to be changed;
2. One to attack the patriotism of anyone who says the light bulb needs to be changed;
3. One to blame Clinton for burning out the light bulb;
4. One to tell the nations of the world that they are either for changing the light bulb or for eternal darkness;
5. One to give a billion dollar no-bid contract to Halliburton for the new light bulb;
6. One to arrange a photograph of Bush, dressed as a janitor, standing on a step ladder under the banner 'Bulb Accomplished';
7. One administration insider to resign and in detail reveal how Bush was literally 'in the dark' the whole time;
8. One to viciously smear No. 7;
9. One surrogate to campaign on TV and at rallies on how George Bush has had a strong light-bulb-changing policy all along;
10. And finally, one to confuse Americans about the difference between screwing a light bulb and screwing the country."

Please don't be frightened away. I promise not to make a habit of this.