Another terrorist was caught at our port yesterday. He was a tall white
guy in an expensive suit looking very much unlike the Afghanistan-hardened
terrorists you see on FOX NEWS these days…

 

 

 

Because he was from the IRA.

 

post script 02/27/2003: The next day the Irishman in question was
being escorted to his plane, because we don’t generally admit terrorists
to the United States. The captain of the flight, who just happened to be
around, asked “what did this guy do?” To which one of the escorting
officers, in a momentary lapse of discretion and intelligence, replied
“Oh, he’s a terrorist with the IRA.” The captain lit up like chinese
lantern and exclaimed “GET HIM OUTA HERE!” Subsequently the airline
refused to accept the Irishman without an armed escort across the planet.
So he sat in jail until the folks up top figured out what to do with him
and who would pay.

 

post script 02/24/2003: Something not entirely dissimilar is the
topic of Tom Tomorrow’s “This
Modern World” this
week. [Salon Link: support of some sort required]