September 8, 2004

The Onion Prophecies

There's just too much good material today.

The DNC blog has a link to a funny-if-it-weren't-frightening article written by the Onion:

On the eve of Bush's inauguration, The Onion — a satirical paper — published a piece titled, "Bush: 'Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Over.'"

In the story, the Onion made light of a worst-case scenario for the Bush presidency, with Bush making promises like "selling off the national parks," "going into massive debt," "bring[ing] back economic stagnation," and "assuring citizens that the U.S. will engage in at least one Gulf War-level armed conflict in the next four years."

The Onion was just trying to be funny. Instead, it was prophetic.

The article - complete with annotations linking to real events! - is available here.

Posted by sarah at September 8, 2004 3:49 PM | TrackBack