ScrappleFace: Bush Appoints Belafonte As Weapons Inspector

Bush Appoints Belafonte As Weapons Inspector

(2002-10-08) -- President Bush appointed Harry Belafonte, the singer best known for Day-O (The Banana Boat Song), to the U.N. weapons inspection team which will head for Iraq later this month.

The appointment comes just after Mr. Belafonte accused Secretary of State Colin Powell of being like a plantation slave doing his master's bidding.

"Secretary Powell actually suggested the appointment," said Mr. Bush. "So, as you can see, he bears no grudge over the remarks. In addition to Mr. Belafonte, we're sending Tally Mon, an expert in statistics and accounting. Mr. Belafonte will oversee Mr. Mon's work."

Mr. Belafonte turned to Mr. Mon and said, "Come, Mr. Tally Mon, tally me plutonium."

The evening meeting at the White House ended, Mr. Bush said, because "daylight come and he wan' go home."

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Have I forgotten to mention that you're very, very twisted?

Posted by: Laurence Simon at October 8, 2002 08:02 PM

Enough of this nonsense. Lileks seems to be very busy, so this must be Barry. And wouldn't ScrappleFace be a good name for a rock band?

Posted by: Bob at October 9, 2002 03:30 AM

DAY- OOOO!!!! DAYYYYYY-OOOOOO!!!

These were the NEW sounds of the "call to prayer" echoing from mosques throughout Iraq as the United State's Chief Inspector Belafonte (working with the United Nation's Chief Inspector Clousseau) commenced "Operation Tally Me Bacillus" (searching for biological weapons); inspections of Iraq's chemical weapons programs and nuclear weapons will commence as soon as the Belafonte and Clousseau can agree on decent names.

Posted by: the talking dog at October 9, 2002 05:55 PM

Hey, Mr. Taliban, come meet Mr. Saddam,
JDAM come an' me wanna go home.

Posted by: Mike Morley at October 10, 2002 08:57 AM

I've admired Harry Belafonte ever since I was a 7-year old kid. Now I've heard that he's about to host some event where the infamous film "THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED" will be awarded some prize. Horror! That film is a great pile of LIES about our fledgling DICTATOR, Hugo Chavez, who is being REJECTED by Venezuela's population - while the film shows just the inverse - that he's loved by everyone but a few hostile "rich men". He is just an imitator of the criminal DICTATOR Fidel Castro !! CAN ANYONE TELL HARRY BELAFONTE NOT TO BE AS GULLIBLE AS TO PROVIDE MORAL SUPPORT TO AN OUTLAW, CRIMINAL PRESIDENT, guilty of malfeasance of power to begin with, up to outright murderer???? THANK YOU!

Posted by: Fred Thomson at December 12, 2003 04:12 PM

Posted by: Fred Thomson at December 12, 2003 04:13 PM