Ba-Bang! or the end of an error!

A political cartoon play in two acts by Thomas M. Kelly, © 2006.

A group of powerful and influential men and women were greeted by Lord Jacob Rothschild at Waddesdon Manor, the ancestral home of the Rothschild banking family to discuss economic and political issues: The ultimate networking venue.  Waddesdon Manor is a Renaissance-style chateau in the undulating hills of Buckinghamshire.  For the purposes of this play, a black box theatre will do.  Among those invited is billionaire Warren Buffet, and the soon to be governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger.  Other notable guests included the President of the World Bank, James Wolfensohn, Chief Executive Officer of Nokia, Jorma Ollila, De Beers chairman Nicky Oppenheimer, Chief Executive Officer of the worlds largest food processing and distribution company, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the worlds largest research-based pharmaceutical company, Chief Executive Officers of major oil corporations, Chairman and Chief Executive Officers of major banking establishments and three unnamed guests, outside the meeting hall: “Jay”, “Que”, and “Dubya”.  The men, after the women are removed for disturbing the process, nominate one of the three unnamed guests to a very important position: the Presidency of the United States.  

They nominate ‘DUBYA’.  Bush.  DUBYA agrees on the condition that he make his presidential legacy by waging war against those countries throughout the world denying freedom and democracy to their citizens and that he be allowed to spread the word of God in those freedom deprived countrys with the exception that he leave certain countries alone (if they are ‘owned’ by his “moneyed buds”: He wants to be a ‘War President’.  They enthusiastically and supplicatingly agree.  At curtain, Scene Two, we find DUBYA trying to use his influence with GOD to help him with his legacy: his quest to spread freedom, liberty and Christianity throughout the world.  During his private prayer session he is visited by some of the worlds greatest thinkers, politicians, scientists, artists, etc.: CARL SAGAN, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, 

HARRY S. TRUMAN, CONFUSCIUS, JOHN F. KENNEDY, LEONARDO DE VINCI, MAHATMA GHANDI, ELEANOR ROOSEVELT, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER,

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, BARBARA JORDAN, GOLDA MIER  

and of course GOD.  [Unlike da Vinci’s “Last Supper”, which is contra to a Jewish Passover feast, I have included four women in the’surreal stage painting’: Eleanor Roosevelt (Mary Magdalene), Golda Mier (Sarah) and Barbara Jordan (Ruth).]  They were summoned by “GOD” to ‘fix’ DUBYA’s (Dubyaisms and all) leadership image.  A good politician must have a good image to sell his agenda and to buy his legacy for the world to remember.

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