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"I don't remember. That was too long ago. It's not important anyway. If you speak out against someone like George Bush, then you don't know what you're talking about and you don't deserve to sit there and report the news night after night and pull in that high salary."

The curtain closes and a few sounds are heard as the scenery is changed.

Hail to the Chief is playing. The curtain opens as the lights gradually brighten. Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, and Rice are seated at a table. Karl Rove is using his laser pointer to show them where the next terrorist plot will be thwarted.

"What about a port?"

"No, a bridge."

"Quiet," says Rove. "We're going to really scare the hell out of them with this one. A small-town elementary school or shopping center. Not a big city."

"Brilliant, Karl," says Cheney. "The 'security moms' will never stray."

And they all nod and smile as the curtain closes again.

I have a recurring nightmare.

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Missy Beattie lives in New York City. She's written for National Public Radio and Nashville Life Magazine. An outspoken critic of the Bush Administration and the war in Iraq, she's a member of Gold Star Families for Peace. She completed a (more...)
 
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