Given the hurried pace of my new job, there is little time for leisurely web surfing breaks. To quell my raging inner newshound, I regularly scan the Google News front page, just to make sure I’m not missing the story of the century.
Today I pinged Google News and saw the headline “Putin Picks Surprise Nominee for PM” accompanied by a picture of Vladimir Putin and GW Bush shaking hands (see screenshot below). It suggested a wholly insane scenario: Putin asked Bush to be the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation!
And Bush accepted!
Well, why not? Is there anything specific in the US constitution that prohibits the US President from serving as the Russian Prime Minister?
Suddenly, everything is becoming clear. The Kennedy Assassination. Ronald Reagan and Gorbachev’s chumminess. The dissolution of the USSR. The poisoning of ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko. The ill-fated invasion of Iraq and subsequent impotency of the executive branch. Karl Rove’s resignation. It’s all been one big conspiracy theory to throw the United States under Communist control!
(I know… get back to work, Green…)
