2002-09-06 | 5:59 p.m.

corduroy licorice was ready to put his dukes up for sale on ebay. he'd always be a fan of the show, but no longer had any use for his bo, luke and daisy action figures.

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the other night i was watching the news and they were reporting on how dubya is trying to win congress's favor in his planned attack on iraq. senator john mccain predicted that the president should be able to garner full support for his proposed "regime change." (never mind what the rest of the world and most of the american public thinks. ahem.)

"regime change" struck me as a particularly entertaining euphemism...and as a great idea for a new reality-based tv show.

in a clever reinterpretation of the uk hit changing rooms, dubya would host a show called "changing regimes."

see, instead of a married couple and an interior designer getting to take over another family's home to transform a room, countries around the world could let america temporarily take over their countries to transform their governments.

oh sure, the nations having the remodel could give guidelines to dubya and his regime design staff, such as: "don't touch the legislature. it's been in the family for years," "when it comes to human rights policies, we prefer the minimalist motif," or "as long as you don't go too avant-garde, we're fine with whatever despot you think matches the couch."

it would be a ratings boon, i tell you what.

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sometimes that genghis jon fella cracks me up hard. the entry linked here is his sensitive take on rosh hashanah. first place your tongue in your cheek, then enjoy.

here's my favorite bit:

"to all you gentiles out there, hasha shannana is the jewish new year. It started out 10,000 years ago when early jews didn't have a calendar and had to guess when january 1st was."

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