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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Washington</span></font></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, <st1:State
w:st="on">DC</st1:State></span></font></st1:place><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> - No longer content to function as
a human shield between George W. Bush and disenfranchised black voters,
Secretary of State Colin Powell resigned on Monday. In addition to three other
cabinet members this week, and most thankfully Attorney General John Ashcroft
last week, Powell’s departure is the latest in the escalating shake-up
that is the second term of the Republican President. "I believe that now
that the election is over, the time has come for me to step down," Powell,
67, wrote the president. He continued, “I had hoped to concentrate on
diffusing the escalating threat of the nuclear weapons program in <st1:country-region
w:st="on">North Korea</st1:country-region>, or calling attention to the
atrocities in the <st1:country-region w:st="on">Sudan</st1:country-region>, but
obviously, presenting a totally bogus report to the U.N. regarding WMD’s
in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Iraq</st1:place></st1:country-region>
took precedence.” Senior officials confirm that national security adviser
Condoleezza Rice is now slated to succeed Powell as not only does she
robotically somehow believe what she says, she’s also more likely to
intimidate Kim Jong Il, as his blow-dried commie pinko pompadour will no doubt
wilt in comparison to her Betty Rubble neo-fascist flip.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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