| Washington, D.C., is much abuzz about what to eat for breakfast. The President, you see, is proposing bacon-and-cheddar omelettes everyday for everybody. His critics contend that these omelettes everyday will eventually clog arteries with cholesterol and kill everybody. Their proposed solution? Blueberry pancakes everyday.
The city does not know what to do. In a bold stroke, the Breakfast Study Group (BSG) is commissioned to find a way out. The group numbers among its group some of the finest chefs and nutritionists of both parties (as well as some former Congressmen for good measure) to figure out the best way to feed the city.
Finally, they release their report -- a marvelous proposal that puts the core principles of bipartisanship and compromise above all else. Washington, they say, will eat bacon pancakes on Mondays, Wednesday, and Fridays, and blueberry omelettes on Tuesday and Thursday.
The press corps issues its hurrah -- a middle-ground has been found. Members of Congress thank the BSG for its bold leadership and look to the President to see whether he will harvest what the BSG has sown.
Meanwhile, Senator Russ Feingold points out what it apparently is difficult for people in D.C. to realize: bacon pancakes and blueberry omelettes sound worse than the original options we were given. |
