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In the year since Bongo's Fallout Shelter has become official:
*We have seen the number one American astronaut pass away, Alan Shepard R.I.P. ( 7-23-98 ), and another one sing a song for his breakfast, One Complementary Ticket For The Space Shuttle. ( 7-16-98 ).
*We have seen, Bill Clinton lie in front of a Federal Grand Jury ( and eventually get away with it ), blaming everyone for his troubles but himself, in a televised attack/apology speech the same night, You're breaking my heart... ( 8-18-98 ) and the White House Camelot turn into Purgatory, Camelot = Purgatory? ( 8-20-98 ) through a complete hedonistic selfish, free-love 60s, sexual and moral relativism, I smell 60s open marriage... ( 8-21-98 ) .
The Departments of Defense, Beat The Dog. ( 8-22-98 ) , and Justice , Don't duck your responsibilties... ( 8-25-98 ), become politicized like some sorry banana republic, in a 'Wag The Dog'-like manner; not to mention Commerce, Clinton's Kosovar Cash Cow? ( 6-21-99 ), and Energy, Chicken Chung-mein? ( 4-27-99 ), becoming arms of the Democrat National Committee for fund raising purposes.
Mr. " I come from a state with a population smaller than the city of Dallas, Texas " President, tried his hand at foreign policy, Foreign Non-policy ( 8-7-98 ) , was so (un)successful The Iraqi Wheel of Misfortune. ( 11-18-98 ), that he decided to make using the United States military as his personal approval ratings vehicle, his number one tactic, when he wasn't throwing our US taxpayer money at the problem, New Weapon in The War on World Terrorism? ( 12-1-98 ) , resulting in a series of debacles, Clinton ( Foreign Policy ) Whitehouse of Cards Falling Apart? ( 12-4-98 ), including stalled peace processes everywhere the holy Clinton/DNC/NATO/Whitehouse spinmeisters were claiming victory in, just a short time ago, Foreign Policy DOA? ( 12-20-98 ), oops.
We saw a President trying to act glad he was impeached, Clinton Throws Impeachment Party? ( 12-21-98 ) and dodging the bullet of removal in the Senate, St. Valentine's Sunday Massacre? ( 2-14-99 ), through a, Snowe Job? ( 2-17-99 ) .
In a gigantic mutation of the Ronald Reagan post Beruit Marine barracks bombing attack on Grenada, Clinton took his failed foreign policy on Iraq, Unsafe at UNSCOM. ( 9-4-98 ) , to a tiny sovereign nation in the Balkans, Operation Allied Farce? ( 3-30-99 ), killing and/or displacing thousands of human beings, Belgrade Bell-curve? ( 4-3-99 ), just so the Clinton administration could avoid criticism, Spy The Friendly Labs? ( 5-10-99 ), and score some media polling points, Operation Barbarossa 1999! ( 6-16-99 ) .
Somehow, we were able to laugh about all this, Bongo's Thesaurus: A Synonym DNCtionary? ( 1-23-99 ), Get Head? ( Ongoing: updated 1-30-99 ), The World's First Clintonspeak-English Dictionary, available here: Nuclear Reactions, Bongo's Abridgements of same, available here: Bongo's Abridgement of The World's First Clintonspeak-English Dictionary *A-M* ( 2-22-99 ) and Bongo's Abridgement of The World's First Clintonspeak-English Dictionary *N-Z* ( 2-23-99 ), and finally, Kosovar Glossary of ( Military ) Terms? ( 6-15-99 ), even though we saw, The Birth of The American Dictatorship. ( 1-28-99 ) . For Webb Hubbell, who just plead guilty again, but declared publically that he had his fingers crossed and he didn't really, Happy Groundhog Day. ( 2-2-99 ) .
I think 1998 was really, the " Year of The Rat ", but I thought it was, The Year of The Dog! ( 12-30-98 ) .
- Bongo ( Squawk squawk, squawk? )
