Oil Politics Observer Mugs

"That one shows our office cliques."

State Budget.

"I know he's funny, boy, but he’s also the president of the United States."

"Goodbye, Cruikshank. We leave you to contemplate the wisdom of messing with big dog!"

Upon graduation, all of the clowns would gather to find out where their assignments would be.

Yanis Varoufakis and Wolfgang Schauble

The Art of Misdirection

The West Stealing the Resources of the East.

"On the one hand, I'm glad they're cutting the school year short...on the other hand..."

'...need to design something to bridge the generation gap.'

London merchant telling a young employee that if he does not change his behaviour his career will go badly and he may end up becoming mayor

"People think the government has a bottomless pit of money....but sometimes we have to make sacrifices!"

"I beg your pardon," said Alice, "but which of you is the Democrat?"

Their bubble-boss seemed completely unaware of the toxic work environment.

Ireland and its Celtic Tiger request some donations

"They heard about the 'Party Hearty' legislation."

Tony Blair

'Why don't you try Luxembourg? -- I'll bet you could conquer THAT!'

'Okay, maybe I was defeated for re-election, but at least I beat the point spread!'

"I'd like an application form for the position of minister, please!"

Charles P. Muckenspucker - Mission Creep.

Oil Spill

Venezuela: 'He's got Castro's kicking style.'

The Heating Oil Problem.

"...But then it turned out there weren't any WMDs on the moon after all."

"It was just a little setback - but the boss had away of making seem much larger."

'That's a very good question - Are you trying to make trouble?'

'Oh, I worked hard on solutions for a time but finally realized I was cut out to be part of the problem.'

Cornucopia of guns

Peace at last !

'Firing workers is a craft, exploiting and bullying them is an art.'