  On a Monday, George W. Bush woke up in Ancient Greece. He thought he'd be at his Crawford, TX ranch, but found himself asleep next to the Parthenon. He looked inside and shrieked when he saw followers placing incense, flowers and&nbsp;dead lambs before the Greek god Zeus.
A tall, thin and bearded man walked up behind him. He placed his hand on W's shoulder. W again shrieked. "Sinner," the president said. "What is this sinner? " asked the man. "You are a sinner," W replied. "No, I am Socrates. " "Socrates, eh? Sounds like bin Laden to me. " "Who is this bin Laden? " Socrates asked. " 'Who is bin Laden? ' " Bush repeated. "He is only the leader the of the world's evildoers.
" "Why is he an evildoer?
" Socrates asked.
"Look at him," and at this point, Bush pulled out his wallet and where there should be cash was a bin Laden playing card. "Look at that beard and doesn't even know Jesus. " "I have a beard and don't know this Jesus, am I an evildoer? " "Do I need to answer that? " Bush asked. "What should happen to decent people who don't know this Jesus and have beards?
" "They should be bombed. " "Why should they be bombed? " "Because bearded, non-Jesus knowing people don't know democracy and hate our freedoms. " Socrates opened his eyes wide and looked at W with a curious look. "You have democracy where you are from? " "Abso-freakin-lutely. " "Does it work OK with every man voting on every law? " "Wo there, wait a minute.&nbsp; Every man does not vote on every law.
Only people in Congress do that. We don't want there to be complete anarchy," Bush said. "So you live in a republic?
" Socrates asked.
"A democracy," shouted Bush. "Don't give me this 'republic' nonsense. " Socrates shifted his feet and then tilted his head looking at Bush quizically. "But if only a few vote for the entire country, that is&nbsp;a republic, is it not? " Bush seemed speechless. "We try to prevent colored people from voting too," Bush added. He seemed to hope that this will add to the weight of his democracy argument.
"Ah," Socrates said. "So keeping the colored people from voting is good for your repub---, I mean democracy? " "Hell yeah, except for the Democrats. They like the colored people voting. " "So the Democrats are in favor of everyone voting for every law? " "No, the Democrats are pretty much like us Republicans. Wait, I guess we do live in a republic.
" Socrates now seemed to be getting frustrated with Bush's lack of straight answers. He knew what&nbsp;a republic and democracy were, but this man with the weird accent didn't, but tried to act like he did. Socrates looked at Bush and noticed that the man's eyes seemed to be lacking depth. They stared straight ahead, but seemed to be looking at nothing, but kept mouthing, "Evildoers will die. " Socrates, who enjoyed talking to everyone decided that this man was not worth talking to.&nbsp;Socrates looked at him one last time; Bush now seemed to be trying to catch flies with his mouth.
Socrates then turned and walked away. He heard the man shout "evildoer" a few times, but ignored him. "I'm glad he'd never be placed in charge of our republic," he said. 
