The Greenfather
The Godfather was the iconic mobster movie, and like many Italian Americans I felt it stereotyped my countrymen negatively. That may be about to change since the mafia has decided to go green. Oh they're still liars, thieves, and murderers, but at least they're concerned about saving the earth. I guess they'll be doing drive by shootings in Prius hybrids, use organic materials for shell casings, and instead of putting a horses head in your bed they'll put it in your bed of roses as fertilizer. The protection racket will remain the same as it always was. It involves extortion to avoid a man caused disaster, and is exactly like the Global Warming scam. Rumors are circulating that Al Gore is trying to muscle his way to the top of the Italian food chain now that they are environmentally friendly. The current Don plans to off him at a Sicilian wedding reception, and gave orders to "leave the gun, take the cannoli."

Keep your friends close, but politicians in your pocket.
Beating a dead horse
Horses were being transported by an El Al cargo plane and arrived at Kennedy airport on Friday*. One of the them, a high value show horse was dead on arrival. There was concern since the flight originated from the Middle East as to whether he might have had explosives surgically implanted. The geniuses at the T.S.A. figured there was one way to find out.
| Hold your ears fellas. |
Update: A necropsy (post-mortem exam on non-human) is being performed by the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. They must be a bunch of jackasses because they thought it was a drug mule.
