I'm Pretty Sure My Invite is in the Mail
The Washington Post tells us there's a Million Dollar Bash coming soon, and I've already got my party hat.
George Bush the elder turns 80 on June 12 and is busy organizing a birthday bash of epic proportions. Invitations for the party -- dubbed "41@80" -- indicate plans for a "star-studded concert" at Houston's Minute Maid Park on June 12 with scheduled appearances by Amy Grant, Dennis Miller, Larry King, the Oak Ridge Boys, Chris Evert and many more.
More? Who would be audacious enough to ask for more? This is a bounty of hearty, wholesome entertainment that should please every member of the extended family. (I do worry about Miller, though. Reports say that he has returned to using words such as, well you know, the D*** word and the H*** word in his act. Let's hope it's strictly in a religious context.)
If you think having your birthday party in a baseball stadium is over-the-top, the 41st president would beg to differ. <Hey, if you got it flaunt it.> He's punctuating the festivities June 13 with another of his parachute jumps, over College Station, Tex. Bush last jumped out of a plane on his 75th birthday during a similar extravaganza. After the skydiving will be a barbecue luncheon with entertainment.
There goes number 41 again, showing up Junior by jumping out of a plane. Rumor has it that W did jump out of a plane once, but it was on the ground at the time.
The festivities will offer something for everyone: Well-wishers hit hard by the ailing economy can check out Bush's parachute jump from a free viewing area <separated, no doubt, with razor wire>, while other guests can buy a closer look with a donation to the George Bush Presidential Library Center. Guests donating $1 million will receive "benefactor" status.
Or as John Lennon once said, during a Royal Command Performance, "Will the people in the cheaper seats clap your hands? All the rest of you, if you’ll just rattle your jewelry." | 
