ARAB STREET HAILS COURIC'S DAUGHTER SAYING U.S. "NOT THE BOSS OF US" BAGHDAD, Iraq. Arab leaders across the Middle East today hailed Caroline Couric Monahan, ten year-old daughter of CBS News anchorwoman Katie Couric, for courageous defense of their right to hold their citizens in a state of feudal suppression. "A voice of enlightenment is heard from the mouth of a babe," said Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf, "and I'm not talking about her mother, who nonetheless has one bitchin' set of legs."  Katie Couric, America's Sweetheart Caroline's views were invoked by her mother during the following exchange with Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice on 60 Minutes:  Condoleeza Rice Couric: Is it really priority number one for the United States to be spreading democracy around the world? Rice: What's wrong with assistance so that people can have their full and complete right to the very liberties and freedoms that we enjoy? Couric: To quote my daughter, "Who made us the boss of them?" Rice: You are such a ditz. Couric: I replaced Dan Rather. Rice: Big deal. "What's the frequency, Katie?"  Barbie Dream House Leaders of al Quaeda released a tape demanding that the U.S. and Britain "heed the advice of the sage little one, and give us the right to send suicide bombers as cute as her into crowded marketplaces. Also, you forgot to get us the Barbie Dream House for our birthday." The Moslem world is currently in the midst of the feast of Ramadan, during which followers of Islam fast during the daylight hours and eat small meals in the evening as they visit with family and friends. Hassan Khattab, head of a Moroccan Islamic terrorist cell, said he would seek Caroline's assistance in obtaining relief from the strict fasting rules. "I'm hungry and I want something to eat—now!" he said through an interpreter in Casablanca.  Bratz dolls There has been friction between Couric and her daughter recently as Caroline requested, but did not receive, a "Bratz" doll over the summer. Katie Couric has taken the position that the popular dolls, which have been described as a sort of "Escort Service Barbie", are inconsistent with the wholesome image she wishes to project in order to improve the ratings of the CBS Evening News, which lags behind its major competitors. Islamic militants took to the streets of the western Iraqi town of Haditha when American newsmen appeared in an effort to exploit the mother-daughter rift, chanting "Abdullah bul-bul Amir, T.J. Houshmandzadeh!", an Arabic phrase that means "We want slutty Bratz dolls, Mommy!" Copyright 2006, Con Chapman
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