It don't have much to do with this discussion, but I just wanna say that after I become president (in 2012), I am gonna introduce a new form of corporal punishment for politicians and public figures who are caught lyin' and puttin' their paws in the public purse:

The Olive Pit!!!

Yes, them miscreants will pay dearly for their crimes, because when they are caught they will be thrown bodily into a huge pit full of olives and hot olive oil! Maybe they will succeed in scramblin' out of the Olive Pit...maybe not. Either way, they will have got the comeuppance they deserved.

CEOs and bankers who cheat the public can expect the same thing.

We been discussin' it in the APP Caucus and everyone agreed that bein' thrown in a pit of olives and hot olive oil is a pretty disgustin' experience, and it oughta serve well to chasten the criminals in high places.

There was a good deal of debate as to whether we should use the small green olives with the red thingies in them...or the large black olives. It was rightly pointed out that to favor one type of olive over another could be seen as discriminatory, so we are goin' to mix the green olives and the black olives 50/50 so as to offend no one.

- Chongo