Weeeeeeeeeee're OFF to see the Wizard, the wonderful Wizard of Oz...

We're off to see the Wizard, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
You'll find he is a whiz of a Wiz! If ever a Wiz! there was.
If ever oh ever a Wiz! there was The Wizard of Oz is one because,
Because, because, because, because, because.
Because of the wonderful things he does.
We're off to see the Wizard. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
~ Soundtrack to The Wizard of Oz

you know, if had two film screens, one playing the Wizard of Oz and the other play "Planet Earth, 2006", i don't know which one would get the award for "Most Disturbing Movie".

or better yet, if we were to have a real Wizard of Oz movie today, who would play whom? this list isn't probably set in stone, but this is how I would direct it:

Dorothy - Dubbya Bush
Wizard - Bin Laden (oh come on, almighty booming figure who vanishes in a cloud of smoke?)
Scarecrow - Musharraf
Lion - Sharon
Tin Man - Cheney
Wicked Witch - Rice
Good Witch - H.Clinton
Munchkins - Canadians
Toto - Blair

I might replace the ruby slippers with the capitalist throne, but I haven't made up my mind on that one...