Basket Weaving 101

Remember all the stories about the dumb college jocks and how they just managed to complete their academic requirements by taking courses like "Basket Weaving 101"? Well, it has just been discovered that all the politicians in Washington took that same basket weaving course when they were in college. And, for the past several years, instead of debating the social issues of the day and writing and passing laws, they have been working on weaving a gigantic basket that reportedly will be big enough so that they can put the entire United States of America in it. Not only is this basket special because of its enormity, but it also is a special kind of basket. It's called a "hand basket". And when it is finished you and I both know where this country is going to go.