Some Friday fun. Howard Dean helps

Yes, the Democrats can do more than bash President Bush. Why they have a whole new program for America.

At the Democratic Party's blog, Party Chairman Howard Dean tells us what it is:

First we will conclude the negotiations with the Chinese and the North Koreans to disarm North Korea. Secondly, under no circumstances will a Democratic Administration ever allow Iran to become a nuclear power. Three, we will kill or capture Osama bin Laden and four, the authority and the control of the ports of the United States must be retained by American companies.

Can the Dems do all that next week or will they need the rest of the month? Dean doesn't say.

The WSJ's James Taranto thinks Dean may be "lifting material from 'Monty Python's Flying Circus.'" He provides this transcript from a Python sketch called "How to Rid the World of All Known Diseases":

Alan (John Cleese): Well, last week we showed you how to become a gynecologist.

And this week on "How to Do It" we're going to show you how to play the flute, how to split an atom, how to construct a box girder bridge, how to irrigate the Sahara Desert and make vast new areas of land cultivatable, but first, here's Jackie to tell you all how to rid the world of all known diseases.

Jackie (Eric Idle): Hello, Alan.

Alan: Hello, Jackie.

Jackie: Well, first of all become a doctor and discover a marvelous cure for something, and then, when the medical profession really starts to take notice of you, you can jolly well tell them what to do and make sure they get everything right so there'll never be any diseases ever again.

Alan: Thanks, Jackie. Great idea.

Dean sure sounds like he's been reading "How to Do It" transcripts.

Taranto called his post: Howard Dean's Flying Circus