AMERICAN TALIBAN II

BANZAI7 NUT WATCH-- Hard on the heels of the health care protests, another American Taliban movement seems to have sprung up, this one to oppose Washington’s attempts to tackle climate change. Behind the scenes, another industry with even more at stake than the health care industrial complex — Big Oil — is pulling the goat strings.

Hundreds of American Taliban, some reportedly packing registered colt six shooters, Winchesters and Bowie knives, filled a downtown rodeo bar here on Tuesday for a lunchtime rally that was as much a celebration of oil’s traditional role as a giant syphon sucking American wallets to finance the Texas way of life, as it was a political protest against Washington’s energy policies, which many here fear will leave raids on Mexican border towns as the only viable economic alternative.

“The scam we hold dear is in danger, and that’s our future,” said Mullah "Bushani", a rodeo announcer and distinguished Texas mullah, who was the master of ceremonies at the hourlong rally.