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# The waxes of evil
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/the-waxes-of-evil/
- Published: 2006-04-01T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T17:28:42.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

Boogaloo Shrimp/Daily Mess In following with the traditions of Iraq and other countries that have suffered under oppressive regimes, President Bush has allocated $40 million in emergency funds to construct statues of himself in high traffic areas of cities where he received less than 10 percent of the vote in the last election. A spokesman from the White House said that the statues are part of a nationwide effort to identify with voters, hence the surfboard and shorts Bush is sporting.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on April 1, 2006.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/040106.pdf?ref=smdp.com)