Philippines? Indonesia? Nah...

For more than a decade now, the Philipppines and Indonesia have been locked in a struggle, each besting the other for months—even a year or two—at a stretch. Now, things have changed: The Big Boys are in the ring, and who, after all, can beat The Big Boys?

With the assistance (monetary) of the Philippine government, an ex-Marine working for the FBI and inside the White House has finally proven that someone with a connection to real intelligence spends time in that building. Sadly, said intelligence is intelligence gathering, not good ol' fashioned smarts. Oh well.

Yes, with the assistance of the Philippine government, for whom our own spy was spying, and with minor boosts from the likes of Karl Rove, Bill Frist, Tom DeLay, David Safavian, Jack Abramoff, Scooter Libby, Duke Cunningham, George W. Bush, and Michael Brown, The Big Boys (that's the United States, in case you didn't know) have thrown their hat in the ring, trying to win—nay, demanding they be voted—the most corrupt nation on Earth.

I think we have a real shot, don't you?