you saw it first... on The Simpsons

Someone may have already pointed this out, but here goes.

Remember the fury over the unprecedented search in the William Jefferson case that began a couple months back? The historic first--the Congressman's office being raided by the FBI?

Well, if people had paid attention to The Simpsons, particularly Season 3, Episode 8F01, "Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington," they would have seen it coming. Congressman Bob Arnold, who has already taken a bribe to allow logging in the Springfield National Forest, gets busted when an FBI agent plays that he's willing to fork over cash to drill for oil on Mt. Rushmore. As Arnold takes the bribe, agents crash into his office, completing the sting.

Pure television prophecy.



(Incidentally, Chief Wiggum's famed quote in "Bart the Murderer"--"I'm not gonna stop until one of us is in jail... You!"--presages Bush's "Either you disarm, or we will" by over a decade.)